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Creating a Virtual Conference Talk: Part 2 Syncing Videos

Later this month (June 2020), I am speaking at the 'virtual' ImageCon. All of the speakers were invited to record their talks in advance, and the talks will be posted on the website. I wanted to have more fun than the suggested "just record your talk in Zoom and share the link," and decided to … Continue reading Creating a Virtual Conference Talk: Part 2 Syncing Videos

June 17, 2020June 17, 2020Leave a comment
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Building a Virtual Conference Talk

Later this month (June 2020), I am speaking at ImageCon, a virtual conference hosted by Cloudinary. We were all supposed to meet in person in April, but like many in person events, it has transitioned into a virtual conference. Virtual conferences place a whole new set of requirements on organisers - do you risk a … Continue reading Building a Virtual Conference Talk

June 8, 2020June 9, 2020Video, virtual presentation1 Comment
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Facebook Security: Time for a checkup

Online tracking is something we are all aware is happening.  And, like it or not - if a product is free - you are not the customer - you are the product being sold. Facebook has gotten in to a load of trouble with how it handles private information... yet it probably has more information … Continue reading Facebook Security: Time for a checkup

March 7, 2020Leave a comment
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Video Playback Metrics: New Synthetic Testing Tool StreamOrNot

Video content on the the web is increasing - with such an immersive medium - it is pretty much a . no brainer.  However, a few months ago, I looked into how the web is using video on the web, and found that slow video startup times and stalls are much more common than we … Continue reading Video Playback Metrics: New Synthetic Testing Tool StreamOrNot

November 15, 2019Leave a comment
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Deep Dive: Three Tips for Faster, Easier Video Delivery

The best way to deliver video that starts up quickly and doesn’t stall is to make sure that the file downloads quickly. Since we cannot control the network our customers are using - this means we need to make the files smaller. In a previous post at Cloudinary, I described three techniques to reduce file … Continue reading Deep Dive: Three Tips for Faster, Easier Video Delivery

September 3, 2019September 5, 20191 Comment

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