http://teft.mimiandteft.com Ramblings about music, software, and photography Mon, 14 Dec 2009 19:05:27 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en I recently launched a video site (yes, yet another video site in the world) that required a flash media server to record video from webcams.  The concept is simple:  Record 6 second interviews/answers to questions asked by people around the world. I had two awesome experiences during this web dev experience ... http://teft.mimiandteft.com/2009/12/14/wowza-media-server-excellent-flash-streaming-alternative/ Zeep Mobile - Cool SMS gateway, that's free!  Recently I had to build a web app that utilized SMS messages to cell phones .. The client was on a shoestring budget and needed an a gateway that wasn't going to cost anything to get up and running.  Luckily, he found ... http://teft.mimiandteft.com/2009/11/21/zeep-mobile-is-cool-and-some-php-snippets/ Most musicians feel that giving anything away for free is taking away from their bottom line.  Let's face it, music today can largely be found for free with just a little googling.  So the mp3 is not 'special' anymore.  It's actually become more of an advertising tool than an actual ... http://teft.mimiandteft.com/2009/11/19/music-marketing-and-the-free-model-can-it-work/ Welp, I haven't made a post to this blog in over a year and a half.  But recently I've been feeling inspired again to chat about music, marketing, and web tech .. So, I'll (hopefully) be posting more consistently over time and maybe somebody out in the web-o-sphere will get ... http://teft.mimiandteft.com/2009/11/18/a-year-and-a-half-later/ The film that is a world wide co-creation from Spike Lee and online user content is coming to a close soon ... but, we still need your submissions! Act 3 is about death.  Your submissions don't have to be about a person dying, or a death scene ... instead, it can ... http://teft.mimiandteft.com/2008/08/16/act-3-nokia-productions-submit-now/ What happens when you convert a jazzy R&B beat to some electronica dirty groove? You get my remix! And that's what I did to that "American Boy" track on the radio right now ;) Here's the YouTube version ... I found the accapella online and was thrilled because of how ... http://teft.mimiandteft.com/2008/07/07/teft-remix-american-boy-estelle-feat-kanye-west/ Yo! I've been a bit quite over the past few months ... lots of work, songwriting, promotions, etc .. you know the drill. But, what's really exciting is that I'm helping out on a project that involves Spike Lee and Nokia. Basically, the project requires lots of people ... http://teft.mimiandteft.com/2008/06/26/spike-lee-needs-your-camera/ Miracle Beats -- It says it all .... The song in the middle and end is "Take Me" by Mimi & Teft http://teft.mimiandteft.com/2008/03/10/miracle-beats-make-your-garden-groove/ Ok .. this one I've been waiting for a while now ... I've been getting progressively excited about Aperture 2! And now, it's finally here. The biggest thing that I am looking for is improvement in raw processing and speed. But, to begin with, Aperture 1.5's raw ... http://teft.mimiandteft.com/2008/02/22/apples-aperture-2-raw-engine-worth-upgrading/ Hey Guys ... so I was VERY fortunate to have the amazing experience of having a video shot on the new Red One video camera a couple of months ago ... the video is going to be released in a few weeks! First off ... This camera is nuts (and expensive)!! Imagine, ... http://teft.mimiandteft.com/2008/02/07/the-red-one-camera-shake-your-fantasy-video/