Written on August 17th, 2009, by Zoli Radnai
We receive many comments and tweets every week with super creative prezis attached. Usually we forward them around the office and advertise online, sharing inspiration with others. Now we have decided to open a new channel on the Prezi blog for the most spectacular prezis created by our users. We plan to make short Q and A-s with them enlightening how they made those eye catching visuals and what method they followed to tell their stories.
This is all about sharing knowledge and skills, so come, join the conversation! Share your best prezis and explain how you have made them!
So for now here is the story of Lokloq, a white label mobile recruitment application from Amsterdam. Lokloq team has created and uploaded a very nice prezi regarding their business. The story has been built up using awsome custom graphics and it also uses Prezi’s zooming technology perfectly to create a catching visual about finding a new job on the go. We have asked founder Gordon Lokenberg and designer Esther Gons about how they built their prezi. Continue reading the interview!
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Tags: Your prezis
Written on August 16th, 2009, by Peter Arvai
TEDGlobal reminded me of something I had forgotten: I used to care about the environment; a lot. A showing of Home and many of the talks increased sense of urgency to act. Coming back to Budapest everyone agreed: Prezi should do its share to stop global warming.
But there is little consensus on how to do this well… The carbon market is a hot topic. I found this helpful though.
As soon as we’ve made up our mind on what model to use, we’ll need to install a processes that ensure minimal carbon output and compensation for the carbon that we produce.
Let us know if you have ideas on how to do this best!
Tags: carbon netural
Written on August 16th, 2009, by Zoli Radnai
Security is a very important question when it comes to creating a prezi that contains classified information. Should it be a business plan, a creative portfolio for a client, or other sensitive company data, we all want our work to be protected. Prezi’s new feature allows Pro users to enable secure connection (HTTPS) while working online on a presentation. This doesn’t mean of course, that other users’ data are in danger, still, this feature gives you the technology of online banking and login processes to keep all the personal information private, even when using unprotected wi-fi connections.
As you can see the screenshot above, you just have to click a related checkbox on your Settings page to activate the feature. When selected, all online functions of Prezi are through a more secure HTTPS connection, except downloading video files in a presentation.
Tags: new feature, security
Written on July 23rd, 2009, by Peter Arvai
It’s been said that the strongest combination is a good tool in the right hands. For a visualization and storytelling tool that intends to change the way people present information, the best possible partner is TED, a global conference about technology, entertainment and design, where the world’s most influential speakers and scientists share “ideas worth spreading”.
When Peter Halacsy first showed Prezi to me, my immediate thought was TED has got to see this. TEDGlobal Conference is happening this week in Oxford UK. Yesterday, the first ever prezi in TED’s history was shown by writer and aphorism expert James Geary.
Right after Geary’s speech, curator Chris Anderson announced TED’s investment in Prezi from the stage. Chris had an amazing introduction on Prezi, which will also be used this week by another TED speaker, New America Foundation researcher and geopolitics expert, Parag Khanna.
We are very proud and excited!
Ps.:
We have just received a very kind comment from the Audio/Video crew of TEDGlobal. They are the experts behind the scene, who saw every single presentation in the history of the conference. Thank you guys!
“The AV crew at TED Global think prezi is a long awaited refreshing change.
all the best”
Tags: news
Written on July 22nd, 2009, by spacecadet
Ol’ buggy player fades to dust as new version rises
We should have done this for a some time, sorry for the the buggy video player in Prezi! Finally we have updated the feature, thanks for all your feedback and comments about this issue.
Let us explain what has happened:
Earlier we used the default video player component for flash, because this solution seemed to be most reasonable. The problem had been caused by Prezi interaction functions that couldn’t get along with the player. Shortly, when you wanted to pause a video in your prezi, our system considered your action as a simple click on an ordinary object which in Prezi means a zoom. Zooming and pausing – two different functions dedicated to the same action equals chaos.
Now we have created order from this chaos, and we need you to test the result.
Behind the scenes our brand new video player uses a lightweight flash video player API called Pyro that handles all the boring stuff (that’s right, NetStream and pals). Thanks guys! As you can see on the image above even the look of the player has been changed. We have redesigned the interface, it looks mush better now!
Most important thing: how can you try it?
It’s the same old stuff. Please complete your online prezi’s URL with /experimental/videoplayer and go on as usual. If you have uploaded a video to your prezi, you will notice the difference. Here is an example. This is only a test version, but don’t worry, your prezis are secured. And most of all, please comment and share your thoughts.
Written on July 21st, 2009, by Peter Arvai
“Hi,
I am a partner at Sunstone Capital in Copenhagen, Denmark, and I have been following your developments over the last couple of months. I was wondering where you are located and if you are fully funded – and in that case by who. If you have time for a chat I would be happy to learn some more about your plans.
Regards
Christian”
This is how it all began. And now Sunstone Capital has invested in Prezi and Christian is on our board to speed up Prezi development. Merete (Sunstone Capital’s Lawyer/Rocker) is here to make sure all is on the up and up. We also expect her to motivate at times with a heavy dose of “Law Rock” . (btw, we love doing music, but we’ll call the spam bot Gods on you if you link in any embarrassing performances here)
Also, just wanted to say that we received a lot of interest in Prezi. Still, Christian and Merete were the ones who charmed us. They won us over by their down to earth, open-minded approach. You guys rock!
Tags: news
Written on July 20th, 2009, by Zoli Radnai
It’s always very exciting to introduce new Prezi features and upgrades. This Monday we have both! You can test Prezi embed using the code generator in the previous post, and we also have a shiny new front page and blog design to show you today.
On the old frontpage we used a prezi Now we have a video to show some action
Now we use a video to introduce Prezi on the opening page, where we have also updated the example prezis. Click through those three presentations and watch the video! We made these changes to give a clearer first impression of Prezi, and show the new features we have introduced since April.
As you can see, Prezi blog has a new dress too. In addition, we have collected our social accounts here. Check prezi related images on Flickr, become a fan on Facebook, or share this post on Twitter right away. We have placed your recent comments to the front, so you can see our replies in a blink.
Start writing a comment now, and testdrive our cool new embed code generator below!
Tags: new feature
Written on July 20th, 2009, by hp
Prezi team proudly presents the tech pre-release of our new embed feature. From now on, you can embed any public presentation to your blog or website. The result will look like this:
Embedded Prezi with simple navigation mode
Looks cool, huh? And there’s more:
We have two new features built especially for embedding:
- simple navigation mode: Viewers can only follow the path created by you (the owner of the prezi), no matter where he or she clicks inside the embed window. This simple walkthrough helps to deliver your message instantly. Do you find this useful? Give it a try, and have your comment!
- autoplay: One button magic. Press, sit back, and enjoy the show. Your prezi steps forward every 10-20 seconds. Do you like it that way? If you want, we can add adjustable timing of course.
Click more button and press Autoplay: Prezi plays automatically
So why is this so important?
We believe that the embed feature opens new perspectives for the Prezi user. A must have feature in the 2.0 universe, however we have taken this step quite slowly. Why? Because Prezi has been built to be an illustration tool, staying in the background, helping to tell stories. It was the presenter, who stood in the spotlight and controlled.
A new chapter now opens in Prezi history. We introduce Prezi as an interactive, zooming media tool that can deliver stories online, where viewers become controllers and spotlight is easy to share. Give this new Prezi a try, play around and comment your experiences!
Tags: new feature, test
Written on July 17th, 2009, by Zoli Radnai
Adam presenting with Prezi at the ceremony
We just couldn’t wait for Adam to give a sign from New York last night. Then around 5:20 AM Hungarian time, a short line appeared in our mailboxes: “We won.” A few hours later Adam also sent some pictures made with his iPhone during the World Technology Summit, where he and collaborator Usman Haque have won the World Technology Award in the category of Arts.
Party before the ceremony.
Other winners of the award are Facebook founder, Mark Zuckerberg (Marketing Communications), Lawrence Lessig (Law) and President Paul Kagame, Republic of Rwanda (Policy). The WTA in association with Time, Fortune and Science magazines are presented each year to the outstanding innovators of different fields of technology. Adam has been nominated by the membership of the World Technology Network which is composed of over 1000 scientists, entrepreneurs, financiers, journalists, academics, policy makers, etc., and over 200 organizations/companies, spread out over 60 countries.
Adam and Usman have worked on a number of collaborations experimenting with architecture, spaces, interactivity, and the cultural aspects of new technologies. As architects and artists they believe that the domain of architecture is much more dynamic than it used to be. Mobile connectivity, people-centered design, contextual awareness, and interactive spaces are challenges and fields of new experiments for them.
Tags: awards, news
Written on July 15th, 2009, by Zoli Radnai
What did Prezi founders learn from MTV videos, or the zooming bullet perspective of television series like CSI Miami? Why are Steve Jobs or Larry Lessig so successful presenters? A year ago today founders of Prezi, Peter and Adam, asked the audience these questions at a workshop in Budapest, which was a double celebration, and launch party in one.
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Tags: about, video
