Welcome to Digital Media Thoughts

[Jason Dunn]

My fellow geeks, welcome to Digital Media Thoughts! It brings me great pleasure to launch this new site dedicated to all things digital media. I'm tremendously excited about digital media, and have been for a long time. I remember the first time I digitized a clip off a VHS tape - it was thrilling to take vulnerable atom-based, analogue data, and transform it into immortal bit-based digital form. I have a strong archival streak in me - I enjoy capturing memories, archiving them, and getting creative with presenting the memories. I'm the kind of person who snaps a lot of photos at family events, then the same day I'll transfer them over to my computer, re-name them all, rotate the images, and probably get rid of the red-eye and crop them all to boot. :lol: I'm serious about preserving memories!<br /><br />Our focus here at Digital Media Thoughts is to make this site the most useful site possible for you as a digital media enthusiast. We'll post daily bits of news gathered from around the Web, link to the best articles and reviews we find on other sites, and write our own reviews, columns, and step by step tutorials. We've put together a team of opinionated editors, so expect to see a few rants and raves popping up - we're not afraid to share our opinions here at Digital Media Thoughts, and while we have sponsors and bills like most sites, they don't influence our editorial freedom. We'll tell you exactly what we think, every time.<br /><br />If you've visited <a href="http://www.pocketpcthoughts.com">Pocket PC Thoughts</a> or <a href="http://www.smartphonethoughts.com">Smartphone Thoughts</a> before, you'll be familiar with how things work here. Digital Media Thoughts (sometimes referred to as DMT) is part of the <a href="http://www.thoughtsmedia.com">Thoughts Media Network</a>, and a sister site to Pocket PC Thoughts and Smartphone Thoughts. Both run atop the Thoughts Media Engine (designed by Fabrizio Fiandanese), and will have identical functionality. Over time, we'll be launching more Thoughts Media sites, and a powerful synergy will develop between them.<br /><br />We're just getting started, so stick around - if you're a digital media enthusiast, this is the place to be!<br /><br />Jason Dunn<br />Executive Editor<br />Digital Media Thoughts<br /><br />PS - We're still working out a few kinks in our new system, so be patient. If you're reading this on January 31st, you've caught our "soft launch". We wanted to go live to see how things work, but we don't kick it into high gear for a couple of weeks. In the meantime, feel free to post in the forums and explore the site. Over the next week or two, I'll be working on getting prizes from some of the top digital media vendors in the world, and tuning the site for our grand opening. When is the grand opening you might ask? You'll know when, because there will be a lot of noise about it all across the Web. :D

[dean_shan]

Thanks Jason, you are the best. PPCT is great. I hope that DMT will be just as good.

[Chris Gohlke]

Congrats Jason!

[Jason Dunn]

Ok, it's pretty damn funny that you guys posted - the site wasn't supposed to launch tonight. A mis-communication resulted in it launching, but it was only live for perhaps an hour... :lol:

[Steven Cedrone]

Looks great! I have a feeling I am going to be asking alot of questions here!

Steve

[Lotto]

Whooo! Site looks great. I'm ready to learn more.

[Kevin & Beth Remhof]

Excellent! Congrats, Jason. It's fun to be on when the site isn't really "official" yet. Looks like this will be a good place to get recommendations on my upcoming digital camera purchase.

[Lotto]

Whooo! Site looks great. I'm ready to learn more.

Oops! Can't delete my hiccup.

[Kevin C Tofel]

Let the posting counts and Digital "titles" begin!!!! :wink: Just kidding...

Congratulations on what I hope is very successful for you Jason, and what I know will be of tremendous value to the on-line community....
:way to go:

KCT

[David McNamee]

Where's the developer's forum? :grinning devil:

[Lee Yuan Sheng]

Ah, finally it's here. =P Congrats Jason!

[dean_shan]

Ok, it's pretty damn funny that you guys posted - the site wasn't supposed to launch tonight. A mis-communication resulted in it launching, but it was only live for perhaps an hour... :lol:

Yeah I guess I jumped the gun. I just saw that the forum was up and regestered.

[Godsongz]

I have SOOOO looked forward to this site Jason, Thank You!!

[Janak Parekh]

Congrats Jason! :way to go: Now don't kill the server on me... :razzing:

--janak

[Jason Dunn]

Where's the developer's forum? :grinning devil:

Haha...you know, I was pondering creating one, but it didn't seem to be appropriate in this case. I'm afraid you'll have to do without. ;-)

[JR]

Great to see it's up (even if it's a little early).

So Jason: where's your Avatar? Or are you waitin until the "official" launch?

[Suhit Gupta]

Congrats Jason! :way to go: Now don't kill the server on me... :razzing:

Oooh, afraid that DMT may get more traffic than PPCT? ;-)

Suhit

[Suhit Gupta]

So Jason: where's your Avatar? Or are you waitin until the "official" launch?

Since there was the PPCT thread (http://www.pocketpcthoughts.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=23855&highlight=janak+avatar) on Janak's avatar change, perhaps there should be suggestions for Jason's? ;-), well at least until he uploads one himself...

With all the 'thoughts' themed sites, perhaps a thought bubble with a digital camera inside?

Suhit

[JR]

So Jason: where's your Avatar? Or are you waitin until the "official" launch?

Since there was the PPCT thread (http://www.pocketpcthoughts.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=23855&highlight=janak+avatar) on Janak's avatar change, perhaps there should be suggestions for Jason's? ;-), well at least until he uploads one himself...

With all the 'thoughts' themed sites, perhaps a thought bubble with a digital camera inside?

Suhit

He mentioned on a thread at PPCT somewhere that he had already picked it (that's one of the last steps before launching a Thoughts site apparently). It peaked my curiousity.

Will it follow the theme so far?

PocketPCThoughts:
http://www.pocketpcthoughts.com/forums/images/avatars/2.gif

SmartphoneThoughts:
http://www.smartphonethoughts.com/forums/images/avatars/10157192423f0b23b004a57.gif

[Honda_Civic_Si]

Probably something along the Marvel Comicbook line...

Congrats on the site, nice colours! :D I knew it was going to be half Pocket PC Thoughts and half Smartphone Thoughts. Orange and blue :D

-Justin.

[JR]

Probably something along the Marvel Comicbook line...

Maybe we should start guessing. Winner gets bragging rights. 8)

[JR]

Probably something along the Marvel Comicbook line...

Maybe we should start guessing. Winner gets bragging rights. 8)

The first obvious guess would be Hulk. That's not my guess though. Iceman would look good with the colour scheme. Ditto Silver Surfer...

[Paul Martin]

Congrats on the new site! I dropped by yesterday but there was no site "yet". Perhaps I should have kept hitting the refresh button.

[Paul Martin]

Just did a little search over at Marveldirectory.com (http://www.marveldirectory.com/) and think I have nailed Jason's new Avatar. I'll guess Shatterstar (http://www.marveldirectory.com/individuals/s/shatterstar.htm). So much of this character sounds like Jason to me:

Identity: Secret; the general populace of Earth is unaware that Shatterstar is an extra-dimensional being
Occupation: (current) Adventurer, (former) Arena warrior, revolutionary
Legal status:None on Earth; wanted for acts of rebellion on Mojoworld
Place of birth: Mojoworld in an alternate future

So far so good. Jason's definately got that Mojoworld feel. :D

Soon afterwards, Mojo made Cable and Shatterstar his prisoners and transformed them into digital images in one of his television programs. In the course of the program, Shatterstar was mortally wounded in combat. Mojo's sometime ally Spiral teleported Cable and Shatterstar back into reality, where they regained their true forms.

Well, I don't know if Jason has ever BEEN a digital image, but he's taken quite a few!

Other abilities: Shatterstar has had extensive training in many forms of the martial arts of Mojoworld; in particular, he is a master swordsman.

I offer this (http://www.buildingwithbaywest.com/2002_05_01_archive.html) and :ninja: for proof.

I don't know about the long hair however....maybe I can find a picture of Jason with long hair. :lol:

[JR]

Just did a little search over at Marveldirectory.com (http://www.marveldirectory.com/) and think I have nailed Jason's new Avatar. I'll guess Shatterstar (http://www.marveldirectory.com/individuals/s/shatterstar.htm).

I think that the small thumbnail pic of him will make people think it's Gambit though:
http://www.marveldirectory.com/profilepics/shatterstar.jpg

[Godsongz]

Hey Jason, any chance of turning on mobile formatting of this site for everyone until subscriptions are available? I just tried to browse the site from my PPC and after logging in I was sent to the desktop formatted version of the site. If I retyped the URL again to include "/mobile" all I get is the front page with no options to go deeper at all.

[Janak Parekh]

Oooh, afraid that DMT may get more traffic than PPCT? ;-)
More afraid of the consolidated traffic. :lol: We've got a good box, but it's not invincible... just wait until the server gets Slashdotted one day. 8O

--janak

[Kati Compton]

More afraid of the consolidated traffic. :lol: We've got a good box, but it's not invincible... just wait until the server gets Slashdotted one day. 8O
Just as long as I don't get the bounces for DMT too..... 8O

[Gary Sheynkman]

this site is gonna :rock on dude!:

With the broad range of topics...it might outgrow PPCT 8O

[Paul Martin]

I think that the small thumbnail pic of him will make people think it's Gambit though:

Didn't think about the thumbnail thing. Rats!

[Mike Temporale]

Congrats on the launch! The site looks great. :beer:

[Jason Dunn]

Maybe we should start guessing. Winner gets bragging rights. 8)

Actually, if I make a contest out of if, the winner might get more than that... ;-) (more to come later)

[JR]

Maybe we should start guessing. Winner gets bragging rights. 8)

Actually, if I make a contest out of if, the winner might get more than that... ;-) (more to come later)

The plot thickens... :lol:

[sub_tex]

congrats on the site!

I'll be stopping by daily. :D

[Suhit Gupta]

With the broad range of topics...it might outgrow PPCT 8O

That would be nice, though I think we have a long way to go before that happens :).

Suhit

[Jason Dunn]

congrats on the site! I'll be stopping by daily. :D

Cool! I hope to see many PPCT regulars here. BTW, I like the new avatar. :way to go:

[dacs29]

Great site. I look forward to adding DMT to my list of dailies!

David

[bdegroodt]

Site looks great Jason. Each new site gets better and better. Can't wait for the content engine to start steaming away!

[bryhawks]

Jason - My congrats as well. Being a fellow Canuck and bass player with a passion for archival, I'm *so* looking forward to this site. Having been on PPCT for the past couple years, I know how awesome the articles, reviews, rants, and forums are going to be! Hopefully I can contribute as well as learn, as it is not only your awesome team but the awesome membership that makes PPCT so valuable.

Now bring on those CONTESTS!!!!

-Bryan

[Honda_Civic_Si]

this site is gonna :rock on dude!:

With the broad range of topics...it might outgrow PPCT 8O

I think that you're wishing a little too hard there!

-Justin.

[JR]

this site is gonna :rock on dude!:

With the broad range of topics...it might outgrow PPCT 8O

I think that you're wishing a little too hard there!

-Justin.

I'm not sure about that. It would take a while to happen (I'm guessing around 2 years), but I could definitely see DMT surpassing PPCT. Digital media isn't nearly as small a niche as PocketPC is. It will just take some time for the word to spread. 8)

[Janak Parekh]

I'm not sure about that. It would take a while to happen (I'm guessing around 2 years), but I could definitely see DMT surpassing PPCT. Digital media isn't nearly as small a niche as PocketPC is. It will just take some time for the word to spread. 8)
I'd actually guess less than 2 years. And I'll be glad to see DMT grow. ;)

--janak

[Russell]

I bet DMT out does PPCT before the end of the year and maybe even sooner. Take one looke at what went on at CES this year, and you can see that Sony, Microsoft, Intel, and all the other huge names in technology are working to flip our world upside down with faster, better and more advanced technology. And most of it is in the form of digitial media/entertainment.

This web site is genious because it will grow with the growth of digital media. Take one look at the recent push for online music services, personal video players, digital cameras, mp3 players, personal video recorders and more. The growth of those categories are going to push the growth of DMT. DMT is literally getting a lot of free (indirect) advertising because digital media is the rave of the year. Jason Dunn, this is the Thoughts Media site to watch.

[Russell]

With the broad range of topics...it might outgrow PPCT 8O


Actually, the broad range of topics is going to be one of its biggest challenges. Part of the magic of PPCT and SPT is that they are very niche portals. DMT is very broad. Yahoo gest wasted in the search engine race partly because Yahoo tries to be all things to all people and a search engine too. Google focuses JUST on maximizing the search engine space and they do it well. So when a person/customer thinks Google they come up with search engine. When they think Yahoo they think of Yahoo they think _____. In my case, I think email and finance. "A jack of all trades is a master of none."

[JR]

With the broad range of topics...it might outgrow PPCT 8O


Actually that was Gary's quote, not mine (not that I would have disagreed with him...just want to give credit where it's due) :)

[karinatwork]

I feel like I missed something... why did nobody tell me??? :evil:
CONGRATULATIONS JASON!

Great site! I'm looking forward to making this my second favorite spot to be on the web!

:multi:

K.

[Suhit Gupta]

I feel like I missed something... why did nobody tell me??? :evil:
CONGRATULATIONS JASON!

Great site! I'm looking forward to making this my second favorite spot to be on the web!


Better late than never, right? ;-) And looking forward to making this site your /first/ favorite site on the web... :-)

Suhit

[Jason Dunn]

I feel like I missed something... why did nobody tell me???

That was pretty much on purpose ;-) - this is the "soft launch" phase while we work out some behind-the-scenes things. The real launch will be in a week or two (I really need to get my butt in gear!), and then news about this site will be all over the place.

[Wiggin]

Congrats Jason! :way to go:
I'm looking forward to expanding my collection of electronic gizmos based upon the education I will gain from DMT.
Best o' Luck!
:beer:

[CTSLICK]

Congrats to you Jason and to your support team. Looking forward to some great content and friendly forums. 8)

[ctmagnus]

Woohoo! :rock on dude!: :werenotworthy:

[Janak Parekh]

Woohoo! :rock on dude!: :werenotworthy:
8O Er, why are you using JR's avatar? ;)

--janak

[Paul Martin]

8O Er, why are you using JR's avatar? ;)

--janak

ctmagnus has been using that avy for quite a while in Thoughts Media world. Perhaps he's just trying to reclaim it. Or, perhaps ct and jr are the same person? :scatter:

Hmm, is this a case of ID theft within DMT? :lol:

[Jason Dunn]

Hmm, is this a case of ID theft within DMT? :lol:

&lt;rattles nightstick>

Ok you two, better solve this or I'll have to assign you both the same avatar:

http://www.pbs.org/wlae/barney.gif

[ctmagnus]

8O

[JR]

Woa! I've not been by for a while, but what happened there? It had to be big to make Jason resort to a Barney threat!!!

8O

[ctmagnus]

I was looking for my avatar when I was editing my profile but couldn't find it. Yours was on screen in a PPCT discussion so I used that URL instead. It was only about six hours though; I eventually found mine elswhere.

[JR]

Ahhh...gotcha. NO biggie. I thought it was just because both of ours were SP avatars.

Still, it's a little extreme to resort to a Barney threat, don't you think Jason?!?!? ;) I mean it's not like we brought down the server or something. :mrgreen:

[Jason Dunn]

Getting closer...

[Jason Dunn]

Jeese this prize bucket is getting heavy...so....hard....to....lift.... :D

[Paul Martin]

Jeese this prize bucket is getting heavy...so....hard....to....lift.... :D

Let me help lighten your load! :D You know, just trying to be helpful. :wink:

[ctmagnus]

Jeese this prize bucket is getting heavy...so....hard....to....lift.... :D

This (http://yp3.superpages.ca/listings.phtml?CID=001074004CA&AL=&C=Movers&T=Calgary&PG=L&R=N&SRC=mytelus&S=AB&NA=&PM=00982111&LC=9&PI=1&MC=1&CB=1&PP=) is what you need! :D

[groan]

Getting closer...

How much closer?!?!?!?

any prize hints?
huh?
any?
huh?
cmon!
tell us!!!

[Jason Dunn]

any prize hints?

I'll say this much...watch the advertising banners over the next few days... :-)

[JTWise]

I can't wait for the "Official" launch of this site. I have made several purchasing decisions based upon Jason's recommendations (including, my Cannon G2, my new DV camcorder, and my Roadwired Photo/Video bag). I have been looking forward to the site launch since I read about it in Faster, Smarter, Digital Video.

I visit PPCT multiple times daily, so I am looking forward to frequenting this site as well.

I am never going to get any work done !! :lol:

[groan]

Well JT, you have everything covered already!

NO PRIZE FOR YOU!

[ctmagnus]

I have made several purchasing decisions based upon Jason's recommendations

As have I.

I visit PPCT multiple times daily, so I am looking forward to frequenting this site as well.

I'm going to have to take a speed-reading course in order to take in all the info he provides! 8O

[Mike Temporale]

I'm going to have to take a speed-reading course in order to take in all the info he provides! 8O

I have been trying to figure out how to stay on top of everything, and now I have the answer. Thanks!

[JonnoB]

Like everyone else, I look forward to years of sharing digital video, photo, and other discussions. At one time, I was a Video Toaster + Lightwave hobbyist (Amiga days).... Now, I just want to do simple videos of my kids.