Re: [videoblogging] Re: Documentary Feature Film Looking for Vloggers
Reading this thread with interest as a sometime movlogger (one who shoots videoblog posts on one's cell phone - as does Rupert). First, I echo what Rupert said. Second, you've eliminated a lot of vloggers and certainly all movloggers right off the bat with your requirements. I understand your perceived need for uncompressed footage, but feel compelled to add my voice for opening your submissions up to best quality available and web submissions rather than uncompressed on DVD/CD. Part of the reason we do this thing - or rather, the reason I like doing this - is that video's EASY compared to doing short films that require crew, lights, meters, double-system sound, processing, digitizing, editing, conforming the negative and making prints. I work in the film/television industry and it tickles every time I upload a cellphone short. We have as a community established a number of 'best practices' from compression to distribution, and re-use of digital films by video-on-the-net startups who would suck our RSS feeds into their sites surrounded by advertisements but without attribution or linkbacks to creators. What you've inadvertently begun with your call for entries is a serious discussion of best practices for conducting calls for vlog entries. And that's a good thing. Certainly this discussion should form part of your documentary, for we are nothing if not passionate about this new medium, and serious about educating old media about how things have changed, and that includes how submissions are made to contests and documentaries. How will you deal with the webcam folks who record low quality out of the chute, and upload or even record only and directly to YouTube? My suggestion is that you edit the footage of those kinds of low-resolution videos to be shown smaller in your big screen so the resolution doesn't suck. One thing you'll notice is that lots of videobloggers here are unwilling to jump through anybody's technical or other hoops in order to get exposure. We've got plenty of exposure, thank you very much. What do you gain by getting all your submissions on DVD/CD? Saved hard drive space? Automatic backups? One final question: why do you wish to restrict our use of our own footage? You'd buy some good will by opening that up, too. You state: Please be aware that you cannot upload/reuse the material you send us (other than pre-uploaded vlogs you are including with your submission). This community supports the creative commons, and that statement indicates a wish to retain total control over the images we submit to you. One of the revolutionary things we do is let go of control. Try it. You may like it. Best, Jan On 9/15/07, Rupert [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Riccardo, You say, When making a feature film (for theatrical release) you need full resolution video, not web video. Um, that's not true. Need? As in you'd prefer, or someone else is stipulating? Or have you not tried to show lower quality video on the big screen to see how it looks, and make an aesthetic judgement about it? Pixelodeon was a big-screen weekend festival staged at the AFI in Hollywood, showing hundreds of online videos. I think most that I saw were simply shown from the 320x240 or 640x480 files. I was amazed by how beautiful and clear even 320x240 videos looked on the big screen. And you know what - they looked like what they were - video made for consumption online. There would have been something strange and dishonest and dissatisfying and puzzling about attending a web video festival and seeing everything in high definition. It would have been a lie. So - showing lower quality video is not technically or aesthetically a problem, it's a choice you're making and it seems weird to me. If you're asking me to contribute as a videoblogger - and to talk about this subject and what's revolutionary about what's happening, should I not be using the tools of my trade, rather than cranking up my DV camera and burning a disc or a *tape*(??), something I've never ever done as a videoblogger? And you say that SD DV clocks in at 2Gb for 10 minutes. A 10 minute DV resolution video encoded at H264 would be a manageable download - 100-200MB max? You say you are an Emmy award wining team looking for real answers to hard questions about the future of the internet, tv, and the threats to net neutrality. So don't act like old media, make a bold aesthetic decision that's *real* and *hard* and make something a bit edgier that actually shows what you're talking about. Or would you prefer us all to rig up amateur house lighting in our living rooms and shoot on HD in front of our window drapes? Would that make your film look more professional? Rupert http://twittervlog.tv/ http://feeds.feedburner.com/twittervlog/ On 16 Sep 2007, at 03:08, sankaprods wrote: Hi Bill, Yes, we understand Video DVD compression. But that's not what we're asking for. Please Read the
[videoblogging] Safari Beta vs Embedded Quicktime
I am using the safari beta and have encountered difficulties with viewing embedded quicktime. I have noticed posts from Mac groups that this is a known problem. Or is it? Has anyone else experienced this? Paul Bendat www.maynereport.com
Re: [videoblogging] Re: Documentary Feature Film Looking for Vloggers
On 16 Sep 2007, at 08:16, Jan McLaughlin wrote: Second, you've eliminated a lot of vloggers and certainly all movloggers right off the bat with your requirements... How will you deal with the webcam folks who record low quality out of the chute, and upload or even record only and directly to YouTube? Absolutely! My point was about how stupid it was to make me do something different, but I'm one of the minority who *can* do what you want. I only have a DV camera (cost $4000) because I bought it to shoot professional corporate jobs. Most people who videoblog, they *can't* satisfy your resolution requirements. What are they supposed to do, use iMovie or Windows Movie Maker to export higher quality versions of their footage, massively increasing the size of the files pointlessly to put them on disk? Will WMM even export a regular clip at DV quality? Won't it look *terrible* Wouldn't *you* with you your Emmy winning crew and professional kit be able to blow these clips up a bit better? Which is where we come to Jan's other suggestion: My suggestion is that you edit the footage of those kinds of low- resolution videos] to be shown smaller in your big screen so the resolution doesn't suck. Yes. Frame-within-frame. Someone else suggested it, in an earlier email. OR SOMETHING ELSE. You should be being creative and imaginative to try and incorporate this type of footage, not completely eliminating it and less professional contributors from your conversation. How about you really put your Emmy winning minds to it and come up with something really inventive that people remember as a distinctive device and think Oh, that was a clever way to show webcam footage without it being messy. How about the marketing, when you're selling your film about the digital revolution? Wouldn't it be nice to say to journalists, Oh yes, a lot of our contributors simply posted their responses to us over the internet. That's a pretty revolutionary way to make a film. And look how we used their footage. Isn't that clever? Finally, Jan was totally right in what she said at the end. We don't need you, but your documentary could be immensely improved by listening to great minds who have chosen revolutionary paths to distributing their message, using only the very tools your documentary is supposed to be discussing. Some of these people with little digital stills cameras and webcams have really powerful points of view. I'm not even going to go there on the whole rights thing. Use your imagination. Don't shut people out for arbitrary reasons that haven't been thought through. One thing you'll notice is that lots of videobloggers here are unwilling to jump through anybody's technical or other hoops in order to get exposure. We've got plenty of exposure, thank you very much. [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
Re: [videoblogging] Re: video blogging / facebook / myspace / you tube
Miss B... Great reply as always... I work in a med lab twice a week and everyone I work with has seen or even been in a video or two of mine. My boss has watched some and of my stuff, and even asked his boss if we could do a short documentary of an angioplasty procedure...we got the thumbs up...I was very surprised...we haven't actually made the video yet, however later this fall I think we are gonna get serious and make a little 15 minute documentary on the whole process... nathan miller www.bicycle-sidewalk.com --- missbhavens1969 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: God, is this ever disturbing. And dumb. I get that your company wouldn't want its confidential information spread around the internet; that makes perfect sense. I work in a hospital. Pretty much all patient information is on computer, and it's against the law (and morally inept) to share it, but my company is too slow and sprawling and stupid to even think of removing email applications from the very computers that store that information, much less putting a 'no blogging' clause in our policy. I'm on one of those computers right now. I'd get it if your contract had a 'no blogging about work' policy. In my heart of hearts I'd know that it was simply for liability purposes so they could cover their butts if some of their info got loose. But even then, it seems like such a sad and desperate idea. No blogging? Isn't this some sort of information systems company? How is it that they don't know how anonymous the internet can really be? If you wanted to you could be b/vlogging about all sorts of work-related things and they'd never, ever be able to find you. Now, if you did it FROM work, perhaps...but from your own home? It seems desperate somehow. And Josh has made such an important point: why blogging? What if it were something else? Under your contract could you not be a freelance writer (I use writing because their policy doesn't seem to take video into account) for a magazine or newspaper? What about a neighborhood gazette? Pennysaver? What if you independently published the journal you'd been writing in a green Trapper Keeper? Would that be okay? I'm just sick at the idea that you'd be forced to stop posting videos because of something this dumb. I totally understand if you do stop, but yeesh. What's the world coming to? I guess I'm a little naive, but I find it quite shocking. You don't even vlog about work! Also, it scares me some. I DO vlog at or about work occasionally. There's the odd video and then there's a seperate blog that's only about hardcore hospital stuff. It's got several unpublished entries lined up because I iz skared. The only related clause in my contract states that I cannot talk to the media about any hospital-related anythings. It doesn't define 'media' and is worded such that you walk away from it with the impression that they mean when Channel 7 jumps out from behind the bushes with a microphone to ask you about a scandal, don't say anything!. Still, I worry. I'd love to know how many people on this list work for companies with policies like this. Is this common? Whatever you choose to do, you've got my support. That being said, I vote that you take it underground. Run off with Heath's idea, change your name to Ethel Pettibone, do whatever you need to do. Just make sure you let us know where to find your work! ;) Bekah --- In videoblogging@yahoogroups.com, David Howell [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Ok. I work for a company where I am privy to vast amounts of personal and financial information for both individuals and enterprises. My assumption is that they dont want that information to be published on blog sites for anyone to see. So, to guard against that I guess, they say the employees arent allowed to have blogs. A rather archaic method, to say the least, of preventing an information leak on such a grand scale that a blog would provide. Personally I think it's just a way for them to get their rocks off in thinking they have full control over our personal lives. I in no way understand why their rules are thus however if I break those rules, as it states in the policy I signed, I would be dismissed from my position. Again. I take full blame and am taking the weekend to decide if I really want to work for a company that treats it's employees this way. I cant afford to be unemployed however this might just be the kick in the arse that pushes me into the freelancing world full-time rather than evenings and weekends. David http://www.davidhowellstudios.com --- In videoblogging@yahoogroups.com, Josh Wolf inthecity@ wrote: There's something strange about your company unilaterally blocking advocacy groups, but I haven't the foggiest what you do, and have never worked somewhere with
[videoblogging] [Reminder] 35 Live Tech @ Sun Sep 16 10am - 11pm (Jan McLaughlin)
Jan McLaughlin, this is a reminder for Title: 35 Live Tech Time: Sun Sep 16 10am - 11pm (Eastern Time) Calendar: Jan McLaughlin You can view this event at http://www.google.com/calendar/event?action=VIEWeid=MDNsaGw5bzNrYnRxa2ZnNmJ0MGFscGNiMDggamFubmllLmphbkBttok=MjAjamFubmllLmphbkBnbWFpbC5jb20xZWQxZWM1YTYzZjc5MTQzNmQyMGRhMzM4NzI1OGNiZWQ3MzUyYTc0ctz=America%2FNew_Yorkhl=en You can also view your calendar at http://www.google.com/calendar/ You are receiving this email at the account [EMAIL PROTECTED] because you are subscribed for reminders on calendar Jan McLaughlin. To stop receiving these notifications, please log in to http://www.google.com/calendar/ and change your notification settings for this calendar. [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
[videoblogging] Big business is hiring. Are there really provocateurs?
Yes. Well, did not have to wait long for one example to become news. July 04, 2007 (ironic): from a reader in comments http://torrentfreak.com/anti-piracy-gang-launches-their-own-video-downl\ oad-site-to-trap-people/#comment-127999 I just downloaded the software they have, after-all thats not illegal. However I love how they redirect to me to type in keywords, now I might of wanted to use this service for legal use, but with this it would download the illegal videosThe MiiVi Downloading Queue Feature Auto Populates Your Queue to gather your favorite vidoes automatically! From this torrentfreak Anti-Piracy Gang Launches their own Video Download Site to Trap People http://torrentfreak.com/anti-piracy-gang-launches-their-own-video-downl\ oad-site-to-trap-people/ http://www.mediadefender.com/ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MediaDefender All for protecting rights. Stealing is stealing, simple. Drop a five dollar bill on the ground and walk away Not digging entrapment: Another thing we can do to increase Google and other search engine traffic is to get more link-ins. At the next MiiVi meeting, I'm going to ask Randy for permission to incentivize people to link-in a MiiVi video on their MySpace. Colin is already doing this and it helps the word-of-mouth spread, even if the link-ins are nominal. I'm not sure what we could do in the link-in regard early on, but getting the cumulative ~1000+ MySpace friends of MediaDefender employees to see MiiVi link-ins can't hurt . Colin start coming up with a list the list of keywords and descriptors for hidden metadata entries, per Dylan's e-mail below. incentivize - Doesn't that means paying people to bait with links on their site, v/blog posts or newsgroups. Hmmm? The Biggest Ever BitTorrent Leak: MediaDefender Internal Emails Go Public Written by Enigmax Ernesto http://torrentfreak.com/author/enigmaxernesto/ http://torrentfreak.com/mediadefender-emails-leaked-070915/ on September 15, 2007 When TorrentFreak reported that Media Defender (MD) was behind the video site MiiVi, they cast doubt on us. Now, in what is surely the biggest BitTorrent leak ever, nearly 700mb of MD's emails have gone public. When MD's Randy Saaf found out we rumbled MiiVi he said, This is really fucked. This is too, but much more so. When we reported in July that an Anti-Piracy Gang Launches their own Video Download Site to Trap People http://torrentfreak.com/anti-piracy-gang-launches-their-own-video-downl\ oad-site-to-trap-people/ and that the company was called Media Defender and, as anyone who aims to be a credible news resource would, we checked and double checked our sources. We said, with some confidence: Media Defender, a notorious anti piracy gang working for the MPAA, RIAA and several independent media production companies, just launched their very own video upload service called miivi.com. The sole purpose of the site is to trap people into uploading copyrighted material, and bust them for doing so. However, in comments http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20070706-mediadefender-denies-entr\ apment-accusations-with-fake-torrent-site.html made to Ars technica, Media Defender's Randy Saaf chose to rubbish our claims, calling it an `accidentally un-secured internal project'. From the emails we cannot be sure that it's an entrapment site or that it is related to the MPAA (perhaps it's a legit a P2P video client?), but it does look suspicious. Unfortunately for Media Defender - a company dedicated to mitigating the effects of internet leaks - they can do nothing about being the subject of the biggest BitTorrent leak of all time. Over 700mb of their own internal emails, dating back over 6 months have been leaked to the internet in what will be a devastating blow to the company. Many are very recent, having September 2007 dates and the majority involve the most senior people in the company. Apparently this is not the first time that a MediaDefender email leaked onto the Internet http://digg.com/tech_news/Internal_Anti_Piracy_E_Mail_Ranks_BitTorrent_\ Sites_by_Level_of_Monitoring . According to the .nfo file posted with the Mbox file the emails were obtained by a group called MediaDefender-Defenders. It states: By releasing these emails we hope to secure the privacy and personal integrity of all peer-to-peer users. The emails contains information about the various tactics and technical solutions for tracking p2p users, and disrupt p2p services, and A special thanks to Jay Maris, for circumventing there entire email-security by forwarding all your emails to your gmail account Note: The mbox http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mbox formatted file is circulating publicly on BitTorrent, completely unedited. However, for publication here we have removed the username and password logins for Media Defender's servers, and replaced them with asterisks and avoided publishing emails of a personal nature, e.g pay negotiations etc. We believe that the emails are the real deal and all the info
Re: [videoblogging] FireAnt acquired by Odeo
connections with the creators that can be interpreted in different ways. knowing how to contact a creator, where the creator's website/profile is, where else they may be active online... and offline... meetups... who else is a fan of the creatorwho is the creator a fan of and so on. mefeedia has deep focus on discovery and connections. are people happy with mefeedia.com? On 9/15/07, Steve Garfield [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Yes. On Sep 15, 2007, at 11:38 AM, Rupert wrote: Subscribing to and watching videos is only half of what it's about - the secret sauce, in my opinion, is in the connections with the creators. [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
Re: [videoblogging] Re: Public Service Videoblogging
Wow, Milt, I'm looking forward to watching this. Looks great. On 16 Sep 2007, at 04:56, Milt Lee wrote: Hey Rupert, and anybody else, I've been doing a public service video vlog for 3 years. It's called RealREZ - http://realrez.com It's a chance to see Indian Country the way that it really is. Check it out. I hope you like it. Milt Lee [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
[videoblogging] Re: video blogging / facebook / myspace / you tube
jay: --- In videoblogging@yahoogroups.com, Jay dedman [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --i expect the current popular social media nettwork to be unpopular in 5 years. It may be almost impossible to pull out old posts from that site. do you mean youtube doesn't offer a monthly archiving system, jay? i wonder if it would difficult to adopt such a system right now (or later) -from a technical point of view.
Re: [videoblogging] Big business is hiring. Are there really provocateurs?
Hello, On 9/16/07, bordercollieaustralianshepherd [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: [...] All for protecting rights. Stealing is stealing, simple. I know I'm arguing semantics, but... Copyright infringement isn't stealing. Not to get into the issue of whether Copyright infringement is wrong or right... but it's not stealing. It's not more stealing than it is rape. It is a totally different phenomena. Stealing requires you to physically take away and deprive, that thing which is being stolen, from the owner. The owner must have had the thing which was stolen in their possession before it was stolen, and no longer have it after it was stolen. Copyright infringement does not act like this. When you copy a song or video, the one who has a Copyright on it still has the song or video... they have not had it taken away or been deprived of that song or video. (Thus it is not stealing.) See ya -- Charles Iliya Krempeaux, B.Sc. http://ChangeLog.ca/ Vlog Razor... Vlogging News http://vlograzor.com/
[videoblogging] OneWebDay, Sept. 22 - next Saturday
http://www.onewebday.org/?p=240 OneWebDay, Sept. 22, is an Earth Day for the internet. Heres a very short overview video that will give you the idea http://youtube.com/watch?v=twDyBfjUXv8 and a Rocketboom interview about OneWebDay http://www.rocketboom.com/vlog/rb_07_aug_20/flash. The first OneWebDay took place in 2006. Its easy to take the web for granted. But its worth taking a moment to reflect on what the web could mean to humankind in the future. Thats the purpose of OneWebDay, held each September 22. There are substantial threats to the free flow of information online, all over the world. Many governments censor online content. (see http://opennet.net ). Many people in developing nations cant get online at all. We need to ensure that the internet used by future generations will be open and empowering access to the internet is central to the future of humanity. The idea behind OneWebDay is to encourage people to think of themselves as responsible for the internet, and to take good and visible actions on Sept. 22 that (1) celebrate the positive impact of the internet on the world and (2) shed light on the problems of access and information flow. OneWebDay is a global, decentralized event. Were encouraging people around the world to meet up on Sept. 22 to talk about how the web could change lives around the world in the future. Were aiming for at least fifty of these events, and thanks to the Internet Society and others weve already heard from Poland, Italy, Colombia, the Philippines, Bulgaria, Kenya, Syria, Iraq, Egypt, Belgium, Ethiopia, Tunisia, and other countries. In the US, there will be events in Los Angeles, Boston, Austin, and New York. Click on http://www.onewebday.org/wiki/index.php/Main_Page page to see these events. These events can range from sponsoring a teaching event (how to edit a wiki, how to post a photo online etc) to helping a school or town set up internet connections, to having a panel of speakers talk about the ways the world has been/will be changed by the internet. Were working with the Internet Society and the Internet Archive to encourage these offline events, but anyone not affiliated with these groups is more than welcome to get involved. In the US, the American Libraries Association, the Sunlight Foundation, the Center for Democracy Technology http://communities.justicetalking.org/blogs/day14/default.aspx and other groups are working on OneWebDay-related announcements and events. If readers would like to stage an offline OneWebDay event, let us know at [EMAIL PROTECTED] what youre thinking of, and well make sure theres a wiki page for you on onewebday.org to help your planning. *Online,* were encouraging people to make their own short videos and post them on blip.tv or youtube or dotsub.com tagged onewebday2007?. Suggested topics: + how the web has changed your life + how youd like the web to change the world in the future + highlights of what youve seen online the day you make the video + your favorite online event ever + something youve done online with other people in other countries The internet is made of people, not just machines. Its up to us to protect it. We can use OneWebDay around the world to raise awareness of the threats to the internet including censorship, inadequate access, control of various kinds and to celebrate the positive impact of the internet on human lives. Specifics for NY: New York City, 3-4pm, Washington Square Park Speakers to include Jimmy Wales, founder of Wikipedia; Andrew Baron, founder of Rocketboom; Dana Spiegel, NYCWireless; Birju Pandya, charityfocus.org; Lauren Klein, One Laptop Per Child. Rain Location: For Your Imagination, 22 West 27th Street, 6th Floor, New York, NY 10001 Sept. 22, Noon to 2:30pm, free public classes in honor of OneWebDay at NYUs Interactive Telecommunications Program, 721 Broadway, 4th Floor (cross street Waverly Place), *must rsvp at [EMAIL PROTECTED] to attend.* Subjects to include: -how to build a router antenna and turn your home into a neighborhood hotspot -how to live stream video online -how to set up a blog and podcast -all about Creative Commons Plus, the iCommons/OneWebDay Party: part of 50 Great Parties Around the World. Time: 10pm Date: Sept. 22 Place: For Your Imagination, 22 West 27th Street, 6th Floor, New York, NY 10001 Who should attend: Anyone who likes the internet and its transformative effect on human lives Why you should attend: The internet is under threat around the world, and its up to us to celebrate and protect it. --- WWWhatsup NYC http://pinstand.com - http://punkcast.com ---
[videoblogging] In-browser multi-point video sessions
I'm looking to capture video sessions of conversations between multiple speakers in front of webcams in different locations. i need to capture within the web browser, with no additional software or plugins (aside from, say, Flash). i would like to then retrieve the video, edit, and distribute. does anyone know of such a solution, or any web developers who could build one? something similar to Bloggingheads, only with more sources, would work. Ustream is awesome but is single point as far as i can tell. thanks! -J -- http://10ZenMonkeys.com http://feeds.feedburner.com/10ZenMonkeys (sub)
[videoblogging] Re: In-browser multi-point video sessions
Quick answer http://www.adobe.com/products/acrobatconnectpro/ no plugins or additional software requirement at the users end. http://www.adobe.com/products/acrobatconnectpro/purchase/ Fifteen day free trial http://www.adobe.com/go/aacpro_try Different direction or requirements and I might be able to help you. Contact me off list if you want to exchange ideas/goals. Dave --- In videoblogging@yahoogroups.com, Jeff Diehl [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I'm looking to capture video sessions of conversations between multiple speakers in front of webcams in different locations. i need to capture within the web browser, with no additional software or plugins (aside from, say, Flash). i would like to then retrieve the video, edit, and distribute. does anyone know of such a solution, or any web developers who could build one? something similar to Bloggingheads, only with more sources, would work. Ustream is awesome but is single point as far as i can tell. thanks! -J -- http://10ZenMonkeys.com http://feeds.feedburner.com/10ZenMonkeys (sub)
[videoblogging] Re: In-browser multi-point video sessions
Doh! Forgot this http://flashmeeting.open.ac.uk/ just not sure you can download the stream to edit. I forgot who on this list can set up an account. --- In videoblogging@yahoogroups.com, Jeff Diehl [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I'm looking to capture video sessions of conversations between multiple speakers in front of webcams in different locations. i need to capture within the web browser, with no additional software or plugins (aside from, say, Flash). i would like to then retrieve the video, edit, and distribute. does anyone know of such a solution, or any web developers who could build one? something similar to Bloggingheads, only with more sources, would work. Ustream is awesome but is single point as far as i can tell. thanks! -J -- http://10ZenMonkeys.com http://feeds.feedburner.com/10ZenMonkeys (sub)
[videoblogging] Re: video blogging / facebook / myspace / you tube
Just wanted to follow this up and put some closure on, what this thread kinda derailed into for me. First, thank you to everyone for your words of wisdom, ideas, offerings, sympathies and opinions. It means a lot to me to hear back from all of you that have contacted me in some way shape for form this weekend. Too many people to list so a big y'all is just awesome! from me to you. I spent this weekend talking with my wife and thinking about everything that happened last week at work. Realizing that I have to do what is best for me, I've made the decision that I am going to be leaving my job and begin freelancing full-time. I could stay, let them fire me and fight it but to what end? I dont want to be there. Why fight for something like that when I can spend my creative abilities on something more productive. My wife would know best that I am not someone that likes to have things dictated to him and loves to get in and battle it out. However, this is a battle that I have no interest in participating in. So, cross your fingers for me. Here we go taking that big step off the cliff! Thanks :) David http://www.davidhowellstudios.com --- In videoblogging@yahoogroups.com, Nathan Miller [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Miss B... Great reply as always... I work in a med lab twice a week and everyone I work with has seen or even been in a video or two of mine. My boss has watched some and of my stuff, and even asked his boss if we could do a short documentary of an angioplasty procedure...we got the thumbs up...I was very surprised...we haven't actually made the video yet, however later this fall I think we are gonna get serious and make a little 15 minute documentary on the whole process... nathan miller www.bicycle-sidewalk.com --- missbhavens1969 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: God, is this ever disturbing. And dumb. I get that your company wouldn't want its confidential information spread around the internet; that makes perfect sense. I work in a hospital. Pretty much all patient information is on computer, and it's against the law (and morally inept) to share it, but my company is too slow and sprawling and stupid to even think of removing email applications from the very computers that store that information, much less putting a 'no blogging' clause in our policy. I'm on one of those computers right now. I'd get it if your contract had a 'no blogging about work' policy. In my heart of hearts I'd know that it was simply for liability purposes so they could cover their butts if some of their info got loose. But even then, it seems like such a sad and desperate idea. No blogging? Isn't this some sort of information systems company? How is it that they don't know how anonymous the internet can really be? If you wanted to you could be b/vlogging about all sorts of work-related things and they'd never, ever be able to find you. Now, if you did it FROM work, perhaps...but from your own home? It seems desperate somehow. And Josh has made such an important point: why blogging? What if it were something else? Under your contract could you not be a freelance writer (I use writing because their policy doesn't seem to take video into account) for a magazine or newspaper? What about a neighborhood gazette? Pennysaver? What if you independently published the journal you'd been writing in a green Trapper Keeper? Would that be okay? I'm just sick at the idea that you'd be forced to stop posting videos because of something this dumb. I totally understand if you do stop, but yeesh. What's the world coming to? I guess I'm a little naive, but I find it quite shocking. You don't even vlog about work! Also, it scares me some. I DO vlog at or about work occasionally. There's the odd video and then there's a seperate blog that's only about hardcore hospital stuff. It's got several unpublished entries lined up because I iz skared. The only related clause in my contract states that I cannot talk to the media about any hospital-related anythings. It doesn't define 'media' and is worded such that you walk away from it with the impression that they mean when Channel 7 jumps out from behind the bushes with a microphone to ask you about a scandal, don't say anything!. Still, I worry. I'd love to know how many people on this list work for companies with policies like this. Is this common? Whatever you choose to do, you've got my support. That being said, I vote that you take it underground. Run off with Heath's idea, change your name to Ethel Pettibone, do whatever you need to do. Just make sure you let us know where to find your work! ;) Bekah --- In videoblogging@yahoogroups.com, David Howell taoofdavid@ wrote: Ok. I work for a company where I am privy to vast amounts of
Re: [videoblogging] Re: video blogging / facebook / myspace / you tube
congratulations, david. On 9/16/07, David Howell [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Just wanted to follow this up and put some closure on, what this thread kinda derailed into for me. First, thank you to everyone for your words of wisdom, ideas, offerings, sympathies and opinions. It means a lot to me to hear back from all of you that have contacted me in some way shape for form this weekend. Too many people to list so a big y'all is just awesome! from me to you. I spent this weekend talking with my wife and thinking about everything that happened last week at work. Realizing that I have to do what is best for me, I've made the decision that I am going to be leaving my job and begin freelancing full-time. I could stay, let them fire me and fight it but to what end? I dont want to be there. Why fight for something like that when I can spend my creative abilities on something more productive. My wife would know best that I am not someone that likes to have things dictated to him and loves to get in and battle it out. However, this is a battle that I have no interest in participating in. So, cross your fingers for me. Here we go taking that big step off the cliff! Thanks :) David http://www.davidhowellstudios.com --- In videoblogging@yahoogroups.com videoblogging%40yahoogroups.com, Nathan Miller [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Miss B... Great reply as always... I work in a med lab twice a week and everyone I work with has seen or even been in a video or two of mine. My boss has watched some and of my stuff, and even asked his boss if we could do a short documentary of an angioplasty procedure...we got the thumbs up...I was very surprised...we haven't actually made the video yet, however later this fall I think we are gonna get serious and make a little 15 minute documentary on the whole process... nathan miller www.bicycle-sidewalk.com --- missbhavens1969 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: God, is this ever disturbing. And dumb. I get that your company wouldn't want its confidential information spread around the internet; that makes perfect sense. I work in a hospital. Pretty much all patient information is on computer, and it's against the law (and morally inept) to share it, but my company is too slow and sprawling and stupid to even think of removing email applications from the very computers that store that information, much less putting a 'no blogging' clause in our policy. I'm on one of those computers right now. I'd get it if your contract had a 'no blogging about work' policy. In my heart of hearts I'd know that it was simply for liability purposes so they could cover their butts if some of their info got loose. But even then, it seems like such a sad and desperate idea. No blogging? Isn't this some sort of information systems company? How is it that they don't know how anonymous the internet can really be? If you wanted to you could be b/vlogging about all sorts of work-related things and they'd never, ever be able to find you. Now, if you did it FROM work, perhaps...but from your own home? It seems desperate somehow. And Josh has made such an important point: why blogging? What if it were something else? Under your contract could you not be a freelance writer (I use writing because their policy doesn't seem to take video into account) for a magazine or newspaper? What about a neighborhood gazette? Pennysaver? What if you independently published the journal you'd been writing in a green Trapper Keeper? Would that be okay? I'm just sick at the idea that you'd be forced to stop posting videos because of something this dumb. I totally understand if you do stop, but yeesh. What's the world coming to? I guess I'm a little naive, but I find it quite shocking. You don't even vlog about work! Also, it scares me some. I DO vlog at or about work occasionally. There's the odd video and then there's a seperate blog that's only about hardcore hospital stuff. It's got several unpublished entries lined up because I iz skared. The only related clause in my contract states that I cannot talk to the media about any hospital-related anythings. It doesn't define 'media' and is worded such that you walk away from it with the impression that they mean when Channel 7 jumps out from behind the bushes with a microphone to ask you about a scandal, don't say anything!. Still, I worry. I'd love to know how many people on this list work for companies with policies like this. Is this common? Whatever you choose to do, you've got my support. That being said, I vote that you take it underground. Run off with Heath's idea, change your name to Ethel Pettibone, do whatever you need to do. Just make sure you let us know where to find
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Fantastic news, David. Congratulations! -- ___ Brook Hinton film/video/audio art www.brookhinton.com [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
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--i expect the current popular social media nettwork to be unpopular in 5 years. It may be almost impossible to pull out old posts from that site. do you mean youtube doesn't offer a monthly archiving system, jay? i wonder if it would difficult to adopt such a system right now (or later) -from a technical point of view. I dont want to speak from ignorance here. Does anyone know if you can export information from Youtube? any way to migrate info? Jay -- http://jaydedman.com 917 371 6790 **check out the new look: ryanishungry.com**
[videoblogging] Re: video blogging / facebook / myspace / you tube
Jay, YouTube does have RSS feeds (i.e. www.youtube.com/rss/user/[insert username here]/videos.rss) but only the descriptive information and an EMBED are contained in the feed. Miro pulls down the descriptive information AND the FLV video, however. Kenya --- In videoblogging@yahoogroups.com, Jay dedman [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --i expect the current popular social media nettwork to be unpopular in 5 years. It may be almost impossible to pull out old posts from that site. do you mean youtube doesn't offer a monthly archiving system, jay? i wonder if it would difficult to adopt such a system right now (or later) -from a technical point of view. I dont want to speak from ignorance here. Does anyone know if you can export information from Youtube? any way to migrate info? Jay -- http://jaydedman.com 917 371 6790 **check out the new look: ryanishungry.com**
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YouTube does have RSS feeds (i.e. www.youtube.com/rss/user/[insert username here]/videos.rss) but only the descriptive information and an EMBED are contained in the feed. Miro pulls down the descriptive information AND the FLV video, however. Yep. Youtube has RSS feeds. Just wondering about this scenario. I am using Youtube regularly...posting video, text, etc. In 5 years, I decide I want to move my stuff somewhere else. I want to keep my archives since i was documenting my life. what are my choices? Can I export out my info? Or just delete my account totally and reupload my video somewhere else? I assume this is an issue for all social networks. Jay -- http://jaydedman.com 917 371 6790 **check out the new look: ryanishungry.com**
