[videoblogging] Re: Wall Street Journal: Videoblogging
I always appreciate hearing Jan's voice of sanity. I'm the laughing woman, who would be laughing more had anything of substance I told the reporter showed up in the piece. Don't get me wrong -- any publicity is good publicity. The traffic spike has been just enough to tick off my host and mess with my head. For 15 seconds, I was almost famous! A good half hour talking to the reporter about participatory media and how vlogging is changing the business landscape results in the routine "look at this new thing called vlogging" story. How foolish of me to think the WSJ would actually put a business spin on the topic. I was idealistic enough to think that the story might prompt companies to seek out vloggers to advise them on how to leverage this new medium for bottom-line value such as creating relationships with customers, and demonstrating their products. I realize that it may be all her editor wanted/would accept. Fingers crossed that at some point, when there's a dearth of real stories, she'll revisit that material with a deeper view. The early days of evolution and revolution are going to be filled with the churn that's been mentioned. It's a good thing that some of you get ticked enough to say "what about me?". That way we'll all get represented somehow. I was only in that story because of a kind mention by someone else. The story needed an opening act, and they chose a clown. Not necessarily bad, that's my mission after all, but don't take it as a rejection of the serious vlogging many of you do. I am continually in awe of the talent, insight, skill, and vision of my fellow vloggers. I'd be more active in this group if not for the overwhelming pressure of my current (paid!) work. I'm keeping an eye on y'all though! Vlog on, people. I love ya! Laugh every day. Laugh for no reason. Laugh your stress away. --Beth - - Beth Agnew, Professor of Mirth laughpractice.blogspot.com http://tinyurl.com/83u5u 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] Video Blogging in WSJ
I was interviewed today about video blogging by a reporter from the Wall Street Journal. The story should run as early as Friday she said. I wasn't able to glean the focus of the article from our conversation. We were all over the map talking about why one vlogs and how to do it. I think it's safe to say that some very interesting characters in the financial world will now start taking notice of vlogging. Brace yourselves. --Beth -- Beth Agnew, Professor of Mirth laughpractice.blogspot.com http://tinyurl.com/83u5u Yahoo! Groups Sponsor ~-- AIDS in India: A lurking bomb. Click and help stop AIDS now. http://us.click.yahoo.com/9QUssC/lzNLAA/TtwFAA/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/
Re: [videoblogging] Dont Record Music in the Background
Now this is just completely stupid. It's one thing to deliberately use a song as part of your video, you chose it, you knew what you were doing. But when some tune happens to show up in your video, that's fair use, and they do not in any way deserve compensation for it. Don't people have common sense any more? Thanks, Andrew, for drawing our attention to this. This is why the record companies and the music industry has such a bad reputation. They're idiots. I recently tried to license a particular song, going through all the right channels, to use in a presentation I was giving. They made the process so difficult that I decided not to use the piece, EVER. andrew michael baron wrote: Excellent article in NYTimes about legal suits for filming theenvironment around you: http://tinyurl.com/89of6 ... Two filmmakers were in front of him, their camera capturing his every movement on video, when his mother's cellphone rang the ringtone was "Gonna Fly Now," -- Beth Agnew, Professor of Mirth laughpractice.blogspot.com http://tinyurl.com/83u5u 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.
Re: [videoblogging] im back
Absolutely nothing happened. We all sat quietly with our hands folded, waiting for you to come back. You didn't miss a thing. naschmult wrote: Can someone tell me what has been going on ?? -- Beth Agnew, Professor of Mirth laughpractice.blogspot.com http://tinyurl.com/83u5u Yahoo! Groups Sponsor ~-- Fair play? Video games influencing politics. Click and talk back! http://us.click.yahoo.com/T8sf5C/tzNLAA/TtwFAA/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/
Re: [videoblogging] Re: Permission Forms
Or an even better example: URL: http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/B00030B970/qid=1125929586/sr=8-3/ref=sr_8_xs_ap_i3_xgl121/103-7128557-0195069?v=glances=hpcn=507846 It may look like it's going wrong when you are in compose mode, but when sent it should be fine. Andreas Haugstrup wrote: On Mon, 05 Sep 2005 05:35:59 +0200, Gena [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Actually, it is. That dadgummed thing is long and that thing isn't working. If you join the two together it will take you to the site. "URL:" before the URL and "" after the URL, with *spaces*. So: URL: http://example.com/really/long/url/ -- Beth Agnew, Professor of Mirth laughpractice.blogspot.com http://tinyurl.com/83u5u SPONSORED LINKS Rss reader Fireant Internet directory Individual Free rss reader 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.
Re: [videoblogging] Re: Two Posts Today Both Came In Automatically
I like the term gushy. Kunga was definitely gushy. Some good info, but a lot in a short period of time. Like a new oil well -- you want it, but under control. Thanks for shortening that sig, too, Taylor! Andy Carvin wrote: Like Stephanie said, even if it's not technically spam, it can seem spammy to a lot of people because messages are perceived as overly frequent. -- Beth Agnew, Professor of Mirth laughpractice.blogspot.com http://tinyurl.com/83u5u Yahoo! Groups Sponsor ~-- Fair play? Video games influencing politics. Click and talk back! http://us.click.yahoo.com/T8sf5C/tzNLAA/TtwFAA/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/
Re: [videoblogging] filming cops
Probably just a glimpse of what we'll see as video becomes as common as snapping a pic with your cell phone. The Rodney King incident was well before its time. The police have certainly integrated video into their practices -- traffic enforcement, surveillance, crowd control, etc. Can legislation about aspects of personal video be far behind? robert a/k/a r wrote: Interesting story picked up by boingboing re filming cops and what the UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF PENNSYLVANIA said: URL:http://www.boingboing.net/2005/08/26/cops_have_to_pay_41k.html -- Beth Agnew, Professor of Mirth laughpractice.blogspot.com http://tinyurl.com/83u5u Yahoo! Groups Sponsor ~-- Fair play? Video games influencing politics. Click and talk back! http://us.click.yahoo.com/T8sf5C/tzNLAA/TtwFAA/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/
Re: [videoblogging] Re: Video Metadata / Derivative Works
I've GOT to get a MAC Steve Watkins wrote: People with Macs might want to check out this software which is quite nice and free, Metadata Hootenanny: http://www.applesolutions.com/bantha/MH.html You can make a nice list of all your .mov , .mp4 .3gp files and see all the metadata layed out in columsn, sort by metadata, edit metadata, its sort of similar to itunes in the way things are displayed. -- Beth Agnew, Professor of Mirth laughpractice.blogspot.com http://tinyurl.com/83u5u SPONSORED LINKS Individual Fireant Explains 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.
Re: [videoblogging] Re: books + theory reading
I think you're fully allowed to express your opinon, Chris. Continual "look at me, look at me" vlogging can get tiresome -- gosh, I should know about that!! -- and I think many of us agree with you on that. Alternative points of view may note that a video diary is nothing more than a paper diary updated to use newer technology. There will always be personal expressions in these media. Some of them are outstanding; some of them are a crushing bore. The good ones will rise to the top of the heap, as did Samuel Pepys and Anne Frank. The ones that have no celebrity may still be valued; my granny wrote some weird stuff for her day, what a hoot! I kinda like the folks on this list who say "Hey, do something significant with your video!" and "Think about what you're doing, and why!". Makes me check my motives every now and then, and inspires me to actually have a plan, or at least a vision that goes beyond my nose. --Beth Laugh your stress away, laugh for no reason, laugh every day. laughpractice.blogspot.com Chris Baudry [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Igot a private message asking me to clarify what I meant in the second paragraph of my message. Well my intention was notto pick on the newbies as I understand that "The point of this group is to helpfolks new to vlogging". Regards, Chris 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.
Re: [videoblogging] Getting Camp Casey to load.
Another easy way is to hit reply, and then in the message composition window, plave your cursor after the blue underlined "camp" and hit delete. This will bring the casey512k.mov part up to where it is supposed to be so you can select the entire line and paste into a browser. Then don't send the reply. :-) Any long link like these that are likely to be wrapped to the next line by mail clients can be converted to manageable length at http://www.tinyurl.com or http://www.snipurl.com. If you're posting a clip with a long link, please make it easy for people to click to view the movie by using a short link instead. Here's camp casey again: http://snipurl.com/gz5l Randolfe Wicker wrote: Anyone who had trouble reaching Jack Olmstead's link, "A video walk through Camp Casey" has to copy both the underscored blue line and then paste it along with the second line which says "casey512K.mov" attached for the movie to load. A video walk through of Camp Casey: http://websrvr20.audiovideoweb.com/avwebdswebsrvr2143/news_video/camp casey512K.mov -- Beth Agnew, Professor of Mirth laughpractice.blogspot.com http://tinyurl.com/83u5u SPONSORED LINKS Individual Fireant Explains 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.
Re: [videoblogging] Re: Politics calling??
There's hotspots everywhere, with the potential to provide a Pulitzer for the person who captures the story as we have never seen it before. I remember getting an e-mail from a friend in Moscow in 1991 during the attempted coup. His on-the-spot observations were chilling, and transmitted immediately to his network of contacts. The blogs from Iraq, both from residents and from soldiers, have given us unmediated (by MSM anyway) comment on what people are observing and feeling there. In a flurry of downloads when I was first using FireANT, there was a clip from a protest in NY showing mounted police pushing people back. I expect we'll see some video from Gaza within the next few days as that situation unfolds. There are the big stories that will be told, but more compelling are the stories from the local vloggers who will grab whatever device they have, be it video phone or camcorder, and archive what is going on in front of them. I don't mind gushing like Juan to say that this medium is awesomely powerful and it's exciting to be on the front lines. The Camp Casey story is important inherently, but also important because videography makes it so. How long before the mainstream media realize they need a network of vloggers just as they mpw need a network of stringers to report stories for them? And pay for it. -- Beth Agnew, Professor of Mirth laughpractice.blogspot.com http://tinyurl.com/83u5u 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.
Re: [videoblogging] Questions Regarding Sponsorships, Underwriting, Ads, and Rates, etc.
I think it's fair to an extent to turn up the heat a little on people's ideas and put their feet to the fire about what it is they are really doing. If they are passionate about their ideas, that heat is not going to deter them. Our devil's advocates shoot flames at these ideas to see how fast they'll incinerate. That's valuable for the idea creator because if the idea or the plan is solid, a little singeing is not going to hurt it. It will, I hope, burn away the dross so that the true gold of the idea is revealed. If criticism inspires someone to change their plan for the better, or make the idea more flame-proof, then that's to everyone's benefit. If they can't stand the heat and leave the kitchen, then that's a benefit too. On this list, I have seen many messages exhorting people to do things for the right reasons, but NO messages that imply you're not part of our in-crowd so get lost. To the contrary, it appears to be a welcoming group full of people willing to help others get up to speed in a medium we care about. Maybe the various communication styles are not always to everyone's liking, but that's a feature of our delightful diversity. The challenges to our ideas or techniques that we receive in this group are nothing compared to what the wider world will have to say once we get out there. People who have no clue regarding the what, and how, and why of vlogging will feel completely qualified to broadcast biased and uninformed criticism on something they can never hope to understand. I figure if I can get through the gauntlet of you lot, nobody else's voice is going to matter, and I'll have a product that is the stronger for it. Clint Sharp wrote: Michael Verdi wrote: I wasn't trying to cruelly shame somebody out of their dream. snip ... Seriously, every time someone mentions the topic of sponsorship, advertising, making money in any way, etc, no matter how misguided, you've gone into a tirade. ... -- Beth Agnew, Professor of Mirth laughpractice.blogspot.com http://tinyurl.com/83u5u SPONSORED LINKS Individual Fireant Explains 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.
Re: [videoblogging] Re: Newbie
Thanks for this good info, Peter. I customized my Blogger template (in
sidebar area) to add the archive and some nifty borders. Not sure about
the color, though, let's see if it grows on me. Thoughts, anyone?
I also created a swipeable Laugh Practice badge and I will be
encouraging folks to link to me using the badge. I think a daily laugh
is better than a Daily Dance, don't you? :-)
Laugh your stress away; laugh for no reason; laugh every day.
--Beth
http://laughpractice.blogspot.com
petertheman wrote:
--- In videoblogging@yahoogroups.com, Siobhan Ramsey
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
It looks excellent. Will the feedmedia create a page
layout up on the page like yours complete with
rollovers?
The archive Mefeedia builds is (techie talk) just a list of links,
images with stylesheets.
I had a go to copy the style of Michael's archive. What you have to do
is to add this to your stylesheet:
.mefeedia-thumb {
margin: 25px;
padding: 5px;
border: 1px solid #CC;
}
So find your stylesheet file and add the above to it. Then your
archive should look like this:
http://poorbuthappy.com/ease/archives/2005/08/09/2805/video-archive
You can play with it to adjust the distance between pictures, the
color of the grey border and so on.
To do the hover link Michael has, you have to get the nicetitle
_javascript_ and css he has (do view source on his website).
I wrote some more explanation here:
http://mefeedia.com/blog/2005/08/24/
Hope that helps!
Peter
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Re: [videoblogging] Re: Newbie
I really enjoyed that Matt guy dancing all over the world. Not only was it a fun dance to watch, but the sheer enormity of being able to film in all those locations!! Wow. Gena wrote: I dunno Beth, watching some of these guys dance cracks me up big time. It is a two for one deal! All I ask for is good focus and the potential for nudity. ;-] Gena http://outonthestoop.blogspot.com I think a daily laugh is better than a Daily Dance, don't you? :-) Laugh your stress away; laugh for no reason; laugh every day. --Beth http://laughpractice.blogspot.com -- Beth Agnew, Professor of Mirth laughpractice.blogspot.com http://tinyurl.com/83u5u SPONSORED LINKS Individual Fireant Explains 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.
Re: [videoblogging] Re: Veoh Networks Announces Financing - Get ready to upload your video
That's the question that sank the dot-coms: It's all innovative, exciting, and ahead of the curve, but how to generate revenue from it? I mean, how am I going to convince people to pay me to help them LAUGH, for pity's sake? I could go in a different, more commercial, direction, but that wasn't the original idea. I could transmit a message about good karma and intrinsic value, guilting people into subscribing or donating lest they incur a karmic debt from enjoying without supporting. Still, that doesn't quite feel right. Deep down, I'd like to believe the Marc Andreesen model of "make more by giving it away" still works, and will work for vlogs. Troy LeMaire wrote: Sull, Do you see either hardvlogs or softvlogs, as you put it, pulling the majority of revenue. To me, after the VLog Market/Genre matures, it will be hard for people with the low res videos to not join up with some kind of network like Veoh to produce revenue. While I have been viewing blogs lately, I have seem some amazing, artful post, but I think, how will this eventually bring in revenue. Sure, some people will not be interested in becoming rich, but eventually the cost of posting are going to catch up with them Troy Forum Topic How long until the money starts flowing into VLogging http://www.podcastfriends.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=8 Beth Agnew, Professor of Mirth laughpractice.blogspot.com http://tinyurl.com/83u5u SPONSORED LINKS Individual Fireant Explains 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.
Re: [videoblogging] rel=payment
I have both a donate and a subscription link on my blog (laughpractice.blogspot.com). I've used these on a couple of other blogs as well. It would be much better to have some additional explanation (a nice pitch, I think) on the paypal page itself when you get there, but that doesn't seem to be possble. If they're in a mind to donate or subscribe, the sooner they follow throuw the better so I've left out that intervening explanation HTML page. --Beth Joshua Kinberg wrote: In the Merhcant Tools section of PayPal you can create a Donation button. This is what people typically use for a Tip Jar. Now... I haven't yet figured out how to direct link to a paypal page so that I can use rel=payment on the link. If you can figure this out it would be fantastic! -- Beth Agnew, Professor of Mirth laughpractice.blogspot.com http://tinyurl.com/83u5u 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.
Re: [videoblogging] Re: I'm off to Germany!
Who knew our word game would reveal such a profound thought? That's pretty cool, Dave. --Beth David Meade wrote: --- In videoblogging@yahoogroups.com, "Khoo, Joan" [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Its "among thingy-er = many" I've always found that to be the case ... pretty sure its "am on thing er many" though. Lord only knows how many times I've been on a thing only to then realise it was in fact ... many things. - Dave http://www.davidmeade.com Beth Agnew, Professor of Mirth laughpractice.blogspot.com http://tinyurl.com/83u5u SPONSORED LINKS Individual Fireant Explains 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.
Re: [videoblogging] MSM Dialogue
Many of us vlog because we believe the medium to be a tool for change. While we may not necessarily see ourselves as agents of change, we certainly feel we have our own voices that should be raised in support of, and against, those things that affect us. We choose video for its power to affect people in a way that text and audio cannot. The negative voices are raised everywhere, and the MSM replicate those negative messages far and wide under the guise of journalism, which is often just sensationalism. I am particularly aware of the _millions_ of dollars of free publicity given to the Al-Qaeda messages of hate, when the MSM picked up clips from Al Jazeera and beamed them around the world. Bin Laden must have been laughing his azz off. The historical precedent is strong. One voice, with the means of production, and even limited distribution, can influence many. I like Jan's notion of _broadcasting_ our own statements for change. If we can visualize it, we can make others see it too. Laugh your stress away. Laugh for no reason. Laugh every day. --Beth Jan wrote: snip I propose repeating in our own media statements of how we want the world to be. -- Beth Agnew, Professor of Mirth laughpractice.blogspot.com http://tinyurl.com/83u5u SPONSORED LINKS Individual Fireant Explains 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.
Re: [videoblogging] Disclosures, disclosures
I've certainly been exposing myself a lot lately. (Hey, I thought that was a safe term around camera people!!) You know, coming out of the woodwork, in the group and in my vlog. I teach about technology so I have to (and want to) keep up with what's going on, especially anything that may be important for my students. I'm also a business consultant and coach so I'm pondering how vlogging can be useful to my clients. This includes thinking about the business model, and promotion opportunities, so if I have any insights, I'll share them with you. I've worked a lot in multimedia and continue to be interested in how mutlimedia accelerates learning, improves retention, and communicates a message. I like playing with new techie toys, and I like to share fun, happiness, joy, and amusement with others, hence my vlog. My hidden agenda is to get everyone laughing, every day. --Beth R. Kristiansen wrote: So, disclosures. -- Beth Agnew, Professor of Mirth laughpractice.blogspot.com http://tinyurl.com/83u5u 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.
Re: [videoblogging] I'm off to Germany!
I'm dyslexic. I thought it was Among Many Hingers. Pete Prodoehl wrote: Khoo, Joan wrote: Josh Leo wrote: Expect to see some videos still popping up on a weekly basis over at joshleo.com http://joshleo.com but also take a look at my travel blog which i will try to update as often as humanly possible ( http://amonthingermany.blogspot.com) http://amonthingermany.blogspot.com%29 What does Am on thing ermany mean? :) Clint You must be joking? :) Joan I think he meant to ask what Am On Thinger Many means... I assumed it was a typo and was supposed to say I Am On Thinger Many ;) Pete -- http://tinkernet.org/ videoblog for the future... Beth Agnew, Professor of Mirth laughpractice.blogspot.com http://tinyurl.com/83u5u 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.
