Monday, June 12, 2006

Bill Walsh Video: Former 49ers and Stanford Head Coach Explains Proper Footwork For Throwing The Football

There's no better passing game technician and teacher than Bill Walsh, architect of the great San Francisco 49ers offense of the 80s and 90s and the system that's become the standard in modern pro, college, and high school football.

Coach Walsh first developed the offense while the offensive coordinator for the Cincinnati Bengals under Paul Brown, honed it while guiding the Stanford Cardinal, and built on the foundation of concepts while head coach of the San Francisco 49ers.

Coach Walsh then returned to Stanford in the early 90s, using what has been called "The West Coast Offense" -- but should be referred to as "The Walsh Offense" -- to direct Stanford to a 9-3 season and a co-Pac-10 Championship in 1993.

In this video, Coach Walsh works with his star student Quarterback Joe Montana to show how to throw several kinds of passes: the three step pass without a hitch step, the crossover hitch step, slant passes and quick out passes. Look at Joe's footwork, and then look again at where and how he holds the ball before release.

Sunday, June 11, 2006

CNET - CNET Woman Has A Problem...








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After filming I looked for a seat and found one next to this brunette who turned out to be a reporter for CNET. Ha. She was talking to a balding older white guy to her left -- I was to her right -- and apparently peppering him with questions. Meanwhile Ted Tagami -- who I've known since high school and played a major role in Vloggercon -- came over to say something to her and recognized me.

Through all this, she never asked me one question -- and the guy to her left was someone she just met. The only reason I knew she worked for CNET is I asked her who she was representing. See, she had a pad and pen and was writing. At a vlogging conference, you come with a camcorder.

Regardless of my questions -- just two -- and Ted, she asked me nothing. And when I passed by her in the hallway later in the day, she turned as if to avoid me -- I kept walking. And what did I do? Nothing. Do I think she would not have done that if I were white?

Yes.

Look, after a time on Earth, you can figure out what's going on with some people. It was insulting and a great example of how racism really is a mental illness. It kept her from being a good reporter. In my view she did a terrible job. I noticed she didn't even try to interview the Rocketboom people and they're huge! A good reporter never brings their hangups and race issues into a work situation. This woman did. CNET can do better.

Vloggercon - Scenes From Day One




This is a video I took on the Saturday before the start of Vloggercon. I'm in what could be called the event's "main room." Here's where some -- but not all -- of the sessions were held. As you can see all of the seats are not filled, people are filing in, and the sponsor tables are still half empty. Oh, what Vloggercon would be just that without vloggers: myself and someone who was "flying" over me. And the guy nodding to me is Bill Streeter, a well-known Vlogger. You'll see.
Formats available: Quicktime (.mov)

Vloggercon - "Secrets Of Videoblogging" A New Book




At Vloggercon, Schlomo, one of the organizes of Vloggercon, gave me a copy of a neat book called "Secrets Of Videoblogging" This video's a brief introduction to the book and one of it's writers.
Formats available: Quicktime (.mov)

Saturday, June 10, 2006

Vloggercon2 - MonkeyBrains.Net




Michelle Mokolla presents "MonkeyBrains.Net" an internet service provider. She also works at Peralta TV.

Vloggercon - Peralta People




This is a video of the people who represent Peralta TV at Vloggercon

Jon Stewart / Bill Bennett Video Debate On Gay Marriage

This is becoming the classic values debate in America, and who to better have it than political comedian Jon Stewart and former Reagan aide conservative Bill Bennett.

Bill's met his match, but both carry out a sprited discussion without loosing perspective. The result is a fun conversation to watch.