[videoblogging] What makes vlogs load more quickly?

2005-08-12 Thread Randolfe Wicker
I just joined. I'm getting a new Mac to edit and begin a vlog. I notice some vlogs load very quickly while others take forever. What makes a vlog load quickly? [EMAIL PROTECTED] SPONSORED LINKS Individual

Re: [videoblogging] Seattle: Meet The Vloggers Videos Now On Google

2005-08-13 Thread Randolfe Wicker
I have the same problem. However, yesterday I managed to see the first clip but couldn't open any after that. I downloaded the free Quicktime7. Does it matter if you are using Internet Explorer or Mozilla as your browser? - Original Message - From: Markus Sandy To:

Re: [videoblogging] Seattle: Meet The Vloggers Videos Now On Google

2005-08-13 Thread Randolfe Wicker
After many fruitless efforts on other posted links, this one in Jay's email worked and enabled me to play the second segment. However, when I went back and tried to get it to work for the third and final segment, it didn't work. Does Google make it so that you can only use a link for one

Re: [videoblogging] Re: Seattle: Meet The Vloggers Videos Now On Google

2005-08-13 Thread Randolfe Wicker
Jack, Your link just took me to Yahoo to sign in. However, the directions: "You can also access the video by going to:video.google.comsearch - meet the vloggersclick on an image to watch clipNOTE: Google requires that you download a "player" inorder to watch videos on their servers. The

Re: [videoblogging] Questions Regarding Sponsorships, Underwriting, Ads, and Rates, etc.

2005-08-13 Thread Randolfe Wicker
Michael Verdi's critique about "making a buck" podcasting or vlogging is understandably paranoid. In most media, the bland and the bad crowd out the unique and the good. I heard my first critique about using vlogging to make money last night at a "special event" at the Apple Store in

Re: [videoblogging] I Vlog. ~Cause I feel like I finally found the INTENET. I love you INTERNET.

2005-08-13 Thread Randolfe Wicker
Juan, You just caused me to create a new folder in my vlog master-folder entitled "Inspirational Vlogs". - Original Message - From: juan gonzalez To: videoblogging@yahoogroups.com Sent: Saturday, August 13, 2005 6:41 PM Subject: [videoblogging] I Vlog.

Re: [videoblogging] Questions Regarding Sponsorships, Underwriting, Ads, and Rates, etc.

2005-08-14 Thread Randolfe Wicker
Andrew, before I found this group I spent about a week exploring vlogs on the Internet. Rocketboom was one of vlogs which stood out as being sophisticated and professional. I'm sure you will have a rapidly growing audience as you continue. In fact, I suspect you might find yourself

[videoblogging] Politics calling??

2005-08-15 Thread Randolfe Wicker
There is going to hundreds of demonstrations this Wednesday in support of Cindy Sheehan's mother who has been camping outside President Bush's ranch asking to talk with him about her child's death in the Iraq war. Any vloggers interested in this might consider covering the local event

Re: [videoblogging] stats

2005-08-15 Thread Randolfe Wicker
I can't give you the source but somewhere I saw a figure that said there were 1100 vloggers worldwide. However, Steven says last January only 38% of Internet users even knew what a blog was. The fact that today there are 14.2 million bloggers (40,000 new ones daily) shows how much growth

[videoblogging] Getting Camp Casey to load.

2005-08-15 Thread Randolfe Wicker
Anyone who had trouble reaching Jack Olmstead's link, "A video walk through Camp Casey" has to copy both the underscored blue line and then paste it along with the second line which says "casey512K.mov" attached for the movie to load. It's a pretty long video. Most interesting segment is

Re: [videoblogging] Re: Politics calling??

2005-08-15 Thread Randolfe Wicker
Thank you, Andreas. I find I'm virtually "living" here today but it is like being in school. Because people like yourself are willing to share, those of us who need to learn can manage to do so. You and a few others contribute very valuable help here. Thank you again. - Original

Re: [videoblogging] Questions Regarding Sponsorships, Underwriting, Ads, and Rates, etc.

2005-08-16 Thread Randolfe Wicker
 At age sixty-seven, I have already made some choices. I gave up working in the arts about thirty years ago because I was so tired of being poor. I went into retailing and at least was my own boss and captain of my own ship. I didn't make nearly as much money as I hoped. However, I had a

Re: [videoblogging] video from a webcam

2005-08-17 Thread Randolfe Wicker
Will filters take out noises caused by wind? I have some great tape didn't realize the zoom mike was so sensitive to the wind when it was held at a certain angle. - Original Message - From: Jan To: videoblogging@yahoogroups.com Sent: Tuesday, August 16, 2005 1:10

Re: [videoblogging] Re: Advice needed on computer and camera purchase

2005-08-18 Thread Randolfe Wicker
needed on computer and camera purchase --- In videoblogging@yahoogroups.com, Randolfe Wicker [EMAIL PROTECTED]...wrote: I am having great difficulty deciding what level of computer Ishould buy. My current Gateway computer is seven years old anddoesn't have the capacity to either pr

Re: [videoblogging] New High Definition Vlog.

2005-08-18 Thread Randolfe Wicker
I only saw one or two images and heard the music and soundtrack. The file was large so maybe my computer didn't download things properly. - Original Message - From: kylefasanella To: videoblogging@yahoogroups.com Sent: Thursday, August 18, 2005 4:40 PM

Re: [videoblogging] Advice needed on computer and camera purchase

2005-08-19 Thread Randolfe Wicker
Jen, thank you for the advice. I just got back from the "Genius Bar" at the Apple Store in SoHo. I went over what I wanted to do. The "genius" made a pretty good case along the lines you outlined. First, he said the dual 2.3 (2.4?) dual drives were much better than the 2.0 ones and the

Re: [videoblogging] FireAnt

2005-08-19 Thread Randolfe Wicker
Bev, with Windows XP I just click the space on the blue bar across the bottom of the screen(which is really the link for that window)and click "close". What I haven't figured out to do on vlogs I watch through the FireANT list is how to go back to place a comment after the video has

[videoblogging] Creating your own tutorials files from this group

2005-08-20 Thread Randolfe Wicker
Manypostings ago, someone raised the question about the "breakdown" in this group in terms of interests --filmmaking, content, personal communication, etc. That conversation ended up being mostly about the gender and ages of those involved. I have found reading the postings here every day

Re: [videoblogging] Rocketboom on CBS News

2005-08-20 Thread Randolfe Wicker
I told Andrew last Sunday at the NYC meeting that he would be famous before he realized it. That seems to be an understatement. I don't know about $250,000.00 a year. That is actually frightening if it isn't just hype. Vlogging will soon be flooded with copycats looking to make big bucks

[videoblogging] Subscribing to vlogs?

2005-08-20 Thread Randolfe Wicker
I don't want to appear ignorant here. However, something Kunga said strikes me as too important to let pass without comment: "The sooner the masses understand that Web Video is a SUBSCRIPTION thing they don't have to go get manually, the better it will be for all of us." I have FireANT

Re: [videoblogging] Hey, Andrew....pssst.

2005-08-20 Thread Randolfe Wicker
one. Pay more."http://fauxpress.blogspot.com - motionhttp://blog.urbanartadventures.com - soundhttp://vlogpresskit.blogspot.com - mediahttp://the-hold.blogspot.com - literature.On Aug 20, 2005, at 10:15 PM, Randolfe Wicker wrote: I'm not a linguist. Jan, you know I love your site

Re: [videoblogging] Rocketboom on CBS News

2005-08-21 Thread Randolfe Wicker
://gizmoproject.com kungax (Skype) http://skype.com kungag5 (iChat-AIM) http://www.aim.com http://FutureMedia.org http://videopodcaster.blogspot.com/ http://feeds.feedburner.com/FutureMedia On Aug 20, 2005, at 6:24 PM, Randolfe Wicker wrote: I don't know about $250,000.00 a year. That is actually

Re: [videoblogging] yahoo ads?

2005-08-26 Thread Randolfe Wicker
Jonny Goldstein, that Yahoo ad salesman saw what a hilarious entertainer you are. Probably figured you were going to soon be discovered. Of course, it is worth talking to this person--if only to see what they are up to. Maybe, it's just a scam to try to sell you one of their ads instead.

[videoblogging] Importance of Pixel Format in LCD panels

2005-08-26 Thread Randolfe Wicker
I would like to know people's experience when using a LCD panel with 1280X1024 vertical strip with a Mac computer? Apple's LCD monitors have a higher count (something like 1600X1200). Does this really make a big enough difference (and what kind of difference) to justify Apple's price

Re: [videoblogging] Re: Two Posts Today Both Came In Automatically

2005-08-26 Thread Randolfe Wicker
I don't understand the discussion about a picture attached to email postings here. I don't get any photos with posts. Is that something my computer is automatically filtering out? I'm using a PC at the moment with XP and Outlook Express. - Original Message - From: Steve

Re: [videoblogging] Re: business week article

2005-08-26 Thread Randolfe Wicker
I posted a comment on the Business Week article. Others should do likewise. I was surprised at how much work and rehearsal went into the daily Rocketboom Show. I always admired their polish. I just never realized that "polish" is 99% perspiration and 1% inspiration. Rocketboom's

Re: [videoblogging] vlogger road trip 2005

2005-08-26 Thread Randolfe Wicker
Philip Clark's idea of creating "vlog shows" is really a great way to promote vlogging. In fact, someone should start creating "vlog shows" on the Internet so some of us can find "providers" or "selectors" that gather the kind of stuff we like. - Original Message - From:

Re: [videoblogging] Re: Consumer goods vloggers need!

2005-08-29 Thread Randolfe Wicker
Devlon, I think the t-shirt market is very age-limited. Those who look best in t-shirts are usually in their teens and twenties. Most vloggers are more middle-aged. Buttons are cheaper and are easily worn by all. However, I think vlogging mousepads would have a universal appeal since

Re: [videoblogging] Electric Verdi

2005-08-29 Thread Randolfe Wicker
rdi the worst part is that actually I would go and shell out money forthat t-shirt.we are such cultists :)Best, Raymond M. Kristiansenanother verdi fanOn 8/29/05, Randolfe Wicker [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: That image would make a great t-shirt. YAHOO! GROUPS LINKS

Re: [videoblogging] Re: Electric Verdi

2005-08-29 Thread Randolfe Wicker
OTECTED]... wrote: the worst part is that actually I would go and shell out money for that t-shirt. we are such cultists :) Best, Raymond M. Kristiansen another verdi fan On 8/29/05, Randolfe Wicker [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:That image would make a great t-shirt.

Re: [videoblogging] Re: Consumer goods vloggers need!

2005-08-29 Thread Randolfe Wicker
"Just Vlog It" sounds like an announcement posted outside a complaint bureau implying "get lost" or "go f*** yourself". - Original Message - From: Kunga To: videoblogging@yahoogroups.com Sent: Monday, August 29, 2005 1:38 AM Subject: Re: [videoblogging] Re:

Re: [videoblogging] Re: business week article

2005-08-29 Thread Randolfe Wicker
-In-Chief, VidcasterSanta Cruz CA, Beach of the Silicon Valleyhttp://FutureMedia.orgOn Aug 26, 2005, at 6:59 PM, Randolfe Wicker wrote: I posted a comment on the Business Week article. Others should do likewise. YAHOO! GROUPS LINKS Visit your group "videoblo

Re: [videoblogging] Re: business week article

2005-08-29 Thread Randolfe Wicker
New Media Publisher, Editor-In-Chief, VidcasterSanta Cruz CA, Beach of the Silicon Valleyhttp://FutureMedia.orgOn Aug 29, 2005, at 12:46 PM, Randolfe Wicker wrote: I checked out the article today because I wanted to see what you said. There were only about six comments (including my own). I

Re: [videoblogging] Re: Consumer goods vloggers need!

2005-08-29 Thread Randolfe Wicker
That's a very good point. "Videoblogging" is actually self explanatory. It defines itself. For promotional purposes, it would be the best term to use. "Vlog" and "vlogging" are really new insider terminology at this point. People promoting their vlogs might be well advised to invite

Re: [videoblogging] Fwd: Invitation JACK KEROUAC VIDEO FESTIVAL

2005-08-29 Thread Randolfe Wicker
That's a great suggestion. I happen to have an audio-tape of a telephone conversation between Kerouac and Alan Ginsberg --a few short sections of which could be dropped in for special effects. I bought it from a junkie named Hunkie back in the late 1960s. Instead of giving him money,

Re: [videoblogging] Re: Electric Verdi

2005-08-29 Thread Randolfe Wicker
see if we can get some sort of deal. Never hurts to ask! schlomo http://schlomolog.blogspot.com http://webzine2005.com -- we've been boingboinged! --- In videoblogging@yahoogroups.com, Randolfe Wicker [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: There are places in NYC (and probably online) that m

Re: [videoblogging] Fwd: Invitation JACK KEROUAC VIDEO FESTIVAL

2005-08-29 Thread Randolfe Wicker
It doesn't have to be made for this festival. It could always be submitted next year. The idea of making a documentary in "the spirit" of "On The Road" is a great idea. It would work in any venue or any film festival. - Original Message - From: Michael Verdi To:

[videoblogging] When your video phone gets stolen!

2005-08-29 Thread Randolfe Wicker
This story was too precious not to share: Camera Phone Has Life After Theft (Security Blanket 2:00 a.m. PDT)http://www.wired.com/news/privacy/0,1848,68668,00.html?tw=newsletter_topstories_asciiAfter a New York man's cell phone goes missing, he logs onto hisSprint phone's website and sees

Re: [videoblogging] Re: Consumer goods vloggers need!

2005-08-29 Thread Randolfe Wicker
groups.com Sent: Monday, August 29, 2005 1:24 PM Subject: Re: [videoblogging] Re: Consumer goods vloggers need! ""Most vloggers are more middle-aged."Where did that statistic come from? Also, what is your definition of"middle-aged"?Timrealitysandwich.typepa

Re: [videoblogging] Fwd: Invitation JACK KEROUAC VIDEO FESTIVAL

2005-08-29 Thread Randolfe Wicker
ogspot.com - literature. - Original Message - From: Randolfe Wicker To: videoblogging@yahoogroups.com Sent: Monday, August 29, 2005 7:06 PM Subject: Re: [videoblogging] Fwd: Invitation JACK KEROUAC VIDEO FESTIVAL That's a great suggestion

[videoblogging] How will vloggers differ from bloggers.

2005-08-30 Thread Randolfe Wicker
Studies of bloggers show them to be younger, wealthier and high speed connected to the Internet. A study which can be accessed at the link below explores such interesting details as the most popular "blogs" being political, hip lifestyle, tech and those by women. I wonder if these trends

Re: [videoblogging] Road Node Badge Design

2005-08-31 Thread Randolfe Wicker
Jan, have you considered making the "0" in either/or/both "node" and "101" a camera lens? in the design at: http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/732/403/320/road_node1.jpg - Original Message - From: Jan To: videoblogging@yahoogroups.com Sent: Wednesday, August 31,

Re: [videoblogging] re: CafePress

2005-09-01 Thread Randolfe Wicker
Michael, T-shirts can be silk-screened and anyone in the graphic arts and silk-screening can make really nice shirts in limited numbers. A friend of mine is bringing me information about a place on St. Marks Place in NYC that can put any design on any shirt. I'll pass along that

Re: [videoblogging] Road Node Badge Design

2005-09-01 Thread Randolfe Wicker
I like the design that Joel did very much. However, I think he chose "elegance" over message insofar as the camera lens is not "camera Lensie" enough to make it stand out as a distinct camera lens. I am no artist and no designer. I'm just someone who offers his honest opinion. By making

Re: [videoblogging] Re: 4 million potential vloggers in the US alone

2005-09-01 Thread Randolfe Wicker
The big difference between learning PC usage and how to access the Internet and vlogging is that vlogging is a self-perpetuating medium. What Michael Verdi and others are doing at Freevlog means countless people can master vlogging without having to leave their house and find classes

Re: [videoblogging] Sept 2: International Blogging for Disaster Relief Day

2005-09-01 Thread Randolfe Wicker
I have been appalled by phone calls to C-Span's Washington Journal where many say: "Shoot those looters!" Even with the general media's coverage of this disaster, you can get a glimpse of the personal horror many are experiencing. A woman's husband dies and is lying by the Expressway and

Re: [videoblogging] Road Node Badge Design

2005-09-01 Thread Randolfe Wicker
11:37 AM Subject: Re: [videoblogging] Road Node Badge Design Thursday, September 1, 2005, 4:09:01 PM, Randolfe Wicker wrote: I like the design that Joel did very much. However, I think he chose "elegance" over message insofar as the camera lens is not "camera

Re: [videoblogging] How to have a group conversation...was Re: Narrowing Our View Of Video Blogging?

2005-09-01 Thread Randolfe Wicker
Taylor, I do not think you post too much. You are one of the most informed and authoritative voices here. In fact, your advice regarding LCD monitors (ans to my posted query) was invaluable to me. I think the volume of posts here are a problem. My email is virtually overwhelmed. It will

Re: [videoblogging] Vimeo now has enclosures

2005-09-02 Thread Randolfe Wicker
Jakob, when I clicked http://www.vimeo.com/user=jakob/clips/rssit took forever to load, then seemed to freeze my computer. After using cntrl,alt delete, I tried to "end now" and "cancel". At that point, the address loaded but it was only a screen filled with code. I'm using a cable

Re: [videoblogging] Katrina video

2005-09-04 Thread Randolfe Wicker
Listening to "Drinking with Bob" videos is enough to drive anyone to drink. I liked his take on this one. I wonder if he got his "delivery" idea from those "Crazy Eddie" commercials some years ago. His technique is great for grabbing your attention. Then you are happy his vlogs end in

Re: [videoblogging] Katrina video i like

2005-09-04 Thread Randolfe Wicker
I watched the video and liked it as well. Perhaps I don't know to work the system. I really looked for a place to leave a comment and found none. When it comes to "adding" to one's buddies list or "subscribing to feeds" I think a lot of things like this are assumed to be understood by new

Re: [videoblogging] Permission Forms

2005-09-04 Thread Randolfe Wicker
If you really want to have yourself covered, you can check out the required release forms from Current TV. However, I think Current's paperwork would discourage most vloggers. You only need releases if you hope to circulate the interviews commercially via TV or film. Verbal consent to be

[videoblogging] Various types of permission forms

2005-09-04 Thread Randolfe Wicker
When interviewing people for use in mass media, it is best to get a signed release. If you are interviewing many people at a public fair or something, it is easiest to have a release form with several lines for several people to sign it. I have found that people will sign a long form more

[videoblogging] Multiple personal release form

2005-09-05 Thread Randolfe Wicker
Without splitting hairs about the ethics of filming people and putting them on vlogs, I thought it would be worthwhile to share with you a form I have been using for the past few months. This form is copied from the release forms used by a major television network. I'm sure that their

[videoblogging] Location release form

2005-09-05 Thread Randolfe Wicker
This is a location release form which is also a copy of a form used by one (or all) major TV producers. *** XXFilms Location and Property Release This Location and

[videoblogging] Public notice release form

2005-09-05 Thread Randolfe Wicker
Below is a copy of a public notice posted by a large commercial TV channel conducting interviews and filming at a Gay Pride festival. You can adopt it to your own ends. Paste this notice and then be sure you have video footage showing it was posted and people had notice that the area was

Re: [videoblogging] VIDEO: Charmaine Neville: A Hero From from New Orleans

2005-09-05 Thread Randolfe Wicker
This was really interesting testimony. It gave a rational explanation of the apparently irrational behavior as to why some might have fired guns--to get attention. It made no sense to me that someone would shoot the people who were the only ones capable of saving them. Now, stories like

[videoblogging] Great copyright information.

2005-09-05 Thread Randolfe Wicker
] Various types of permission forms On 9/4/05, Randolfe Wicker [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: The nice thing about vlogging is you get to bypass all of this.Randolfe, exactly what makes you say so? I mean, it's not like you can claim you're not "publishing" the footage. Ju

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

2005-09-05 Thread Randolfe Wicker
I agree with Michael. Nothing works better when you are faced with thousands of poor people without money or jobs than exporting them to neighboring cities and states. It is like passing the poor around and sharing what should be your burden with the world at large. I hope citizen

Re: [videoblogging] Various types of permission forms

2005-09-06 Thread Randolfe Wicker
uot; nonsense. That is one of the nice things about the netherworld vlogosphere that we inhabit. - Original Message - From: Adrian Miles To: videoblogging@yahoogroups.com Sent: Tuesday, September 06, 2005 6:29 AM Subject: Re: [videoblogging] Various

Re: [videoblogging] Various types of permission forms

2005-09-06 Thread Randolfe Wicker
r the compilations I use to dub on my tape deck and hand out tofriends, or the cover I play at a local pub...You get the point.On 6/9/05 8:29 PM, "Adrian Miles" [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: around the 5/9/05 Randolfe Wicker mentioned about Re: [videoblogging] Variou

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

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

2005-09-06 Thread Randolfe Wicker
he infotainment juggernaut is willing to supply." So, Andreas, I always like reading what you have to say. Have I answered some of your questions? I certainly hope so..or at least given this conversation a direction that you find stimulating. Cloningly yours, Randolfe Wicker

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

2005-09-07 Thread Randolfe Wicker
"can anyone explain to me how this is *better* journalism than that practiced by someone at least trained in some professional practice, a code of ethics, who (even though it is dumb) at least thinks stories have 'two' sides?" Actually, obviously opinionated journalism is better than

Re: [videoblogging] video filtering

2005-09-07 Thread Randolfe Wicker
This is indeed a fascinating concept. I suspect it would work better for music than for video. Music has fewer dimensions: speed, rhythm, etc. Video has a greater number of dimensions like color, photographic dimensions, etc. Has anyone studied people's tastes in movies and synthesized

Re: [videoblogging] FireAnt

2005-09-07 Thread Randolfe Wicker
I have Windows XP and I never got such a warning. Would a warning like that come from Microsoft or from some program like Spysweeper that you have to protect your system? - Original Message - From: Joshua Kinberg To: videoblogging@yahoogroups.com Sent:

[videoblogging] Good instruction book for Mac beginner

2005-09-08 Thread Randolfe Wicker
I have a new Mac. I wondered if anyone could suggest a good book/aid to use while learning how to use it. I have only worked on PCs in the past. I got it with Final Cut Express installed but first have to learn to use iMovie. Any suggestions will be welcome. Please include any DVDs,

Re: [videoblogging] Good instruction book for Mac beginner

2005-09-08 Thread Randolfe Wicker
JournalistSanta Cruz CA, Beach of the Silicon ValleyURL http://FutureMedia.orgRSS http://feeds.feedburner.com/FutureMediaOn Sep 8, 2005, at 2:49 PM, Randolfe Wicker wrote: I have a new Mac. I wondered if anyone could suggest a good book/ aid to use while learning how to use it. I have only worked

Re: [videoblogging] Good instruction book for Mac beginner

2005-09-09 Thread Randolfe Wicker
very thought out, edited very well and highly entertaining. He educates with humor.-- Taylor BarcroftNew Media Publisher, Editor, Video JournalistSanta Cruz CA, Beach of the Silicon ValleyURL http://FutureMedia.orgRSS http://feeds.feedburner.com/FutureMediaOn Sep 8, 2005, at 8:27 PM, Randolf

Re: [videoblogging] Good instruction book for Mac beginner

2005-09-09 Thread Randolfe Wicker
scenes don't have RSS 2.0 feeds and seem to be very popular.RSS feeds and aggregators are useful for some, but I think the majority of internet users find videos the same way they find interesting blogs and blog posts.On Sep 9, 2005, at 11:53 AM, Randolfe Wicker wrote: The fact that his wee

[videoblogging] Is there any way to remove music alone from a vlog's soundtrack?

2005-09-09 Thread Randolfe Wicker
There have been numerous debates here about personal legal and financial vulnerability for using unlicensed music intentionally or accidentally in a vlog. These problems seem to be almost endless in their complexity. For instance, Steve Watkins writes: "I use copyrighted music and then

Re: [videoblogging] New Subject New Mail PLEASE

2005-09-09 Thread Randolfe Wicker
I couldn't agree more. Being able to read threads really doesn't help when on thread wanders through four different subject areas. That is why I take the time and trouble to relabel postings I save and put them in the appropriate files. I have been trying to start new threads from time

Re: [videoblogging] Re: Free Open (was To Eric Rice / Audioblog about file conversion to the Flash

2005-09-09 Thread Randolfe Wicker
I could see how this debate was turning into something almost personal and bitter. At best it was/is an "ideological" clash--I.e. "idealistic (??) moralistic(???) Muslims versus the evil (???) capitalist Western world". I have wasted so much money on computer books and programs and

Re: [videoblogging] Dell advertising scams

2005-09-09 Thread Randolfe Wicker
Bryant To: videoblogging@yahoogroups.com Sent: Friday, September 09, 2005 6:54 PM Subject: Re: [videoblogging] Dell advertising scams Good rant. Unrelated to videoblogging, however. Vlog it, baby. We need to see you rant on this one. On 9/9/05, Randolfe Wicker

Re: [videoblogging] Get new FireAnt for Mac OS X - GetFireAnt.com

2005-09-09 Thread Randolfe Wicker
Gosh, I'm so happy you got the Mac version done just as I'm about to tackle that new MAC Tigermonster sitting behind me as I send this message on my old Gateway Microsoft XP PC. Now I am going to be dealing with FireANT on both my PC and my Mac. Without being dramatic, I am not expecting

Re: [videoblogging] Damn RIAA (Re: Is there any way to remove music alone from a vlog's soundtrack?)

2005-09-09 Thread Randolfe Wicker
A and live in defiance!Genahttp://outonthestoop.blogspot.com*****--- In videoblogging@yahoogroups.com, Randolfe Wicker [EMAIL PROTECTED]wrote: There have been numerous debates here about personal legal andfinancial vulnerability for using unlicensed music intentionally oraccidentally in

[videoblogging] Building your vlog's following

2005-09-11 Thread Randolfe Wicker
We all know about vlogs having feeds that you subscribe to and how one vlogger will link to other vlogs they think are especially good. However, I believe the vlogosphere will ultimately be dominated by those vlogs that "suck" viewers in by being interactive. I'm a member of some forums

Re: [videoblogging] Re: kitykity's new vlog!

2005-09-11 Thread Randolfe Wicker
Susan, as you mayhave noticed in another thread I created after visiting your site, I think your approach is both crafty and brilliant. Yes, this registering creates obstacles to spontaneous reactions. However, your vlog (not being cynical here-just observant) is like a brilliantly

Re: [videoblogging] Delicious content

2005-09-15 Thread Randolfe Wicker
Adam, By habit, I am responding from my PC. My new Mac monster with much more power sits behind me. One of the ceilings I hit on my old PC is that "delicious" (forgive the lack of dots) required 500 something and this old PC only had 435. I am a "content" person rather than one of the

Re: [videoblogging] Re: Video Podcasting? wtf :(

2005-09-16 Thread Randolfe Wicker
Why even use the term "subscribe"? Just say "sign up for" my videoblog. "Sign up for" doesn't imply something you pay for. - Original Message - From: Bill Streeter To: videoblogging@yahoogroups.com Sent: Friday, September 16, 2005 1:06 PM Subject:

Re: [videoblogging] teaching the masses (was: Open Vlog on FOSS)

2005-09-16 Thread Randolfe Wicker
Jay, I sent an email to Andrew just a couple days ago suggesting he highlight a "vlog of the day" with just a few seconds of exposure and a link to send people there after watching Rocketboom. That would be a great way for good vlogs to build an audience. It would also be a good way for

Re: [videoblogging] Re: Video Podcasting? wtf :(

2005-09-17 Thread Randolfe Wicker
With all this discussion of the need for simple terms, has anyone considered using the term moving picture blogs? - Original Message - From: andrew michael baron [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: videoblogging@yahoogroups.com Sent: Friday, September 16, 2005 10:47 AM Subject: Re: [videoblogging] Re:

[videoblogging] Re:NYC Vlog Showing

2005-10-07 Thread Randolfe Wicker
Many posters here have a mindset favoring all of life to be chopped up into one to four minute segments. I've seen several stunning interviews on the Internet that completely held my attention for twenty or thirty minutes. Steve Garfield's interview with David Pogue, the author of

[videoblogging] Vlog Workshop, Vlog Show Randy Wicker's new link.

2005-10-11 Thread Randolfe Wicker
Thanks to very patient help from Ryanne at last Sunday's Vlog workshop (2-5 every Sat Sun during October) at 247 Broome Street in Manhattan (NODE 101 :: NYC), I managed to get my vlog on Blip TV and my blog on blogger connected and working properly. I have some new videos, "CLOTHING

[videoblogging] Re:Vloggercon 2006 NYC

2005-10-13 Thread Randolfe Wicker
March would be a much better choice. January could find us buried in a blizzard and shut down by three feet of snow and closed airports, etc. Randolfe (Randy) Wicker Videographer, Writer, ActivistAdvisor: The Immortality InstituteHoboken,

[videoblogging] Re: Dont Record Music in the Background

2005-10-17 Thread Randolfe Wicker
You tell them, Gena! It is one thing to use music intentionally without paying. It is quite something else to have music you don't want forced upon you by ringtones and background music and deny you your "right to free speech" because you are not able to use the interview you were

[videoblogging] Putting your name on your work is legitimate!

2005-10-17 Thread Randolfe Wicker
Markus took exception to the PDF file that Ryanne Hodson and Taylor Barcroft had created entitled "Videoblogging Resources" to which they ended with "Compiled by Ryanne Hodson" and "Edited, Appended PDF created by Taylor Barcroft" This is a fine list of resources. When someone

[videoblogging] Do we own our own image???

2005-10-23 Thread Randolfe Wicker
I've decided to make a series of vlogs from my appearances as a reproductive human cloning activist. I started with the appearance most likely to bring the "copyright fanatics" down on me. It is based on my appearance on Fox News on "The Hannidy and Colmes Show" about three years ago. It

[videoblogging] Best music video vlog I've heard in years

2005-10-23 Thread Randolfe Wicker
Just thought I would share this link with readers on the list. I thought it was really something special, especially if you like rock'n'roll http://www.blip.tv/file/2917 I really hope to be able to get VlogDigest up and going so links like this one can be shared by one and all. Randolfe

[videoblogging] My latest vlog about The Immortality Institute Conference

2005-11-10 Thread Randolfe Wicker
did: http://www.randywickerreporting.blogspot.com/ Randolfe Wicker [EMAIL PROTECTED] I’m hoping more Immortalists will be joining those of us who are vlogging. This simple sharing of Bruce’s introductory remarks shows the power of our craft. I’m going to mix some

Re: [videoblogging] Approximating subscribers

2005-11-11 Thread Randolfe Wicker
I would like to know how many views a beginning vlogger might get? How many views would indicate a vlogger building readership after 6 or 10 vlogs? I know I view certain vlogs because I have come to know and like other vlogs by that person. I am rarely disappointed. I know vlogging

[videoblogging] Single emails versus batch delivery?

2005-11-11 Thread Randolfe Wicker
I find I have to make certain choices in life. One of them involves how much time I want to spend reading this list. Before I got my computer and started vlogging, I was reading here three to six hours daily, building my own reference files, following links and learning quite a bit.

Re: [videoblogging] Re: You might be a vlogger if... post your own!

2005-11-13 Thread Randolfe Wicker
You're a vlogger when you zoom in on streams of water cascading over a rock's edge to try to capture and share that special experience. You are a vlogger when you capture the setting sun playing special visual tricks on passing dying leaves through a bus's window just to see if you can

[videoblogging] Michael Verdi: The numbers behind the numbers

2005-11-13 Thread Randolfe Wicker
I had to chuckle when I read Petertheman's comment:"Michael Verdi has over 7000 (!) subscribers (because new users aresubscribed to his feed by default), but "only" 6706 views. Sosubscribers doesn't equal to people watching." I chuckled because I have downloaded and saved all the

[videoblogging] Video guides needed.

2005-11-13 Thread Randolfe Wicker
I noted Petertheman's comment that: And of course popularity doesn't mean you're good :) I always go tothe end of the popularity list in Mefeedia, like here:http://mefeedia.com/feeds/pop/1050/, and subscribe to the *unpopular*feeds. There are some real pearls there. This is exactly the

[videoblogging] Understanding Blip TV stats

2005-11-13 Thread Randolfe Wicker
I just discovered that you can click on "Stats" under your dashboard at Blip TV and you get a breakdown of daily views for a certain vlog, top referrers (views, sites, users, browsers) and top browsers. I find just going to Blip TV and scrolling through the latest postings is a good

Re: [videoblogging] Elevator Pitch Series: Technical and Asethetic Questions

2005-11-13 Thread Randolfe Wicker
Title: Message A lot of videographers fail to understand how important sound is. I bought a new Sony MiniDV camera which actually has great internal sound but no plug-in for a wireless mike or a mike with a wire. I'd make sure that any camera I bought could take a mike input. That way,

Re: [videoblogging] creating del.icio.us tags with posts

2005-11-13 Thread Randolfe Wicker
I really don't understand the details of the tech talk about delicious. However, I stumbled over a vlog this morning which is either a very clever commercial or a very clever pun. Even though I'm not a technical person, I saved the link because it thought my technie friends would "get a

Re: [videoblogging] creating del.icio.us tags with posts

2005-11-13 Thread Randolfe Wicker
One should "look again" before posting a link. I failed to note it was "super.ilo.us" or something like that. Those dots dropped in between vowels all become a jumbled blur in my English 1.0, non-tech mind. Still don't know if these are professional corporate people?

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