Florian's Blog

This test is not really accurate for the following reasons:

- Original was an Avi converted in Mov via Quicktime
- HD was lost in the conversion.
- It was edited on iMovie and re-exported in mp4
- All shots in this video were taken on bright daylight behind a tinted windshield.
- Camera was not steady as I was holding it.
- Road was bumpy at some point which caused some distortions.

But overall it gives a good view of this tiny camcorder sold for $99 at Best Buy. It has a lot of potential and I will try to improve shooting and editing in next posts.

This year was a tough year for everyone and the only person who knew something was happening was Jeff Pulver. Back on December 27th last year, Jeff hosted a SoFla [South Florida] social media breakfast and his prediction for 2008 happened to be very accurate. Watch and see for yourself.

I was on the road most of the year traveling to France, Spain, Switzerland, London, Germany, Italy, Ireland, Monaco, Nice, Tel-Aviv, New York, San Francisco, Las Vegas, Los Angeles, Ottawa, Montreal, Bahamas, Arkansas, Boston, Houston, Seattle, Vancouver, and lots of other places I cannot name for confidentiality reasons.
Here is a mock-up of 2008 in videos and pictures:

Seattle in January

Later in January we had an important meeting in Mountain View:

One of best moment of 2008 was Barcelona GSM World Congress in February. I really had a great time with Jenny our COO, Bhaskar Roy co-founder of Qik, Paul Walsh from Segala, Loren Feldman video blogger 1938 Media, Jeremie Berrebi CEO Zlio, David Marcus CEO Zong, and Pat Phelan friend and business partner.

Pat Phelan and Bhaskar Roy

Vonx San Jose March 2008

St Patrick MaxRoam party

Circle Qik

April in Vegas:

You can admire Bellagio water show from one of their most prestigious suite

Cork, Ireland in April:

Tel Aviv in May where I received a nice gift from our partner:

And Monaco where Vodafone invited me to Formula1 GrandPrix :

And VIP access to Cannes Festival

Paris few weeks later in June with buddy Pat Phelan:

One of my favorite pictures in July. Our customer service team has a new silent tagline:

So I had to pray to make sure everything would work:

Jerusalem July 2008

Back to the Valley in August for a diner at Village Pub:

Jackie Danicki, Pat Phelan, Bhaskar Roy, Florian Seroussi

Highlight of 2008 was TechCrunch 50 in San Francisco:

Jeff Nolan, Pat Phelan, Florian Seroussi, Jackie Danicki

I must admit this was fun. Pat Phelan had the bright idea to offer free iPhone unlocking and he ended up by bricking Mike Arrington – CEO TechCrunch – iPhone. Funny part is that I was holding the iPhone when Mike walks back. Pat’s face that day was just incredible. Watch this video:

Less funny – I had to go to New York and it happened to be the day all markets crashed.

Fall in Paris in October:

I’m just back from a short trip in the Valley:

For most of my readers it sounds like a dream – it’s not. Jet lags, long flights, security hassle, packing unpacking, huge temperature difference, short nights, getting into a 4 hour meeting after an overseas flight, kids too far away….all those things are not on those pictures…but they exist.

It’s my choice. I don’t complain. Let’s see how 2009 will be…

So refreshing. Watch it twice to enjoy fully!

I know a lot of moms didn’t like the idea of this commercial but I really don’t see anything wrong with the ad.

In my opinion we only hear moms that didn’t like it – so I assume all the other ones were not opposed to it. That makes a lot of moms and Motrin should not have pulled it off.

What about dads and back pain?? Motrin you should make the same commercial with dads instead of moms. Men are usually more open moms than most moms

As often Loren Feldman made some good points in this videocast. Not exactly vocabulary I’d be using on my blog but his analysis is valid!

I hope this will not stop Motrin from trying to be innovative in their ads.

Very nice video on YouTube on how to use the BlackBerry Storm. Well presented – it gives a nice overview of the Storm. Mine should be in my hands this week