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TWC Fan Art / Re: Tyler's HD Concepts

« on: November 19, 2013, 06:37:17 PM »

Good stuff Tyler. See, I knew one of my Facebook friends could do better!

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Programming and Graphics / Re: New Graphics coming to TWC

« on: November 19, 2013, 06:35:20 PM »

...Also they are working on putting the title and artist on screen too.

Holy cow! That's something I suggested in the early 90s!

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Programming and Graphics / Re: New Graphics coming to TWC

« on: November 19, 2013, 03:19:19 PM »

I'd personally like to see the clock/joke screen gone, and have a local headlines screen added (like on the satellite LF), similar to how local stations do wx headlines. They could come up with hundreds, and create rules so that the IntelliStar knowns which ones to display based on the immediate forecast.

Agreed. The current welcome page is pretty lame. Replacing it with weather headlines is a great idea. They did something similar in the early days of the WeatherSTAR 3000.

http://www.twcclassics.com/watch/482/unk

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Programming and Graphics / Re: New Graphics coming to TWC

« on: November 12, 2013, 10:26:23 PM »

As hard as it may be to believe I'm about 99.9% sure TWC had a fair share of input in how they wanted their graphics to be presented so to make it seem like the group of graphic designers that worked on this for them just sat around on their butts and threw some crap together just for the money is a bit insulting.

Why are you insulted? Are you planning on producing sub-par work when you get a job? My guess is no, so why be bothered by what I think?

Anyway, I was being sarcastic about the no time thing. Working in the marketing business myself, I have no doubt that TWC had lots of meetings about the new look. And I have no doubt that the company they hired spent a lot of time on the project. That's why I'm so unimpressed.

If you want to be a designer, that's awesome. I wish I was. I look at some of the things people have done and am amazed. I can see the passion in them. I see no passion in this look. I mean, all that time and money, and all you come up with are a bunch of colored boxes and an ugly font? I could have done that! Maybe I just don't "get it" because I'm a developer, but I think it's ridiculous when companies charge millions for ugly designs and/or websites that don't work.

One company I work with, for example, had another company "refresh" the design of two websites we created for them. When we got the design back and I applied it to the sites, I was amazed. I couldn't tell that they had done anything...until they told us. All they did was change the colors and fonts slightly. And I think they added a ribbon to the top of one of the sites. I don't know what they charged for their "services," but knowing the firm, I'm pretty sure it was a lot.

My point is this. If you have the balls to charge a client over a million dollars for something, what you deliver in the end better be f-ing amazing!!

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Programming and Graphics / Re: New Graphics coming to TWC

« on: November 12, 2013, 07:21:50 PM »

New graphics (show graphics, LOT8s, icons, etc) designed by Trollbäck + Company
http://www.trollback.com/the-weather-channel/

"This marks the network’s first rebrand in 31 years." Really!? Maybe I'm just fuzzy on what rebrand means, but I'm pretty sure they've re-branded several times since their debut.

What's with the set design? Looks like something out of a sci-fi movie. That desk looks like a contact lense.

I must say that I am now a fan of TWC because of the new graphics! I've been checking often every hour to see what's up. Everything is so concise and readable now. The studio is to die for...it's so picture perfect in HD.

Good going, TWC. You just brought back an old fan. )

Wow. I don't think I've ever heard a former fan say that. I glad you like the changes. The more I see, the less I am impressed. I'm starting to think I should go into graphic design. Companies like Trollback make it look really easy. Blue box, gray box, black box, this font. Boom, done! Now where's my $10 million?

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Programming and Graphics / Re: New Graphics coming to TWC

« on: November 12, 2013, 03:15:58 PM »

The graphics look like they were designed by the same team that designed Windows 8. Very boxy and boring.

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General Discussion / Re: Google continues to change YouTube :/

« on: November 11, 2013, 10:26:47 AM »

Am I crazy, or have the tags disappeared?

What tags?

You can add tags (or keywords) to you videos. It's a way to help people find your videos. For example, I'll tag my local forecast videos with "local forecast." The tags are still there when you go to edit or add a video, but they're missing from page where most people watch it.

Also, I noticed last night that unless you un-check it, your video comments get posted to your G+ page. Why would anyone want to do that?

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General Discussion / Re: Google continues to change YouTube :/

« on: November 09, 2013, 10:28:50 PM »

Am I crazy, or have the tags disappeared?

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General Discussion / Re: Google continues to change YouTube :/

« on: November 09, 2013, 12:45:15 PM »

I am annoyed, though, that I have to choose what username to use EVERY FREAKING TIME I LOG IN!

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General Discussion / Re: Google continues to change YouTube :/

« on: November 08, 2013, 03:23:53 PM »

Really? I don't have to do that.

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Local Forecast / Re: Jeff Stern

« on: November 04, 2013, 10:58:40 AM »

Thanks for the update Gary!

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Local Forecast / Re: Unknown Production Music Piece found

« on: October 27, 2013, 09:05:30 PM »

Agreed. I found those four songs by Buckwheat Zydeco thanks to a tip from a site visitor, who posted of my audio clips on YouTube (and it identified it for him).

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Local Forecast / Re: Jeff Stern

« on: October 23, 2013, 10:19:12 PM »

Wasn't it the guy that had a copyright violation with I think Rose Hall by Common Ground?

Not sure if was the same person, but yes, that was another rumor I heard. I also heard that "Theme For Galilee" by Pete Papageorge wasn't a Christmas song. It was a song for Pete's wife or girlfriend Gailie, and he wasn't too happy that TWC used it during Christmas.

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Winter Weather / Re: TWC's Official Winter 2013/2014 Forecast

« on: October 21, 2013, 03:18:30 PM »

Are they expecting any precipitation this winter?

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Local Forecast / Re: Jeff Stern

« on: October 21, 2013, 03:16:11 PM »

We don't know his name by any chance do we?

I don't. The only music programmer I know of was Steve Hurst.