Re: [videoblogging] Re: SF - Hotels for VloggerCon

2006-03-17 Thread Ted Tagami
looks like we have a sponsor coming aboard that will need rooms. Will find out the quantity tomorrow. - TedOn 3/16/06, Josh Wolf [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: We're not quite there yet -- I need at least 5 individual confirmations that they want to book the a hotel room before I'm going to go

Re: [videoblogging] feedburner media urls with ?d=

2006-03-17 Thread Andreas Haugstrup
On Fri, 17 Mar 2006 04:35:14 +0100, Michael Sullivan [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: i cant argue against that. which is why i have'nt ;-) my focus is on if/how a masked url redirect should be laid out. if the url is a direct media location, i dont think its ludicrous to suggest that the

Re: [videoblogging] Re: Top Ten Vlogging Mistakes

2006-03-17 Thread Deirdre Straughan
Paul, I love you. (Oh, and I'm coming to MK next Friday, if you want to get together with me and maybe Ian Mills.)I've added you to http://www.beginningwithi.com/vlog/howtovideoblog.html On 3/16/06, Paul Knight [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Call us stupid, call us Brits, call us Stupid Brits if

Re: [videoblogging] Re: another service added to test page

2006-03-17 Thread Deirdre Straughan
FYI, I will continue to add new videos to http://www.beginningwithi.com/vlog/test.html as I'm alerted to new services, but will move all the commentary to loadedpun so that you can compare the videos on that page without clutter. -- best regards,Deirdré Straughanwww.beginningwithi.com

Re: [videoblogging] Re: Top Ten Vlogging Mistakes

2006-03-17 Thread Paul Knight
Thanks for that, I would love to meet you too, work permitting I could make time to meet up in a more mutually neutral place than Milton Keynes, Coventry or even Northampton would be better for me, being an Northerner and all that.   I shall also ask my Partner In Crime Paul Reynoldson, If he

[videoblogging] wordpress question

2006-03-17 Thread Richard Show
In wordpress, is it possible to make a post that will go in a category, but not on the main page?Example:I have a category called trains and I have a feed associated with that category.I create a post about trains and I want people who subscribe to my trains category to retrieve it via that

[videoblogging] Re: Vloggers getting together

2006-03-17 Thread hpbatman7
Thanks for the tip on when I do some traveling..I am going on a few trips this year so... Still if any Vloggers plan on doing something like a VloggerCon in Chicago, Indy, Michigan anywhere in the MidWest that would be great!! PS I have been spreading the word as much as I can, but if

Re: [videoblogging] feedburner media urls with ?d=

2006-03-17 Thread Michael Sullivan
let's step back inside the box for a minute and not look at the big picture that is the web. let's look at media distribution specifically. a link to a video file would be better served if it were not in some cryptic url format that makes zero reference to that video file. this being my

Re: [videoblogging] Re: Verdi vs MPAA

2006-03-17 Thread Michael Sullivan
Copyrights aside... I think it's more important to set up some onlinefree system to contact either an individual or a company in order to facilitate the process of asking to use/sample content. Musicians,film-makers and artists should all have freely avaliable contactdetails (to themselves or

Re: [videoblogging] Re: Vloggers getting together

2006-03-17 Thread Andreas Haugstrup
On Fri, 17 Mar 2006 14:23:53 +0100, hpbatman7 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Still if any Vloggers plan on doing something like a VloggerCon in Chicago, Indy, Michigan anywhere in the MidWest that would be great!! EvilExpo in the Wonderful city of Detroit. Late July. Participation at your own

Re: [videoblogging] Re: Vloggers getting together

2006-03-17 Thread Deirdre Straughan
There are weekly online meetings which can be quite fun. -- best regards,Deirdré Straughanwww.beginningwithi.com (personal) www.tvblob.com (work) SPONSORED LINKS Individual Fireant

Re: [videoblogging] Re: Guide to Fair Use for Filmmakers

2006-03-17 Thread Deirdre Straughan
Just finished reading it - it's excellent!On 3/17/06, missbhavens1969 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Thanks for posting this! I heard about this on the radio yesterday andtried all kinds of comic-book-rights-uses-fair-license-comics Google combos and couldn't find it!-- best regards,Deirdré

Re: [videoblogging] wordpress question

2006-03-17 Thread Michael Verdi
Hmmm,I've never tried it but this might do the trick. In wordpress you can create a page. These are like posts that don't show up in the blog. I use them for my about page and my video archive. You can assign a category to them too. I'm only guessing that the feed would work (I don't see why it

Re: [videoblogging] wordpress question

2006-03-17 Thread Pete Prodoehl
Richard Show wrote: In wordpress, is it possible to make a post that will go in a category, but not on the main page? Example: I have a category called trains and I have a feed associated with that category. I create a post about trains and I want people who subscribe to my trains

Re: [videoblogging] feedburner media urls with ?d=

2006-03-17 Thread Andreas Haugstrup
On Fri, 17 Mar 2006 14:35:35 +0100, Michael Sullivan [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: it's like this tell me if including the media file name, as i suggest, breaks anything. tell me if it makes a url worse. tell me that it makes no sense to include the file name. tell me something to

Re: [videoblogging] wordpress question

2006-03-17 Thread Steve Garfield
What you want to do can be done. It requires coding the loop of Wordpress not to display posts from the trains category when someone is on the front page. There are code samples out there to do this since I looked into it once. Maybe there's a plug in to do it too? PS. Richard - email to your

[videoblogging] Help: Feed Not Updating on Fireant and VlogDir

2006-03-17 Thread gottadiva
Hi, I'm a Vlogging Newbie and it seems that my feed is not properly updating on fireant and vlogdir. I'm using wordpress 2.0. My URL is http://www.vlogdiva.com My feed URL is http://vlogdiva.com/?feed=rss2 At fireant and vlogdir they have two versions of one of my webisodes (fortune teller),

[videoblogging] Fireant

2006-03-17 Thread gottadiva
Also, do any of you know how to post a description of your Channel and Tag your Channell in Fireant? I'm able to tag each episode, but I can't seem to tag my Channel Yahoo! Groups Links * To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/videoblogging/ * To

Re: [videoblogging] Re: Top Ten Vlogging Mistakes

2006-03-17 Thread Lisa Ours MA PLPC
Paul, OH MY GOD! I couldn't stop laughing... thank you thank you thank you both Pauls for the wonderful levity. It's such a joy to have you in our universe! Lisa (Daughtershow) From: Paul Knight [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply-To: videoblogging@yahoogroups.com To: videoblogging@yahoogroups.com

Re: [videoblogging] Re: Vloggers getting together

2006-03-17 Thread Lisa Ours MA PLPC
I can't help it the social butterfly in me craves human interraction that doesn't involve handsfree headsets, microphones and webcams and keyboards *L* I can't drink a beer with my computer (well, I could but if I spill the keys would get all sticky and then I'm out a keyboard). HEY...

Re: [videoblogging] Re: Vloggers getting together

2006-03-17 Thread Deirdre Straughan
Well, hey, I've invited people to come to Italy, but so far no takers... well, that's not totally true - expecting one in May!On 3/17/06, Lisa Ours MA PLPC [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I can't help it the social butterfly in me craves human interractionthat doesn't involve handsfree headsets,

[videoblogging] my Blogger site DOWN

2006-03-17 Thread civanyi
My site has been down for maintenance for going on to 48 hours now. Does anybody have this problem? Or know anything about this? http://cafesiena.blogspot.com Yahoo! Groups Links * To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/videoblogging/ * To unsubscribe

Re: [videoblogging] feedburner media urls with ?d=

2006-03-17 Thread Joshua Kinberg
Here's my take... it would be great if mime-types solved the problem and if the enclosure type attribute was always present and always accurate. These things are not true in the wild world of RSS feeds. The best and most consistent indicator of a file type based on what people actually do is the

Re: [videoblogging] Help: Feed Not Updating on Fireant and VlogDir

2006-03-17 Thread Joshua Kinberg
Hi, Your RSS feed only has 2 enclosures. Your most recent entry does not have an enclosure. In addition to embedding the video in the blog entry, you should also provide a direct link to the file in order to create the enclosure element in your feed. If you don't want this link to show in your

Re: [videoblogging] feedburner media urls with ?d=

2006-03-17 Thread Michael Sullivan
let's just call it a pet peeve of mine.i'm not going to try and convince anyone to structure their urls in a specific way, but I have stated my preference which I think offers more clarity and logic without cryptic format that is more complicated to decipher (as you cant just look at the link

Re: [videoblogging] my Blogger site DOWN

2006-03-17 Thread Stephanie Bryant
From http://status.blogger.com (linked from your down for maintenance page. Thursday, March 16, 2006 The filer that we have been having trouble with in the last few days failed again. Those blogs that are stored on the bad filer are temporarily not available for publishing and viewing. We are

Re: [videoblogging] my Blogger site DOWN

2006-03-17 Thread Markus Sandy
yup, blogger seems to be having problems civanyi wrote: My site has been down for maintenance for going on to 48 hours now. Does anybody have this problem? Or know anything about this? http://cafesiena.blogspot.com -- My name is Markus Sandy and I am app.etitio.us

Re: [videoblogging] feedburner media urls with ?d=

2006-03-17 Thread Pete Prodoehl
Michael Sullivan wrote: let's just call it a pet peeve of mine. i'm not going to try and convince anyone to structure their urls in a specific way, but I have stated my preference which I think offers more clarity and logic without cryptic format that is more complicated to decipher (as you

Re: [videoblogging] Re: Vloggers getting together

2006-03-17 Thread Lisa Ours MA PLPC
Believe me... If I had the cashflow I'd LOVE to come to Italy. I was 15 the last time I got to go and I just wasn't of an age to truly appreciate it. Having fellow vloggers to hang out with to boot would be awesome!!! From: Deirdre Straughan [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply-To:

Re: [videoblogging] feedburner media urls with ?d=

2006-03-17 Thread Joshua Kinberg
That could be the case with any URL, whether the file extension is present or not, or whether the mime-type is correct or not. -Josh On 3/17/06, Pete Prodoehl [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Michael Sullivan wrote: let's just call it a pet peeve of mine. i'm not going to try and convince anyone

Re: [videoblogging] feedburner media urls with ?d=

2006-03-17 Thread Michael Sullivan
c'mon man... ;-)i'm talking within the bounds of trust and generalities here.tinkernet.org could be a link to an .exe. On 3/17/06, Pete Prodoehl [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Michael Sullivan wrote: let's just call it a pet peeve of mine. i'm not going to try and convince anyone to structure their

[videoblogging] SXSWi interviews (eric rice, eddie codel, others)

2006-03-17 Thread Halcyon Lujah
Sadly...I botched Verdi's audio, so I had to edit that out. Basically got a number of people to comment on the power that vlogging/new tech is giving the people. Thought several people here would enjoy: http://pinkgasm.citizensex.com/spreadthepink/video/sxsw_5min.wmv Eddie Codel

Re: [videoblogging] feedburner media urls with ?d=

2006-03-17 Thread Pete Prodoehl
Michael Sullivan wrote: c'mon man... ;-) i'm talking within the bounds of trust and generalities here. tinkernet.org could be a link to an .exe. Gimme 5 minutes... just kidding. Ok, I was playing devil's advocate a bit. I've learned from years of dealing with this stuff: You can't trust

[videoblogging] Re: Vloggers getting together

2006-03-17 Thread jonny goldstein
Don't know if this has been mentioned but we get together in NYC every now and then too. If you are ever passing through, let the list know. We were having regular meetups. Don't know if that's still happening. If not we should renew that tradition. --- In videoblogging@yahoogroups.com, Bill

Re: [videoblogging] SXSWi interviews (eric rice, eddie codel, others)

2006-03-17 Thread Markus Sandy
404 not found Halcyon Lujah wrote: Sadly...I botched Verdi's audio, so I had to edit that out. Basically got a number of people to comment on the power that vlogging/new tech is giving the people. Thought several people here would enjoy:

Re: [videoblogging] my Blogger site DOWN

2006-03-17 Thread Christopher Ivanyi
Two days in a row--a bit disconcerting, to say the least. On 3/17/06, Stephanie Bryant [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: From http://status.blogger.com (linked from your down for maintenance page. Thursday, March 16, 2006 The filer that we have been having trouble with in the last few days failed

[videoblogging] Re: wordpress question

2006-03-17 Thread LeanBackVids.com
This gets a little tricky since the specific category may be in an array. You'll want to check it... if (0 == count($post_category) || !is_array($post_category)) { $post_category = array(get_option('default_category')); } Another issue is when there is a WP upgrade you'll need to make sure

Re: [videoblogging] SXSWi interviews (eric rice, eddie codel, others)

2006-03-17 Thread Halcyon Lujah
Grrr. I'm sorry. Link fixed. (I learned a lesson about citizen media when eddie pointed out 3 typos yesterday. I guess I named it wrong when I re-exported it. Thanks!) On 3/17/06, Markus Sandy [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: 404 not found Halcyon Lujah wrote: Sadly...I botched Verdi's audio, so

Re: [videoblogging] Re: Vloggers getting together

2006-03-17 Thread Nathan Miller
If any vlogger is in Southern Japan (Kyushu) Just send me a mail...I would be happy to show you around Fukuoka and my town Kurume...and I have plenty of tatami space/extra bedroom if you need a place to crash! Nathan Miller www.bicycle-sidewalk.com --- Deirdre Straughan [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:

[videoblogging] Re: Vloggers getting together

2006-03-17 Thread hpbatman7
That sound perfectly evil.I am going to be in Michigian, near DetriotNovi, in May the 19, 20, and maybe the 21st..maybe I can hook up with some vloggers there... Heath - Batman Geek http://batmangeek7.blogspot.com --- In videoblogging@yahoogroups.com, Andreas Haugstrup [EMAIL

Re: [videoblogging] more on remixes and collaborations

2006-03-17 Thread Michael Sullivan
of interesthttp://www.alwaysbeta.com/2006/03/16/digital-art-and-the-web/On 3/16/06, Stephanie Bryant [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Also, and I know these are the bonehead questions, but trust me, it'sfor a good cause.Besides this list, where do you find out about collaborative projects?Not

[videoblogging] Re: my Blogger site DOWN

2006-03-17 Thread Andy Carvin
It seems to be working now. I actually got emails from some overseas bloggers worrying that their governments were suddenly filtering the site, as happened a few weeks ago in Pakistan. andy carvin andycarvin at yahoo www.andycarvin.com --- In videoblogging@yahoogroups.com, Stephanie Bryant

Re: [videoblogging] ping and ping back?

2006-03-17 Thread Pete Prodoehl
Joshua Kinberg wrote: Here's a good explanation on Trackbacks and Pingbacks: http://codex.wordpress.org/Introduction_to_Blogging#Trackbacks They're very similar but slightly different in their technical implementation. The easiest way to describe the concept is remote comments. Sometimes

Re: [videoblogging] Re: my Blogger site DOWN

2006-03-17 Thread Christopher Ivanyi
Yes, I'm back UP. I hope everyone with this problem has been solved. :-) On 3/17/06, Andy Carvin [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: It seems to be working now. I actually got emails from some overseas bloggers worrying that their governments were suddenly filtering the site, as happened a few weeks ago

Re: [videoblogging] SXSWi interviews (eric rice, eddie codel, others)

2006-03-17 Thread Eddie Codel
Great video Halcyon. Everyone needs an editor. ;) -eddie On Fri, Mar 17, 2006 at 10:00:11AM -0800, Halcyon Lujah wrote: Grrr. I'm sorry. Link fixed. (I learned a lesson about citizen media when eddie pointed out 3 typos yesterday. I guess I named it wrong when I re-exported it. Thanks!)

[videoblogging] Re: ping and ping back?

2006-03-17 Thread Bill Streeter
Yup pingbacks are handled just like normal comments in version 2.x. Also to do a track back all you need to do in version 2 is to link to the permalink of the post in the blog you want to pingback and wordpress will handle it from there. Bill Streeter LO-FI SAINT LOUIS www.lofistl.com --- In

RE: [videoblogging] Re: Vloggers getting together

2006-03-17 Thread Lisa Ours MA PLPC
Dang it and woops! I guess I should have let sleeping dogs lie I'd be there in a heartbeat if I wasn't already scheduled for a Family Dinner with the in-laws that night... Mom-in-Law is not Vlog-Friendly in the slightest. Colossal waste of time and energy that could be better used doing

[videoblogging] New video bloggers stay away from Wordpress -- recommendation

2006-03-17 Thread Nerissa \(TheVideoQueen\)
I have torecommend that all new video bloggers should avoid using wordpress as their blog service or software of choice. I discovered that wordpress doesn't allow most html code--this inlcudes all embed and object tags.After a videoblogger contacted me about my fvc codes not working in

[videoblogging] Fhameless

2006-03-17 Thread Adam Quirk
To make this easier for you, I've changed all the following S's into F's, and all the F's into types of tea:Hello,Iearlgray you enjoy watching The PAN, darjeelingeel greenree to fteal one of our badgef from thif page: http://thepan.org/badges/And ienglishbreakfast you enjoy reading about what

Re: [videoblogging] Fhameless

2006-03-17 Thread T . Whid
That. was. super. funny.On 3/17/06, Adam Quirk [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: To make this easier for you, I've changed all the following S's into F's, and all the F's into types of tea:Hello,Iearlgray you enjoy watching The PAN, darjeelingeel greenree to fteal one of our badgef from thif page:

Re: [videoblogging] New video bloggers stay away from Wordpress -- recommendation

2006-03-17 Thread Joshua Kinberg
This is untrue. There are plenty of videobloggers here who use Wordpress.-JoshOn 3/17/06, Nerissa (TheVideoQueen) [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I have torecommend that all new video bloggers should avoid using wordpress as their blog service or software of choice. I discovered that wordpress

Re: [videoblogging] New video bloggers stay away from Wordpress -- recommendation

2006-03-17 Thread Devlon
I believe this Is this restricted to Wordpress blogs hosted by Wordpress...not if you are hosting Wordpress yourself.We have embedded video on testinggrounds.loadedpun.com and have no problems.On 3/17/06, Nerissa (TheVideoQueen) [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I have torecommend that all new video

Re: [videoblogging] ping and ping back?

2006-03-17 Thread Andreas Haugstrup
On Fri, 17 Mar 2006 21:41:01 +0100, Pete Prodoehl [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: One note in regards to WordPress... If you set it to accept pingbacks, you may get pingbacks spam and I know that in older versions, there was no approval for pingbacks like there was for comments. (This may have

Re: [videoblogging] feedburner media urls with ?d=

2006-03-17 Thread Andreas Haugstrup
Okay, but what does appending the file type as a query string help? As far as I can tell it only break stuff because people use your pop-up link generator which has links like URL: http://www.michaelverdi.com/popup.php?url=http://michaelverdi.com/video/dresscode.mov that are not media

[videoblogging] Re: New video bloggers stay away from Wordpress -- recommendation

2006-03-17 Thread Enric
Wordpress definately allows embed and any HTML. It's setup to be easy for those who don't know HTML with the visual editor for inputting a blog entry. The visual editor restricts HTML usage. But the visual editor can be turned off and any HTML can be put in. You can see tests of embedded

[videoblogging] T Y V M

2006-03-17 Thread Paul Knight
Dear Sirs and MadamsThanks ever so much for the comments on the "Paul And Paul Get To The Bottom Of It All Copyright Issues" Video I posted last night to stop people being in the slightest bit worried about putting the odd bit of music on a vlog, I have had so many good and welcoming comments

Re: [videoblogging] Fhameless

2006-03-17 Thread Melanie Morgan
You're a special child, Adam. I can get past it only because you're so handsome. ;-) Melanie On Mar 17, 2006, at 5:02 PM, Adam Quirk wrote: To make this easier for you, I've changed all the following S's into F's, and all the F's into types of tea: Hello, Iearlgray you enjoy watching The

[videoblogging] Re: New video bloggers stay away from Wordpress -- recommendation

2006-03-17 Thread gottadiva
--- In videoblogging@yahoogroups.com, Nerissa \(TheVideoQueen\) [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I have to recommend that all new video bloggers should avoid using wordpress as their blog service or software of choice. I discovered that wordpress doesn't allow most html code--this inlcudes all embed

[videoblogging] Re: New video bloggers stay away from Wordpress -- recommendation

2006-03-17 Thread David Howell
This is so NOT true. I really dont know where you get off saying this just because you arent able to achieve this. I am running embeded Flash videos on my site (http://www.davidhowellstudios.com) and was embeding Quicktime videos and also using links to open a new popup window on my old site.

Re: [videoblogging] New video bloggers stay away from Wordpress -- recommendation

2006-03-17 Thread Markus Sandy
I think you need to make it clear that you are referring to the WordPress free blogging service as opposed to the WordPress software that people can run themselves markus http://apperceptions.org http://digitaldojo.blogspot.com Yahoo! Groups Links * To visit your group on the web, go to:

Re: [videoblogging] T Y V M

2006-03-17 Thread Steve Garfield
As Doctor Wayne Dyer says, Worry is a worthless emotion, but using copyrighted material in your videos is something that I wouldn't recommend. There are plenty of independent artists looking for exposure. You can find their music at: http://music.poshow.com http://magnatune.com and the new:

[videoblogging] Re: T Y V M

2006-03-17 Thread Enric
It is not a good recommendation that people use copyrighted material in their videos. The recommendation won't look good if anyone gets sued by the RIAA or MPAA. -- Enric --- In videoblogging@yahoogroups.com, Paul Knight [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Dear Sirs and Madams Thanks ever so much

Re: [videoblogging] AC takes CC to DC

2006-03-17 Thread Jan McLaughlin
Nominate your Subject for Best Creative Use of Subject for the week, r. Jan -- It isn't done alone. Pay more. http://groups.yahoo.com/group/roadnode101/ - education http://fauxpress.blogspot.com - motion http://blog.urbanartadventures.com - sound http://vlogpresskit.blogspot.com - media