[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.  I

[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
your blogs like I 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

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 r

[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.   Th

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 c

[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 Freevl

[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 rand

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?   Re:http://blip.t

Re: [videoblogging] new vid

2005-11-13 Thread Randolfe Wicker
I checked out some of your other videos and must say that some certainly lived up to your theme of "most extraordinary".  I added the filming of the butterfly emerging from the cocoon to my "best nature vlogs" files.    I never realized that the butterfly emerged and then hung there like

Re: [videoblogging] Video guides needed.

2005-11-13 Thread Randolfe Wicker
uot; <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Sent: Sunday, November 13, 2005 2:51 PM Subject: Re: [videoblogging] Video guides needed. > On Sun, 13 Nov 2005 20:37:10 +0100, Randolfe Wicker > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> This is exactly the reason I want to develop a Vlog Digest. I find

Re: [videoblogging] Video guides needed.

2005-11-13 Thread Randolfe Wicker
x27;t seen it yet.On Nov 13, 2005, at 2:37 PM, Randolfe Wicker wrote:> Why don't some members on this list share with us a link to a specific > vlog (especially one from an unknown vlogger they have discovered).  > How many save the link to specific vlogs they like whether they >

[videoblogging] Which vlog host do you like and why?

2005-11-14 Thread Randolfe Wicker
I happen to have a vlog on Blip.TV.  I like several of the features that they have and new ones they are adding.  However, I've had a brief "scare" now and then when the site was (probably) having so much traffic that I couldn't get my day's work to upload.   They're just added a chat room

Re: [videoblogging] Proposition: Official Monthly Meetup Schedule

2005-11-14 Thread Randolfe Wicker
You don't have to have a Meetup that is national in scope.  You can start a meetup for vloggers in your city, state, section of the country, whatever.   That is the way Howard Dean revolutionized political activity during the last election.  Anyone can do the same by simply organizing vlog

Re: [videoblogging] Re: New Emmy category includes content from vlogs

2005-11-14 Thread Randolfe Wicker
At Blip TV, they have a list of the most watched six or seven vlogs every day.  They usually are the better ones except for the "trick titles" that get people to watch what's not worth watching. - Original Message - From: ryanne hodson To: videoblogging@yahoogroups.co

Re: [videoblogging] Re: Approximating subscribers

2005-11-14 Thread Randolfe Wicker
oss the blighters by clicking the can.Gena  http://outonthestoop.blogspot.com--- In videoblogging@yahoogroups.com, Randolfe Wicker <[EMAIL PROTECTED]...>wrote:>> I would like to know how many views a beginning vlogger might get? How many views would indicate a vlogger building

[videoblogging] Opportunity for still photographer

2005-11-14 Thread Randolfe Wicker
A friend sent me this ad yesterday.  It is a bit off message but I thought someone on the list in the NYC area might be interested in still photography (or just a seasonal job).   For that matter, it might be interesting vlog material to go shoot a vlog about people having their pictures ta

Re: [videoblogging] Is there someting wrong with blip.tv, or is it just me?

2005-11-14 Thread Randolfe Wicker
I've noticed widely varying rates for downloading various files from Blip TV.  I actually thought it might be the fault of the producers of the videos.  However, I did have trouble uploading one evening between eleven and midnight but everything went swiftly when I tried again at 2:30 A.M>

Re: [videoblogging] Is there someting wrong with blip.tv, or is it just me?

2005-11-14 Thread Randolfe Wicker
s could have influenced that, and without being able to test things at the time it happened (or it happening again) it's really hard for me to guess as to the cause. Yours, Mike On Nov 14, 2005, at 6:18 PM, Randolfe Wicker wrote: I've noticed widely varying

[videoblogging] Old movies on the Internet?

2005-11-14 Thread Randolfe Wicker
I just read a news story that they are going to make all these old movies available on the Internet.  This makes me suspect that we vloggers are going to get lost between Bette Davis and "Laurel & Hardy".  People, like water, seem to seek the lowest common level.   I know that there are "g

Re: [videoblogging] Re: Hasbro VuGo

2005-11-14 Thread Randolfe Wicker
That sounds like a great tool for vloggers.  I wonder if we could find some for sale on EBay???   Randolfe (Randy) Wicker   Videographer, Writer, ActivistAdvisor: The Immortality InstituteHoboken, NJhttp://www.randywickerreporting.blogspot.com/201-656-3280     - Original Message -

Re: [videoblogging] Re: Old movies on the Internet?

2005-11-15 Thread Randolfe Wicker
2005 9:02 AM Subject: [videoblogging] Re: Old movies on the Internet? --- In videoblogging@yahoogroups.com, Randolfe Wicker <[EMAIL PROTECTED]...> wrote:>> I just read a news story that they are going to make all these old movies available on the Internet.  This makes

Re: [videoblogging] Kaballah discussions "closed for comment"

2005-11-15 Thread Randolfe Wicker
I'm not advocating censorship.  I'm arguing for "equal time" and/or "the opportunity to talk back".  If the KKK were to put up a vlog making racist statements with "no comments allowed", people would be outraged.   The whole idea behind vlogging is to give everyone a voice.  A program whic

Re: [videoblogging] Kaballah discussions "closed for comment"

2005-11-15 Thread Randolfe Wicker
videoblogging] Kaballah discussions "closed for comment" > Aren't you effectively suggesting we censor those folks that want to > censor you? > > That, er, is somewhat contradictory, no? I hate to sound very > TV-guy-like.. but change the ? >

Re: [videoblogging] Kaballah discussions "closed for comment"

2005-11-15 Thread Randolfe Wicker
As I pointed out in a reply to another posting, the vlog opened with "Comments(0)" displayed.  Doesn't that imply that you will be allowed to comment?   I wouldn't object to handling a vlog like this if it was suitably labeled "No comments allowed" or "Comments closed".  Such labeling woul

Re: [videoblogging] Re: Old movies on the Internet?

2005-11-15 Thread Randolfe Wicker
//outonthestoop.blogspot.com* --- In videoblogging@yahoogroups.com, Randolfe Wicker <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>wrote:>> I just read a news story that they are going to make all these oldmovies available on the Internet.  This makes me suspect that wevloggers are going to

Re: [videoblogging] Re: Old movies on the Internet?

2005-11-15 Thread Randolfe Wicker
http://www.randywickerreporting.blogspot.com/ 201-656-3280 - Original Message - From: "Andreas Haugstrup Pedersen" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Sent: Tuesday, November 15, 2005 1:02 PM Subject: Re: [videoblogging] Re: Old movies on the Internet? > On Tue, 15 Nov 2005 18:46:55 +0100, Randolfe Wicker >

Re: [videoblogging] Re: Looking for the perfect host site....

2005-11-15 Thread Randolfe Wicker
Very interesting.  What did happen??? Randolfe (Randy) Wicker   Videographer, Writer, ActivistAdvisor: The Immortality InstituteHoboken, NJhttp://www.randywickerreporting.blogspot.com/201-656-3280     - Original Message - From: Markus Sandy To: videoblogging@yahoogroups.c

Re: [videoblogging] Re: Looking for the perfect host site....

2005-11-16 Thread Randolfe Wicker
omatically puts up a page that displays to visitors that you have exceeded your bandwidth and to come back later...On Nov 15, 2005, at 8:52 PM, Randolfe Wicker wrote:> what does dream host do if you exceed allocation? it happened to Verdi > when Dylan spiked if I recall.--Stev

Re: [videoblogging] Re: Looking for the perfect host site....

2005-11-16 Thread Randolfe Wicker
at 8:52 PM, Randolfe Wicker wrote:> what does dream host do if you exceed allocation? it happened to Verdi > when Dylan spiked if I recall.--Steve-- Home Page - http://stevegarfield.comVideo Blog  - http://stevegarfield.blogs.comText Blog - http://offonatangent.blogspot.comLik

[videoblogging] "LIVE AND UNCENSORED IN NEW YORK CITY"

2005-11-17 Thread Randolfe Wicker
That was the title of an event held this evening at Steven Kasher Gallery, 521 W. 23rd St, NYC.  It was sponsored by a 501C group called "The Creative Coalition".  Membership costs $250 a year. However, a great art exhibit consisting of body images in video can be seen for free for a few m

Re: [videoblogging] Re: "LIVE AND UNCENSORED IN NEW YORK CITY"

2005-11-18 Thread Randolfe Wicker
YORK CITY" Wow! Fan-bloody-tastic!Can't wait to see your vlog about it and congrats on experiencing suchan unusual event.Sorry to hear about Mr. Cavett. I remember him, too and he was anamazingly aware and articulate host. cheers.Sharewww.rocknrolltv.net--- In videoblogging@yahoogro

[videoblogging] LIVE & UNCENSORED IN NYC PART 1

2005-11-18 Thread Randolfe Wicker
I managed to post the first of two vlogs I'll do based on a panel discussion between Dick Cavett, Richard Belzer, Time Blake Nelson, Bill Devlin and Catherine Crier.   This vlogging is damn hard work.  It was a pleasure to go out and mix with big time media in the art gallery.  There was a

Re: [videoblogging] Re: "LIVE AND UNCENSORED IN NEW YORK CITY"

2005-11-18 Thread Randolfe Wicker
silly camera'. On 11/18/05, Share <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Wow! Fan-bloody-tastic!Can't wait to see your vlog about it and congrats on experiencing suchan unusual event.Sorry to hear about Mr. Cavett. I remember him, too and he was anamazingly aware and articula

Re: [videoblogging] Re: "LIVE AND UNCENSORED IN NEW YORK CITY"

2005-11-18 Thread Randolfe Wicker
for time is the answer to me, how we thinkabout time. We are all immortal if time is not seen merely as linear.Sure we experience it in a linear way, but it that it? Do I not alwaysexist in November 2005, typing this message? Think beyond the eternalnow and we are all immortal.Anyway you in no way

Re: [videoblogging] stuck at home, sick.

2005-11-21 Thread Randolfe Wicker
Your vlog was truly extraordinary.  It held your attention.  It gave a unique perspective.  It built tension.  It reminded me of some of the greatest work of Alfred Hitchcock.   You've turned me from a viewer into a fan.   Randolfe (Randy) Wicker   Videographer, Writer, ActivistAdvisor: Th

[videoblogging] Matching music to video?

2005-11-21 Thread Randolfe Wicker
I have slowly come to realize that some of the really great vloggers have a valuable knowledge of music that they incorporate in their vlogs to convey and underscore an emotion.   Does anyone know of any book or internet resource that doesn't just give "free music" but which suggests certai

[videoblogging] Now, your vlog can become a card!

2005-11-21 Thread Randolfe Wicker
A friend sent me the following link.  As I viewed it, I was struck by the fact that one can literally "create a greeting card" by doing a vlog.   Now, there is an intriguing challenge!  Has anyone done that yet?   Here's the link: http://www.jacquielawson.com/viewcard.asp?code=GM26534313 Ra

Re: [videoblogging] Videospider

2005-11-21 Thread Randolfe Wicker
Have they "copied" your material or have they just cleverly copied the link to your free video?   I'm glad you're raising this issue.   I think they might argue that they aren't charging people for "viewing" your vlogs.  They might argue that "The Grand Canyon might be free but tour guides

Re: [videoblogging] Re: GUBA

2005-11-21 Thread Randolfe Wicker
The free distribution of copyrighted material on the Internet is very widespread.  I personally copy and paste entire articles from the New York Times on nonprofit sites like The Immortality Institute www.imminst.org   The thinking is that since no one profits from this site, free sharing

Re: [videoblogging] the continuing frustration

2005-11-22 Thread Randolfe Wicker
Bev, I have the impression that YouTube "owns" your work once you post it there.  Have you examined the details there carefully?   I remember doing so weeks ago and that really turned me off.  They also sounded "censorious" insofar as they didn't want anything that wasn't "family friendly"

Re: [videoblogging] Re: Send your movies to me i would love to see them

2005-11-22 Thread Randolfe Wicker
Perhaps, this fellow is capable of distributing videos that run half an hour or an hour.  You can't vlog those without cutting them to pieces.     Randolfe (Randy) Wicker   Videographer, Writer, ActivistAdvisor: The Immortality InstituteHoboken, NJhttp://www.randywickerreporting.blogspot.co

Re: [videoblogging] Re: GUBA

2005-11-22 Thread Randolfe Wicker
;s author might also have granted you even more generous rights through a Creative Commons license, so you should check for that as well. "It's just not good net-etiquette to copy and paste entire articles. The article is not yours to publish.On Nov 21, 2005, at 7:03 PM, Randolf

Re: [videoblogging] Re: Stop this petty Squabbling

2005-11-22 Thread Randolfe Wicker
Gosh, that is an interesting statistic--"less traffic on Saturdays".  I put up my last vlog on Friday and thought the timing was great because on Saturday, I thought people would be off from work and would be spending more time on the Internet. Randolfe (Randy) Wicker   Videographer, Writer

[videoblogging] "How Old is Dick Cavett?"

2005-11-22 Thread Randolfe Wicker
After railing against "political correctness" in some really charming exchanges, Dick Cavett didn't seem ready after telling the interviewer who asked if he could ask a "politically incorrect question" that he could "to bring it on".   He ventured that "there was nothing to be ashamed of i

Re: [videoblogging] "How Old is Dick Cavett?"

2005-11-22 Thread Randolfe Wicker
"Leadingoff with an entirely irrelevant and possibly antagonistic question andexpecting to get the attention and respect you want isn't a relationshipbuilding strategy. You become know as the asshole with the camera instead of someone worth talking to."   Well, forgive me for being curious

Re: [videoblogging] "How Old is Dick Cavett?"

2005-11-22 Thread Randolfe Wicker
"Tabloid journalists have been asking those kinds of questions where you're only interested in the response and not the answer since the 1700's. Are those the kind of people you as a 'new media' 'citizen journalist' want to be grouped with? This is about being a decent human being, not about 'we ge

Re: [videoblogging] Re: "How Old is Dick Cavett?"

2005-11-22 Thread Randolfe Wicker
"Being rude and irrational is a lot older.  It's just been awhile sincerespect became a social norm.  It's funny that some consider revertingto a childish state as new and revolutionary.  -- Enric"   Boy, you are all a bunch of sadists.  You all must have the instincts of sharks the way yo

Re: [videoblogging] Re: "How Old is Dick Cavett?"

2005-11-22 Thread Randolfe Wicker
"Remember, if you respect your fellow humans the terrorists have won." What does this remark mean? It seems to me that it's just a "random" irrelevant question. Randolfe (Randy) Wicker Videographer, Writer, Activist Advisor: The Immortality Institute Hoboken, NJ http://www.r

Re: [videoblogging] Re: "How Old is Dick Cavett?"

2005-11-22 Thread Randolfe Wicker
You tell them, Bill!    The best journalism and "the most popular" media personalities ask the blunt probing questions.   I like Howard Stern.  I used to even find him sexually attractive even though he seems to be a homophobe.  I have to catch my Sirius radio signal after New Years so I c

Re: [videoblogging] Re: "How Old is Dick Cavett?"

2005-11-22 Thread Randolfe Wicker
If "platitudes are lame", then why get upset when someone asks a real question!   Randolfe (Randy) Wicker   Videographer, Writer, ActivistAdvisor: The Immortality InstituteHoboken, NJhttp://www.randywickerreporting.blogspot.com/201-656-3280     - Original Message - From: Enr

Re: [videoblogging] Re: "How Old is Dick Cavett?"

2005-11-22 Thread Randolfe Wicker
6:52 PM Subject: [videoblogging] Re: "How Old is Dick Cavett?" --- In videoblogging@yahoogroups.com, Randolfe Wicker <[EMAIL PROTECTED]...>wrote:>> "Leading> off with an entirely irrelevant and possibly antagonistic question and> expecting to get the atten

Re: [videoblogging] "How Old is Dick Cavett?"

2005-11-22 Thread Randolfe Wicker
My next questions for Dick Cavett would have been: "What are you doing now?" and "Have you encountered age discrimination in our youth oriented media?"   Both of those would have been fascinating to have answered. Randolfe (Randy) Wicker   Videographer, Writer, ActivistAdvisor: The Immorta

Re: [videoblogging] Re: "How Old is Dick Cavett?"

2005-11-22 Thread Randolfe Wicker
: Pete Prodoehl To: videoblogging@yahoogroups.com Sent: Tuesday, November 22, 2005 7:14 PM Subject: Re: [videoblogging] Re: "How Old is Dick Cavett?" Randolfe Wicker wrote:> "Remember, if you respect your fellow humans the terrorists have won."> >

Re: [videoblogging] Re: "How Old is Dick Cavett?"

2005-11-23 Thread Randolfe Wicker
t; <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Sent: Wednesday, November 23, 2005 1:19 AM Subject: Re: [videoblogging] Re: "How Old is Dick Cavett?" > On Wed, 23 Nov 2005 00:52:28 +0100, Randolfe Wicker > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> "Remember, if yo

Re: [videoblogging] "How Old is Dick Cavett?"

2005-11-23 Thread Randolfe Wicker
Good point.  I got in motion just a couple hours before the program.  I didn't even think of looking up Cavett's age on the Internet.  I'm always amazed that some obvious uses for the Internet just don't pop into our minds. Randolfe (Randy) Wicker   Videographer, Writer, ActivistAdvisor: Th

Re: [videoblogging] War On Text

2005-11-23 Thread Randolfe Wicker
I'm always surprised at how few people post text with links to further information when they post a vlog.   I just stumbled on an exhibit of fabulous sculpture from Zimbabwe.  Apparently, working in sculpture was only introduced there in the 1950s and that country's artisans have become wor

Re: [videoblogging] Stop this petty Squabbling

2005-11-23 Thread Randolfe Wicker
I think this argument could be settled if Andrew simply pointed to other outstanding vlogs.  I find that three out of four, even five out of six of all the vlogs I decide to watch (which is only about one or two per page on Blip TV) are very disappointing.   If someone spent two or three ho

Re: [videoblogging] for the new people on this group

2005-11-23 Thread Randolfe Wicker
Steve, those statistics are amazing.  You are joking about changing the name of your vlog aren't you?  Or are you? Randolfe (Randy) Wicker   Videographer, Writer, ActivistAdvisor: The Immortality InstituteHoboken, NJhttp://www.randywickerreporting.blogspot.com/201-656-3280     - Orig

Re: [videoblogging] for the new people on this group

2005-11-23 Thread Randolfe Wicker
I agree with Michael.  "Podcast" just sounds ugly.  The word brings to mind images like a terribly obese man or a swarm of oysters--if oysters could "swarm".   Actually, "video radio" has a nice ring to it.  Never heard that term before.   I also agree that "podcast" ties everything to the

Re: [videoblogging] help

2005-11-23 Thread Randolfe Wicker
I ended up at Blip TV.  I think they are evolving and getting better all the time.   However, in the evening I sometimes have to try uploading to or three times for it to work.  I'm always holding my breath because I've put a few hours of work into any vlog I post.   Randolfe (Randy) Wicker

Re: [videoblogging] Re: mov in to wmv

2005-11-23 Thread Randolfe Wicker
Bill, where is the best place to learn how to publish in flash?  I'm amazed at how quickly it loads and plays.     Randolfe (Randy) Wicker   Videographer, Writer, ActivistAdvisor: The Immortality InstituteHoboken, NJhttp://www.randywickerreporting.blogspot.com/201-656-3280     - Orig

Re: [videoblogging] for the new people on this group

2005-11-24 Thread Randolfe Wicker
are so right podcasts is a funny word, I see this as renaming thing, how about HAMvideo, it worked for years with radio.  What are you feelings, apart from ham being a type of pig meat, so much for getting away from this obese man image you have.   Call me a little surreal but "

Re: [videoblogging] small piece of history

2005-11-24 Thread Randolfe Wicker
Josh, you should be sure to keep all this early stuff.  I can tell you from my involvement in several different movements that a time comes when you will have archivists and historians crawling all over you for that rare unique "old" footage.  Except, I believe you won't have to wait thirt

[videoblogging] Most watched videos?

2005-11-24 Thread Randolfe Wicker
I like Blip TV's "most watched" videos list.  It doesn't always reflect the best videos of the day (sometimes a vlog with some misleading title causes people to check it out) but it also includes videos that are among the best of the day.   I've been hoping to start some sort of Vlog Diges

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