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The purpose of the on-screen guide has shifted. By connecting the guide to content-recommendation engines and advertising platforms, service providers and connected-TV device manufacturers are using the EPG as an access point for understanding consumers and reaching out to them to own the living room. Read more at GigaOM Pro »

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We’ve long believed that the future of video discovery will be based on personalized search results and recommendations, which will offer up videos users might be interested in based on what they’ve already watched. Digitalsmiths hopes to make that a reality with its Seamless Discovery technology. Read more »

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IDC’s latest snapshot of the digital universe suggests that data volumes continue to grow at a dramatic pace that shows little signs of slowing down. The sheer scale of the problem suggests that simply adding more storage is not a sustainable strategy. What is the solution? Read more »

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Digitalsmiths is rolling out the newest version of its video management system with new features to make it easier for customers to add metadata into their videos. The new capabilities build on its automated metadata and advanced search capabilities to search and navigate video content. Read more »

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Hulu took a step toward crowdsourcing its classification and discovery capabilities this morning, adding the ability for users to add tags to videos. The online video site added a “Tags” tab alongside its “Reviews” and “Discussion” sections, which will allow users to classify video clips by […] Read more »

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Joost has announced that it is going to allow third-party developers to add Flash widgets to its video player soon. The Joost Labs blog this week previewed a widget that adds keyword-based Twitter search results to a video. Joost wants to eventually release a widget API […] Read more »

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On the web, we’ve been tagging everything for at least a couple of years now. We tag bookmarks, photos, applications, blog posts, and on and on and on. I’ve written at length about streamlined ways to tag files within OS X, and lauded the fantastic Default […] Read more »

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I normally avoid anything that looks like tech support in my entries here, but this may verge on an exception. Bear with me, and I’ll explain. I rebooted my Macbook Pro about four days ago, and lo, to my surprise, the icon for my boot drive […] Read more »

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I’ve written at length about putting metadata to good use on OS X. There are many benefits to ‘tagging’ files, but topping the list are probably quick retrieval of files, and more intelligent storage methodologies. But the features I’ve put together on the topic have been […] Read more »

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As I was just about finished recording my latest screencast tonight, I got an uninvited (at least while in the middle of a screencast recording) notice that St Claire Software’s Default Folder X has an update available. This of course is a great thing, as I […] Read more »

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I think we’ve covered a lot of ground in the past 4 weeks, talking about Metadata in OS X. While it’s clearly a large step in a new direction, attacking that new way of thinking can really pay dividends as you hone that system to your […] Read more »

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The Metadata Screecast that I posted yesterday generated enough questions that I felt it necessary to address them in a post, rather than a HUGE comment, buried at the end of the comments. So here it is. Each Answer references the number of the comment it […] Read more »

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A dead drive created a minor slow-down in getting this out, but an extra drive and a quickly restored backup and I’m back in action. (Along these lines, an answer to a question: The tags – Spotlight Comments – do in fact survive backups and such. […] Read more »

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Last week I began talking about using metadata effectively in OS X. I think I stirred the honey pot a bit by leaving things hanging – eg, not explaining my process – but felt it would be better organized and prepared in a series of posts. […] Read more »

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A Long Time In The Making Not quite a year ago I wrote a feature on LifeHacker talking about the use of Metadata in place of a folder-based organization scheme. Since then I’ve received many emails and inquiries asking for more on the subject. Inevitably I’ve […] Read more »

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My man Raz asked some questions about how to tag your files for use with Spotlight. I don’t believe there’s truly a right or wrong way to do it. (Except for the way I do it. That way being the right one of course…) Here are […] Read more »