Re: [videoblogging] Reminder: Open Video Conference in June
Hi folks, I probably won't make the conference itself but I am in NYC that week so if there's a bar you'll be frequenting do let me know :) Mike On Fri, May 15, 2009 at 9:40 PM, Michael Verdi michaelve...@gmail.com wrote: I'm going! - Verdi On Fri, May 15, 2009 at 2:33 PM, Rupert rup...@fatgirlinohio.org wrote: Who's going? On 10-May-09, at 6:34 PM, Jay dedman wrote: If you've been trying to find an excuse to visit NYC this June, don't forget about the Open Video Conference. Be a very cool group of folks coming together. Time to sign up. Jay _ The Open Video Conference (June 19-20 in NYC) is asking big questions about the future of video online. As the medium matures, we face a crossroads: will technology and public policy support a more participatory culture—one that encourages and enables free expression and broader cultural engagement? Or will online video become a glorified TV-on-demand service, a central part of a permissions-based culture? Web video holds tremendous potential, but limits on broadband, playback technology, and fair use threaten to undermine the ability of individuals to engage in dialogues in and around this new media ecosystem. Open Video Conference June 19-20, 2009 New York City 40 Washington Square South (NYU Law School) http://openvideoconference.org Bestselling author Clay Shirky will give a talk about the disruptive effects of the web. Harvard Professor Jonathan Zittrain (TBC) will moderate a discussion on industry perspectives with Boxee CEO Avner Ronen, Blip.tv CEO Mike Hudack, and representatives from YouTube and Adobe. Lizz Winstead, activist and co-creator of The Daily Show, will discuss web video as political commentary. Legendary hacker Jon Lech Johansen (DVD Jon) will address data portability. Mozilla, makers of the Firefox web browser, will highlight what it's doing to cement open video standards. You'll hear from Anthony Falzone—executive director at Stanford's Fair Use Project and counsel to graphic artist Shepherd Fairey—about the new battle lines drawn around fair use. Voices from the blogosphere, public media, and traditional media will explore the ways to make their content work in an open video ecosystem, and much more. This is just a peek—have a look at our schedule page for more details: http://www.openvideoconference.org/agenda In addition to two full days of high-profile programming, you can expect a slate of workshops and behind-the-scenes technical working groups with leading edge video developers from free software projects like: VLC, Ogg Theora, GStreamer, Blender, PiTiVi, Miro, Kaltura, Firefox, and many more. This event should interest anyone with a stake in art, culture, technology, policy, journalism, or online business. Organizers and partners include: Participatory Culture Foundation, Yale ISP, iCommons, Kaltura, Mozilla, Harvard's Berkman Center, Free Press, Creative Commons, and more. Register while there's space: http://openvideoconference.org/registration/ Yahoo! Groups Links Yahoo! Groups Links -- http://michaelverdi.com Yahoo! Groups Links -- Mike Atherton Saying the wrong thing since 1972 Writer | Tech Hipster | 9 Kinds of Wrong http://www.sizemore.co.uk http://twitter.com/sizemore Yahoo! Groups Links * To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/videoblogging/ * Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional * To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/videoblogging/join (Yahoo! ID required) * To change settings via email: mailto:videoblogging-dig...@yahoogroups.com mailto:videoblogging-fullfeatu...@yahoogroups.com * To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: videoblogging-unsubscr...@yahoogroups.com * Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
Re: [videoblogging] Reminder: Open Video Conference in June
i am trying REALLY hard to get this one sorted. Rupert, I think Virgin are doing affordable flights... Trine On 5/16/09, sizemore mikesizem...@gmail.com wrote: Hi folks, I probably won't make the conference itself but I am in NYC that week so if there's a bar you'll be frequenting do let me know :) Mike On Fri, May 15, 2009 at 9:40 PM, Michael Verdi michaelve...@gmail.com wrote: I'm going! - Verdi On Fri, May 15, 2009 at 2:33 PM, Rupert rup...@fatgirlinohio.org wrote: Who's going? On 10-May-09, at 6:34 PM, Jay dedman wrote: If you've been trying to find an excuse to visit NYC this June, don't forget about the Open Video Conference. Be a very cool group of folks coming together. Time to sign up. Jay _ The Open Video Conference (June 19-20 in NYC) is asking big questions about the future of video online. As the medium matures, we face a crossroads: will technology and public policy support a more participatory culture—one that encourages and enables free expression and broader cultural engagement? Or will online video become a glorified TV-on-demand service, a central part of a permissions-based culture? Web video holds tremendous potential, but limits on broadband, playback technology, and fair use threaten to undermine the ability of individuals to engage in dialogues in and around this new media ecosystem. Open Video Conference June 19-20, 2009 New York City 40 Washington Square South (NYU Law School) http://openvideoconference.org Bestselling author Clay Shirky will give a talk about the disruptive effects of the web. Harvard Professor Jonathan Zittrain (TBC) will moderate a discussion on industry perspectives with Boxee CEO Avner Ronen, Blip.tv CEO Mike Hudack, and representatives from YouTube and Adobe. Lizz Winstead, activist and co-creator of The Daily Show, will discuss web video as political commentary. Legendary hacker Jon Lech Johansen (DVD Jon) will address data portability. Mozilla, makers of the Firefox web browser, will highlight what it's doing to cement open video standards. You'll hear from Anthony Falzone—executive director at Stanford's Fair Use Project and counsel to graphic artist Shepherd Fairey—about the new battle lines drawn around fair use. Voices from the blogosphere, public media, and traditional media will explore the ways to make their content work in an open video ecosystem, and much more. This is just a peek—have a look at our schedule page for more details: http://www.openvideoconference.org/agenda In addition to two full days of high-profile programming, you can expect a slate of workshops and behind-the-scenes technical working groups with leading edge video developers from free software projects like: VLC, Ogg Theora, GStreamer, Blender, PiTiVi, Miro, Kaltura, Firefox, and many more. This event should interest anyone with a stake in art, culture, technology, policy, journalism, or online business. Organizers and partners include: Participatory Culture Foundation, Yale ISP, iCommons, Kaltura, Mozilla, Harvard's Berkman Center, Free Press, Creative Commons, and more. Register while there's space: http://openvideoconference.org/registration/ Yahoo! Groups Links Yahoo! Groups Links -- http://michaelverdi.com Yahoo! Groups Links -- Mike Atherton Saying the wrong thing since 1972 Writer | Tech Hipster | 9 Kinds of Wrong http://www.sizemore.co.uk http://twitter.com/sizemore Yahoo! Groups Links -- twitter.com/trine Yahoo! Groups Links * To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/videoblogging/ * Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional * To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/videoblogging/join (Yahoo! ID required) * To change settings via email: mailto:videoblogging-dig...@yahoogroups.com mailto:videoblogging-fullfeatu...@yahoogroups.com * To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: videoblogging-unsubscr...@yahoogroups.com * Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
[videoblogging] Serving up videos globally brings tough choices
Following up on the thread about Youtube losing money, this article paints a broader picture of all social networks trying to have a global community. http://www.nytimes.com/2009/04/27/technology/start-ups/27global.html Web entrepreneurs like Mr. Shapiro of Veoh, still struggling with his decision to restrict his site from much of the world, might have to find a way to soothe their battered consciences. The part of me that wants to change the world says, This is unfair, it shouldnt be like this, Mr. Shapiro said. On the other hand, from the business side of things, serving videos to the entire world is just not supportable at this time. This is a huge argument for decentralization. Jay -- http://ryanishungry.com http://jaydedman.com http://twitter.com/jaydedman 917 371 6790 [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] Yahoo! Groups Links * To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/videoblogging/ * Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional * To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/videoblogging/join (Yahoo! ID required) * To change settings via email: mailto:videoblogging-dig...@yahoogroups.com mailto:videoblogging-fullfeatu...@yahoogroups.com * To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: videoblogging-unsubscr...@yahoogroups.com * Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
[videoblogging] TOS showdown
This site offers summaries of the Terms Of Service for popular free video hosting services. He asks: 1. Which rights of my work I would have to give away, 2. what usage rights I could assign to my viewers, 3. what level of privacy I could expect in terms of disclosure of my data, 4. and where a service had its legal residence in case of a dispute. Check out his findings here: http://advancingusability.wordpress.com/2009/05/06/owned-legal-terms-of-video-hosting-services-compared/ I was surprised to read that Vimeo claims significant rights to uploaded content. Jay -- http://ryanishungry.com http://jaydedman.com http://twitter.com/jaydedman 917 371 6790 [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
Re: [videoblogging] Serving up videos globally brings tough choices
This is a huge argument for decentralization. http://www.littleshoot.org/ On Sat, May 16, 2009 at 6:14 A M, Jay dedman jay.ded...@gmail.com wrote: Following up on the thread about Youtube losing money, this article paints a broader picture of all social networks trying to have a global community. http://www.nytimes.com/2009/04/27/technology/start-ups/27global.html Web entrepreneurs like Mr. Shapiro of Veoh, still struggling with his decision to restrict his site from much of the world, might have to find a way to soothe their battered consciences. The part of me that wants to change the world says, This is unfair, it shouldnt be like this, Mr. Shapiro said. On the other hand, from the business side of things, serving videos to the entire world is just not supportable at this time. This is a huge argument for decentralization. Jay -- http://ryanishungry.com http://jaydedman.com http://twitter.com/jaydedman 917 371 6790 [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] Yahoo! Groups Links [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] Yahoo! Groups Links * To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/videoblogging/ * Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional * To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/videoblogging/join (Yahoo! ID required) * To change settings via email: mailto:videoblogging-dig...@yahoogroups.com mailto:videoblogging-fullfeatu...@yahoogroups.com * To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: videoblogging-unsubscr...@yahoogroups.com * Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
[videoblogging] Re: Blog World Expo and New Media Conference [ Vloggercon 2009? ]
I agree with a lot of what Jeffrey wrote. So this is just my additional perspective as a member of the 2004/5 class of vloggers. I don't know if I would feel welcomed at BWE and NMC. The reality is that the two merged for the financial realities of the day. This is a for profit business. This is a good thing, not knocking it. But correct me if I'm wrong but isn't this about the business of blogging? Products, services and promotion? I'd lay dollars to donuts that the word monitize will be spoken. Darren from Problogger.net very good. Some A-Hole trying to sell crap to newbies bad, very bad. I know or work with three of the women who will be speaking. That is refreshing to see women included in the conference. Point one in favor of going. But there will be thousands of people; or hundreds if the economy hasn't corrected. Hard to have intimate conversations with people pushing and shoving their way to a session. Who will be speaking on behalf of our portion of web video? The networks and other corporate video entities have planted flags of occupation. Video hosting services are starting to diminish or phase out user generated content. We have concerns that conflict with corporate video production and others interest that overlap or are the same. I'd want to go if I knew straight up that there was a good mix of user creative sessions so that I could tolerate the commercial aspect. I don't want to spend money and wind up feeling lonely in Las Vegas. Or alienated. Or ripped off; not in my current budget situation. I have more to say so I'll stop now. I'll nurture my additional rant off-line as I do the dishes. Gena http://outonthestoop.blogspot.com --- In videoblogging@yahoogroups.com, Steve Garfield st...@... wrote: Hi, When I was in NYC this weekend we were talking about the history of vloggercon and if there was going to be another one. People want to have another one, but no one wants to run it. I was talking to hte folks at Blog World Expo and they are interested in adding in Vloggercon to their October event. They would handle all the registration. Blog World Expo also now combines New Media Expo. Are people interested in this? Oct 15-17 Las Vegas. http://www.blogworldexpo.com/ Air and hotels are cheap. Let's talk here about it here and if there's interest I can talk to them about getting a room or two for a vloggercon conference track within thier conference. Thanks, --Steve
Re: [videoblogging] Serving up videos globally brings tough choices
Another factor is the avoiding of copyright liabilities in foreign jurisdictions - e.g see Tim Windergren in http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=REdIEs01tVs (FFwd to 36mins in) talking about why Pandora blocks non-us IP's. j At 06:14 AM 5/16/2009, you wrote: Following up on the thread about Youtube losing money, this article paints a broader picture of all social networks trying to have a global community. http://www.nytimes.com/2009/04/27/technology/start-ups/27global.html Web entrepreneurs like Mr. Shapiro of Veoh, still struggling with his decision to restrict his site from much of the world, might have to find a way to soothe their battered consciences. The part of me that wants to change the world says, This is unfair, it shouldnt be like this, Mr. Shapiro said. On the other hand, from the business side of things, serving videos to the entire world is just not supportable at this time. This is a huge argument for decentralization. Jay -- http://ryanishungry.com http://jaydedman.com http://twitter.com/jaydedman 917 371 6790 Joly MacFie 212 608 1334 http://wwwhatsup.com http://punkcast.com http://pinstand.com Yahoo! Groups Links * To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/videoblogging/ * Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional * To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/videoblogging/join (Yahoo! ID required) * To change settings via email: mailto:videoblogging-dig...@yahoogroups.com mailto:videoblogging-fullfeatu...@yahoogroups.com * To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: videoblogging-unsubscr...@yahoogroups.com * Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
Re: [videoblogging] Shadow World
David Kessler, who makes one of my favourite videoblogs - Shadow World, which used to be at undertheel.blogspot.com - has been posting again this year. He shoots interviews with people who live and work under the el in Philadelphia - and combines them with lots of cinematography of the environment. He has a new URL - http://dskessler.com/shadowworld I really love David's work. I cant think another web video project that takes time to document people in a specific place with such clarity. If there are other examples, be good to identify them. His work is so deceptively simple...just interview someone about who they are and what they do. Imagine people watching this in 50 years. Jay -- http://ryanishungry.com http://jaydedman.com http://twitter.com/jaydedman 917 371 6790
Re: [videoblogging] Shadow World
these are great Rupert - thanks for the links. I seem to recall a location project that was really cool, on 24hours24artists - Nick Slie in new orleans the central city i-witness project http://www.mondobizarro.org/blog 2009/5/17 Jay dedman jay.ded...@gmail.com David Kessler, who makes one of my favourite videoblogs - Shadow World, which used to be at undertheel.blogspot.com - has been posting again this year. He shoots interviews with people who live and work under the el in Philadelphia - and combines them with lots of cinematography of the environment. He has a new URL - http://dskessler.com/shadowworld I really love David's work. I cant think another web video project that takes time to document people in a specific place with such clarity. If there are other examples, be good to identify them. His work is so deceptively simple...just interview someone about who they are and what they do. Imagine people watching this in 50 years. Jay
Re: [videoblogging] Re: Blog World Expo and New Media Conference [ Vloggercon 2009? ]
Hi Jim. Rupert, Jeffrey, Gena, et al - I have been to both events - Vloggercon, where I was able to meet the cool grassroots videobloggers in person (even posted a video of me and Lexi swimming there - remember Marcus?) and I have been a speaker at New Media Expo and BlogWorld. And I am a member of IBNMA too. Everyone I have encountered is good people though with very different agendas. There is a lot to be said IMO for someone else providing the infrastructure. Seems to me that has been our biggest challenge here as a collective of geographically dispersed and independent-minded peeps. As well, knowing Jim and Dave form Blog World, I think they more than most conference organizers, would be open to most any wild and crazy ideas we might come up with here. Let's take advantage of the different space that now exists. Maybe some sponsors would offer some scholarship tickets; maybe we can have an unconference event along side blogworld that would generate more attendance for both. I have not looked yet at pricing structure for BW yet but would love to see as much flexibility as possible. Yes, a lot of the people are in the west - which means they could come in for a day instead of making a 3-5 day week of it. If the rates encouraged that. Love, Rox On Sat, May 16, 2009 at 11:26 AM, Gena compumaven...@earthlink.net wrote: I agree with a lot of what Jeffrey wrote. So this is just my additional perspective as a member of the 2004/5 class of vloggers. I don't know if I would feel welcomed at BWE and NMC. The reality is that the two merged for the financial realities of the day. This is a for profit business. This is a good thing, not knocking it. But correct me if I'm wrong but isn't this about the business of blogging? Products, services and promotion? I'd lay dollars to donuts that the word monitize will be spoken. Darren from Problogger.net very good. Some A-Hole trying to sell crap to newbies bad, very bad. I know or work with three of the women who will be speaking. That is refreshing to see women included in the conference. Point one in favor of going. But there will be thousands of people; or hundreds if the economy hasn't corrected. Hard to have intimate conversations with people pushing and shoving their way to a session. Who will be speaking on behalf of our portion of web video? The networks and other corporate video entities have planted flags of occupation. Video hosting services are starting to diminish or phase out user generated content. We have concerns that conflict with corporate video production and others interest that overlap or are the same. I'd want to go if I knew straight up that there was a good mix of user creative sessions so that I could tolerate the commercial aspect. I don't want to spend money and wind up feeling lonely in Las Vegas. Or alienated. Or ripped off; not in my current budget situation. I have more to say so I'll stop now. I'll nurture my additional rant off-line as I do the dishes. Gena http://outonthestoop.blogspot.com --- In videoblogging@yahoogroups.com, Steve Garfield st...@... wrote: Hi, When I was in NYC this weekend we were talking about the history of vloggercon and if there was going to be another one. People want to have another one, but no one wants to run it. I was talking to hte folks at Blog World Expo and they are interested in adding in Vloggercon to their October event. They would handle all the registration. Blog World Expo also now combines New Media Expo. Are people interested in this? Oct 15-17 Las Vegas. http://www.blogworldexpo.com/ Air and hotels are cheap. Let's talk here about it here and if there's interest I can talk to them about getting a room or two for a vloggercon conference track within thier conference. Thanks, --Steve -- Roxanne Darling o ke kai means of the sea in hawaiian Join us at the reef! Mermaid videos, geeks talking, and lots more http://reef.beachwalks.tv 808-384-5554 Video -- http://www.beachwalks.tv Company -- http://www.barefeetstudios.com Twitter-- http://www.twitter.com/roxannedarling
Re: [videoblogging] Re: Blog World Expo and New Media Conference [ Vloggercon 2009? ]
fwiw I really liked the 24hours24artists concept so people could tune in from different locations broadcast from different locations. it's not face2face meetup which is the best part about conferences (for me anyway), but there is the chat aspect, and archives later to watch. I wonder if a mogulus/similiar broadcast could be done over a w/e people could speak on these if there are topics they want to cover or work to show. maybe if there were gaps in schedule, people from the audience could speak on video if they wanted. (have a single director perhaps to co-ordinate switching, or a couple in different timezones) but I haven't made it to any of the vlogger conferences due to work/travel costs/time/timezones. I've always liked hearing about them and watching remotely where possible. kath
[videoblogging] The continuing story of Ogg/Theora, the open source codec
The video codec geeks (yes, they exist) are deep into improving the image of the .OGV file. Chris Blizzard at Mozilla points to this update: http://www.0xdeadbeef.com/weblog/?p=1300 Monty posted another update on the work thats been going on to improve the Theora encoder. Its worth re-posting here because I think that it includes some compelling images and graphs that show you improvements. So I would suggest that people wander over and have a look at his update. I know that H264 is a benchmark for great quality images in video, but the Xiph.org foundation is really doing an excellent job evolving the Ogg/Theora codec. See screen shots. I know there are lots of arguments for/against why any of us should care...but having an open source codec is nice because it gives developers a foundation on which to build video tools. Tests need to be done, but I think the idea that Ogg is bad quality is quickly disappearing. Jay -- http://ryanishungry.com http://jaydedman.com http://twitter.com/jaydedman 917 371 6790 [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] Yahoo! Groups Links * To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/videoblogging/ * Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional * To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/videoblogging/join (Yahoo! ID required) * To change settings via email: mailto:videoblogging-dig...@yahoogroups.com mailto:videoblogging-fullfeatu...@yahoogroups.com * To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: videoblogging-unsubscr...@yahoogroups.com * Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
[videoblogging] VideoPress for WordPress.com
This is a newly released paid upgrade for those on WordPress.com - fully featured and very cool for people to now have a true video podcast with easy support at WP.com http://videopress.com/ How does it work? With VideoPress, just upload a video, we’ll “crunch” it into several different formats just right for streaming on the web: DVD quality, HD quality, and even formats optimized for iTunes and Miro. Preview your uploaded video, then embed the video and publish your post. The VideoPress player intelligently selects the best quality video, depending on your desired display width. VideoPress also supports a myriad of file formats and large file sizes (1+ GB!). Plus, each video has stats attached to it so you can see how often they’re being viewed. c. $60/year/blog Aloha, Rox -- Roxanne Darling o ke kai means of the sea in hawaiian Join us at the reef! Mermaid videos, geeks talking, and lots more http://reef.beachwalks.tv 808-384-5554 Video -- http://www.beachwalks.tv Company -- http://www.barefeetstudios.com Twitter-- http://www.twitter.com/roxannedarling Yahoo! Groups Links * To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/videoblogging/ * Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional * To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/videoblogging/join (Yahoo! ID required) * To change settings via email: mailto:videoblogging-dig...@yahoogroups.com mailto:videoblogging-fullfeatu...@yahoogroups.com * To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: videoblogging-unsubscr...@yahoogroups.com * Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
[videoblogging] Re: The continuing story of Ogg/Theora, the open source codec
--- In videoblogging@yahoogroups.com, Jay dedman jay.ded...@... wrote: The video codec geeks (yes, they exist) are deep into improving the image of the .OGV file. Chris Blizzard at Mozilla points to this update: http://www.0xdeadbeef.com/weblog/?p=1300 snip Jay I have been using theora for a few years now but people keep asking for mp4 versions of the videos for use on their media player and business want the video in some windows-centric format or on a CD/DVD (but don't stand the file format/codec)
