If you’ve been anywhere near the water, even as a visitor, you’ve heard a fish tale - where the fisherman or fisherwoman in question embellishes a bit (or sometimes a lot). The story takes a few twists and turns about the experience, how small the pole was and how strong the fish (and angler) was.
The big game is over and wow, what a spectacle it was. Every year, it seems we say that this game was better than the last. And often, these statements are true. But Super Bowl LI was, by any measure, extraordinary, breaking many Super Bowl records along the way.
If you’ve been to the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) recently or have read a recap, you know the drill. 4K, flying drones and things, touchscreen refrigerators. Been there, done that. Got the tattoo (it is Vegas, after all - and a 4K tattoo would be hilarious).
Like Neil Sedaka sang so famously, breakin’ up is hard to do. We became so reliant on one another. We’ve invested time, money and heart into this relationship - but it’s irrevocably broken now. It’s time to go our separate ways.
Online video has seen a great deal of change in its 17-plus years of existence. From the format wars of years past to the current evolution of AVC to HEVC, one thing is evident: change is constant. This isn’t necessarily a bad thing. Change often means that you are adapting to new trends - maybe even setting them.
I’m a big fan of the latest HBO hit show ‘Westworld’. The premise is that Westworld is a massive theme park (think Walt Disney World on some serious performance enhancement substances) where visitors interact with some very realistic artificial beings (robots).
With apologies to the old adage “the more things change, the more they stay the same,” it seems that every time we overcome one challenge in the streaming space, we are faced with another. Welcome to ‘Whac-A-Mole’, streaming style. And I, for one, wouldn’t have it any other way.