Re: [videoblogging] MyBlogLog Spam

2007-02-19 Thread Deirdre Straughan
I recently sent them a screen cap of two splogs that appeared in my listing, and haven't seen any since (though that may be coincidence. No correlation with spam that I can see. On 2/18/07, Sanford Dickert [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I am - and I am getting an increase in spam - thought it was

Re: [videoblogging] Re: LisaNova now on Mad TV

2007-02-19 Thread Mike Meiser
Some people might call it destiny or pre-destiny or karma... but I call it syncronicity... or is it the singularity. :) The point is there's a certain sort of inevitability... like a chain reaction when a liquid meats critical mass. When youg get a whole munch of molecules moving really fast and

[videoblogging] Re: Video Blog File Type Recommendation Request

2007-02-19 Thread Mike Moon
For me, I default to .MP4, with links to .WMV and .FLV. .MP4 as that is how Ulead names it for the iTunes/Mac compatibility type. I have a few friends and family watch my vlog and no sense having them installing Quicktime to view my ramblings, so I offer .WMV and .FLV for good rounded

Re: [videoblogging] The audience of ten

2007-02-19 Thread Mike Meiser
On 1/11/07, 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 what's going on in my life at the point. I have

[videoblogging] Re: Elura 100 vs. Xacti C40 (and hello!)

2007-02-19 Thread Mike Moon
Hey there, I just picked up a Xacti C40 a couple weeks ago as my MiniDV didn't like the cold weather (upwards of -30c). Like you I used a wideangle lens on my MiniDV. On the plus side I like the Xacti for it's small size, crisp video - even in low light and file format (.MP4). It's menu system

Re: [videoblogging] Video Blog File Type Recommendation Request

2007-02-19 Thread Deirdre Straughan
I have more or less settled on the following, which I believe gives me the best possible distribution with least possible effort: FLV for viewing in a Flash viewer on my web page SWF for viewing/download in some RSS feeds (I compress both of these from raw DV/AVI with an old Flash edition of

Re: [videoblogging] The audience of ten

2007-02-19 Thread Jan McLaughlin
You can make blogger blogs public or accessable only by authors or by only people I choose. Is that enough? Jan On 2/19/07, Mike Meiser [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On 1/11/07, R. Kristiansen [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hey all, Since I started videoblogging, I have had this mantra about

Re: [videoblogging] Re: FireAnt.tv video thumbnails

2007-02-19 Thread Andreas Haugstrup Pedersen
Den 19.02.2007 kl. 13:00 skrev Mike Meiser [EMAIL PROTECTED]: Having some sort of wrapper around it is optional. Optional for the author, but it must be required of the parser that it understands the wrapper. Otherwise it will not be able to match thumbnails to video files (or blog posts)

[videoblogging] question about fireant

2007-02-19 Thread amani_c
I haven't subscribed or signed up with fireant, what are the advantages, and does it help increase traffic or subscriptions? ac myurbanreport http://www.myurbanreport.com/ [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]

[videoblogging] Re: Elura 100 vs. Xacti C40 (and hello!)

2007-02-19 Thread bordercollieaustralianshepherd
Mike The VR feature is pretty cool. The rotation was fluid. I found a refrence to the software smoothing out the pan. But could not find the online help for Motion Director. http://www.sanyo-xacti.com/support/manuals/CA6_Software_GB.pdf How long did it take to convert? How much hands on does the

[videoblogging] Joost for Mac build pulled

2007-02-19 Thread Bill Cammack
--- In videoblogging@yahoogroups.com, Jay dedman [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Do you email anyone you are going to link to? Jay -- Here I am http://jaydedman.com I just linked to you without emailing you... because I don't care! :D

[videoblogging] Making Video Go Viral

2007-02-19 Thread savetheshelter
Hello from Canada, This is a great reource for video bloggers. I work for a registered charitable organization which operates a Youth Resource Centre and Emergency Shelter, which is facing closure due to loss of funding. We have created a WordPress blog to assist us in increasing awareness and

Re: [videoblogging] Re: I am so disappointed in You all.

2007-02-19 Thread Josh Leo
I don't check the group very often, and read maybe 3 emails out of 50, so i probably skipped over your first one I think your methods for motivation are not thought out... Here is what you did: 1. insulted an entire country 2. insulted the videobloggers in that country 3. insulted the yahoo

Re: [videoblogging] Re: I am so disappointed in You all.

2007-02-19 Thread Deirdre Straughan
Red Nose day is meaningless in the US. I happen to be in the UK right this moment so I know that it's a big deal here - you can buy red noses everywhere (at least 60p to charity) etc. but it's a strictly British institution and you can't expect Americans to even have heard of it. Everyone is

[videoblogging] Re: a gentle suggestion

2007-02-19 Thread johnleeke
I agree. On my screen sometimes the font is LESS than 1/16 high by actual measurement. John squinty Leeke

[videoblogging] content-recognition software

2007-02-19 Thread bordercollieaustralianshepherd
Some of what I have in the way of raw video I considered posting to a service like spin or jumpcut and let others have at it. This seems to have a chance of allowing us to track where clips end up. What are your thoughts? I grabbed a couple of links to add pro/con here:

Re: [videoblogging] Re: I am so disappointed in You all.

2007-02-19 Thread Jan McLaughlin
Yup. That's it, Josh. As a recovering masochist, this tactic rests particularly uneasily in my psyche. Do you see how it comes off, Paul? Marketing by insult doesn't work. Jan On 2/19/07, Josh Leo [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I don't check the group very often, and read maybe 3 emails out of

[videoblogging] Re: LisaNova now on Mad TV

2007-02-19 Thread Andy Carvin
--- In videoblogging@yahoogroups.com, Mike Meiser I've been meaning to bug Andy Carvin about this as he's working with NPR on their new media strategy... or as I like to put it... on finding new ways to interact with the people formerly known as the audience. Hopefully Andy's listening

[videoblogging] Jarvis critiques McCain vids

2007-02-19 Thread Dave Huth
Jeff Jarvis tries to get through to McCain. http://www.buzzmachine.com/index.php/2007/02/19/2514/ His main critique is that McCain is simply putting up standard longer format campaign ads on YouTube, rarther than try to engage anyone in conversation. I must say when I heard the dramatic

[videoblogging] Re: The audience of ten

2007-02-19 Thread Andy Carvin
Ultimately blogging and vlogging has rested on obscurity to do this. For example... to pick on Andy Carvin... if the pictures in his photo feed or blog feed were of cats and babies I figured pretty much they werent' for me... and skipped right over them... but if they were of vloggers and

RE: [videoblogging] MyBlogLog Spam

2007-02-19 Thread Beth Kanter
Deirdre: Mr. Online-Pharmacy and Mr. Free Ipod Phone have paid me a visit and if you follow the link to Mr. Online-Pharmacy's profile, you'll see that some other people thank them for visiting. Others tell them to F off. http://beth.typepad.com/beths_blog/2007/02/yuck_they_have_.html

Re: [videoblogging] Re: sound/mic help? (SOLUTION!)

2007-02-19 Thread Halcyon
You are a genius! I have a stereo sony mic and tried that. I think it's gonna work (better at least). I'll also try to pick up a 2 mono imputs-to-stereo plug converter, too. THANK YOU On 2/18/07, Bill Cammack [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: From that video you made, it looks like you're using

Re: [videoblogging] Re: I am so disappointed in You all.

2007-02-19 Thread Paul Knight
You know Jan and Josh, I typed a really good come back for that, but to be fair I couldn't be bothered to post it as it will only be ignored anyway. I have had some positive feedback from this, not as much as a galacticast episode yet, but it's getting there, lol. Many thanks to those who

[videoblogging] Re: sound/mic help? (SOLUTION!)

2007-02-19 Thread Bill Cammack
You're welcome. :) --- In videoblogging@yahoogroups.com, Halcyon [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: You are a genius! I have a stereo sony mic and tried that. I think it's gonna work (better at least). I'll also try to pick up a 2 mono imputs-to-stereo plug converter, too. THANK YOU On

[videoblogging] Re: LisaNova now on Mad TV

2007-02-19 Thread Darren Winkler Darren Scott
Has it occured to anyone else that this seems like just another attempt by the LisaNova machine to get more exposure by using the big profile bloggers in this group? I am not a conspiracy person at all but why are we talking about this YouTuber? Like most people who have seen her, i went to her

Re: [videoblogging] Re: LisaNova now on Mad TV

2007-02-19 Thread schlomo rabinowitz
I don't know if there is some conspiracy afoot, but personally, I've only heard of her in articles. I've never seen her stuff. I have always believed that there is a nationwide conspiracy to Bring Love Back To The Children, though, which I believe started with Jim Henson and almost died with

[videoblogging] Re: LisaNova now on Mad TV

2007-02-19 Thread bestdamntechshow
LisaNova tried out for MadTV some time ago and didn't get the nod. She has a bunch of subscribers on her YouTube channel, went back to MadTV and they hired her.Congrats to her, but other than that, this isn't a huge story. Not to sound like a hater, but this might be a bigger story if it

[videoblogging] Re: Joost for Mac in Beta

2007-02-19 Thread Ryan Kawailani Ozawa
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Woo! I may have gotten in through the generosity of a Mac-friendly Jooster, and if so, and if I ultimately find invites of my own to share, I certainly will pass on the love here on the list. Interestingly, mere hours before I got in the door, the

Re: [videoblogging] Re: Joost for Mac in Beta

2007-02-19 Thread sull
works as good as the pc version. On 2/19/07, Ryan Kawailani Ozawa [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Woo! I may have gotten in through the generosity of a Mac-friendly Jooster, and if so, and if I ultimately find invites of my own to share, I

[videoblogging] Re: I am so disappointed in You all.

2007-02-19 Thread humancloner1997
Josh, you can be critical of emotional responses someone expresses in frustration over pressing issues of life and death. However, you really violate social civility by imputing evil intentions to an expressed passion to do good and save lives. --- In videoblogging@yahoogroups.com, Josh Leo

[videoblogging] Re: Your blogs, my friends?

2007-02-19 Thread Bill Streeter
I just launched BillStreeter.net but it still needs some work. But I plan on blogging some of my production notes there as well as random bullshit that I think of. I am still tweeking the theme so be gentle. I also need to fill out the blogroll--It's a work in progress. Bill Streeter LO-FI

[videoblogging] Youtube event in SF

2007-02-19 Thread Jay dedman
did anyone on this list go to the Youtube event in SF? http://tinyurl.com/36yefy Its very cool when people start meeting each other in person. The good news for those who fear that technology is eroding personal interaction is that many of the attendees said they came specifically for some

Re: [videoblogging] Youtube event in SF

2007-02-19 Thread schlomo rabinowitz
I had a really good time. Kairsten and I went down to Pier 39, on a pretty sunny afternoon, and talked YouTube with a bunch of folks. They had a scavenger hunt that didn't seem to ever get started, because everyone seems to enjoy just talking and meeting each other. Had a good talk with Mark

Re: [videoblogging] Re: I am so disappointed in You all.

2007-02-19 Thread Markus Sandy
On Feb 19, 2007, at 9:04 AM, Paul Knight wrote: Many thanks to those who have sent money to the charity, and to those who have sponsored me through http://myrednoseday.com/pjkproductions site on the Comic Relief website. i clicked on the above link but kept getting an error message

Re: [videoblogging] Re: I am so disappointed in You all.

2007-02-19 Thread Paul Knight
Yes Markus, For some strange reason it happens to me to, could it be the server is down or something like that? But thanks for publishing the donate page, that's really nice of you. Just my luck that the server would go down just when I wanted to use it as proof, but hey, these things

[videoblogging] improving on havemoneywillvlog

2007-02-19 Thread Mike Meiser
Howdy All, Was just doing some research on social capital and I stumbled upon Pledgebank.com. Excitement ensues... It occurs to me that while it could be used as an even more open alternative to HaveMoneyWillVlog it could also be used quite effectively in tandem with havemoneywillvlog. I'm

[videoblogging] Re: Elura 100 vs. Xacti C40 (and hello!)

2007-02-19 Thread Mike Moon
The Motion Director software was very easy to use. 1) Select the video, 2) Adjust the last frame of the video that generally is the same as the start 3) Processes the video, took about 5 minutes to go through the 1400+ frames 4) Then it gave me the option to fine tune the matching overlapping

Re: [videoblogging] Youtube event in SF

2007-02-19 Thread groups-yahoo-com
Cool. I'd love to see videos Schlomo. I'd love to hear people wax poetic about why they love youtube. Especially since I'm an old foggy and don't get these new kids. :) Consider it ethnography -Mike On 2/19/07, schlomo rabinowitz [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I had a really good time. Kairsten

Re: [videoblogging] improving on havemoneywillvlog

2007-02-19 Thread Michael Verdi
Hey Mike, I agree that the type of pledging that can be done with Pledge Bank sounds fun and could be good to add to HMWV. I just want to clear up what sounds like some misconceptions you have about HMWV's openness and transparency. To be clear HMWV is open - anyone can join the advocates group -

Re: [videoblogging] improving on havemoneywillvlog

2007-02-19 Thread Mike Meiser
On 2/19/07, Michael Verdi [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hey Mike, I agree that the type of pledging that can be done with Pledge Bank sounds fun and could be good to add to HMWV. I just want to clear up what sounds like some misconceptions you have about HMWV's openness and transparency. To be

Re: [videoblogging] improving on havemoneywillvlog

2007-02-19 Thread Michael Verdi
And you're missing that anyone can load up the plugin on a wordpress blog and start their own project on a moments notice - forget about HMWV and the advocates group. Half of the point is to show that it can be done so others can replicate it. - Verdi On 2/19/07, Mike Meiser [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: [videoblogging] improving on havemoneywillvlog

2007-02-19 Thread Mike Meiser
On 2/19/07, sull [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hey Mike, I remember finding PledgeBank.com. I mentioned it on the HMWV list: http://groups.google.com/group/hmwv/browse_thread/thread/cbe351cc79e980d0/ Funny, I must see if I'm subscribed to HMWV because I did a gmail search and found no mention of

Re: [videoblogging] The audience of ten

2007-02-19 Thread Mike Meiser
On 2/19/07, Jan McLaughlin [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: You can make blogger blogs public or accessable only by authors or by only people I choose. Is that enough? No, not good enough. I think the closes we've come is yahoo groups, or flickr groups. You can invite a bunch of members and speak

[videoblogging] Re: The audience of ten

2007-02-19 Thread Steve Watkins
Do youtube groups count as this sort of thing? And things like the Organic Groups stuff for Drupal. Yahoo groups and similar are more than just direct speaking through email, in the sense that the messages are on the web too and can be set to be fully public, as with this group. Cheers Steve

Re: [videoblogging] Youtube event in SF

2007-02-19 Thread Irina
yeah i wanna hear what they like about YouTube On 2/19/07, [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Cool. I'd love to see videos Schlomo. I'd love to hear people wax poetic about why they love youtube. Especially since I'm an old foggy and don't get these new kids. :) Consider it

[videoblogging] thoughts on this?

2007-02-19 Thread Robyn Tippins
url: http://www.marketingvox.com/archives/2007/02/19/advertisers-seek-but-cant-fi nd-enough-online-video/?rss1 Advertisers Seek but Can't Find Enough Online Video Despite marketers' desire to buy ads within online video, they are having a tough time expanding into the format, reports

RE: [videoblogging] Re: thoughts on this?

2007-02-19 Thread Robyn Tippins
Ha ha, thanks Bill, I thought I was finally getting it right. Darn. Robyn _ From: videoblogging@yahoogroups.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Bill Cammack Sent: Monday, February 19, 2007 9:43 PM To: videoblogging@yahoogroups.com Subject: [videoblogging] Re: thoughts on

[videoblogging] NYC meet up

2007-02-19 Thread Jay dedman
Markus, Ryanne, and I will be in NYC this week. Thursday-Sunday. we'll be running a workshop at the NYC Grassroots Film Festival: http://www.momentshowing.net/momentshowing/2007/02/nyc_grassroots_.html Everyone is welcome to the event. Be a good place to share the knowledge. Anyway...we'd love to

[videoblogging] call it a podcast or a vlog?

2007-02-19 Thread Bill Shackelford
What is the correct terminology for a video feed? Call it a 'podcast' or a 'vlog'? Does it matter? Also, what do I do with 'vblog' :)

[videoblogging] Re: call it a podcast or a vlog?

2007-02-19 Thread Gena
Bill, the short answer is anything you want to This has to rank as one of the most contentious questions the group deals with from time to time. Last I heard the following terms were/have been used: vlog vidcast vidpodcast podcast v-cast vodcast video internet tv internet video web video on a

Re: [videoblogging] call it a podcast or a vlog?

2007-02-19 Thread Paul Knight
Oh this old chestnut, not everyone likes to think their show is a videoblog or vlog, some have dragged themselves from the audio and make video podcasts instead, since portable media players such as ipods and alike came out its made it possible for vlogs and video podcasts and indeed

[videoblogging] Re: call it a podcast or a vlog?

2007-02-19 Thread Bill Shackelford
lol.. I will go with 'podcast' or make up a new word classify my feed :) - Bill --- In videoblogging@yahoogroups.com, Paul Knight [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Oh this old chestnut, not everyone likes to think their show is a videoblog or vlog, some have dragged themselves from the audio and