Cinematographically speaking, this is probably the best video I’ve ever done (maybe that doesn’t say much for my camera skills). The editing on it was actually fairly simple, but the actual filming took forever.
As for the content, the video is about a a bipartisan bill that reauthorizes the Higher Education Act for the first time in 10 years. If you’re interested, you can find out more on the EdLabor Journal or a lot more on the Education and Labor website.
There’s been quite the buzz on Capitol Hill today. Richard Simmons came to testify about physical fitness for America’s children. You really should check this out.
I didn’t have the chance to blog about it, but I noticed the other day that Twitter set their API limit back to 70 requests per hour without mentioning it on their status blog. I just checked the blog again, and they’ve actually raised the limit to 100 requests per hour. I’ve been quite disenchanted with Twitter lately, not only for their downtime, but also for their removal or severe limitation of integral services in an effort to keep the service up and running. This started me down a path away from Twitter, not really replacing it with anything, just not using it, but this may cause me to start using it more heavily. Congrats to the Twitter staff for this excellent development. Keep up the good work.
I just put out a new video about the interest rate reduction on subsidized student loans that occurred on July 1. I know I’m a couple of days late, but I think it’s still worth checking out. I was disappointed that I couldn’t get YouTube to recognized it as a high quality video (it was), so it’s quite a bit fuzzier than I would like. Hat tip to my coworker Danielle for the concept.
UPDATE: I’m very excited that this was selected as a featured video by YouTube News and Politics Editor Steve Grove.
Being .8 short in sports can be the difference between winning and losing, and .8 can make a big difference on your student loans as well. On July 1, 2008, the interest rate on subsidized federal student loans dropped from 6.8% to 6%. This .8% cut, when combined with the interest rate cuts being made over the next 3 years, will save an average of $2570 for borrowers starting school in 2008.
