[videoblogging] Where my travel bloggers/videobloggers at?
Got a question for this group: do you know any bloggers/videobloggers that are really solid in the travel space? Things like airline tricks of the trade, travel gear, rental car insight, how to get upgraded perks at hotels, etc. Trying to help out my friend with a project... could be a really great opportunity for the right person. Please contact me directly if you've any suggestions. Thanks! Amanda
[videoblogging] Re: Amanda's Out... It's a Pterodactyl Souffle over there!
Thanks JD. :) I wrote a blog post http://amandacongdon.com/blog/?p=141 to clear some things up. The show will resume next week as scheduled. Amanda http://oxmour.com/ http://oxmour.com/ --- In videoblogging@yahoogroups.com, JD Lasica [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: It was, shall we say, an uneasy marriage of videoblogging culture and traditional media. Lots o' forehead bumping. I hope Amanda does well in her new pursuits! jd http://www.realpeoplenetwork.com [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
[videoblogging] Re: Follow up to Rocketboom break-up.
I'm not going to go into depth here... but Andrew's announcement on dembot was completely factually incorrect. Unfortunately, we've yet to come to a resolution. --- In videoblogging@yahoogroups.com, greg [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: You know, the Rocketboom mess was so publicly discussed on this board. However, the follow-up resolution was not touched at all. What is up with that? I read in Andrew's blog a few months ago that he got 100% ownership of RocketBoom, but I never saw it mentioned here. (or anywhere else for that matter..) I did a quick look in the archives and it does not seem to be mentioned on this group at all, so I thought I would mention it. (Unless I missed that string, someone let me know if I did)... Here is the link to the announcement. http://www.dembot.com/012049.html Anyway, after all the He Said, She Said, it is nice to see some resolution. (I hate when the MSM does a story and never does a follow up.. We don't want to be like the MSM do we?) So, since nobody else has seemed to say it, congratulations Andrew! Greg http://gregsvideoblog.blogspot.com
[videoblogging] Re: Starring Amanda Congdon
Hey Mark, Here's what I wrote in response to your comment in the comment section... --- Hi Mark, Thanks for chiming in! YouTubers, in my opinion, are independent media makers so they fall into the us catagory. MySpace, as I believe Dave Winer once put it, is a blog on training wheels. I am not trying to say that they do not count. They do! They are part of all this as well! I'm saying that many people are not in any way involved in internet culture. Those people are not at the forefront of this revolution, and therefore I don't believe they should be Person of the Year make sense? Hope that clears things up... :) I am also in the midst of writing up a blog post about this very topic. --- In videoblogging@yahoogroups.com, Mark Day [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Before I go off on one, perhaps Amanda could clarify where Time should have drawn the line in their 'Person of the Year'? If someone has posted a video of themselves on YouTube, say, but they've never heard of an RSS feed, are they in, or out? Or a sparkle-infested MySpace page that they cluttered with every unicorn banner in the virtual stickerbox? In, or out? Inquiring minds in the People's Front of Judea want to know. Cheers. Mark Day http://videotheplanet.wordpress.com/ http://markdaycomedy.blip.tv/ http://www.youtube.com/markdaycomedy The war on Christmas (for Parody Purposes Only) : http://blip.tv/file/117202
[videoblogging] Re: Amanda on ABC is not a vlog
Hi Mike, We have comments, links and an RSS feed w/enclosures. The site is a mess, you are right. We are actively working to improve it. An embedded player will come sometime in January along with permalinks and better integration of the comments, links and archives. I told them all this before we launched. But they needed to hear it from about 2,549 bloggers before they'd believe me. ;) Thanks, Amanda --- In videoblogging@yahoogroups.com, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Heh, my argument is VERY simple. All I'm saying is it's not a blog. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blog You can argue all day about wether it has videos or not, but it ain't no blog. :) I would tend to think that if it ain't no blog that this would make it certainly by definition no videoblog. If you call this thing qualifies as a blog you mine as well call any and every page on the web a blog. Besides... it's not about what you call it. It's about what it does... and it has not a single mechanism that blogs tend to have that make them useful tools for communication. So... if it is a blog or even a video blog, you must admit it's one of the worst damn blogs evar. This completely despite Amanda, her winning personal verbals stylings, personality and choicey news bits. Which I hear are in there somewhere, burried behind a mess of ads and popout windows. I think. Maybe. Peace, -Mike On 12/22/06, Charles Hope [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Thanks for that suggestion. I will pass it along! From: videoblogging@yahoogroups.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Richard (Show) Hall Sent: Friday, December 22, 2006 15:21 To: videoblogging@yahoogroups.com Subject: Re: [videoblogging] Re: Amanda on ABC is not a vlog Should this be available via the amanda accross america feed? On 12/22/06, Charles Hope [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:charles%40blip.tv wrote: Amanda is still maintaining her vlog! She just posted a video there today, in fact. Starring Amanda Congdon http://blip.tv/users/view/amandacongdon http://blip.tv/users/view/amandacongdon [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] -- http://richardhhall.org http://richardhhall.org http://richardshow.com http://richardshow.com http://inspiredhealing.tv http://inspiredhealing.tv [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] Yahoo! Groups Links
[videoblogging] Re: Let's band together to do something about Global Warming!!!
Mario and I are in, Case. Great, GREAT idea. --- In videoblogging@yahoogroups.com, Casey McKinnon [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Okay, listen people... this is important. We have no snow in Montreal... NONE. I seriously believe that we are being affected by global warming and would like to know if you are being affected as well. If so, I would like to propose a community collaboration: - Make a vlog entry about global warming and how it is affecting the weather in your area; - Tag it! (What do you think of the tag vlogforglobalwarming?) - We should make a collective site to post the videos in a central location (with link backs to the original posts) - Promote it heavily to see if we can make a difference in the world... Feel free to show your concern and even rant at your government for not doing enough... Let me know what you think about this... it's sad that the winter wonderlands that many of us grew up in will not be white for Christmas. A concerned community member, Casey --- http://www.galacticast.com/
[videoblogging] Re: OOoh, Amanda's Up!
Sorry, Gary, attacks require rebuttal. I've been minding my own business. Wish Mr. Baron could do the same. He's long talked about leaving it up to the lawyers instead of the media, but now (since that hasn't worked in his favor), has decided to go the public route. Hope this ends it. http://amandacongdon.com/blog/?p=6 --- In videoblogging@yahoogroups.com, Gary Short [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Amanda Congdon wrote: Chuck, I am personally offended by that comment. Lady cats everywhere should be outraged. My cat, Mattie, Yadda, yadda, yadda... Hey, isn't it about time that the Andrew and Amanda camps just declared a score draw and applaud each other as they leave the field? What's done is done, let's move on shall we? Apart from anything else, having two vlogging superstars duking it out like this in public, makes us all look like total amateurs. For example, I've managed to land a paying gig with the Carnoustie Golf Links, vlogging their run up to The Open 2007. This event is the major event in the pro golf calendar. We are talking about a multi-million pound business here; something that puts vlogging up there as something you just do when you are hosting an event like this. If I get it right, then every host venue from now on will be doing the same, as they all follow the RA's advice on what is best practice, and that's got to be good for everyone. I'm just glad that no-one at the RA or at Carnoustie Golf Links is following this thread because honestly, I think it could put back what we are trying to achieve by years. Please, will the pair of you just cut it out and move on. -- Cheers, Gary http://www.garyshort.org/ http://www.carnoustiegolflinks.co.uk/vlog/
[videoblogging] Re: OOoh, Amanda's Up!
Call up ABC. We were working on shows for ABC Family that I was never intended to host. Isn't that right? Anyone at ABC will attest to that. They were trying to to figure out what department to put us in and that's where we landed. ABC Family. Ari, my agent at Endeavor, turned HBO onto me. HBO never approached Rocketboom directly. They never wanted you. They wanted my personality. I considered bring you along for the ride IF things panned out and if HBO was game, but since there was only one meeting at that point it was far from a sure thing... sure glad you never got involved. As far as AAA goes, just another example of you failing to secure sponsorship. No contract, no deal. Unless there was a contract that you hid from me? You did hide a lot of business stuff. --- In videoblogging@yahoogroups.com, andrew michael baron [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Oh boy, digging a deeper hole for yourself. ABC News is exactly the people we were in deep talks with. ABC NEws and ABC Family. Its all under Dinsey and we were in project talks with all. You have just lied again, mark my words here. I will release the document to my blog then. The AAA story? Jeze, you have not told the relevant truth, documents are forthcoming. I spent months on this project and it was my sponsor relationship you took for Ford. You quit before the deal was done. You were only able to complete the deal for no money. My deal was for $250,000. No wonder you were able to close it. HBO contacted Rocketboom and wanted to do a show with Rocketboom. You told them I didnt want to. I said I did. I will provide docs, forthcoming. Finally, now we can get somewhere. Drew http://www.rocketboom.com http://www.dembot.com On Dec 16, 2006, at 12:04 PM, Amanda Congdon wrote: Sorry, Gary, attacks require rebuttal. I've been minding my own business. Wish Mr. Baron could do the same. He's long talked about leaving it up to the lawyers instead of the media, but now (since that hasn't worked in his favor), has decided to go the public route. Hope this ends it. http://amandacongdon.com/blog/?p=6 --- In videoblogging@yahoogroups.com, Gary Short gary@ wrote: Amanda Congdon wrote: Chuck, I am personally offended by that comment. Lady cats everywhere should be outraged. My cat, Mattie, Yadda, yadda, yadda... Hey, isn't it about time that the Andrew and Amanda camps just declared a score draw and applaud each other as they leave the field? What's done is done, let's move on shall we? Apart from anything else, having two vlogging superstars duking it out like this in public, makes us all look like total amateurs. For example, I've managed to land a paying gig with the Carnoustie Golf Links, vlogging their run up to The Open 2007. This event is the major event in the pro golf calendar. We are talking about a multi-million pound business here; something that puts vlogging up there as something you just do when you are hosting an event like this. If I get it right, then every host venue from now on will be doing the same, as they all follow the RA's advice on what is best practice, and that's got to be good for everyone. I'm just glad that no-one at the RA or at Carnoustie Golf Links is following this thread because honestly, I think it could put back what we are trying to achieve by years. Please, will the pair of you just cut it out and move on. -- Cheers, Gary http://www.garyshort.org/ http://www.carnoustiegolflinks.co.uk/vlog/ [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
[videoblogging] Re: OOoh, Amanda's Up!
Yup. You are right on that one. I wasn't doing it for the money. --- In videoblogging@yahoogroups.com, andrew michael baron [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: The deal I was trying to secure was for $250,000 You landed the deal for $0. Nice one. On Dec 16, 2006, at 1:03 PM, Amanda Congdon wrote: As far as AAA goes, just another example of you failing to secure sponsorship. No contract, no deal. Unless there was a contract that you hid from me? You did hide a lot of business stuff. [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
[videoblogging] Re: OOoh, Amanda's Up!
This proves what? That I (not you) had an HBO meeting and that I fired my manager? --- In videoblogging@yahoogroups.com, andrew michael baron [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: As you can see, I spent legal fees on the HBO opportunity that was meant for Rocketboom but yea, as I said, you stole it away for yourself. Lie #2. Resolved. Begin forwarded message: From: Amanda Congdon [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: June 2, 2006 2:20:46 PM EDT To: Thompson, Bryan [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc: Johnson, Channing [EMAIL PROTECTED], andrew michael baron [EMAIL PROTECTED], Jim Congdon [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Matthew Lesher, semi-urgent Bryan and Channing, Thank you for getting back to me on this so quickly. As it turns out, the HBO meeting is now happening on Monday rather than later today. The introductory meeting between Ari, Andrew and me is still on as scheduled at 3pm Pacific. How does this change the order of events, if at all? Yes, please prepare Matthew's termination letter. Thanks again, Amanda On 6/2/06, Thompson, Bryan [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Amanda: I spoke to Channing about this. We think that your analysis of the situation is spot-on accurate and that it would be appropriate for you now to terminate your relationship with Matthew. Accordingly, we believe that you should inform Matthew, both orally and in writing, that your relationship with him is now terminated. You should also inform him that he is not to participate in the HBO conference call, nor is he to contact or speak with HBO or Endeavor concerning you, Andrew, or Rocketboom. Let me know if you would like us to prepare a letter to Matthew concerning this. In order to assure that Matthew is not on the call, you will need to contact him orally before the call. Even if we sent a letter right now, he might not actually read it before the HBO call begins. When you speak to him you can let him know that a letter will be coming. From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Amanda Congdon Sent: Thursday, June 01, 2006 10:19 PM To: Johnson, Channing; Thompson, Bryan; andrew michael baron Cc: Jim Congdon Subject: Matthew Lesher, semi-urgent Hello everyone, I spoke with Matthew Lesher this evening. I asked him why Ari Emanuel would be under the impression he was Rocketboom's manger. He said he didn't know, that maybe Ari just assumed as much. He then said, in fact, that both he and Ari had no interest in the management of Rocketboom. He also said that because Ari (and thus Endeavor) were not involved in the book deal, that he felt Ari was being aggressive in wanting 10% equity in Rocketboom. I asked him why he then jumped on the bandwagon and asked for the same thing (on Friday Matthew brought up getting 10% too). He started back peddling and saying that we were just beginning the conversation, that nothing had been decided. I told him it sounded like he didn't have my best interests in mind, and he said no, he was just presenting all the options. If he truly had my best interest in mind, he would have told me he thought Ari was being aggressive on Friday, not now after I pressed him about it. Bottom line is that I don't trust him, so I believe the relationship will have to be terminated. I would love to hear what everyone else thinks. The big issue now is that I have a conference call today (Friday) scheduled with Caroline Strauss at HBO to workshop show ideas at 2:30 Pacific, and I don't want Matthew in on that. Ari is the only one that had anything to do with setting that up. Matthew also has included himself in an introductory conversation that was supposed to happen directly before the HBO meeting, with Andrew, Ari and me. Andrew just sent me an email suggesting perhaps the talk with Matthew occur very shortly before the HBO meeting is scheduled, so as not to give Matthew time to backlash before the meeting. Help please!! Thanks so much for all of your guidance, Amanda [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
[videoblogging] Re: OOoh, Amanda's Up!
I agree completely Deirdre. Where are the moderators? --- In videoblogging@yahoogroups.com, Deirdre Straughan [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Guys, this isn't helping either of you. My strong advice as a businesswoman and (I hope) friend is DO NOT discuss this stuff here OR on your blogs. If I were a potential sponsor watching all this, I'd be extremely uncomfortable about the sensitive details getting batted around. And that is the last I'm going to say on the subject. Moderators, where are you? On 12/16/06, Amanda Congdon [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Yup. You are right on that one. I wasn't doing it for the money. --- In videoblogging@yahoogroups.com videoblogging%40yahoogroups.com, andrew michael baron andrew@ wrote: The deal I was trying to secure was for $250,000 You landed the deal for $0. Nice one. On Dec 16, 2006, at 1:03 PM, Amanda Congdon wrote: As far as AAA goes, just another example of you failing to secure sponsorship. No contract, no deal. Unless there was a contract that you hid from me? You did hide a lot of business stuff. [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] -- best regards, Deirdré Straughan www.beginningwithi.com (personal) www.tvblob.com (work) [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
[videoblogging] Re: OOoh, Amanda's Up!
That IS embarrassing, Deirdre! What's misspelled? Weirdly, the big issues I've had with ABC have been related to interface design and infrastructure, not content. They don't touch my scripts. I am working on them to change the henious javascript among other things-- and blogging about my progress in these areas on amandacongdon.com. Anyway... nice to be back. --- In videoblogging@yahoogroups.com, Deirdre Straughan [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: God would someone at ABC learn to SPELL? It's embarassing that a news organization can't use a spell checker. On 12/13/06, Vincent Njoroge Ndonye [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: try here http://abcnews.go.com/Amanda/ vincent On 12/13/06, Deirdre Straughan [EMAIL PROTECTED]deirdre.straughan%40gmail.com wrote: Is there video of her somewhere? I can't find it on the site. On 12/13/06, Jan / The Faux Press [EMAIL PROTECTED]jannie.jan%40gmail.com jannie.jan%40gmail.com wrote: http://abcnews.go.com/Technology/BeSeenBeHeard/ You can send in your questions to Amanda via cell phone video. Yo! Jan -- The Faux Press - better than real http://fauxpress.blogspot.com -- best regards, Deirdré Straughan www.beginningwithi.com (personal) www.tvblob.com (work) [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] -- regards, vincent.njoroge.ndonye [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] -- best regards, Deirdré Straughan www.beginningwithi.com (personal) www.tvblob.com (work) [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
[videoblogging] Re: OOoh, Amanda's Up!
Andrew, get a grip. Please. This http://www.alexa.com/data/details/traffic_details?q=rocketboom.comurl=rocketboom.com is not my fault. You made the decision to let me go. So I went. As for your outlandish claims about HBO and ABC, please contact my lawyers. Let's do this the right way. And having a desk and a second camera are not ideas you own. Those are conventions. Best to focus on your own show, I think. Or you can continue to attempt to drag me down and write emotional emails to ABC but I'm done talking about this publicly. Time to move on. --- In videoblogging@yahoogroups.com, andrew michael baron [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Jeeze, I have never been so offended. Its like Alice and Wonderland around here, somebody pinch me: http://www.dembot.com/011895.html On Dec 13, 2006, at 10:47 AM, CarLBanks wrote: This gives me hope that I could be picked up one day. [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
[videoblogging] Re: OOoh, Amanda's Up!
Hey Jez, We will definitely have a subscription option. Right now they have one, but it doesn't support enclosures. This is my #1 priority. Oh, and Adam, you are right. You don't know me. And it's clear you don't Andrew very well either. Interesting that you automatically take what he says as fact. Maybe because I'm just a dumb blonde. I'm with Josh. The lawyers will unearth the truth in the end. --- In videoblogging@yahoogroups.com, Jeremy Rayner [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Good to see you on techie topics again Amanda, any chance the RSS feed could be fixed so that I can subscribe with fireant (Error parsing channel feed http://blogs.abcnews.com/amanda/index.rdf ) Ciao Jez. http://jez.blip.tv -- Groovy Engineer http://javanicus.com/blog2 [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
[videoblogging] Re: OOoh, Amanda's Up!
Ugh. I know. It's giving me heartburn. That's why I'm venting on my personal site. I am working very aggressively to get a lot of things changed regarding the entire look and feel. While it is slow working with msm, they've listened to me so far about nearly everything ... so I'm hopeful we'll get many of the user experience issues resolved. It involves abc thinking differently about a lot of stuff, but that's a good thing. That's what needs to happen anyway. And they've told me that's one of the reasons they hired me-- to help them make sense of this whole new media world-- so I wouldn't be doing my job if I wasn't going to work to make them less TV-ish. Thanks for your insights everyone .. I'm going to use it as evidence if you don't mind! --- In videoblogging@yahoogroups.com, Steve Watkins [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I feel its likely that the non-enclosure feed and popup stuff is part of ABC business strategy rather than technical boob. I would think the lack of enclosures reflects a desire to control distribution, ensure adverts are watched, and monitor viewing figures. The popup gives all the video on the site the same technical backend and frontend. It allows them to squeeze in another ad banner, and providae linkage to all the other video sections they have. It enables them to not have to think too hard about what impact the video will have on the rest of the main site pages. I think it will be hard to get them to change most of this, unless they change their online video strategy in general. Do ABC currently do any true podcasts/video podcasts at all, in the true downloadable sense? From a technical standpoint they could slightly reduce the hideousness of using popups if they used a 'virtual popup' which is something that looks like a popup window but actually is part of the main page, so it doesnt get blocked by popup-blockers or cause a mess by opening more actual windows on the viewers computer. Same tech as lightbox/thinbox etc use, eg the excellent vPip can work in a thinbox mode (for example click the 'play in thickbox link on this page: http://utilities.cinegage.com/videos-playing-in-place/ ) But I still think the adverts are far more annoying, although I was unlucky as the first tiem I watched it was a hideous animated ad banner that jiggled at the bottom the whoe time and distracts the eye from the video portion of the screen. I havent really checked out whether feedback/comments etc are going to be a weaker experience for your ABC viewers than it was for your rocketboom viewers back in the day. at least ABC are promoting the idea of viewer feedback via video to some extent. Its quite interesting to me in that you are the first 'new media' person I have seen cross over into an area of mainstream media where they are trying to adapt to what new media has been doing for years. Your experiences with how creative control issues, as well as technical limitations imposed from above, pan out will determine just how much both you and your viewers will get to enjoy this experienced. Steve Elbows --- In videoblogging@yahoogroups.com, Amanda Congdon amanda@ wrote: Hey Jez, We will definitely have a subscription option. Right now they have one, but it doesn't support enclosures. This is my #1 priority. Oh, and Adam, you are right. You don't know me. And it's clear you don't Andrew very well either. Interesting that you automatically take what he says as fact. Maybe because I'm just a dumb blonde. I'm with Josh. The lawyers will unearth the truth in the end. --- In videoblogging@yahoogroups.com, Jeremy Rayner jeremy.rayner@ wrote: Good to see you on techie topics again Amanda, any chance the RSS feed could be fixed so that I can subscribe with fireant (Error parsing channel feed http://blogs.abcnews.com/amanda/index.rdf ) Ciao Jez. http://jez.blip.tv -- Groovy Engineer http://javanicus.com/blog2 [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
[videoblogging] Re: anyone have any experience with veoh.com?
I met Sunny Gault who hosts Veoh's show Viral a couple weeks ago. It seems they are just trying to learn the ins and outs of what's ok and what's taboo in the vlogosphere... she and her crew seemed like great people, just a little new to this world. --- In videoblogging@yahoogroups.com, Stephanie Bryant [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: In the past 18 months, Veoh has (these are all findable in the Y! group archives): * harvested email addresses from this group and spammed them all. Then apologized and purged their (email) database. * posted videos from people in this group who didn't sign up for their service, without link-backs (including copyrighted videos), immediately after which they received a huge round of funding. Then apologized and purged their (feed) database. * been active and useful participants in this group, for which no apology is needed. They've made mistakes in the past, but they do try to rectify them when the backlash hits this group. Which is better than most Internet companies. Were I in the ratings business (which I'm not), I'd give them a fairly neutral rating, which is higher than I give YouTube (which gets massive negatives for hosting millions of videos with really crappy quality, so that people get the impression that crappy video is what videoblogging is about). I do include them in my list of links on the back of my promotional bookmarks as hosting sites, because they are a viable option for video hosting, and they're approachable and Not Evil. On 11/28/06, sdorfman.rm [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Have any other video bloggers gotten an email like this? Any experience with veoh, positive or negative? -- Stephanie Bryant Author, Videoblogging for Dummies [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.mortaine.com/
[videoblogging] President 2.0?
Hi everyone, I wrote to the group before regarding Gov. Tom Vilsack of Iowa who is running for President in 2008. As I mentioned, he has a videoblog (which now has a feed up as well): Website: http://tomvilsack08.com/ Feed: http://feeds.feedburner.com/tomvilsack08-vlog Anyway, the reason I write is that Gov. V is hoping that some of you might be interested in corresponding for his site. We are in the very preliminary stages in terms of how this all might work... but I wanted to gauge people's interest/availability. There are a few events over the next couple of days in New Hampshire, Pittsburgh, Vegas, Des Moines and South Carolina that need covering, if there is anyone interested from those locations. He's certainly an underdog in this campaign, with nowhere even close to the funding of some of the other, more well-known candidates... but this is exactly what makes videoblogging so exciting. Technology has enabled a candidate like Gov. V to have his message heard and to communicate directly with the people. Also, he's very interested in doing things the right way-- he wants to be as web 2.0 as possible, so if you have any suggestions please send them my way. Feel free to contact me directly if you prefer to communicate off-list. Thanks in advance for your feedback, Amanda
[videoblogging] Re: Proposal/VloggerCon Midwest
Bill Streeter and I were talking about the midwest for Vloggercon 2007what about having it in St. Louis at City Museum? That place is nuts. http://www.citymuseum.org/home.asp Could be amazing. We could take a lot of fun video there... and it really isn't fair that all the events are usually on the coasts. My only concern would be for those flying in from overseas... it's probably easier for them to meet up on the coasts... For those in the US though, St. Louis would be a great way to meet in the middle, literally. --- In videoblogging@yahoogroups.com, David Meade [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Vloggercon in the midwest would be pretty cool! Oh and: Ahk I'm not listed on meFeedia's Chicago list?! I'm ... I'm I'm going to offer som suggested additions check out all the poeople listed at: http://chicagovideobloggers.com/ for a good starter list :-) - Dave On 11/18/06, [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I think you're better off keeping the conversation here and just titling your posts vloggercon midwest. I would absolutely love to attend if it's in Columbus. I know Columbus well. The problem is there's not enough of a critical mass in any one city in the midwest. Well... maybe Chicago. We've got a bunch of vloggers in IOWA, Minnesotta, St. Louis, a few in Michigan, One in Toledo Ohio. I've been slowly trying to put together comprehensive lists of these geographic pockets on mefeedia. It's hard work, trying to track people down, but it's well worth it. Minnesotta -- http://mefeedia.com/lists/17/ Midwest general -- http://mefeedia.com/lists/25/ Chicago -- http://mefeedia.com/lists/56/ Iowa -- http://mefeedia.com/lists/30/ Please give me your feed urls, name and locations either here or leave a comment on mefeedia and I'll add it to one of the lists. It you know an area not covered with a bunch of active vloggers. Please signup and create your own list. Trying to make this a more collaborative process. I hope in the future these channels will be places where discussion on specific topics and interests just naturally collects. It's still just a big experiment. -Mike mefeedia.com mmeiser.com/blog On 11/17/06, CarLBanks [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Josh, would you be interested in helping? I live in Columbus so this is why I wanted to finally meet all of the cool people I see. I created a vloggercon '07 group at http://groups-beta.google.com/group/vloggercon07ohio and anyone is welcome to join to help create one of the coolest conventions in Ohio! On 11/17/06, Josh Leo [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: ohio is closer for me than any coast :) On 11/17/06, Heath [EMAIL PROTECTED] heathparks%40msn.com wrote: Yeah, that would be cool, I would LOVE to see something in Ohio.btw who is this Batman Geek you speak of that you have enlisted to help.. ;) Heath http://batmangeek7.blogspot.com --- In videoblogging@yahoogroups.com videoblogging%40yahoogroups.comvideoblogging%40yahoogroups.com, CarLBanks carlbanks@ wrote: I'd really like to see Vloggercon held in Ohio! I am proposing that, Batman Geek, myself, and ANYONE ELSE, setup a Vloggercon for 2007 in Ohio! This is no joke and I'm saying it because I want to help and I want to meet all of you crazy people! Who would like to help me set this up? -- http://thenameiwantedwastaken.com [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] -- Josh Leo www.JoshLeo.com [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] -- http://thenameiwantedwastaken.com [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] Yahoo! Groups Links Yahoo! Groups Links -- http://www.DavidMeade.com
[videoblogging] Re: beautiful person
Ewww! I know. I look like Christopher Columbus. All I need is the hat. And they powdered me up to look as pale as possible. I love that pic of me and Mario too! ha! PS-- I wasn't wearing a fragrance!! wtf? --- In videoblogging@yahoogroups.com, Chuck Olsen [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Yeah, not a good photo. This is probably my favorite Amanda photo: http://www.flickr.com/photos/blogumentary/111860462/ Cracks me up every time... --- In videoblogging@yahoogroups.com, Deirdre Straughan deirdre.straughan@ wrote: They could have done better on the photo - she's much prettier than that. And what is the point of mentioning the fragrance on a photograph? Is there some new smell-o-vision technology that I didn't notice because my nose is blocked? ; ) YAHOO! GROUPS LINKS Visit your group "videoblogging" on the web. To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to the Yahoo! Terms of Service.
[videoblogging] Bring you camera and rally to Cure the Wal-Mart Health Care Crisis on April 26
Hello fellow videobloggers! Please join me in NYC with your video camera this Thursday! Or if you aren't in NYC, there are rallies going on all over the country. Check this link: http://www.wakeupwalmart.com/feature/ctw/ RB will be covering this extensively, so, if you are interested, please send footage our way. Or don't. But please get involved. WAKE UP WALMART!!! Sorry, I'm very worked up about this! YAHOO! GROUPS LINKS Visit your group "videoblogging" on the web. To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to the Yahoo! Terms of Service.
[videoblogging] Re: Rocketboom Changes?
Thanks Deirdre and Kitka for your continued support. Since the very beginning, Deirdre, you've always had my back ;) I really appreciate that. And I agree with Josh, most people on this list are very supportive. Some more clarification: 1) Kitka is right. We, legally, cannot discuss the financials of the TiVo deal. 2) Pete is right. T-shirts are a form of promotion. It's just that I always looked at them as merchandising or as an avenue for income, since the small amount of money we put down for them was returned within a couple of days after we started selling them. 3) Up until, maybe the last two months, I worked outside of RB, commercially (acting) and in print (modeling, yuck). Since the business part of RB has taken off, however, Andrew and I have both been working full-time to write RB, produce RB, speak with press, and handle business negotiations. Neither of us really have weekends anymore. 4) As for Hollywood, Deirdre, it's amazing the people who have approached me... but I'm taking my time navigating that minefield. I'm interested, sure, but RB is my top priority. Andrew and I are working very hard to make our business grow. If I decide to work on other projects, I will do so only with the understanding that I will continue my work on and for RB as well. --- In videoblogging@yahoogroups.com, Deirdre Straughan [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Thanks, Amanda, for clarity and continuing kindness. You and Andrew are sharing a lot of valuable information with the group, in spite of ongoing unwarranted attacks, and I greatly appreciate that. Rocketboom may be an experiment that cannot be repeated by any of us, but, in case we can, you're blazing the trail AND telling us how you're doing it. I'd love to hear more about the long-term vision, but also understand if you want to keep that to yourselves. Congrats on the CSI thing. I hope it leads to more such opportunities for you... if that's even what you want at this point! Seems to me you may be onto something different than the usual Hollywood career. -- best regards, Deirdré Straughan www.beginningwithi.com (personal) www.tvblob.com (work) Yahoo! Groups Links * To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/videoblogging/ * To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] * Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
[videoblogging] Re: observations on the group
Chris!!! You finally made it! Yippee... so funny. --- In videoblogging@yahoogroups.com, Josh Leo [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Chris Daniels made this AWESOME video of archived footage about the yahoo group http://chrisdaniel.blogspot.com/2006/02/observations.html love it! -- Josh Leo joshleo.com stonefarm.blogspot.com joshspicks.blogspot.com vlogcats.blogspot.com wearethemedia.com Yahoo! Groups Links * To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/videoblogging/ * To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] * Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
[videoblogging] Re: Rocketboom Changes?
My first reaction is: wow, you sound really angry. But I'll give you that... four jobs? That sucks. My second reaction is, well, Andrew already covered this: http://www.dembot.com/007809.html The point is, videoblogging is scalable. As soon as our $15/month account couldn't hold us any more, we were at the point where we could have started putting up ads, accepting sponsorships, just generally bringing in money to support server costs. We didn't do this, because we wanted to do things in a very specific way, a way that Andrew had saved up for years to make happen. Your claims about Andrew's trust fund and his top-tier contacts from elite schools are almost as bizarre as your earlier claim in a previous message to this group that you knew what our mission was. For the record, we spend $0 on promotion-- unless time spent producing our videos equals time spent promoting? And time, of course, equals money? I can see that, but I think our about page is much more literal. We don't spend money on advertising or a PR person, that's what that statement on our site is all about. The fact is, we have never sent out a single e-mail promoting our site, aside from ones to this list. We spend our time making videos. As for server costs, the beauty of having a big site is that servers want to host you for discounted rates or even for free. Are you now claiming to know about our relationship with our server? If you want to talk hits, we get over half a million of those per day. We know that number is different from the 150,000 number, which is a reoccurring audience that comes every day, regardless of fluctuations. Give it a rest. Thanks for all the support everyone re: CSI and the ebay auction!! --- In videoblogging@yahoogroups.com, Jen Simmons [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: From the Rocketboom about page: we spend $0 on promotion, relying entirely on word-of-mouth, and close to $0 on distribution because bandwidth costs and space are so inexpensive. Yeah, right. 3 dedicated servers with 12 terabytes of data transfer are inexpensive for us all. - or rather - Rocketboom costs close to $0 in that I don't have to make money cause I live off my trust fund-kind-of-a-way. It drives me nuts that Andrew perpetually insists that he makes the show for free or close-to-free. It's cheaper than ABC World News Tonight -- for sure! That's what should be celebrated, not this idea that any kid in the barrio should be able to make Rocketboom with their bus money (if they even have 85 cents for the V�a bus). I'm working four jobs to pay the rent, and while I'd like to work on my videoblog show all day every day, 3 to 4 hours a week is the most I ever get -- not 5 x 8-10-hour days, working with a collaborator I've hired. Promotion is $0?? Again, only to someone who doesn't understand that _all_ time is money when you freelance, and that top-tier contacts from elite schools and an Manhattan address are not free. Oh, and maybe someone can explain to Andrew the difference between hits and individual viewers. 150,000 hits does not equate to 150,000 people. just my rant of the day... I'll shut-up and go back to grading, so I can hopefully write up some bids before I crash, and get up tomorrow to go teach again... and maybe one of these days I'll have half a day to work on my films. jen Here is the quote from Andrew: To provide a reference point for the conversation, Rocketboom currently uses 1 dedicated 100mbs server on Dreamhost to handle the database and webpages alone and 2 dedicated 100mbs servers on Datagram to host the videos and the images, for a total of a 300mbit/sec pipe size. The 2 datagram servers are mirror images (they both hold the same video and image files) and every single request for a video or image is alternated like a switch back and forth to each of the two servers. Our audience number is about 150,000/day of steady flow and every video now gets over 250,000 downloads (mostly reaching that number over the course of a few days). Last month we used 12 terabytes of data transfer on the two Datagram servers and not more than a Terrabyte on the Dreamhost server (mostly html and xml pages). Yahoo! Groups Links * To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/videoblogging/ * To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] * Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
[videoblogging] Re: I Dream of Rocketboom
This was hilarious, Kitka. Now I'm imagining Andrew Baron Cohen with a goatee...HAHAHA... How are the ad sales going? ;) --- In videoblogging@yahoogroups.com, Ms. Kitka [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: In the past four days, Amanda Congdon has been in my dreams five times. (Don't worry, I'm not complaining... I think Amanda is clever, beautiful and utterly hilarious). The other night I dreamt that I met her along with Andrew Baron Cohen (who I have NO IDEA what he looks like but my mind invented an image of a tall slim brown-eyed and brown-haired man with a goatie). After meeting the two of them and helping them edit a portion of Rocketboom by showing them how to use a certain effect, I told Amanda that I met her a few times this week in my dreams. After being a little weirded out by my statement, they later continued to chat with me and told me I should make an homage episode to Rocketboom (Richard Show-style). In the first dream I had this week starring Amanda, I walked up to her on the street in NYC and said hello to her she replied by asking me whether I had raised money in advertising yet... What does all this mean? Is Amanda a metaphor for my conscience or a beacon to tell me to keep striving? Ah well, if someone's going to haunt my dreams, thank goodness it's someone like Amanda Congdon! Happy new years everyone... and sweet dreams. Kitka http://www.kitkast.com Yahoo! Groups Links * To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/videoblogging/ * To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] * Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
[videoblogging] Re: CTV's Canada AM Covers Vlogs
Hey Matt,
Those were actually only a couple of the links I gave them. I emailed
them several more, but those were the ones they chose.
Merry Christmas! Happy Hanukkah!
--- In videoblogging@yahoogroups.com, LeanBackVids.com
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Hey thanks! I didn't know she was going to be on. I get CTV in
Seattle and would have Tivo-ed it. -- Matt
--- In videoblogging@yahoogroups.com, andrew michael baron
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Those were the links that Amanda gave them and discussed on the show.
Apparently CTV's AM is like the Good Morning America for Canada.
On Dec 23, 2005, at 12:24 AM, LeanBackVids.com wrote:
It looks like CTV's Canada AM mentioned VlogMap, Freevlog and
Rocketboom on Thursday morning's show...
http://tinyurl.com/977hl
Did anyone catch the segment?
-Matt
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[videoblogging] Re: Blogger templates SPECIFIALLY for bloggers
Hey Andreas, Did you try clicking view 2 on the top of the archive page? We have two different ways to view our archives, one with just the thumbnails and another with story links included for searchability. --- In videoblogging@yahoogroups.com, Andreas Haugstrup Pedersen [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I actually tried to locate an old episode at one point, but gave up. Since I couldn't remember which shirt Amanda was wearing in that particular episode the archive page didn't help me locate the episode I wanted. :o) - Andreas -- URL:http://www.solitude.dk/ Commentary on media, communication, culture and technology. Yahoo! Groups Sponsor ~-- Get fast access to your favorite Yahoo! Groups. Make Yahoo! your home page http://us.click.yahoo.com/dpRU5A/wUILAA/yQLSAA/lBLqlB/TM ~- Yahoo! Groups Links * To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/videoblogging/ * To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] * Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
