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We love to see the battles in movies where they use fire arrows. It seems like such a good idea on a movie screen.
But would it really work? This charming video explores the matter. It’s longer than we normally post, but we couldn’t stop watching because the narrator is just so darned engaging.
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Have you ever seen the BBC program “Connections” with James Burke? Chances are, if you have a television (still) you’ve come across it at least once.
For those of you who admired the show, or James Burke greatly and wish there were more, here’s someone who may one day fill his shoes. Tom Scott is doing great work with his YouTube series, and it has a hint of the rocket sled ride through human knowledge and nature. Take a look for yourself.
We expect to see a lot more good come from this “great explainer.”
Music can take many places in our lives. It can recreate a heartbreak, inspire us to joy or to glory, or it can memorialize a loving relationship that is now complete.
Joe DeRose can often be seen playing in Silicon Valley and the surrounding areas. Keep an eye out for your next chance to see him live. (http://www.joederosedrums.com/)
For a long time, we were a fan of college basketball, but we found that most fans were just hoping for their bets to pan out. Then we followed celebrity poker for a bit, and that offered some entertainment, but really lacked the drama we craved.
Professional wrestling held an allure, but we soon realized that the narrative was just playing to our unsatisfied sense of justice.
Then… then we discovered Marble Racing and all of our prayers were answered. (BTW, headsets on, the audio for this is NSFW. On the other hand, the sounds you’ll make when you watch are probably also evidence that your boss can point to when making an argument that you’re supposed to be working!)
If you crave drama, and laughs, and surprises, you’ll want to keep your eye on the San Jose 48 Hour Film Project coming up in just a few days. You can still enter a team to make a movie and compete, and you can definitely be at the screenings late this month to see what stories emerged. It is not to be missed!
Readers of this blog will already know that we cannot resist a good fractal animation or autonomous musical device. Another thing we can’t resist is a great chain reaction.
This video has the biggest one ever, and more! It shows the world record for the most number of disc cases toppled in domino fashion, the largest stick bomb, and the largest domino wall in history.
Visit their channel on YouTube for all the details. Subscribe if you like what you see and want to encourage them to do more.
And don’t forget filmmakers, there is still time to register to compete in the San Jose 48 Hour Film Project. (http://48hourfilm.com/sanjose/registernow/) The world (and our team) is waiting to see your story!
We’ve long been delighted and intrigued by the fanciful music machines contrived for the Animusic series. Even decades after the premiere of that video series, the virtual devices that appeared to make music with their gears and pulleys continues to entertain us.
Now there’s a “living breathing” example of such a machine. Take a look!
We stand in awe, and will most certainly annoy many of those around us by replaying this video over and over for the next few weeks.
You may have quibbles with the underlying dataset, or with the style of this depiction, but you can’t deny that this way of viewing the events of history opens up new ideas and questions for discussion.
We found a treasure trove of similar video that addresses both historical and contemporary events in this same visual fashion. We were left with a lot of questions.
We’ve watched literally hundreds of hours of video designed for online learning and we’ve seen results all over the map.
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It was surprising to us that we found this video ultimately to be very good in spite of its awkward approach to delivery and presentation. Give this one about 10 minutes of viewing if you’re interested in either education or in Big Data. You may be surprised by what you learn, or what you see about how to clearly explain a vast domain of knowledge.
We thought the voice might be a machine voice at the beginning, and as we accepted that, we were able to appreciate the clarity of the content delivery. After some consideration, we believe this might have been a person after all.
No matter what, we took away some new insights both about Big Data and about what makes a learning video work.
This article sponsored by Schoolhouse Earth, a foundation committed to providing learning experiences where ever we find a gap. Schoolhouse Earth regularly contributes to See It Online with topics that address learning and online education.
Our friends at Schoolhouse Earth asked us to make it a practice to continue presenting interesting learning videos. The folks at “In a Nutshell – Kurzgesagt” have created a steady stream of good candidates, so it’s an easy request to accommodate.
Here’s a very charming look at two of our favorite tiny moons. Deimos and Phobos.
If you like this style of explanation, you’ll find a lot more at their YouTube channel.
This article sponsored by Schoolhouse Earth, a foundation committed to providing learning experiences where ever we find a gap. Schoolhouse Earth regularly contributes to See It Online with topics that address learning and online education.
We try to focus on indiefilm and indiemusic here, but sometimes, we just see something delicious that we have to share.
Other times, it’s like this music video. We loved it the first time we saw it, and we still love watching it. Isn’t that how music videos are supposed to be?
We’re kind of hoping that with the emergence of new audience platforms (like Vevo and YouTube Red) for music videos, we’ll continue to see good ones produced.