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Watch this video with Anne Curry and Jim Cramer and then realize that the only safe investment you can make in the foreseeable future is in yourself!

And that investment needs to be in something that is strong, viable, and eminent. The best place for your money is backing you right now and nowhere else.

Here’s where I am putting my money.

Another year, and another Barcamp has come and gone.

Unless you have been living under a bridge the past couple of years, you know that online video has become hot, hot, hot! Promoting your site, blog or product with online video is free, it’s mobile and social, so getting your vid to the most eyeballs should be easy, right?

All those months ago, we took some time out of our whirlwind SXSW tour to sit down and talk about experience in the Studio SX “fishbowl” set. Big thanks to Dave Olson and the crew of Raincity Studios for organizing and hosting.

As part of an agreement between the HSBC Celebration of Light and Strutta, yours truly was the official videographer for the event. Every year, the best fireworks teams in the world compete for bragging rights in what is the world’s biggest offshore fireworks competition.

Flytunes, the Internet radio service for mobile devices, has rolled out a GUI upgrade and the addition of videos and podcasts.

Maybe some of you readers don’t believe me when I say video is kind of a big deal. That’s cool. But I dare you to tell a Ninja that video isn’t important!

Flytunes, the Internet radio service for mobile devices, has rolled out a GUI upgrade and the addition of videos and podcasts.

Google Gears started as an open-source plug-in that enabled web applications to work offline, but its real purpose is to speed up the addition of features to web browsers. Developers are frustrated that it takes too long to create standards and they have to wait until they enter mainstream by being included in web browsers. Brad Neuberg from Google says that it takes 5-8 years for an idea to be included in enough web browsers so that developers can actually use it. "We need a better way to get new features out to the Web.

Google Docs will slowly roll out an option to view and edit documents offline using Google Gears. Unlike the Google Reader implementation, Google Gears will automatically detect when you're offline and will take care of constantly downloading the changes so that your documents are available locally.

PicLens is a browser add-on that detaches the images from a web page and lets you explore them in interesting ways. The add-on, which is available for Internet Explorer, Firefox and Safari, works for a small number of sites: image search engines and photo sharing sites, as it requires to understand the structure of a web page.

At Northern Voice a few weeks back, I was doing my best to shoot as much video as possible.

The action and the great presentations kept me from getting too much coverage, but during lunch one day I did sit down for an interview with Lee LeFever of the Common Craft Show, to talk about the rising popularity of their “paperworks” how-to videos. This is also the very first time I’ve embedded a video using Kyte, a new video broadcast service I signed up for while dining with Kyte’s CEO in Austin during SXSW:

If you love the Common Craft Show as much as I do, then read about how they were nominated for a Yahoo Video Award, and cast your vote!

Well, I have to say it was terrific weekend at Northern Voice.

Once again I was among friends, talking about all of the things we are especially passionate about, and I learned tons. It occurred to me several times throughout the weekend that I like every little thing about Northern Voice; from the fact that it is organized by volunteers (and is now even a non-profit society) to the diverse range of folks attending and topics discussed, and everything in between.

On Friday, Feb 22 I will hosting a Video Blogging 101 session at Moosecamp as part of Northern Voice, a two day blogging conference here in Vancouver, BC.

My co-hosts will be Roland Tanglao and Warren Frey, and we hope to cover all of the basics of video blogging; from live streaming, direct to web from cellphone, basic video production and a little bit of everything in between. The presentation is just a half-hour long, but we hope to allow plenty of time for audience questions. Roland has set up a wiki page on the Northern Voice site, where you can add your questions in advance if you wish, and we can add to them to the agenda.

You may recall that a few months back I received a pitch in the form of a comic strip, asking if I’d like to test-drive and review a Brother printer.
I agreed to do so, and the timing was great as I was able to set it up at our new headquarters at Strutta, and let everyone have a chance to try it. What follows is my review of the unit that we chose to have as a guest in our offices. We haven’t really put the MFC-9440cn through its paces per se, but we did run several tests and try most of its features.

Here’s a quick list of pros and cons, followed by a video review as well: