What happens when you put the Pantech Element tablet underwater? Watch and find out this is a super-quick unboxing of the new waterproof Pantech Element tablet that is running Android Honeycomb. AND watch what happens when you put this tablet UNDER WATER!!!
(if you can’t see the video below, click here) 

3G, 4G, 5G …what does it all mean? The average person doesn’t know the SPEED difference between 3G or 4G. You need to actually SEE it. I decided to put it to the test by using 4G Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket vs. 3G iPhone 4S (both running on the AT&T network). What does it actually mean when you watch YouTube videos? Or load a webpage like ESPN or cnn.com? Watch my 4G vs 3G video blog speed test to see who wins.

‎**my apologies- i mistakenly read the Speed Test App numbers when I filmed this as “megabytes” and it’s actually megabits**

One of my clients is Timberland- and I absolutely love doing video work for them because they make such great products (and they didn’t pay me to write that hahaha ). A new product they have out is a boot called the Helcor Boot. I had no clue about the usage of the material “Helcor” but after putting it to the test, it’s pretty amazing- check out this video blog we created for them (shot/edit by Pat).

the concept + context of the experience for this video is the end result of what happens when customers scanned a QR code in a magazine or at a retail store (that was our project assignment). the idea here was to acknowledge the fact the customer scanned a QR code, then SHOW them how the boot in their hand is tear resistant, water resistant, puncture resistant AND can take the heat!

I’m down in Florida this week (nice vacation here for the holidays, eh?) and I begged dragged my mom + sister to a really cool place called Big Cat Habitat in Sarasota, FL. First, I should point out- it’s not a circus. It’s a sanctuary that rescues lions, tigers, ligers, bears, and other exotic wildlife (that need a permanent home). And even better- it’s a nonprofit run by Kay Rosaires and her son (Clayton) and her daughter <– so cool it’s the entire family! I’ll be honest- I showed up just wanting to be impressed by seeing a lion up close- but this place is much more than that (it’s an educational experience).

While we were there- we were lucky enough to walk over when a few of the lions were “talking to each other”. This is crazy to hear IRL! Watch and listen.

From left to right (below) that’s a tiger, liger, and a lion!

I was amazed at how gorgeous the tigers were up close…

This is what iMovie looks like in the iPhone. I shot this video blog only using the front-cam + iMovie to edit <– so you can see what a single iPhone can do, it’s not amazing- but it does the trick –> http://youtu.be/ztetXlbRW2Y?hd=1

The video blog is a preview of a new restaurant opening here in Kansas City at the Country Club Plaza called Seasons 52. It’s not local- but still an interesting concept: everything on the menu is under 475 calories. The atmosphere is a perfect “date place” (but not exactly on-the-cheap) runs $25-$69 per person for lunch/dinner. They have 100+ wines, 20 by the glass. Seasons 52 opens in Kansas City on November 7th.

Here’s the video blog i shot with the front-camera on the new iPhone 4S:

These photos were also taken with the new iPhone 4S:

I was so excited when I got the call from one of my clients (Timberland), asking me to hop on a plane to Canada …for the first time in my life. I’d never been there before! More-so, I was fortunate enough to get to cover the Toronto International Film Fest. Oh yeah- it was my first film festival ever too!!! It was an incredible time- check out the video blogs I shot for them:

After I unboxed my new iPhone- the first thing I tested was Siri on the iPhone 4S (the feature EVERYONE has been talking about). Watch what happens when I asked Siri a few questions… (if you can’t see the video below click here).

18 months ago the iPad was first released and everyone since then has been waiting for the official iPad app to be released. Well- it’s finally here! I have to admit, using your fingers with gestures to browse Facebook is just plain fun. I recorded a walkthrough video of the Facebook iPad app to show you just how it works. You can download the Facebook iPad app in the App Store or here (there is also a new version if the iPhone app out as well).

Sara and I hiked to the top of a mountain while we were in CO Springs this past weekend (i was speaking at a conference). Check out the view from top of the Helen Hunt trail. We even shot this video blog:

I’ve been a HUGE fan of this new iPhone app called HDR Pro, that takes some amazing pictures. Check out the one i took at the top with my phone:

And I’m also obsessed with another iPhone photo app called 360. Look at the stitched/panoramic photos i shot with my iPhone:

It took 11 years, but the building that looks like a giant silver snail shell in downtown Kansas City is about to open! The Kauffman Center for the Performing Arts cost $413 million dollars, sits on 18 acres, and has 2 halls inside (one for theatre, the other for concerts). Kristin gave me and my friend Pat a private tour- and we put together this video blog of the Kauffman Center. Check it out! I also took this and this panoramic photos with my iPhone while I was there.

btw, Pat (who works with me at @digitalev) was behind the camera and did all the edits <– which i think he did awesome!

I’ve been in Toronto for the past couple of days at the Toronto International Film Fest …while I was there Josh, a bartender at Pease did a demo of what happens when you cool your beer with liquid nitrogen. Isn’t this crazy!?! (i didn’t know you could drink this). You can do this with alcohol and other shots too (it makes any liquid immediately cold).

Thanks to TKC and local b.a. photog Eric Bowers, I saw through my feeds about a new art installation you can checkout, near Liberty Memorial in Kansas City. There are 117 stacked containers, and it can withstand over 90MPH winds (KMBC has an article). Check out this video blog I shot of the art project AND I even did an interactive 360 panoramic photo as well.

BTW, my mic + audio got jacked, so you’ll noticed i had to re-dub the last parts of the audio on the later cuts in video. [sigh]

It’s incredible to see the speed of conversation(s) and mention(s) on Twitter about this Virginia earthquake today. Pat and I pulled up TweetDeck and saw this!

**update** Twitter reported officially that within a minute of the reported earthquake, there were over 40,000 #earthquake related tweets. And there were about 5,500 Tweets per second (TPS). For context, this TPS is more than Osama Bin Laden’s death & on par w/ the Japanese quake.

Last Friday, I was at a Kansas City Royals game and I came across this nifty device (watch this video i took of it). This device is hooked up to a keg, and it can pour up to 50 beers per 1-minute, with just one person using it. The plastic glasses have a floppy fridge-magnet inside, a circle which sticks itself to a corresponding donut-shape strip around the filling-hole (they’re also reported to cost 45 cents per cup each …compared to 10 cents, and $2,000 per dispenser).

I did some research and Wired has a great write-up on “how it works“. These things are made by a company called Grinon Industries and it’s called Bottoms Up.

You can certainly put this on the list of things I never thought I’d ever do. Doing the DOUGIE with Mike Arrington‘s executive assistant (Greg Barto). While I was in San Francisco, I saw that TechCrunch published a blog post asking people make requests for him to do anything you wanted. That’s right, anything you want. Arrington is invested in a startup from LA/Kansas City called Zaarly (which my GF works at). It’s a really cool startup that is an App/website that allows you to buy and sell stuff (goods and services) …and it’s hyperlocal.

The back story here is I decided to Zaarly $25 bucks for Greg to, “teach the Exact Target CoTweet staff how to DOUGIE” (i was at CoTweet‘s offices for meetings in SF).

So I Zaarly’ed …and then it happened.
Me, the Exact Target team, and some friends all learned how to DOUGIE.

Here’s the TechCrunchTV full episode (below). And Business Insider has a write-up on this.

Jump to 02:05 in the video to see us dancing:

Annnnnnnd i shot a video blog myself with my POV

**update**
featured on…
TechCrunch: Michael Arrington’s New Executive Assistant Did It All For The Labradors
SFGate: Mike Arrington Uses A Startup To Haze The Heck Out Of His Assistant
Forbes: Ashton Kutcher, Tweet Pimps and Federal Crime