I’m writing this post to document something that’s been frustrating me all morning.
YouTube is in the process of rolling out an update to their user interface in which the player takes centre stage and many other elements can be dynamically navigated without interrupting existing videos, and forcing a page refresh.  It looks pretty schmick in some respects, but I’ve notice certain elements have been seriously affected.
Case in point is locating the embed code for playlists. Via George Siemen’s blog I discovered a collection of really great interviews with a dozen …

One of the fairly regular activities that my four year old daughter, Maddie, and I participate in together is “computer time,” where she indicates what website she wants to look at, or what activity she wants to engage in, I get her set up, and then largely let her navigate the experience herself.
At the moment this includes several different programs -

Tux Paint, which is an open source artistic tool that includes different stamps, patterns, colours, and filters
Google Earth – this is largely used to look at volcanoes and underwater topography, …

With online video viewing being as core a part of many people’s online usage habits as it is, it’s not surprising that children are increasingly included in this trend.  However many of the mainstay video sites like YouTube in particular do not distinguish between material that is appropriate for children, and that which isn’t.  As a result a search for Elmo can yield both expected and unexpected search results.
For example page 2 of the results for a YouTube search for “Elmo” yields a clip called “Exploding Elmo Death” and another …

I’ve received several comments on my QuickCapture tutorial from people who indicate they’re having trouble using the tool. The recurring issue is one in which anywhere from 30 seconds to half the clip is omitted from the video.
What I’m attempting to do currently is locate sources of similarity in the computers or connections of the people who are experiencing the problem in the hopes of locating a root cause of the issue.
With this in mind I’d appreciate it if you’d leave a comment indicating your computer specification (CPU speed, amount …

Consider the implications…