Re: [videoblogging] Recommendations for lav mic and lights?

2007-01-12 Thread Jan McLaughlin
Find out where your nearest pro sound rental / sales house is and take your camera down there and chum up the sales people and make them drag out all their stuff and try it out with your camera. A rental house may be willing to sell something out of its inventory. Take notes. Find what works. If

Re: [videoblogging] Re: The audience of ten

2007-01-12 Thread Jan McLaughlin
And if you made a secret vlog, to whom would invitations be sent? Hrm. :) Jan On 1/12/07, jonny goldstein [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Raymond, if you really want to do it for your ten best friends, then password protect it. But I get the feeling that you don't want to be that closed, that

[videoblogging] Re: The audience of ten

2007-01-12 Thread miglsd27
Jan, I think you made it to Raymonds shit list ;). I know I did http://www.dltq.org/v3/? p=10, he he he. Miguel. And if you made a secret vlog, to whom would invitations be sent? Hrm. :) Jan Hey all, Since I started videoblogging, I have had this mantra

Re: [videoblogging] Re: The audience of ten

2007-01-12 Thread Andrew
Putting perhaps a slightly different spin on this, I really like the term The Audience of Ten (great term!) and the idea of treating the audience like they are ten of your best friends is a great approach to building and maintaining your audience. I think one of the reasons shows like

Re: [videoblogging] Recommendations for lav mic and lights?

2007-01-12 Thread WWWhatsup
Regarding chopping knives and other similar stuff - just don't talk over that part. Fix the loud chopping (adjust levels) in post. Record the voice over after or before the cutting and then put the recorded voice over the synched cutting shot. Lots of variations on that theme. Jan That's good

[videoblogging] vlogspark - where are thou?!?

2007-01-12 Thread miglsd27
Hi all, My small collaboration project is having starting difficulties and needs your help ;). Many of you sent me encouraging words about vlogspark, and gave it visibility by linking on your (b)vlogs. But... no collaboration as of yet. So hear me out on this one and show

Re: [videoblogging] Yahoo! buys MyBlogLog

2007-01-12 Thread Deirdre Straughan
Yeah, it's kinda cool: http://www.beginningwithi.com/comments/ On 1/11/07, WWWhatsup [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: http://www.techweb.com/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=196802381 Anyone use this? -- WWWhatsup NYC http://pinstand.com -

Re: [videoblogging] Post shot, cut, scored posted to blog all using Nokia N93

2007-01-12 Thread Deirdre Straughan
I'd love to see the UI on that - talk about constraints! Maybe next time I'm in the UK... On 1/11/07, Rupert [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: damn! sorry about that - it wasn't up there! I should have checked my blog before posting! i emailed it from my phone and something went wrong, so sorry to

[videoblogging] Re: The audience of ten

2007-01-12 Thread Bill Cammack
--- In videoblogging@yahoogroups.com, jonny goldstein [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Raymond, if you really want to do it for your ten best friends, then password protect it. But I get the feeling that you don't want to be that closed, that you value having people outside your immediate circle of

Re: [videoblogging] Re: The audience of ten

2007-01-12 Thread Jan McLaughlin
Hey, Andrew, I show up at vloggers' houses all the time. Moreover, I expect them to dine and hang out with me and then read me bedtime stories. Road Node 101 kicks. XO, Jan P.S. Of course, I let 'em know I'm coming in advance. On 1/12/07, Andrew [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Putting perhaps a

[videoblogging] SXSW advice

2007-01-12 Thread wjbookman
Yizzo. I'm looking to tap some of the brightest minds in this forum. This goes out to those with the SXSW experience. I'm looking to head out there to produce some video segments for the WILD WORLD OF WEB. I want to cover some of the music bands, big to mid- level filmmakers, and the

[videoblogging] 10 to the 10th..

2007-01-12 Thread Chris Henry
What an excellent idea you have Ray. Chris R. Kristiansen [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hey all, Since I started videoblogging, I have had this mantra about focusing on the audience of ten. To treat the audience of my videoblog as a circle of friends. Friends I would want to show

[videoblogging] Re:What do you want in a player?

2007-01-12 Thread Mike Moon
For me, I'd like to see a player that is compatible with older flash 7. This way the 4 million people (so far) that bought a Nintendo Wii can view it. Simple is good. Mike http://vlog.mikemoon.net --- In videoblogging@yahoogroups.com, Adam Warner [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I would love the

[videoblogging] CES is over

2007-01-12 Thread JV
Man... this was a long week. Thanks to everyone that stopped by, it was a blast. The shows went really well. Even on the last day of the show with Tiki Bar, we had a full audience half an hour after CES was over. Hopefully some business guys came away better educated about web video

[videoblogging] Re: SXSW advice

2007-01-12 Thread Eric Rice
You can survive by not sleeping the entire week, going to every party (which can be as hard as going to every session), and realize you wil have 20,000 81 second conversations. Most of the known blogosphere goes, podcasters, vloggers (now gamers), and tends to be THE save-up-your dough

[videoblogging] Vlog Portal or Individual Sites

2007-01-12 Thread Roger Penguino
Just recently started following vlogging and want to participate in the community. Several sites and personalities which interact in this forum have inspired me to become involved in joining the medium. Have several ideas for areas which are currently off the radar. Since I'm a Psychology major

Re: [videoblogging] Post shot, cut, scored posted to blog all using Nokia N93

2007-01-12 Thread Rupert
The Nokia in-phone editor is not as easy to use as it could be... but it works, as does the wifi email. I'm so pathetically grateful when products allow me to do what I want, even if they're a bit clunky. I guess Apple will build an iMovie into future iPhones, when they add a videocamera.

[videoblogging] Re: The audience of ten

2007-01-12 Thread Mike Moon
Although my vlog's initial intent was to capture a personal video diary, I do share it online with family and friends or others that may stumble across it (stumble to vlog.mikemoon.net). Currently I have about 25 regular viewers, and a small handful of those get involved by leaving comments. I'm

Re: [videoblogging] more iPhones coming?

2007-01-12 Thread groups-yahoo-com
Don't want to be rude, I may be wrong, but I'm not thinking that apple is trying to go after making converts of businesses. That said they're NOT going after RIMM head on. The blackberry is popular with business people, politicians on the hill.. What politician was that just had their self

Re: [videoblogging] more iPhones coming?

2007-01-12 Thread J. Rhett Aultman
Don't want to be rude, I may be wrong, but I'm not thinking that apple is trying to go after making converts of businesses. The thing is, the cellphone business is a pretty low-margin business, and this is actually the highest-yielding market segment. If I had to guess. I'd guess apple is

Re: [videoblogging] Re: Amanda gets tasered at CES

2007-01-12 Thread groups-yahoo-com
I point to my original article on the subject of the so called vlog on abc. http://mmeiser.com/blog/2006/12/amanda-congdons-new-vlog-on-abc-is-not.html Some people mistakenly think I was writing about the definition of what a vlog is because of my unforetunate title... but it is about what is

[videoblogging] Producers Institute For New Technologies

2007-01-12 Thread T . Whid
Sounds like some folks on this list might be interested in this. Apologies if it's a dupe. +++ WITH $450,000 INVESTMENT FROM THE MACARTHUR FOUNDATION, BAVC LAUNCHES THE PRODUCERS INSTITUTE FOR NEW TECHNOLOGIES San Francisco, CA -- The John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation has awarded

[videoblogging] Re: SXSW advice

2007-01-12 Thread Susan
Here here to the lack of sleep. And I'm shelling out the money this year to stay at the Hilton so I don't have far to walk. I'm not staying for the music part, but will be there for the ENTIRE interactive part and not just two days of it like last time! I SO can't wait! Susan

RE: [videoblogging] Re: SXSW advice

2007-01-12 Thread Mike Hudack
Ah, Susan, I think I'm staying in the Hilton too! Sweet! This is going to be a very good SXSW. -Original Message- From: videoblogging@yahoogroups.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Susan Sent: Friday, January 12, 2007 4:35 PM To: videoblogging@yahoogroups.com Subject:

[videoblogging] Worldchanging piece on myheavy, etc.

2007-01-12 Thread Micki Krimmel
Hey folks! As promised, the Worldchanging link: http://www.worldchanging.com/archives/005801.html I'm so happy to be a part of the thoughtful discussions that go on here. We really are at a turning point in media and the efforts of the people in this group are endlessly admirable. Please check

[videoblogging] The Venice Project

2007-01-12 Thread Enric
The founders of Kazaa and Skype4 are hoping that The Venice Project will upend the television experience just as their earlier efforts turned the music and phone businesses on their respective heads.: http://digg.com/tech_news/Inside_The_Venice_Project_Built_On_Mozilla or

Re: [videoblogging] Recommendations for lav mic and lights?

2007-01-12 Thread Peter Leppik
Go to Home Depot or Target and look for halogen work lights. Get a set of two mounted on a tripod. It'll cost something like $40 for the whole kit with 1000W total (two 500-W lights). The halogens are too stark to aim directly at your subject, so aim them up at the ceiling for a very

[videoblogging] Finally! I bought one

2007-01-12 Thread Tony Pelliccio
Picked up a Sanyon Xacti C40. Up until now my main camera was a Vcam Now of all things, I made some decent videos with it but always wanted something better. Through happy coincidence my SO's Olympus FE-100 died and I happened to be in Radio Shack purchasing a jewelers screwdriver kit to take

Re: [videoblogging] more iPhones coming?

2007-01-12 Thread Ryan Ozawa
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 The iPhone seems decicively a consumer product, not a business tool. RIM doesn't need to worry, and PalmOne only insofar as they've only briefly occupied the high-end consumer market. This really is an wide-screen video-capable iPod with a phone

[videoblogging] editing amateur

2007-01-12 Thread Robyn Tippins
OK, I finally broke down and upgraded from Windows Movie Maker to Adobe Premier and I spent a butt-load of time playing with the transitions and trying out picture-in-picture. Whew! If anyone wants to give me some constructive criticism I'd love it. I rather need the help as I'm covering

Re: [videoblogging] Finally! I bought one

2007-01-12 Thread ryanne hodson
YES the xacti c40 or c4 (they are similar) is the camera i have as well! PC users, don't fear the MP4, it can easily be converted to an AVI for use in Windows Movie Maker using the following open source, free programs: MP4Cam2AVI converter http://sourceforge.net/projects/mp4cam2avi/ or MPEG

Re: [videoblogging] The Venice Project

2007-01-12 Thread sull
I received my invite a few days ago. I was very impressed. In fact, it rocked! This should be big. Reminded me to try out Veoh again too. But yeah, the UI was slick and simple and the video was mostly TV quality. Smooth experience. ISPs wont nec like this and it raises the whole net neutrality

[videoblogging] Need hard drive advice

2007-01-12 Thread taulpaulmpls
I've got around $150 to spend on a new external harddrive. I would prefer Firewire 400, and something that has transfer speed to edit video from on my PC laptop. I've been looking at Lacie, what stat do I need to look at? Buffer? rpm's? Any advice is appreciated.

[videoblogging] blip.tv advertising dollars made? bueller?

2007-01-12 Thread Robert
Anyone please care to post your $ stats or number of ad click-throughs from your clips on blip? (with blip blend, pre, mid, post rollers) My blip stats show maybe 300 views, only ~10 post-roll impressions. And no clicks for $. I'm not in it for the $ but enough to buy a sandwich would be

Re: [videoblogging] Re: [video_vertigo] iPhone

2007-01-12 Thread Ryan Ozawa
On 1/11/07, Steve Watkins [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Oh yeah and the supreme arrongance of Apple winds me up - just why did they think they could get away with using the name iPhone when its already been trademarked? I'm an Apple fan, but also felt the same way. It seemed so blatant, so

[videoblogging] Re: Need hard drive advice

2007-01-12 Thread David Howell
You will pay less if you buy an internal hard drive and a external firewire drive case. Just pop open the case and install the HD into it. Your basic 7200 RPM drive will do the job. Actually, since you are in Minneapolis, try going to Microcenter. This drive,

[videoblogging] Re: Need hard drive advice

2007-01-12 Thread francisco_daum
taulpaul, If you want to check out Newegg.com, they carry the Macally PHR-100AF External Firewire 400 hard drive enclosure for $34 (The USB 2/Firewire400 is an extra $5). They also carry the Seagate Barracuda 7200.10 Perpendicular Recording ST3250820A 250GB 7200 RPM 8MB Cache IDE Ultra ATA100

Re: [videoblogging] Re: Need hard drive advice

2007-01-12 Thread Lan Bui
yes, this is good advice. I would recommend doing this to save some money and get as much space as possible. Another great place to look a HDDs is www.newegg.com they have great deals on internal and external drives (as well as enclosures if you go with an bare drive) I stick to the major

[videoblogging] Re: Need hard drive advice

2007-01-12 Thread francisco_daum
taulpaul- USB 2.0 is useless, there's not enough voltage. Firewire 400 is my mainstay. I personally use the Macally PHR-100AF Firewire 400 enclosure. I don't think Maxtor is the best brand out there, I use a couple of Maxtors and Western Digital hard drives. The word on the street as far as lowest

[videoblogging] Re:What do you want in a player?

2007-01-12 Thread Gromik Tohoku
If possible, could blip allow subscribers to upload 200mb files? I was able to upload a 160mb file, but failed with a 189mb file. Cheers, and thanks for asking by the way. Nicolas Gromik Nicolas Tohoku University Sendai, Japan fax=81-22-7647

[videoblogging] Re: Need hard drive advice

2007-01-12 Thread taulpaulmpls
Thanks for all the info guys. It was really helpful. Good ole' Microcenter and newegg. I did a bit of research and ended up getting this AcomData 320gig 7200rpm 8mb cache drive: http://www.amazon.com/o/ASIN/B0009U7YK0/ref=s9_asin_title_1/102-5850982-0062521 Since it is actually coming from

Re: [videoblogging] The Venice Project

2007-01-12 Thread Deirdre Straughan
I tested it a few weeks ago, wasn't thrilled. Another way to put commercial content on my PC. So what? On 1/13/07, sull [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I received my invite a few days ago. I was very impressed. In fact, it rocked! This should be big. Reminded me to try out Veoh again too. But

Re: [videoblogging] Re:What do you want in a player?

2007-01-12 Thread Markus Sandy
Gromik Tohoku wrote: If possible, could blip allow subscribers to upload 200mb files? I was able to upload a 160mb file, but failed with a 189mb file. i think blip.tv allows 1GB uploads -- Markus Sandy http://feeds.feedburner.com/apperceptions http://feeds.feedburner.com/digitaldojo

Re: [videoblogging] vlogspark - where are thou?!?

2007-01-12 Thread Jay dedman
My small collaboration project is having starting difficulties and needs your help ;). Many of you sent me encouraging words about vlogspark, and gave it visibility by linking on your (b)vlogs. But... no collaboration as of yet. So hear me out on this one and show the Portuguese

Re: [videoblogging] New guy on the list

2007-01-12 Thread Jay dedman
We plan to ride from Chi to LA, and I personally plan to vlog the whole thing and try and post every 2 days or so. I also plan to visit some of you vloggers who live along this road and ask you to vlog us (the artist and myself) on our way. How can you help us ? We would like to ride a big

RE: [videoblogging] blip.tv advertising dollars made? bueller?

2007-01-12 Thread Robyn Tippins
Mine are pretty low, but out of my 3712 views, I have 83 impressions. No money earned. Robyn -- Gamingandtech.com From: videoblogging@yahoogroups.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Robert Sent: Friday, January 12, 2007 9:50 PM To: videoblogging@yahoogroups.com Subject: