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<pubDate>Sat, 07 May 2011 07:10:02 +0000</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Openfilm unites filmmakers via social media]]></title>
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<pubDate>Sat, 07 May 2011 07:10:02 +0000</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[Openfilm, a new Web site and online hub for independent filmmakers, hopes to combine social-media technology with streaming video, online conferences, and other resources to bring like-minded created types together from around the world.It's backed by Scott Caan, star of the TV series &quot;Hawaii Five-O&quot; and &quot;Entourage.&quot; As a director and indie filmmaker himself, he's the advocate of non-studio features, shorts, online movies, and other Hollywood outsider products. To kick off hype for the new site this past week, Scott participated in a live streaming conference at the LA Film School hosted by Michael Buckley, host of the You Tube series &quot;What the Buck.&quot;One of the main attractions at the new hub is the Web series &quot;Openfilm Live.&quot; On each episode, amateur, aspiring, and online filmmakers from around the world can ride their Twitter accounts into the show and ask guest filmmakers like Caan about the indie business, new moviemaking technology, editing software, HD video, film festivals, online outlets, and any other relevant topic.For those wannabe Hitchcocks or Nolans out there, there's not much piled up at Openfilm that can't theoretically be found elsewhere with a few Google searches. But the intention here is to build a community.  There's also a growing resource list for musicians looking to get their unsigned work into the marketplace. It's all a well-intentioned effort to do a social-media age end-around past the Hollywood gatekeepers--the same execs who can't figure out why online streaming and Internet distribution is outstripping their business models.Roll it, Openfilm.<br/><br/>0 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[HTML5 spec set for 2014 completion]]></title>
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<pubDate>Mon, 14 Feb 2011 08:10:19 +0000</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[The W3C&amp;39's new HTML5 logo(Credit:W3C)It's been a work in progress for years, but there are a few more years to go yet before the next version of Hypertext Markup Language is finalized.Specifically, the World Wide Web Consortium's HTML Working Group is set to announce today that it expects to anoint HTML5 as an officially recommended standard in the second quarter of 2014. That drawn-out schedule contrasts with another effort to make HTML a more fluidly updated &quot;living standard.&quot;&quot;We started working [on HTML5] in 2007,&quot; Philippe Le Hegaret, the HTML activity leader for the W3C, told CNET. &quot;We're targeting seven years for completing HTML5.&quot;HTML5 will become the first new revision since HTML 4.01 was released in 1999. Among the features in the next-generation Web page description language: built-in video and audio, a &quot;canvas&quot; element for two-dimensional graphics, new structural labels such as &quot;article&quot; to smooth programming, and a codified process to consistently interpret the hodgepodge styles of real-world Web pages, even when improperly coded.That doesn't mean interested parties won't be able to employ the new technology until 2014, though. On the contrary, key phases of the coming years' development involve getting feedback from real-world use that's already well under way and ironing out wrinkles that may arise implementing the standard in Web browsers.At the same time, work continues on a broad range of HTML standards--geolocation, offline data storage, background processing, a direct browser-server communication conduit, and more--that aren't strictly speaking part of HTML5. And after the W3C releases the first &quot;last call&quot; draft of the standard in May--the point at which the W3C thinks the standard's features are set--the W3C plans to begin tackling the early stages of what it's calling HTML.next for now.Clearly, then, the W3C isn't idling while browser makers and Web developers aggressively push ahead. But the W3C's schedule contrasts sharply with the speed at which the Web is developing today, growing beyond its role as a medium for static documents into a foundation for sophisticated applications. But the schedule also is not a great surprise given the complexity of HTML, the technological and political wrangling among the 55 organizations in the group, and an interest in HTML that's broadening beyond browser makers and Web programmers.&quot;When you want interoperability at a global scale across a broader industry, it takes time [and] more investment than single-platform stability,&quot; said Ian Jacobs, head of W3C marketing. For example, although the Web began as a phenomenon on personal computers, it's becoming a reality on mobile devices and another domain, TV, is coming, as exemplified by a recent W3C workshop dedicated to the subject.&quot;The key thing here is that there are lots of stakeholders, some of whom may not move at the same speed. One of the pieces of feedback from the TV and Web workshop is that TV manufacturers expect a shelf life of 7 years,&quot; Jacobs said. &quot;Because the W3C has as its mission to make the Web available to everybody, we always have to take into account the multiple needs of multiple audiences.&quot;The WHATWG's living documentEven as the W3C proceeds methodically, though, another group involved in developing HTML is changing its philosophy to an even more fluid arrangement. The WHATWG--Web Hypertext Application Technology Working Group--began work on what became HTML5 in 2004 when the W3C declared that the 1999 update to HTML4 was the final version and that the future lay with an incompatible standard called XHTML 2.0. That proved to be largely a dead end, however, and the W3C resumed HTML work in 2007 and now has phased out work on XHTML 2.0.The WHATWG got its start as an open mailing list, but its founders and decision-makers all came from browser makers--Opera and Mozilla to start, with Apple joining later. HTML governance now essentially involves both the W3C and the WHATWG. One key figure is Ian Hickson, a former Opera and now Google employee who serves as an editor of the somewhat divergent versions of HTML maintained at both the W3C and the WHATWG.In January, Hickson declared that at the WHATWG, HTML has now become a &quot;living document,&quot; a specification that is constantly updated according to need. Abandoning version numbers that no longer are needed, Hickson ditched the term &quot;HTML5&quot; in favor of just &quot;HTML.&quot; And he said he'd like to see the W3C follow suit.Don't expect the standards group to do so, though.The W3C has always revised its standards, Jacobs said. &quot;That doesn't mean everybody wants the nightly build of a specification,&quot; he said, referring to the software development practice of building a new test version of software every night to include programmers' latest patches. &quot;We also have stable versions of standards, because there are some communities who need those for the level of interoperability they require...We think both innovation and stability are valuable, and they are not mutually exclusive.&quot;Another factor is intellectual-property rights--specifically, patents. Those who participate in creating the W3C's specifications agree not to sue those implementing the specification for infringement of any patents those participants own. It's a bit of legal reassurance in a technology world that has plenty of patent risks, but technically that assurance only comes with the final version of a specification.The final scheduleWhat exactly will happen between now and mid-2014 with HTML5 Several steps, according to Le Hegaret and Jacobs:In May 2011 comes the first &quot;last call&quot; draft of HTML5. This version is feature-complete, meaning no new features will be added, but that existing features will be refined. The W3C expects to deal with thousands of comments through this phase, some of them likely to lead to &quot;substantial&quot; changes.Likely by the end of 2011, the W3C will issue a second last-call version and begin a second round of refinements.In the second quarter of 2012, a new phase begins, in which &quot;implementors&quot; of the specification--browser makers, essentially--provide feedback. During this phase, the W3C concentrates on a suite of thousands of tests to see if implementations of HTML5 really do get the same results when interpreting a Web page's code.The culmination of this phase is a &quot;candidate recommendation&quot; of the HTML5 spec and at least two &quot;interoperable implementations&quot;--in other words, two different browsers that produce the same results on the test cases. The implementors' feedback is scheduled for completion by the first quarter of 2014.Last comes a final review period of about six weeks, then some time to get the promotional gears engaged.Then, in the second quarter of 2014, HTML5 should be done.&quot;We're excited to be able to say we now have a time frame,&quot; Jacobs said.<br/><br/>0 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Waiting for Superman pledge turns up $5M for change in schools]]></title>
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<pubDate>Mon, 30 Nov -001 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[Waiting for Superman, a popular documentary about Americaa4a4s public school woes which drew particular attention from Silicon Valley&amp;'s entrepreneurial class, comes out on DVD today, February 15. In September, Paramount Pictures announced that NewSchools Venture Fund had committed to investing $5 million in entrepreneurial education organizations if over 150,000 pledged to watch the film.That target was reached in October, and New Schools is now announcing the first three recipients.NewSchools partner Jonathan Schorr said that to qualify, the early-stage organizations had to have a a4Adirect impact on kids plus scalability, sustainability, and the potential for catalytic impact on the wider system.a4With massive amounts of tech talent dedicated to producing FarmVille knockoffs, ita4a4s nice to see some entrepreneurial chutzpah going towards education solutions.Herea4a4s a rundown of the investments:Next Story: How far can Apple push developers Previous Story: Who invented cloud gaming T5 Labs tangles with OnLive (exclusive)PrintEmailTwitterFacebookGoogle BuzzLinkedIn      DiggStumbleUponRedditDeliciousGoogleMore&amp;8230'          Tags: Waiting for SupermanCompanies: Beyond 12, New Schools Venture Fund, Presence TeleCare, Rocketship EducationPeople: Jonathan Schorr          Tags: Waiting for SupermanCompanies: Beyond 12, New Schools Venture Fund, Presence TeleCare, Rocketship EducationPeople: Jonathan SchorrMatt Bowman is a freelance event producer and writer covering the global Silicon Valley and formerly served in the Teach For America Corp. Have news to share Launching a startup Email: tips@venturebeat.comVentureBeat has new weekly email newsletters.  Stay on top of the news, and don't miss a beat.<br/><br/>0 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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