United Airlines Breaks Guitars

I really hate it when companies do irresponsible things and then think they can screw over the individual and not accept the responsibility for their actions. Here’s one great example of this. If you so desire to, repost this video and help Dave spread his story of how United Airlines has treated him. [...]

Retreat9 Sneak Preview

Retreat9 Behind the Scenes Rules Video from William Hartz on Vimeo.
Here’s a little behind-the-scenes preview for the rules video for Retreat9. Every year, as a way to make things a little fun, we record some kind of humorous take on the rules to present them to the kids once we arrive at the conference center.
This [...]

Jose is not the Guitar Hero

Not quite Metallica, or Jose is not the Guitar Hero from William Hartz on Vimeo.
Most people post videos of when they destroy songs in Rock Band or Guitar Hero a la this guy.
Anyway, we find it much funnier to show how awful we are at stuff, and when Jose was trying to play Metallica’s Ride [...]

Liveblogging NYWC

So it’s almost here. We’re leaving Wednesday night for Youth Specialites’ National Youth Worker’s Convention in Pittsburgh. Every year we gather a team from The Bridge and head out to one of the three conventions for a long weekend of training, encouragement, and rest in order to recharge or batteries as we prepare [...]

Next Gen Gaming

So I’m not really what you would call a “gamer. I have a PS2 and Gamecube, and I bought both well after they were released. In fact, I didn’t buy the Gamecube until after the Wii was on sale. I have a few games that I like, and I’ll get into little [...]

My video featured in the Viddler blog

A video of mine, Baby Dance, was recently featured in the official Viddler blog for the introduction of their new Wedding group for online video. Very cool!
I took the footage at my brother’s wedding last month. It’s a short little clip I recorded with my Canon S2IS, which I was using as a [...]

Happy Mother’s Day

Happy Mother’s Day from William Hartz on Vimeo.
This video was originally done by Barats and Bareta (video can be seen at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bhcA4Ry65FU). Some of us wanted to recreate it with our own people to show on Mother’s Day. This was the result.
Credits:
Concept: Barats and Bareta
Chuck: Jesus Torres
Paul: Jose Castro
Camera, editing, audio: William Hartz
Music: “I’m Sticking [...]

Monkey!

I really enjoy this live video stream for some reason. I find myself, sometimes, watching for long periods of time or opening it and letting it run in the background as I work. There’s just something about it.
Watch live video from My Life As A Monkey! on Justin.tv