We pushed out the second beta for Cloudskipper today. The theme for this release is "easy": easier navigation, easier to view, and easier to use. This is a major update with almost a complete rewrite of the base navigation and skins. Early feedback told us …

Following up on my Wallflower project, I spent a few hours this past weekend creating a basic leanback player for vj.tv. You can watch on your desktop computer but it looks best when it’s hooked up to a HDTV. Simply select a channel from …

We just pushed out the email to a small group to start testing the Cloudskipper Music Player for Android. We figure it will take a few more weeks to add necessary features for general users (such as Settings, etc). Here's a teaser screenshot, …

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After taking a break to catch up with our personal lives, we're now back into project development. The current iteration of Cloudskipper is going to change radically. Rather than refactor everything and then release,  we're going to start simple, building upon a multiscreen …

Imagine you HDTV as a canvas hanging in a fine art museum, modern gallery, or hipster joint. What would it show? Wallflower is a continuous playlist of visual art for your HDTV. Simply turn it on and let it play. Wallflower is great for …

As most of us know, Adobe is working feverishly on AIR to make it easier for developers to create multiscreen applications that run on various devices and platforms. Unfortunately, the term multiscreen is confusing people. The common misconception is that multiscreen development means …

I wanted to build a music player for Android, but before I could start I realized that I had no idea where the music files were stored on the device, let alone how to actually grab them. So I took a step back …

Going on it’s third layout, the new vj.tv website focusses on presenting HD video in a LARGE format. The previous site design and layout (done in 2008) allowed for large 640px wide videos, which was extraordinary back in the day. The new layout now …

This was a mix I put together last summer after a weekend long party in Big Sur. I was a little out of place among the minimalism and dubstep kids, but they warmed up and had fun (in many ways). (more…)