http://www.bazeley.net/blog By Michael Bazeley Sat, 25 Apr 2009 23:58:02 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en This is a really neat way to display video. Instead editing all three camera angles into one video, they just let them play side-by-side-by-side. I can't think of a lot of places where it would make sense to display online video this way. But a live performance is definitely one ... http://www.bazeley.net/blog/?p=92 So let me guess. Peter Magowan is stepping down as Giants GM: http://www.bazeley.net/blog/?p=89 Dave Butler is right, of course. It's time to focus on the future - not the past - at the Mercury News. In a memo to staffers yesterday, the executive editor noted a recent photo essay by designer Martin Gee that documents the empty desks and offices left behind by ... http://www.bazeley.net/blog/?p=85 Executive Editor Dave Butler sent the following email to the Mercury News newsroom. There's a part of me that wants to deconstruct it line-by-line. But I think I'll just let the words speak for themselves. Colleagues: Where are we headed? What's my vision for The Mercury News? I've been asked those ... http://www.bazeley.net/blog/?p=84 I received an email from VideoEgg today telling me that they were closing my publisher account. Their FAQ says why: As you know, resources at technology startups are limited and it is in our best interest to focus on the core of our business at this time....Once [your] video is removed ... http://www.bazeley.net/blog/?p=83 I can't say I'm a big fan of Sarah Lacy. She seems just a tad too enamored with and starry-eyed over the Web 2.0 crowd she covers as a journalist. But now that the (almost) full video of her SXSW interview with Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg is out, it's clear ... http://www.bazeley.net/blog/?p=82 It's sort of beside the point - kind of like asking how you'd rather be executed - but someone raised the issue again of how the Mercury News laid off employees today. In the last round of layoffs, and again today, management ordered everyone to stay home between 8 a.m ... http://www.bazeley.net/blog/?p=81 At the risk of offending my friends and former colleagues still at the San Jose Mercury News, I'm writing its obituary today. There will be more buyouts and layoffs this week, the fourth round of en-masse departures in the last few years. Sadly, I fear the paper will not recover. ... http://www.bazeley.net/blog/?p=78 I tried to leave a comment on a Fortune blog last week (owned by CNN). I say tried because a) the comment still isn't posted, and b) I'm left with the impression that it may never be. Why? Here's the confirmation message I got after I hit the publish button ... http://www.bazeley.net/blog/?p=77 When I moved over from reporter to online editor at the Merc, one of the first things I wanted to do was build a site focused on the local music scene. Alas, because of the many distractions at the Merc, lack of resources, competing demands, etc., it didn't get done ... http://www.bazeley.net/blog/?p=74