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April 13, 2018
YouTube’s CEO Susan Wojcicki on Navigating the Video Revolution in the Digital Age at SXSW 2018 [Video]
At SXSW 2018, YouTube’s CEO Susan Wojcicki spoke with Wired Editor-in-Chief Nicholas Thompson about the company’s new approach to battling misinformation, the platform’s goals, and how YouTube has evolved as a result of the global creator economy during the Featured Session “Navigating the Video Revolution in the Digital Age” at the SXSW Conference.
YouTube as a company represents freedom of expression in the same way that the library system serves the public. However, YouTube strives to be more than just a digital video archive. The goal for YouTube is to be a “next-generation platform” with the broadest collection of content distributed globally.
“If there’s something that’s happening in the world, there’s an important event, we want to deliver the information.”
With over 1.5 billion users every month, Youtube is changing the face of entertainment around the world. But without the infrastructure to approve and disapprove content, YouTube has become a host for conspiracy theory videos and fake news. During her session, Wojcicki described the ongoing challenge in balancing YouTube’s responsibility for the content it hosts while allowing for freedom of expression on the platform. “What this year has really shown is that sometimes those freedoms [of expression] are in conflict with each other. The last year has shown us how important it is for us to get that right and to deliver the right information at the right time.”
Perhaps the biggest takeaway from Wojcicki and Thompson’s conversation at SXSW was the announcement that YouTube will be rolling out a new feature called ‘information cues’. In the coming weeks, YouTube users will see a text box on conspiracy-related videos that will link to Wikipedia articles offering alternative viewpoints. This new feature is the first step the media giant has taken towards mitigating the problem of fake news.
Watch the full video above to learn more about the platform’s changing role and how originality and innovation are redefining the media landscape starting with YouTube.
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April 11, 2018
SXSWfm 2018 Showcasing Artist Interview: Twain
During the week of SXSW 2018, SXSWfm interviewed Matt Davidson, the frontman of his alt-country project Twain. They discussed the impact of social media, thoughts on spirituality, and his upcoming release focusing on the meaning of being a “man child.” Read an excerpt of the interview below, and listen to it in full on our Mixcloud.
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Twain Interview Highlights
How many times have you played here?
Twain: Six times.
Why is coming to SX so important to you?
Twain: Can I be honest? I want to play music for a living because I can’t do anything else. That’s not the main reason, but I’ve tried to do other things. Can’t do anything else. And it’s very important to me on one hand that I make a material life out of music. That’s hard to admit. Then I find it’s necessary to come and be visible…and then suddenly one day, you wake up and there are months and months of shows booked, and tours planned, and wonderful people helping you, and it’s a dream. Truthfully, last year at South By helped me organize that. I made contact with my label who put my last record out, began working with my fantastic booking agent, Jim Romeo, and it actually worked the way South By is traditionally supposed to work, or dreamed to work for the upstart musician.
Tell me about some of your inspirations, or your creative process when you write…
Twain: I meditate quite a lot – in practice, not so much sitting, but in the day. I like to think about problems that are happening in the world, and mostly problems that are happening to me. I think about a lot of internal problems and certain discomfort of the soul and body that I feel. When they become really intense and it’s time to write a song, then that’s how I make the words – thinking about the different problems that I feel.
Every song [on the album Rare Feeling] has a different story, but is there a theme? Or did you write music and it just all came together?
Twain: There’s not a theme. It was mostly some stuff we recorded in my buddy Scott’s toolshed. He’s one of my heroes and he invited us to hang out. We ended up taping most of the record and they were just songs from a couple year’s period of time. I’ve looked for a theme in them and I haven’t found one. There’s love songs for different people, there’s a few songs that are vague, there are spiritual numbers. But the record I’m working on now has a pretty distinct theme: being a man child.
Well what’s next, you said you are working on that next album, when can we expect that? Are there more shows to come?
Twain: In terms of recording, we are going to put out a record over the summer that’s two EP’s. One is Alternator which is out. But the other one is called Radiator and that’s basically side three of Rare Feeling – more songs that didn’t fit on one disk. That will be available over the summer. Hopefully by the end of the year another full length. I’m touring quite a lot. Going back to the East Coast after this and then to Europe for six weeks. And then lots of festivals – Nelsonville Music Festival, the Lost Sierra Hoedown, and then some more exciting ones that I’m not at liberty to discuss yet. It should be a fun summer.
Tune in to hear the full interview with Twain below. Keep checking our Mixcloud page in the coming weeks as more interviews with 2018 SXSW Showcasing Artists are released. You can listen to SXSWfm 24/7 via our online player.
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2018 Showcasing Artist, Twain – Photo by Shelby Magness
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April 11, 2018
Photography Search for Geometrical Shapes & Symmetries in Vienna
Photography Search for Geometrical Shapes & Symmetries in Vienna
Hlinka Zsolt is an urban photographer looking for geometry and symmetry obsessively in each composition. The next station in the photography search for geometrical shapes and symmetries is Vienna: its architecture, like Budapest, carries both the lasting impression of the past, and also the promise of a bright future, and the unstoppable nature of progress.
In my photographs, I have captured this dynamism, so the common topic was chosen to be the upward aspiration. They have been apostrophized to be tunnels, reaching towards the unknown.
Though the objects may seem like stationary and silent, upon closer inspection we can see the memory of countless past events. Not only historical buildings are depicted, which are well versed in the actualities of old times, but their modern pairs are also showcased. These forms are developed by building on their predecessors, respecting or even breaking traditions, which means they cannot be separated from each other.
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April 10, 2018
Score the awesome PlayStation VR headset right now for $199, its lowest price yet
If you’re looking to enter the world of virtual reality, you don’t have to spend a small fortune. The excellent PlayStation VR, one of the best virtual reality headsets on the market, can now be yours for a new low price of $199.
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Source: Digital Trends VR
April 10, 2018
A VR experience lets you ride a jetpack over the world’s most romantic city
Nothing says 21st-century romance quite like taking your other half on a jetpack flyover of Paris. Fortunately, a brand new Parisian attraction called FlyView is here to help using virtual reality.
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Source: Digital Trends VR
April 10, 2018
Concept Art for Surreal Air Carriers
Concept Art for Surreal Air Carriers
Paul Chadeisson is a Senior Illustrator & Concept Artist, full time freelance since 2016, working for games and films. He has an incredible portfolio of concept art for clients including NCSoft’s ArenaNet, 343 Industries, Walt Disney Pictures, Alcon Entertainment, Lionsgate, 20th Century fox, Square Enix, Unit Image, OATS studios, The Senate VFX. He also had the chance to contribute to incredible movies and like BLADE RUNNER 2049: Black Out 2022, The Surge, Call of Duty: Infinite Warfare, Alien 5, Kingsglaive Final Fantasy XV, Tron: Uprising.
For this post we want to feature one of the coolest concept art ideas, the Air Carriers. They look like the come from a Star Wars movie but when you look closely you will see they are nothing more than a regular container ship that flies. The details are quite amazing and definitely worth featuring here on Abduzeedo. For more information about Paul, make sure to check out http://paulchadeisson.com/
In 2012 i co-founded Ragequit Corporation, an Independent video game company with my friend Pierre-Etienne Travers, Cédric Lecacheur and David juhens. We developed and published Strike Vector on STEAM in 2014, and Strike Vector EX in 2016 on STEAM and PS4.
Concept Art for Air Carriers
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April 10, 2018
UI Inspiration: This week’s selections from Nicolás Fiasche, Aoife O’Dwyer and more
UI Inspiration: This week’s selections from Nicolás Fiasche, Aoife O’Dwyer and more
It’s that time of the week for our collection of UI/UX interactions to boost your UI inspiration. We are focusing on cool animations, layout designs, UX thinking and more. We are mixing it all from static, dynamic and even live prototypes, this might be a great weekly series to bookmark! This week we have a concept for National Geographic by Nicolás Fiasche, it’s quite colourful. Also we are focusing more specifically on interactions for Web design, hope you will enjoy these.
In this collection we are featuring the work from Nicolás Fiasche, Aoife O’Dwyer, CAROLINE CHAUVET, ganeshkumar and more.
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Design by Nicolás Fiasche
Design by Aoife O’Dwyer
Design by CAROLINE CHAUVET
Design by ganeshkumar
Design by Yudin Alex
Design by Wando C.
Design by Ryan David Curtis
Design by Murat Yılmaz
Design by Mauricio Bucardo
Design by rohan rahian
Design by meguru muramoto
Design by Dan
Design by Hashan
Design by LEISHU
Design by Matt Wojtaś
Design by Zhenya Rynzhuk
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April 9, 2018
Leap Motion’s prototype augmented reality headset includes hand tracking
Leap Motion revealed a new prototype headset combining hand tracking with augmented reality. The open source community will have access next week after a few refinements. Leap Motion wants to add even more tech in the future.
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Source: Digital Trends VR
April 9, 2018
Editorial Design and Illustration for Public-sector Publications
Editorial Design and Illustration for Public-sector Publications
Marçal Prats shared a beautiful post showcasing the editorial design and illustration work done for very important publications. These public-sector publications have one thing in common: the people. The topics they deal with are very sensitive and therefore the illustrations always convey trust and positivity.
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Editorial Design & Illustration
1. Customer Services in Government
How can U.S. agencies bring customer service to every level of their organization? This guide explains the role of each department and staff member – from agency leaders to frontline staff to HR and IT personnel – and provides firsthand advice.
The illustrations are influenced by the fauvist paintings of André Derain(1900-1910), which are characterized by strong colors and fierce brushwork.
Inspiration – Fauvism
Sketch process
2. The Human Resources Playbook for Gov
This playbook focuses on the key issues U.S. agencies must address to achieve proper recruiting, hiring, onboarding and employee development.
The concept of Human Resources, together with Playbook, evokes the favorite game of my childhood: Lego –with its characters, bold colors, and the assembly instructions as well. Furthermore, the illustrations and page layout have been drawn in blocks using a grid, like when playing the game.
Inspiration – Lego
Sketch process
Square grid layout
3. People of the Cyber
This guide dives into six personas that represent different types of agency personnel behind government cybersecurity. By better understanding them, U.S. agencies can tackle the most important component behind cyber defense: humans.
The design is inspired by the Kawaii culture: anything that stirs feelings of care, and protectiveness.
Inpiration – Kawaii
Sketch process
4. Icon library
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Defining Your Role In Government Customer Experience
The Human Resources Playbook for Government
The People Behind Government Cybersecurity
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Apr 09, 2018
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April 8, 2018
Watch: 5 Mistakes You Typically See in Student Films (and How to Fix Them)
Knowing what the problems are is the first step in avoiding them.
If you’ve ever gone to film school, then you know student films. You’ve seen really moving, funny, and intelligent movies on premiere days, but you’ve also seen really trite, emotionless, and downright shallow movies, too. You’ve seen the good, the bad, and the ugly. That’s totally normal. It’s next to impossible to make a perfect film right out of the gate, which is why it’s helpful to explore and pinpoint the issues that seem to appear in the vast majority of student and first-time films in hopes that you can realize when you’re making one yourself.
In this video, Sven Pape of This Guy Edits talks with editor Dr. Karen Pearlman, author of Cutting Rhythms, Intuitive Film Editing and a lecturer in film production at Macquarie University, not only about common mistakes student filmmakers make when directing their first movies but how editors can help correct some of those missteps in post-production. Check it out below:
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