Mickey Mouse knows what's up: Police Chiefs have invaded Orlando, FL, gathering from all around the globe at the International Association of Chief of Police Annual Conference Oct. 23-27. It's their 117th annual gathering. (Since 1893, folks!)
So I'm a big fan of Oprah and I DVR every episode (season pass, obviously). Last night, I watched the "Are You Normal?" episode which aired yesterday. Throughout the show, Oprah did a series of polls with the audience about people's random habits to discern if the quirky things we do in private are "normal." Exploring tame questions like "How often do you pick your nose?" to much more personal and embarrassing subjects, it was human nature at its most candid and the results were funny to everyone.
On the way to work, The InterWebs runs into a new-old friend...
On October 4, SnapStream is escaping the Houston humidity and making a break for beautiful Ottawa, Canada to exhibit at the annual GTEC (Government Technology Exhibition and Conference).
The popular New York Times Blog, Media Decoder, pointed out a noteworthy trend this week. You may have speculated on this, owing to Apple's flashy press events and drawn out product releases, but a recently-published study from Pew Research Center's Project for Excellence in Journalism confirms it. (Hey, they use SnapStream to analyze TV, high fives!)
Houstonian Christine Tremoulet is shining a spotlight on local businesses through her passion for photography. She's capturing the movers and shakers around town—from the crave-worthy Dessert Gallery to the hands-on helpers of Houston Habitat for Humanity. Christine's project is a stroke of a larger movement, "We #SLGT," which encapsulates a community-centric message and call to action: Support Local, Grow Together. We love what Christine is doing with the SLGT Photo Project, a very cool way of showcasing the entrepreneurial spirit that lives in Houston.
Congratulations to our decorated clip-show customer, The Daily Show with Jon Stewart, who just picked up their eighth straight Emmy for Best Variety, Music or Comedy Series. It's no wonder that Jon Stewart and his team have held on to such a supreme winning streak; they churn out 168 fresh episodes per year at a rigorous pace. That's four tapings weekly, 42 weeks out of the year.
Rounding up a week in the news with our data collected at TV Trends, here's a cool word cloud that visually displays the nation's pulse. The words are proportionally sized to higher frequency of mention in the closed captioning data, showing the hottest and most prominent issues saturating the headlines. You see, Iraq, Brigade, Combat... Serious stuff.
