[videoblogging] checking in after 2 years away + daughter's blog

2009-01-12 Thread cooper3acd
Hey all, I haven't been around for a while, but thought I'd check in after coming to the realization that my 10 year old daughter has become a vlogger. I got my kids their names as domains for Christmas and my daughter decided she wanted a wordpress blog on hers so she could post videos of our

[videoblogging] Re: Jeff Pulver

2007-01-30 Thread cooper3acd
Just to be clear, this is a contest with the goal of promoting Network 2. It's absolutely awesome that you're putting your promo dollars back into the community, but the part where it says you have to mention Network 2 makes it clear that you are doing a Promo for your company and not a

[videoblogging] Re: MyHeavy.com Disregarding Vlogger CC Licenses

2007-01-04 Thread cooper3acd
How it works in the courts... I did a bit of research as to how it works in the courts. There are 2 main parts: 1) Did they violate someone's copyright? (YES in this case) 2) Were there damages to the copyright holder? If the 2 conditions are met, the court then decides an appropriate

[videoblogging] PC People (warning: relevant product plug) – Not exactly vlogging but…

2006-05-11 Thread cooper3acd
Hey all, the company I work at has just released a new version of our software for creating/broadcasting video web sites right from your desktop. Just for PCs at the moment but we have a working Mac prototype and will hopefully have something for external distribution soon. Anyhow, it's

[videoblogging] Re: PC People (warning: relevant product plug) � Not exactly vlogging but�

2006-05-11 Thread cooper3acd
@yahoogroups.com, cooper3acd robertecooper@ wrote: Hey all, the company I work at has just released a new version of our software for creating/broadcasting video web sites right from your desktop. Just for PCs at the moment but we have a working Mac prototype and will hopefully have

[videoblogging] Re: converting MPEG-4 videos to iPod format

2006-04-07 Thread cooper3acd
Along these lines, anyone got tips on converting MPEG-2 to iPod (or even just a format iTunes will recognize properly). This is on a PC (free or cheap solutions preferred). Cheers, Rob --- In videoblogging@yahoogroups.com, Anne Walk [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I tried this freeware option and

[videoblogging] Re: What's the latest on the new video iPod?

2006-03-24 Thread cooper3acd
If your primary use for it is video, definitely wait. I love my 5g ipod, but the video feature is indeed not great except as a little added bonus to the music capabilities (and for amazing non-geek friends with). Cheers, Rob --- In videoblogging@yahoogroups.com, Kitka [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:

[videoblogging] Re: can someone PLEASE tell me the right format to use?

2006-03-14 Thread cooper3acd
Dude, you're taking a bit of a harsh line with this unsophisticated group that actually happens to have most of the pre-eminent experts (who have always proven happy to help) in the field as members. I understand your frustration, but there are no easy answers here. Flash is the closest thing

[videoblogging] Re: Need worksafe WMV, AVI, or whatever else Creative Vision:M will take

2006-03-03 Thread cooper3acd
If you like machinima, check out http://www.machinimahq.com/ I/we just launched it and it has lot's of worksafe (and a few not worksafe) machinima creations. Feel free to right-click on any of these wmvs and download them (save target as...) locally and try them out on the Vision:M (btw -

[videoblogging] Best PC software for mpeg 4 480 pixel resolution on the iPod

2006-03-03 Thread cooper3acd
Hey, I hope this hasn't been covered already, but anyone got a suggestion on the best PC software to use to painlessly get fairly long videos (movies and or shows I own) onto the iPod at max resolutions (specs say up to 480 x 480 as mpeg 4) for viewing on the TV? I just won a 30gb ipod - it

[videoblogging] Re: stickam

2006-02-16 Thread cooper3acd
Alexa is daily reach per million people on the web, as I understand it. They also give you an overall rank as to your absolute popularity (as measured in traffic to your domain) on the web. They measure traffic through certain gateways on the web, so measurements may not be entirely accurate,

[videoblogging] Re: Xacti HD1 NYTimes review

2006-02-16 Thread cooper3acd
Bitrate/quality might be an issue (although I long for one too)... Here's an article that I wrote in January for a photo newsletter for www.pixpo.com (shameless plug) that talks gently about some of its shortcomings (further shameless plug - we'll have a very cool pc/mac video broadcasting

[videoblogging] Re: Has RB Started A Trend In WebVideo Advertising?

2006-02-02 Thread cooper3acd
Bottom line is they have a good product and it will continue to work - just a question of to what level. They may have a hard time matching the size of the bids next time around, but the bottom line is the that the long-term success will end up being commensurate to the value received. RB is

[videoblogging] Re: Sponsorships?

2006-01-19 Thread cooper3acd
Wow - that's awesome! I will go out on a limb here and say that you are getting those kind of cpms because you're so current and it in regards to online video (it in a very good way). You have good viewership and as a leader of this movement there are positive branding implications for

[videoblogging] Re: Sponsorships?

2006-01-18 Thread cooper3acd
Having made some significant cpm buys (my biggest buy was 40,000,000 impressions over 5 weeks) and having also also created smaller sites and gotten ads onto them, I can comment that $25 is an achievable cpm but is not likely to happen until you've got a targetted, focussed demographic (i.e.

[videoblogging] Re: Yahoo Wants To Know Everywhere You Go!

2006-01-12 Thread cooper3acd
So, just to play devil's advocate... They provide free services, largely monetized through ads. Obviously a lot of people are ok with this (for instance, everyone in this free group). Then, they collect behavioral data so that ultimately they can be able to provide more relevant, targetted

[videoblogging] Re: who sends the most emails to this group?

2005-11-13 Thread cooper3acd
yes (and so is this one unfortunately)--- In videoblogging@yahoogroups.com, Josh Leo [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: sorry for the bad punctuation and grammari need to proofread. and now the question goes through my head...is this email noise? On 11/11/05, Josh Leo [EMAIL PROTECTED]

[videoblogging] Re: iPod video owners: check a vid for me?

2005-11-10 Thread cooper3acd
Didn't work - itunes wouldn't let it transfer. --- In videoblogging@yahoogroups.com, havilahland33 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Or this one.. http://blip.tv/file/get/Havilah-OverlandParkUnpredicted134.mov at... http://cinenate.blogspot.com/ thanks! --- In

[videoblogging] Testing help? Can test iPod/PSP on PC, looking for someone to test on Mac.

2005-11-10 Thread cooper3acd
Hey all, I have a v-iPod and PSP on XP. I can test vids on these devices if anyone needs help. Plus, I'm looking for someone who could help test a few vids on these devices coming through Mac. If you're interested, please contact me directly: rcooper -AT- h2st.com Cheers, Rob

[videoblogging] Re: Embedding videos on external sites?

2005-11-08 Thread cooper3acd
If it's going on a mainstream resort site, it's doubtful they'll want to use quicktime (despite it's relative superiority) Just a thought... Cheers, Rob PS Worrying about rev-sharing on ads won't be worth the effort - just tell them you need a link to your site. I think you can do it in a

[videoblogging] Re: Revver

2005-10-31 Thread cooper3acd
I was checking them out the other day - I believe the split is 50/50. The concept is not bad, although so far I'm not seeing the relevance between the content and the ads. I saw a video of two guys beating each other up, followed by an ad for stylish backpacks. I'm guessing they will run into

[videoblogging] Re: Testing Google to Yahoo, part deux

2005-10-27 Thread cooper3acd
I've got 100 invites available within my gmail account (I'm not sure if everyone does - I've sent a couple dozen in the past). If anyone needs an invite, send me a note with your e-mail address and I'll send you a Gmail invite and you can grab an account. I'm grooving on gmail. I use it for

[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] Video/Photo Contest

2005-08-25 Thread cooper3acd
Hey All, I just wanted to let you know that I'm currently running a photo/video contest for the company I work for (PiXPO). As our software is newly released and we've just started our communications program, there are actually pretty good odds of winning (not many entries so far). The

[videoblogging] Re: Money Talk

2005-08-11 Thread cooper3acd
My (biased) .02: By allowing a certain amount of biz talk within the group, the group has the opportunity to help mold the future of some of the businesses (at least the ones that have their ears open). Otherwise it does become truly an us/them situation. BTW there will always be some

[videoblogging] Re: Vlogmap.org local clips (was How many videoblogs do we know of thus far?)

2005-07-20 Thread cooper3acd
In regards to Stephanies suggestion: How's your bandwidth? Have enough to host a 1-minute clip from every person on the map showing their hometown? That would be pretty cool and might deliver sufficient value-add to bring people in. --Stephanie I've got access to a pile of unused