[videoblogging] word's getting out, citizen video reportage is in

2005-09-06 Thread robert a/k/a r
Charge your camera batteries, and get ready for increased vlog interest. Peeps will only be hearing more about vlogging from big media as the Katrina debacle continues to unfurl. Posted link to NYT reportage here on new and somewhat lame vlognews (still determining scope for site): URL:

Re: [videoblogging] tom green

2005-09-06 Thread David Howell
Good to see that Freddy Got Fingered is basically how he acts on a normal day. David Howell http://www.taoofdavid.com On Sep 5, 2005, at 6:25 PM, Verdi wrote: Done. On Sep 5, 2005, at 6:02 PM, Jen Simmons wrote: anybody want to email Tom Green and tell him?

[videoblogging] Re: What's the True Potential of the Videoblogging Community???

2005-09-06 Thread Its A Mystery and So Im I
The government has cut federal grants like Pell and schools increase tuition. Soon even community college will be out reach for those who can't afford to go to regular four schools. Bush's No Left Behind program was supposed to help get kids the support they need. It has fallen short and

[videoblogging] katrina videos

2005-09-06 Thread petertheman
Wanted to point out the katrina tag on mefeedia, it has some of the news stories, and some of the vlogger responses. It's far from complete still. http://mefeedia.com/tags/katrina/ I unfortunately don't have the bandwidth to watch videos right now, so if others could tag videos in mefeedia with

Re: [videoblogging] Various types of permission forms

2005-09-06 Thread Adrian Miles
around the 5/9/05 Randolfe Wicker mentioned about Re: [videoblogging] Various types of permission forms that: Actually a lot of vloggers use music they don't have a license for in their vlogs. The fact is that no one bothers suing them because their using the music has virtually no real

[videoblogging] Re: tom green

2005-09-06 Thread James A. Donnelly
VERDI, do you know that Tom Greene now has your picture, and email up on his website!!! jad www.dummycast.com --- In videoblogging@yahoogroups.com, Michael Sullivan [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: he apparently uses http://videoaddon.com/ and as far as I can tell, its not meant to be rss friendly

Re: [videoblogging] Re: tom green

2005-09-06 Thread Verdi
Yeah I saw that. NOW I WILL BE FAMOUS! :) Verdi On Sep 6, 2005, at 6:52 AM, James A. Donnelly wrote: VERDI, do you know that Tom Greene now has your picture, and email up on his website!!! jad Yahoo! Groups Sponsor ~-- Fair play? Video

Re: [videoblogging] Various types of permission forms

2005-09-06 Thread Mat Wall-Smith
The fact is that we have always determined our own 'fair use' as consumers. While I despise the illegal sharing of content for commercial gain or the unauthorized use of music as underscore in commercial product I think that as consumers we should ensure that fair use legislation is revised so

[videoblogging] vb.info back up

2005-09-06 Thread petertheman
http://videoblogging.info/ is back up and running. Apologies for the outage. The host it is running on isn't the best, and this was their fault. We're considering moving it to another host. Peter -- http://mefeedia.com Yahoo! Groups Sponsor ~--

[videoblogging] PayPal Micropayments

2005-09-06 Thread Verdi
I saw this the other day - FYI http://www.shareholder.com/paypal/releaseDetail.cfm? ReleaseID=171765Category=US -- Verdi URL: http://michaelverdi.com/ URL: http://freevlog.org/ URL: http://node101.org/ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor ~-- Get Bzzzy!

[videoblogging] New FireANT for Windows! Get it while its hot!

2005-09-06 Thread Joshua Kinberg
Just wanted to let everyone know that we've released a new public version of FireANT for Windows today. Get it at http://GetFireAnt.com -- its free! This version includes a lot of improvements, new functionality, and bug fixes. All Windows users are encouraged to upgrade. And of course, your

[videoblogging] Gov't always wins the election (was:What's the True Potential of the Videoblogging Community???)

2005-09-06 Thread Charles HOPE
Adrian Miles wrote: around the 5/9/05 Markus Sandy mentioned about Re: [videoblogging] What's the True Potential of the Videob that: I see no reason to believe that. It would seem that basic statistics is against you on this (FWIW) I know of no theory that postulates: "If all the people

Re: [videoblogging] Gov't always wins the election (was:What's the True Potential of the Videoblogging Community???)

2005-09-06 Thread Andreas Haugstrup
On Tue, 06 Sep 2005 18:14:30 +0200, Charles HOPE [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: This is what videoblogging can do. Future generations will consider videoblogged news to be more legitimate than institutional media. Why? - Andreas -- URL: http://www.solitude.dk/ Commentary on media,

[videoblogging] No Paris Apple Expo Keynote

2005-09-06 Thread Kunga
This just in - no Keynote in Paris. I am in shock. I thought this would be the Video iPod launch point. If tomorrow is only the iTunes phone, then when and where will the Video iPod be introduced? Quote from the letter from the Paris Apple Expo: ... Apple Expo 2005, a five-day event that

Re: [videoblogging] Gov't always wins the election

2005-09-06 Thread Charles HOPE
Andreas Haugstrup wrote: On Tue, 06 Sep 2005 18:14:30 +0200, Charles HOPE [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: This is what videoblogging can do. Future generations will consider videoblogged news to be more legitimate than institutional media. Why? Right now, blogging is mostly

[videoblogging] Re: No Paris Apple Expo Keynote

2005-09-06 Thread Steve Watkins
Maybe they dont wnt to decimate their current iPod sales by pre-announcing a video version too far ahead of actual availability. Similar fears were expressed with the Intel chip move announcement, only they didnt have much choice with that, because they had to give developers plenty of time to

Re: [videoblogging] No Paris Apple Expo Keynote

2005-09-06 Thread Jen Simmons
I never expected Apple to announce a whole new thing (like a iTunes/Apple-synced phone), and then three weeks later announce something else completely new (like a regular iPod photo with video storage + playability). That's too many things too close together. If in fact they are adding both

[videoblogging] Re: What's the True Potential of the Videoblogging Community???

2005-09-06 Thread Enric
--- In videoblogging@yahoogroups.com, Charles HOPE [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Deirdre Straughan wrote: The start of this thread was about what can videobloggers do to help ourselves and others prevent this kind of disaster in future? So now we're at what can videoblogging do to improve the human

Re: [videoblogging] What's the True Potential of the Videoblogging Community???

2005-09-06 Thread Deirdre Straughan
Millions of the poor voted for Bush, and not because they were suckered, but because he accurately reflected their values (of patriotism, religion, and social traditionalism). We disagree on that point, but this is not the forum to discuss it. In that sense Bush is not ignoring the interests

[videoblogging] Sub $500 Camcorder Recommendations for NORML Video Blog

2005-09-06 Thread Jack Olmsted
Two weeks ago I interviewed Allen St. Pierre, Executive Director of NORML (National Organization for the Reform of Marijuana Laws), at the Seattle HempFest: http://www.current.tv/studio/media/393105.htm Last week with Allen's approval, I set-up a Video Blog for NORML:

[videoblogging] Re: What's the True Potential of the Videoblogging Community???

2005-09-06 Thread Enric
Enric wrote: Rather than blindly increasing voting turnout I think one would wish to discourage turnout among sectors not likely to see things the same way. This is bad, to promote subverting someone else right to vote on ideological grounds. This is off topic now, but I must ask: where

[videoblogging] Readership tracking

2005-09-06 Thread Enric
Is there a site tracking or listing of videoblogs by readership population? :), Enric Yahoo! Groups Sponsor ~-- Most low income households are not online. Help bridge the digital divide today!

Re: [videoblogging] Readership tracking

2005-09-06 Thread Adam Quirk
Mefeedia lists vlogs by popularity. Alexa.com uses algorithms and stats to rank site popularity. Google does the same with pagerank.On 9/6/05, Enric [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Is there a site tracking or listing of videoblogs by readership population? :), Enric

[videoblogging] Re: Readership tracking

2005-09-06 Thread Enric
--- In videoblogging@yahoogroups.com, Adam Quirk [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Mefeedia lists vlogs by popularity. Alexa.com http://Alexa.com uses algorithms and stats to rank site popularity. Google does the same with pagerank. It doesn't sound like any of these track but RSS/ATOM syndicated

[videoblogging] Re: Blogger for Microsoft Word

2005-09-06 Thread cooper3acd
A word on pasting from Word - pon't do it! Word uses some ugly, ugly tags that will f.. up just about anything else - for instance if you paste Word text into dreamweaver you risk having a TON of garbage code inserted. If you need to use word, paste it into a text editor first (I like Edit

[videoblogging] Re: Readership tracking

2005-09-06 Thread Enric
--- In videoblogging@yahoogroups.com, Enric [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- In videoblogging@yahoogroups.com, Adam Quirk [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Mefeedia lists vlogs by popularity. Alexa.com http://Alexa.com uses algorithms and stats to rank site popularity. Google does the same with

[videoblogging] True Potential (was: rants about voting, Bush, and media screwups)

2005-09-06 Thread Dave Huth
--- In videoblogging@yahoogroups.com, andrew michael baron [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: we're looking for things that *videobloggers* can do, presumably via their videoblogs. Document. Its not even a question. This is the core of what we can do in service to our society as video

Re: [videoblogging] True Potential (was: rants about voting, Bush, and media screwups)

2005-09-06 Thread Pete Prodoehl
skullcrew webmaster wrote: Wow... Good for you and everyone who wants to do that...there are some people who don't want to be a journalist. Does that make us less of a vlogger? No, I think to be a vlogger you have to put video on your website, which is a blog, and (possibly) has an RSS

[videoblogging] Re: True Potential (was: rants about voting, Bush, and media screwups)

2005-09-06 Thread johngaltsjournal
--- In videoblogging@yahoogroups.com, skullcrew webmaster [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Good for you and everyone who wants to do that...there are some people who don't want to be a journalist. Does that make us less of a vlogger? Of course not, silly. And it probably still makes you a

[videoblogging] [Content] You can't hurry love

2005-09-06 Thread Adam Quirk
URL: http://www.aleksandramir.info/projects/canthurrylove/canthurrylove.html This is a little video where Aleksandra Mir walks around wearing a sandwich board printed with You Can't Hurry Love at a busy intersection. There are more videos scattered around the site URL:

Re: [videoblogging] Bi-Weekly Vlog Videoconference, 9/6/2005, 8:00 pm

2005-09-06 Thread Richard Bennett-Forrest
Can this message be changed? 8:00pm - 10:00pm means absolutely nothing in a global context... even in a U.S. context. Clicking on the voxmedia link didn't help, neither did the videoblogging main page. Regards, Richard Vlog: http://www.zipworld.com.au/~kashum Feed:

Re: [videoblogging] Bi-Weekly Vlog Videoconference, 9/6/2005, 8:00 pm

2005-09-06 Thread Jan McLaughlin
Local times for reminders are (theoretically) tied into individual group member's local time zone choices. Check your yahoogroup preferences if the times are incorrect for you. Fact is, the notice is sent 2 hours before the start of the conference and again 30 minutes before the event. 2

[videoblogging] Bi-Weekly Vlog Videoconference, 9/6/2005, 8:00 pm

2005-09-06 Thread videoblogging
My Groups | videoblogging Main Page Reminder from the Calendar of videoblogging

[videoblogging] Re: Bi-Weekly Vlog Videoconference, 9/6/2005, 8:00 pm

2005-09-06 Thread Enric
I'm a bit confused. Does it say other times then 8 pm for other time zones? 8 pm appears to be U.S. Eastern Time Zone. If that is so and it shown 8 pm everywhere, wouldn't it make more sense to specify the time zone: 8 pm Eastern U.S.? --- In videoblogging@yahoogroups.com, Jan McLaughlin

Re: [videoblogging] Bi-Weekly Vlog Videoconference, 9/6/2005, 8:00 pm

2005-09-06 Thread Richard Bennett-Forrest
Thanks Jan, didn't mean to have a go at you, just asking what was up. The problem is however that the message was sent to the group, not me as an individual, so there's not member associated with it. For reference, I have indeed set my Yahoo prefs for my timezone (GMT +10), and even though it

Re: [videoblogging] Various types of permission forms

2005-09-06 Thread Randolfe Wicker
Adrian Miles makes some interesting points. However, most of his arguments evolve from the assumption that most vloggers have dreams of going on to commercial distribution. I agree with Adrain regarding serious commercial syndication. Some things people don't realize is that you can't

Re: [videoblogging] Various types of permission forms

2005-09-06 Thread Randolfe Wicker
Matt Wall-Smith, you just spelled out as a political agenda my feelings exactly! Let's start a hopper of proposed legislation to keep vlogging free! Expanding "fair use" include using music you purchased as background for personal non-commercial vlogs should be considered "fair use"!

Re: [videoblogging] vb.info back up

2005-09-06 Thread Randolfe Wicker
Please share with us who the host is that you are using and that perhaps we might want to avoid. - Original Message - From: petertheman To: videoblogging@yahoogroups.com Sent: Tuesday, September 06, 2005 9:21 AM Subject: [videoblogging] vb.info back up

Re: [videoblogging] New FireANT for Windows! Get it while its hot!

2005-09-06 Thread Randolfe Wicker
I only wonder when those guys at FireANT sleep. Seems like they have a new version of FireANT every 36 hours! It only gets better and better. I notice that they are accepting "contributions". I think supporting people like those creating FireANT and also doing the Node101 vlog crusade

[videoblogging] Re: True Potential (was: rants about voting, Bush, and media screwups)

2005-09-06 Thread Gena
I don't care what you do so long as you do it. Make me laugh, cry, angry, inform me, or cause me to go hun? it doesn't matter so long as you are following your path. For me, in these times it is an buzzing that will not leave me alone. I love the artistic and the experiemental stuff but CJ and/or

Re: [videoblogging] Bi-Weekly Vlog Videoconference, 9/6/2005, 8:00 pm

2005-09-06 Thread Jan McLaughlin
This calendar is a new development, in the last couple weeks so it's still being worked out. According to what I read, each member should receive the email in their local time. Yahoo-lies!!!?!? :) Whatever. Now we know it doesn't work as advertised. Fact is, we need a better automated reminder

Re: [videoblogging] Bi-Weekly Vlog Videoconference, 9/6/2005, 8:00 pm

2005-09-06 Thread Richard Bennett-Forrest
Feel free to jump in and improve. Might take the plunge. Depends if I have to deal with unappreciative members lik me. ;-) I will be off calendar duty for the next 6 weeks. Off to VlogEurope Thursday and then road-noding my way to Canada and back. Ooh, you lucky thing. Regards, Richard

Re: [videoblogging] Gov't always wins the election

2005-09-06 Thread Randolfe Wicker
I'll take a stab at answering Andreas Haupstrup's questions: "If Fox News created a videoblog would their coverage be more legitimate news? Why/Why not?" Coverage by Fox News would be less legitimate for the same reason coverage by Current TV or The Nation Magazine would be: the

Re: [videoblogging] Gov't always wins the election

2005-09-06 Thread Jay dedman
Will this give you more legitimate (your word) news? Why and how? Are videoblogs only first-hand reports? Are first-hand reports better than other types of journalism? First-hand reports as journalism are not new. The Massachusetts Spy published first-hand accounts from the first battles of

[videoblogging] meet the vloggers graphic?

2005-09-06 Thread jonny goldstein
Is there some kind of Meet the Vloggers logo? I'm doing 2 events in the D.C. area over the next handful of days and would like to have a little graphic happening on my promotional posts. And by the way, if you are any where near the Pentagon City Apple Store tomorrow at 8PM or the Tysons

Re: [videoblogging] Bi-Weekly Vlog Videoconference, 9/6/2005, 8:00 pm

2005-09-06 Thread Verdi
Hey Richard, What time does one of these things need to happen to have you guys in Australia join in? I'd love to to join in one with you, Adrian, and anyone else even if means getting up in the middle of the night (I think I'm 14 hours behind you). -- Verdi URL: http://michaelverdi.com/

Re: [videoblogging] vb.info back up

2005-09-06 Thread Andreas Haugstrup
On Wed, 07 Sep 2005 02:28:47 +0200, David Howell [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: It is? I'm getting an index page. We decided to move hosts right away. Re-uploading files and DNS changes means that the downtime was a bit longer. - Andreas -- URL: http://www.solitude.dk/ Commentary on media,

Re: [videoblogging] Various types of permission forms

2005-09-06 Thread Adrian Miles
around the 6/9/05 Randolfe Wicker mentioned about Re: [videoblogging] Various types of permission forms that: In the documentary, the filmmaker uses tapes of conversations regarding negotiation and a series of photos he snapped on outings with the fellow who would never sign a release. This

Re: [videoblogging] Gov't always wins the election

2005-09-06 Thread Adrian Miles
around the 6/9/05 Jay dedman mentioned about Re: [videoblogging] Gov't always wins the election that: maybe this is a differnce between US and Danish news. US news has become almost completely unbelievable. i believe that videoblogging/first-hand reports lend credibility. people can play with

[videoblogging] Re: Gov't always wins the election

2005-09-06 Thread Enric
--- In videoblogging@yahoogroups.com, Adrian Miles [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: around the 6/9/05 Jay dedman mentioned about Re: [videoblogging] Gov't always wins the election that: maybe this is a differnce between US and Danish news. US news has become almost completely unbelievable. i believe