1. QuickTime Live Rescheduled for February 2. Fall into Oktoberfest 3. Listen to the Music 4. QuickTime Hot Picks 5. Free Video Clips from Bestshot.com 6. Trailer Park 7. Inside the QuickTime Toolchest 8. Quick Takes
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1. QuickTime Live Rescheduled for February
After receiving many requests--from both QuickTime developers and customers--Apple has decided to postpone QuickTime Live to a less stressful time.
Originally scheduled for October 8-11, 2001, QuickTime Live will now take place February 11-14, 2002, at the same location: the Beverly Hilton Hotel in Beverly Hills, California.
If you had reservations for October or would like to find out how to attend in February, please visit our QuickTime Live site for additional information.
http://www.apple.com/quicktimelive/
2. Fall into Oktoberfest
Locals call it the "Wies'n" because it originally took place on the German fields of Theresien-Wiese to celebrate crown prince Ludwig's marriage to Therese von Sachsen-Hildburghausen in 1810.
But most of the world knows it simply as Oktoberfest--the world's biggest and most famous beer festival.
In 2000, more than 6.5 million people attended the annual festival in Munich, drinking more than 7 million liters of beer and consuming 700,000 roasted chickens. That's a lot of celebrating.
Now you can explore the Biergartens and festival grounds of the Wies'n from the comfort of your own home by viewing QuickTime VR panoramas. (If we could only figure out a way to download a stein of beer, we'd be all set.)
http://www.cccrew.com/oktoberfest/
3. Listen to the Music
Plop yourself down on the stylish retro couch of montage artist Daniel Rucks and revel in the amazing music video remixes he creates for his company, Dan-O-Rama Productions. Rucks combines original artists' works with stock footage from his own collection, giving the world a whole new way to experience such diverse artists as Depeche Mode, Madonna, Cher, the Judds, Faith Hill, and more.
After you've watched Dan's versions of your favorite artists' videos, swing by the Club Room and watch his Jackie O. Tribute, or view his Mary Tyler Moore, Brady Bunch, and Joan Crawford Mega-Mixes.
The Dan-O-Rama Productions website is so clever it begs exploration of every nook and cranny. We haven't had this much fun in ages.
http://www.danoramaproductions.com
Destiny's Child follows up "Survivor" with a brand new single. Watch a music video of the harmonious and soulful cover of the Bee Gee's ballad, "Emotion," on the group's website.
http://destinyschild.com
(By the way, if you'd like the background music to go bye-bye, click the tiny "Off" button in the right-hand corner of the page.)
Michael Jackson's new CD, "Invincible," is due for release on October 30. But you don't have to wait hear an advance copy of his second single, "Cry," an inspirational ballad sung with a gospel-style chorus and evocative of Jackson at his classic best.
http://www.michaeljackson.com/quicktime2.html
Watch 14-year-old Li'l Bow Wow rap the praises of "Ghetto Girls" in his newest full-length music video.
http://lilbowwow.com/
Looking for a different kind of radio station to listen to at your desk? Try Clevelandhits.com, the first of a new network of live streaming web radio stations. Clevelandhits.com combines the hottest homegrown local music with your choice of the top national releases.
http://www.clevelandhits.com
London rock quartet Thirteen-13 would like you to give "Try" a try. Watch the music video for their latest single, set to be released October 15.
http://www.video-c.co.uk/thirteen/launch.html
The 13 Days of Ozzy started off with "Crazy Train." Day 2 featured "Diary of a Madman." Each weekday since, www.ozzynet.com has featured one track from each of Osbourne's previous albums.
And the ozzybration will continue until October 16, when Ozzy Osbourne releases his thirteenth and newest album, "Down to Earth." On that day, ozzynet.com will stream the new album in its entirety, exclusively in QuickTime.
http://www.ozzynet.com
4. QuickTime HotPicks
As any entrepreneur knows, running a small business is not just a full-time job, it's a way of life. Entrepreneurism may be tough, but Jane Applegate says you don't have to face it alone.
Applegate, one of America's leading small business journalists, has launched SBTV.com, the first online broadcast network dedicated to helping small businesspeople with all aspects of entrepreneurial life. SBTV provides site visitors with free access to streaming video and audio interviews with business experts. The site also provides text-only transcripts of most of the interviews and offers visitors a page filled with small business resources.
SBTV is currently sponsoring a national tour to help business owners and the newly unemployed cope with the recent economic turmoil. For more information visit SBTV at:
http://www.sbtv.com
The Seybold conference is the world's largest event dedicated to cross-media publishing technologies, held for the commercial and corporate publishing, design, and marketing industries.
The 2001 show in San Francisco just wrapped up on September 28, but you can watch the opening keynote given on September 24. Sit back and let Phil Schiller, Apple's vice president of Worldwide Product Marketing, and Apple CEO Steve Jobs provide an overview of the latest news from Apple, including demos of the first major upgrade to Mac OS X--Mac OS X Version 10.1.
http://www.apple.com/quicktime/qtv/seybold_01/
5. Free Video Clips from Bestshot.com
It's the rare multimedia presentation or digital movie that can't be spiffed up with professionally generated video clips. But where do you go to license high-quality, royalty-free videos?
Bestshot.com is one of the web's leading sources for stock video content. And, for a limited time, they're giving away three high-resolution video clips to anyone who registers for a catalog. Once you sign up, you can download your free high-resolution clips right from the website.
But wait, that's not all. If you sign up for a free membership, you can take advantage of a limited-time offer and get three royalty-free digital video CDs for the price of two.
While you're on the site, be sure to browse their online catalog to see the extensive selection of video clips you can license for your presentations or movies.
http://www.bestshot.com/freeclips.html
6. Trailer Park
After a hobbit named Frodo inherits an ancient ring thought lost for centuries, his life changes forever. He learns from Gandalf the Grey that this is not just an ordinary ring, but the One Ring of the Dark Lord Sauron, and it must be destroyed in order to end the reign of the terrible Dark Lords.
To properly destroy it, Frodo must make an epic quest to the Cracks of Doom. But he can't do it alone. So Frodo is aided by a group of companions--the fellowship of the ring. Together they trek through forests, mountains, and plains, facing all manner of foe, to ensure that the ring truly meets its end.
Based on the first novel of J.R.R. Tolkien's classic "Lord of the Rings" fantasy/adventure trilogy, "The Lord of the Rings: Fellowship of the Ring" opens in U.S. theaters December 19, 2001.
(The film's new full-length trailer even comes in a mammoth, full-screen version for all you broadbanders.)
Better yet, he loves to play with QuickTime and has created a highly entertaining site--QuickTimers--designed to show off the many clever ways he's discovered to use the many interactive capabilities that QuickTime offers.
With his website divided into entertaining tidbits of interactivity at its most innovative, Puckey is sure to inspire anybody who wants to use QuickTime for interactive multimedia.
Even if you aren't involved in multimedia development, the examples are great fun to explore.
http://www.quicktimers.com/
8. Quick Takes
If you have a thirst for great advertising, see how Coca-Cola has pitched itself throughout the world, including such far-flung locations as South Africa, Australia, Egypt, Saudi Arabia, and more.
http://www.LTG.Coca-Cola.com/
Japanese Castle Trek uses QuickTime VR to guide you through six of Japan's most beautiful historical treasures, built many hundreds of years ago.
http://castle.ad-g.tv/egindex.htm
Got a great example of QuickTime to show us on the web? We'd love to hear about it.
http://www.apple.com/quicktime/hotpicks/tellus/
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