Re: [videoblogging] Re: Video Goes Underground
Reminds me of my college year abroad which I shared with, among other people, a woman who was a performance artist and somewhat disdainful of anyone who wasn't... artistic. Her attitude about it was such that I never wanted to be classed as an artist, by her definition. After we'd been in India together for several months, she happened to see me doing fine embroidery one day and gasped: You never told me you were an artist. I'm not, I snapped. I'm an artisan. Art is in the eye of the beholder, or some such... As for me, I'm a sold-out corporate shill, and perfectly happy. ; ) And I love Rupert, whatever he calls himself. On Wed, Aug 6, 2008 at 12:52 PM, Rupert [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: and yes, I realise you might think this message sits awkwardly with my previous rant about it being a hobby. but it doesn't. it might be video art, but it's still something i do in my spare time and not for money. On 6-Aug-08, at 11:41 AM, Rupert wrote: No, I agree with you Jim - and I too have supported myself and my family for the last year entirely on the side benefits of my videos. And Jeffrey, yes, I see that I misunderstood you and that we agree quite a lot. Wreck and Salvage should be at MOMA just as Rocketboom are at Sony. But that seems a long way off. I just took a drive into town and had a think about this. I like your word 'invade' more than I like your previous word 'invite'. You used the word failure, which I disputed. But actually, I do think that we have failed as a community to take ourselves and each other seriously enough as artists. I think - and have always thought - that the word 'videoblogging' is incredibly unhelpful. As were all the discussions about its definition. Michael Szpakowski from DVBlog, who recently featured one of my videos, told me I should be more 'up' myself about what I do. I've stripped that comment of context - but anyway, it got me thinking. There's a sort of false modesty at work. As I said, I prefer the work of the people I regularly watch online to the swathes of happily self-proclaimed 'video artists' working in conventional spaces in London... but I wonder how many of the people I subscribe to would be comfortable describing what they do as just Art. What I do, for instance, is not as clearly 'video art' as, say, the beautiful work of the people I used to class as Video Art Experimenta on my Videoblogs I Subscribe To page. But it is. That's what it is. It's not a shopping list or even a Show About Something. It's a creative selection and interpretation of my environment using certain tools. I do it because I love the creative act of doing it, and the community around it is an amazing part of that process. Describing it as 'videoblogging' does *not* do it any favours. I don't care if people say that it's just a description of the distribution technology I use. It's more than that. For most people outside of our tiny community - particularly in an area as precious as the art world - the words Videoblog and Vlog have unhelpful connotations of someone artlessly droning into a bad quality webcam. These words stop serious people taking our work seriously. It's almost like calling a video artist a 'TV person', though even *that* has better connotations than 'videoblogger'. So from now on, I no longer give a shit about whether it's pretentious to call myself an artist. Fuck that. And all the good video art I see around me, I'm going to stop worrying about how to describe it. As far as I'm concerned, most of the people I subscribe to are artists and filmmakers (and no, I don't care that we don't use Film) and I value them as such whether they're comfortable with it or not. We should all be more 'up ourselves'. Then we invade. Rupert http://twittervlog.tv/ On 6-Aug-08, at 9:55 AM, Jim Kukral wrote: I can't speak for artists as I am not one (I'm a marketer). But as a person who does videos I know that making money from videos isn't going to happen for hardly anyone on as publisher model. Even the people who get millions and millions of views don't make much jack. But me, I do very well from the side benefits of my videos. Consulting gigs, book offers, etc. Having videos is like being an author nowadays, it opens doors, assuming you try to market yourself and them at least a little bit. Of course, I may have missed the entire point of this conversation? Jim Kukral www.jimkukral.com From: videoblogging@yahoogroups.com videoblogging%40yahoogroups.com [mailto:videoblogging@yahoogroups.com videoblogging%40yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of Jeffrey Taylor Sent: Wednesday, August 06, 2008 12:47 PM To: videoblogging@yahoogroups.com videoblogging%40yahoogroups.com Subject: Re: [videoblogging] Re: Video Goes Underground With you and not with you on this one Rupert. We have not as a community engaged the artistic powers that be nearly as much as we have commerical interests. If we had,
Re: [videoblogging] lapel mic advice needed
Thanks! I can probably bump up the budget if I need to, say around $1000, $600 was just a wild guess. My travel could be anywhere (and I hope it will be!) from California to Beijing to Europe to India... On Mon, Jul 28, 2008 at 7:09 PM, Jan McLaughlin [EMAIL PROTECTED]wrote: Sounds like you're talking wireless, then. $600 is not a lot to cover two transmitters, two receivers and two lavs, unless you find 'em used. You'll find plenty used these days as certain frequencies in certain areas are NG. Which makes me think that you should definitely have two very different blocks of frequencies in your kit. You'll be traveling around, so you'll need frequency agile transmitter/receivers which have 'blocks' of a bunch of frequencies to which you can shift if a bunch of freqs are in use wherever you are. Let me ask the guys @ the R.A.M.P.S. newsgroup what blocks might best serve such an international lass as you. Are you mostly traveling to certain areas, or do you have to be ready for any city / anywhere? Jan On Mon, Jul 28, 2008 at 11:42 AM, Richard Amirault [EMAIL PROTECTED]ramirault%40verizon.net wrote: - Original Message - From: Deirdre Straughan Set = two mics plus the receiver and whatever other stuff I need to make them work. receiver??? Do you want *wireless lavs? If so, do you want both mics working at the same time? They'll need to be on different freqs. unless you connect them into one transmitter. But, I don't know the feasibility of getting a stereo transmitter / receiver (if so .. it's a lot's more $$$) Or maybe you meant mixer (for wired lavs) Richard Amirault Boston, MA, USA http://n1jdu.org http://bostonfandom.org http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J7hf9u2ZdlQ Yahoo! Groups Links -- Jan McLaughlin Production Sound Mixer air = 862-571-5334 aim = janofsound skype = janmclaughlin [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] -- best regards, Deirdré Straughan living travelling in Italy (and other Countries Beginning with I) www.beginningwithi.com [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
Re: [videoblogging] lapel mic advice needed
Set = two mics plus the receiver and whatever other stuff I need to make them work. On Thu, Jul 24, 2008 at 6:36 AM, Richard Amirault [EMAIL PROTECTED]wrote: - Original Message - From: Deirdre Straughan Somewhere around $600. Jan McLaughlin wrote: What's your budget? Deirdre Straughan wrote: My job is increasingly about running around the world videotaping stuff for Sun, and I now have the opportunity to upgrade my kit (see http://blogs.sun.com/deirdre/entry/my_videoblogging_rig for what I currently have). I'd like to add a set of decent lapel mics, (snip) AND ... is that *each* mic? AND .. how many is a set? Richard Amirault Boston, MA, USA http://n1jdu.org http://bostonfandom.org http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J7hf9u2ZdlQ -- best regards, Deirdré Straughan living travelling in Italy (and other Countries Beginning with I) www.beginningwithi.com [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
Re: [videoblogging] lapel mic advice needed
Somewhere around $600. On Tue, Jul 22, 2008 at 8:40 PM, Jan McLaughlin [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: What's your budget? :) Jan On Tue, Jul 22, 2008 at 11:04 AM, Deirdre Straughan [EMAIL PROTECTED] deirdre.straughan%40gmail.com wrote: My job is increasingly about running around the world videotaping stuff for Sun, and I now have the opportunity to upgrade my kit (see http://blogs.sun.com/deirdre/entry/my_videoblogging_rig for what I currently have). I'd like to add a set of decent lapel mics, but need to strike a balance between quality and size/weight - I don't have a crew to carry equipment for me! Suggestions/experiences welcome. -- best regards, Deirdré Straughan living travelling in Italy (and other Countries Beginning with I) www.beginningwithi.com [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] Yahoo! Groups Links -- Jan McLaughlin Production Sound Mixer air = 862-571-5334 aim = janofsound skype = janmclaughlin [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] -- best regards, Deirdré Straughan living travelling in Italy (and other Countries Beginning with I) www.beginningwithi.com [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
[videoblogging] lapel mic advice needed
My job is increasingly about running around the world videotaping stuff for Sun, and I now have the opportunity to upgrade my kit (see http://blogs.sun.com/deirdre/entry/my_videoblogging_rig for what I currently have). I'd like to add a set of decent lapel mics, but need to strike a balance between quality and size/weight - I don't have a crew to carry equipment for me! Suggestions/experiences welcome. -- best regards, Deirdré Straughan living travelling in Italy (and other Countries Beginning with I) www.beginningwithi.com [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
[videoblogging] need video transcription services
...and I have money to pay for it. -- best regards, Deirdré Straughan living travelling in Italy (and other Countries Beginning with I) www.beginningwithi.com [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
[videoblogging] Video Internship at Sun Microsystems
MSPG production Intern The Media Strategy and Produciton Group is looking for a skilled studio production assistant. Must be proactive, a self-starter, a team player, with good communication skills and demonstrable production experience. Responsibilities will include: Editing using Final Cut Pro Using real-time encoding systems for live broadcasts General studio maintenance Cabling and wiring of camera and audio equipment Required Knowledge MacOS Final Cut Studio Adobe Creative Suite Word Processing, Data Management Video Production equipment knowledge use and care Web-based Multimedia (Web 2.0, YouTube, RSS, Podcasting, etc) Client interaction, professionalism and good personal communication Desired Knowledge Scriptwriting Analyses Story telling and message communication ENG EFP techniques (Camera, Audio, Lighting etc.) Media Compression Codecs (H.264, RealVideo, MP4, HDV, etc) Education Currently studying Film / Video Undergrad or graduate level Salary TBD If you interested or know anyone, please send resumes via email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] (I assume the location is Sun's Menlo Park campus. - D) -- best regards, Deirdré Straughan living travelling in Italy (and other Countries Beginning with I) www.beginningwithi.com [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] Yahoo! Groups Links * To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/videoblogging/ * Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional * To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/videoblogging/join (Yahoo! ID required) * To change settings via email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] * To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] * Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
Re: [videoblogging] someone is upset about being filmed.. they are blaming me
I'm racking my brain, can't remember anyone named Bea Bonfanti who signed up for vlogeurope, though it's very possible that my memory is faulty. A search on Bea Bonfanti doesn't yield much. Anyway, it appears that she's taking out on you something that isn't your fault or your problem. Ask her to identify exactly what she's talking about, and we might be able to do something to satisfy her. On Tue, May 6, 2008 at 1:37 PM, duncan [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi everyone, i haven't been very present on this list for a while, but I just got an extremely rude email from someone (who didn't sign off but their email address is [EMAIL PROTECTED] beabonfanti%40infinito.it maybe someone knows them. Anyway, they are complaining about a video that was posted from vlogeurope 2006, if someone know anything about this or was responsible please feel free to step up. email copied below. be well duncan [EMAIL PROTECTED] beabonfanti%40infinito.it to me show details 18:15 (3 hours ago) Reply Hi Duncan, I saw the video about vlogeurope 2006 where somebody recorded while I was confidentialy speaking is still online. Do you usally recorderd when people don't know? I think this is not correct because we where standing outside and we were short but confidentialy speaking. If you want recorded or make some question JUST ASK BEFORE . You go around Europe talking about video, but I don't think really this is the correct way to shot videos. I don't care about what we were speaking, I say nothing wrong, maybe my english not soo good but the way you did it is SHIT. I also made a video about vlogeurope but not that kind, my camera was always visible. Please REMOVE that video or i will tell to blip.tv, is too much time is online now. -- http://duncanspeakman.net http://29fragiledays.blogspot.com [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] -- best regards, Deirdré Straughan living travelling in Italy (and other Countries Beginning with I) www.beginningwithi.com [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
[videoblogging] standard release?
Does anyone have a suggestion where I can find a boilerplate release for use of someone's image/words in video? -- best regards, Deirdré Straughan living travelling in Italy (and other Countries Beginning with I) www.beginningwithi.com [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
Re: [videoblogging] Re: Ideology
On Sun, Mar 23, 2008 at 2:08 PM, Heath [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Then why do so many schools talk about and teach on other cultures and beliefs including their religious practice's but so very often gloss over Christianaty? or they don't even talk about it at all. Probably because Christianity is the dominant religion so it's assumed - not necessarily correctly - that everyone already knows all about it. It's hard to be raised in the US without being aware of at least the basics of Christianity, whereas Islam, Buddhism, Hinduism, etc. are far less understood, which leads to travesties like a Sikh getting shot for wearing a turban because some idiot mistook him for a Muslim terrorist. -- best regards, Deirdré Straughan living travelling in Italy (and other Countries Beginning with I) www.beginningwithi.com [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
Re: [videoblogging] Re: Ideology
There is the demographic factor that Terry originally brought up: younger people tend to be both more comfortable with technology (though there are huge exceptions) and more liberal in their political/social views (again, with exceptions). This probably accounts for a lot of the skew on YouTube etc. Letters to newspapers, on the other hand, are mostly written by older people. Videoblogging is not as widely understood as we in this group might imagine. I'm doing videoblogging (among many other things) for Sun Microsystems now - a company which is certainly very technically savvy - and have a lot to do in educating my colleagues on how they can shoot their own video and get it online cheaply and quickly. So you can imagine how daunting it can seem to someone who is not much of a technology user. If you truly want to hear a variety of voices (and I know that Jay very sincerely does), the efforts many in this group have made to teach others continue to be very important. Jan, thanks for the mic advice - works great! -- best regards, Deirdré Straughan living travelling in Italy (and other Countries Beginning with I) www.beginningwithi.com [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
Re: [videoblogging] Pakistan Blocks YouTube
...which, for some mysterious reason, apparently messed up access in other parts of the world, including Italy. On Sun, Feb 24, 2008 at 9:27 PM, Charles Iliya Krempeaux [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: The Government in Pakistan is Censoring ISPs there, forcing them to block YouTube. http://politics.slashdot.org/politics/08/02/24/1628213.shtml -- Charles Iliya Krempeaux, B.Sc. http://ChangeLog.ca/ Motorsport Videos http://TireBiterZ.com/ Vlog Razor... Vlogging News... http://vlograzor.com/ -- best regards, Deirdré Straughan living travelling in Italy (and other Countries Beginning with I) www.beginningwithi.com [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
Re: [videoblogging] corporate videoblogs?
Of 3950 blogs at Sun, I'm aware of (so far): http://blogs.sun.com/jonathan/ - our CEO occasionally uses video, notably this week http://blogs.sun.com/stern/ - does video from time to time and the blog I'm in charge of which, while not exactly videoblogging (depending whether you want to split hairs over definitions), does feature video roughly weekly: http://blogs.sun.com/storage/ On Jan 23, 2008 3:51 PM, David King [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Anyone have some good examples of companies with videoblogs? I'm not looking for big-name videoshows like Rocketboom or the ScobleShow. An example would be if Toyota had a regular videoblog... posting video to some sort of RSS feed... I have one example of a weekly video show from a library (what's going on at the library this week type of video). Any suggestions? -- David King davidleeking.com - blog http://davidleeking.com/etc - videoblog [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] -- best regards, Deirdré Straughan living travelling in Italy (and other Countries Beginning with I) www.beginningwithi.com [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
Re: [videoblogging] your thoughts on tapes vs HD?
Could someone send or (better) let me download a small sample of Xacti MP4 video so I can see whether I can work with it with my current software? On Dec 10, 2007 1:43 PM, Jan McLaughlin [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: At first blush, was thinking that Xacti HD cameras that record to SD memory cards would prove an interesting solution. Mailing you the SD cards shouldn't be too much of a problem. Very small. Perhaps TOO small? Problem with all of this - regardless of what camera you choose - will be getting good sound, so placement of any camera near the speaker (either the person or the sound reinforcement speaker) will be essential. The quality of the Xacti HD camera we used at VlogEurope 07 was pretty darned good. Xacti files are .mp4; 10 MB for 30 seconds of raw footage @ 640 x 480 on the non-HD model I personally worked with. Darned if I can recall the model. Imagine the settings may be changed to another aspect ratio, esp. in the HD model. Sounds like an interesting project for you :) Let us know what you decide to do. Jan On Dec 9, 2007 11:47 PM, Deirdre Straughan [EMAIL PROTECTED]deirdre.straughan%40gmail.com wrote: Here's the sitch: I am trying to get every office I deal with at Sun (6 - 10 sites worldwide) to have a videocamera they can use to capture presentations etc. which can then be edited and re-used for sharing knowledge, training, etc. Usually the raw footage will be sent to me for editing, posting, and making into DVDs. That last point is important: I need good enough quality somewhere that a DVD is going to look reasonable (especially considering that filming will usually take place in less than optimum conditions); highly compressed MPG may not be good enough. One problem we've already run into is how to ship around large amounts of raw footage: these talks run 45 minutes up to 3 hours, and an hour of raw DV AVI = about 12 GB. Even Sun doesn't have the bandwidth for that to be a fast transfer, and I certainly don't have it at home. My gut feeling is that the best solution is MiniDV - tapes are easier to mail around than hard disks. But I'm willing to be told otherwise. I don't know the state of the art in HD-based camcorders these days - what do they compress into? How big are the resulting files (per minute)? Any thoughts/advice/pointers will be welcome! -- best regards, Deirdré Straughan living travelling in Italy (and other Countries Beginning with I) www.beginningwithi.com [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] Yahoo! Groups Links -- The Faux Press - better than real http://feeds.feedburner.com/diaryofafauxjournalist - RSS http://fauxpress.blogspot.com http://wburg.tv aim=janofsound air=862.571.5334 skype=janmclaughlin -- best regards, Deirdré Straughan living travelling in Italy (and other Countries Beginning with I) www.beginningwithi.com [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
Re: [videoblogging] your thoughts on tapes vs HD?
Do the Xactis also fall into the category of does not perform well in low light? cause our lighting situations tend to pretty much suck... (people want the room lights low so they can see the presentation slides better - http://blogs.sun.com/storage/en_US/entry/what_we_re_watching_brian is fairly typical. On Dec 10, 2007 7:18 PM, Deirdre Straughan [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Thanks! Looks as if I can edit it. On Dec 10, 2007 6:47 PM, Raymond M. Kristiansen [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hey Deirdre, I don't have the HD Xacti camera, but here is footage from the CA-65 model (http://www.letsgodigital.org/en/14708/sanyo_xacti_dmx_ca65/ ): http://dltq.org/media2/xactirawfordeirdre.MP4 It is straight from the camera. best, Raymond On Dec 10, 2007 2:05 PM, Deirdre Straughan [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Could someone send or (better) let me download a small sample of Xacti MP4 video so I can see whether I can work with it with my current software? On Dec 10, 2007 1:43 PM, Jan McLaughlin [EMAIL PROTECTED]jannie.jan%40gmail.com wrote: At first blush, was thinking that Xacti HD cameras that record to SD memory cards would prove an interesting solution. Mailing you the SD cards shouldn't be too much of a problem. Very small. Perhaps TOO small? Problem with all of this - regardless of what camera you choose - will be getting good sound, so placement of any camera near the speaker (either the person or the sound reinforcement speaker) will be essential. The quality of the Xacti HD camera we used at VlogEurope 07 was pretty darned good. Xacti files are .mp4; 10 MB for 30 seconds of raw footage @ 640 x 480 on the non-HD model I personally worked with. Darned if I can recall the model. Imagine the settings may be changed to another aspect ratio, esp. in the HD model. Sounds like an interesting project for you :) Let us know what you decide to do. Jan On Dec 9, 2007 11:47 PM, Deirdre Straughan [EMAIL PROTECTED] deirdre.straughan%40gmail.com deirdre.straughan%40gmail.com wrote: Here's the sitch: I am trying to get every office I deal with at Sun (6 - 10 sites worldwide) to have a videocamera they can use to capture presentations etc. which can then be edited and re-used for sharing knowledge, training, etc. Usually the raw footage will be sent to me for editing, posting, and making into DVDs. That last point is important: I need good enough quality somewhere that a DVD is going to look reasonable (especially considering that filming will usually take place in less than optimum conditions); highly compressed MPG may not be good enough. One problem we've already run into is how to ship around large amounts of raw footage: these talks run 45 minutes up to 3 hours, and an hour of raw DV AVI = about 12 GB. Even Sun doesn't have the bandwidth for that to be a fast transfer, and I certainly don't have it at home. My gut feeling is that the best solution is MiniDV - tapes are easier to mail around than hard disks. But I'm willing to be told otherwise. I don't know the state of the art in HD-based camcorders these days - what do they compress into? How big are the resulting files (per minute)? Any thoughts/advice/pointers will be welcome! -- best regards, Deirdré Straughan living travelling in Italy (and other Countries Beginning with I) www.beginningwithi.com [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] Yahoo! Groups Links -- The Faux Press - better than real http://feeds.feedburner.com/diaryofafauxjournalist - RSS http://fauxpress.blogspot.com http://wburg.tv aim=janofsound air=862.571.5334 skype=janmclaughlin -- best regards, Deirdré Straughan living travelling in Italy (and other Countries Beginning with I) www.beginningwithi.com [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] -- best regards, Deirdré Straughan living travelling in Italy (and other Countries Beginning with I) www.beginningwithi.com -- best regards, Deirdré Straughan living travelling in Italy (and other Countries Beginning with I) www.beginningwithi.com [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
Re: [videoblogging] your thoughts on tapes vs HD?
My instinct is to agree with you, but in a spirit of correct spending of the company budget, I'm looking at the alternatives. Raymond, the footage you sent that you said is at the highest possible quality setting, how many minutes per GB can you record at that setting? The reviews also talk about battery life with the Xactis being only about an hour. Is it possible to run them off wall current while recording? An hour will not be long enough for most of what we're doing, and having to fiddle with batteries during a talk would be a definite turnoff. On Dec 10, 2007 9:26 PM, Brian Richardson - WhatTheCast? [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I'm always very biased towards tapes ... Less compression than flash/DVD camcorders, easier to archive footage than hard disks, cheaper media than DVD camcorders, easy to trade footage, fewer strange file formats to confound your editing software. A tape camcorder can be converted to a hard disk camcorder using a 3rd party addon (hard disk or software+laptop), which cuts out the capture process everyone hates in tape-based workflow. I recently shot four hours of footage at a Jonathan Coulton concert to send to Yahoo News on miniDV. FedEx was the best way to get it from GA to CA. Never underestimate the bandwidth of a stationwagon full of tapes :) -- Brian Richardson - http://whatthecast.com - http://siliconchef.com - http://dragoncontv.com - http://www.3chip.com -- best regards, Deirdré Straughan living travelling in Italy (and other Countries Beginning with I) www.beginningwithi.com [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
[videoblogging] heading back to the Bay Area
My first trip to California since 2001. I'll be in San Francisco and the Bay Area from tomorrow through the 17th. How about a vlogger happy hour, say Friday the 14th? It'd be a blast to see/meet people, especially since I missed vlogEurope this year. -- best regards, Deirdré Straughan living travelling in Italy (and other Countries Beginning with I) www.beginningwithi.com [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
Re: [videoblogging] heading back to the Bay Area
I'm up for just about anything! On 9/4/07, Jay dedman [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: My first trip to California since 2001. I'll be in San Francisco and the Bay Area from tomorrow through the 17th. How about a vlogger happy hour, say Friday the 14th? It'd be a blast to see/meet people, especially since I missed vlogEurope this year. as markus said, we may have a little convergence that weekend for Showinabox. cheryl, verdi, enric, ryanne, jen simmons, charles(???) anyone else is welcome to join us. Friday night meet up is a good idea. jay -- http://jaydedman.com 917 371 6790 **check out the new look: ryanishungry.com** -- best regards, Deirdré Straughan living travelling in Italy (and other Countries Beginning with I) www.beginningwithi.com [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
Re: [videoblogging] Vlog Europe 2007...Will you be watching and participating?
Sorry to miss you all, but this weekend I'm going to be having a long-needed break in Taos, New Mexico. I don't think I'll go anywhere near an Internet connection. On 8/30/07, Jeffrey Taylor [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Raymond's attempting to sleep on a train from Copenhagen, I get on the TGV from Paris tomorrow at an unreasonable hour. Jan McLaughlin and Joel Carner are busy readying the venue in Heidelberg while sipping Scotch...people are driving in from Amsterdam, flying from Japan, taking trains from here and there...and you don't need to go anywhere to participate. Check out http://vlogeurope.com for details on how to watch us and chat with us on text and on-camera in real-time on BlogTV and see what we upload on Sunday. And feel free to mail me if you have any questions or anything you want to say. We know some of you that want to come can't make it, but we'd love it if you'd join us. Cheers, Jeffrey [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] Yahoo! Groups Links -- best regards, Deirdré Straughan living travelling in Italy (and other Countries Beginning with I) www.beginningwithi.com [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] Yahoo! Groups Links * To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/videoblogging/ * Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional * To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/videoblogging/join (Yahoo! ID required) * To change settings via email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] * To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] * Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
Re: [videoblogging] Re: do video blogger care about privacy?
I've been very much myself online for 25 years, from text to video (I still mostly do text), and have sometimes been asked whether it feels weird to have complete strangers know so much about me. If it felt weird, I wouldn't do it. What I tell about myself online is not quite as open as it appears, but anything I'm hiding is mostly out of respect for others' privacy, not concerns about my own. Sometimes protecting others gets me into gray areas. I'm beginning to wonder: when are the stories of my life MY stories, free for me to tell, though other people are big parts of those stories? It's interesting to see that my daughter (now legally an adult) has followed this path of openness without my really discussing it with her explicitly. She's had one weird stalker incident (turned out to be a local teenager), but not much else to feel uncomfortable about in spite of being far more appetizing a target than I am. The return for my openness is that I've made a lot of friends (and so has Ross). I have usually been comfortable with blurring the lines between my online and offline worlds - as those who came to vlogEurope last year know, I had no qualms about inviting to stay in my house a bunch of people whom I knew mostly via their videos (which, ahem, I'd hardly even watched). (If all else failed, Andreas would beat them up for me, right? grin) BTW, while we're on the subject: I'll be in the Bay Area from Sept 5-15 and would love to see people! In San Francisco 5th evening through 8th am, then Silicon Valley for a conference (Storage Developers - not exciting to this group, but I am being paid to film it!), then back in SFO Sept 13-15, when I leave to return to Europe. -- best regards, Deirdré Straughan living travelling in Italy (and other Countries Beginning with I) www.beginningwithi.com [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
Re: [videoblogging] For Dan McVicar (was Re: Loren Feldman = Technigga)
It needed only the text in the link and the fact that there was chatter about it (without actually reading any it) to persuade me that this was pure and simple video trolling. We all know that the best way to deal with trolls is not to give them any attention whatsoever. I didn't even bother to click the link. I suggest that you all do the same with similar efforts in future. People can make and post whatever offensive videos they like - but we don't have to give them the attention they seek by it. -- best regards, Deirdré Straughan living travelling in Italy (and other Countries Beginning with I) www.beginningwithi.com [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
Re: [videoblogging] Re: irina gone
Well, drat, and here I was all proud to learn (way after the fact) to learn that I got a Vloggie (which goes to show how much importance I attached to this - I didn't even know anything of mine was in the running). I guess we can do The People's Vlog Awards or some such. If we want to. I obviously didn't get to the Vloggies, but it seems to me that a lot of fun and constructive conversations were had just hanging out at other videoblogging events, without worrying about who was more recognized than anybody else. How about Florence (you know, the place in Italy)? I may be able to organize something there if anyone's interested... -- best regards, Deirdré Straughan living travelling in Italy (and other Countries Beginning with I) www.beginningwithi.com [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
Re: [videoblogging] Re: Newteevee story about Irina leaving Podtech
On 7/21/07, Robert Scoble [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Yup. And sometimes that's the best thing. I don't run naked through the public square (that sight would probably gross most people out) and now that I'm an executive at a company I have to be a lot more careful about what I say in public because what I say can hurt careers of people you and I both love. We have a whole chapter on how to avoid getting fired and it covers just why I can't tell you everything that's going on behind the scenes with our financing, with mistakes like Lan Bui's photo, why certain Vloggie statues didn't get mailed out, and other personnel issues, etc. Wise words. Even for those of us who are not currently employed by or communicating on behalf of a large (or any) corporation should take a minute or two to consider before we post or email. The Internet is forever, and what you say in a group like this one may be far more widely read - and for many more years - than you realize. What you write in the heat of the moment today in an apparently private and closed group like this one may come back to bite you someday in some completely different venue. Robert isn't just protecting the interests of his current employer - he is behaving in a way that potential future employers, business partners, interviewees, etc. will understand and respect when they consider working with him. -- best regards, Deirdré Straughan living travelling in Italy (and other Countries Beginning with I) www.beginningwithi.com [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
Re: [videoblogging] Re: How much money to videoblog full-time?
I suspect that, in real life, you'll have to turn that question around: how much is someone else willing to pay for you to videoblog what you love? And that, in turn, depends very much on what it is you love to videoblog and how interesting that is to others. Yes, my job is mostly about marketing (and always has been, though I mean marketing in a far wider sense than most people). As it happens, I love hearing people's stories, and if I can hear them on video and share them, so much the better. That can include stories that also have a marketing purpose such as showing why a particular person loves to work for Sun Microsystems. It's about Sun, but it's also about the person, and that fascinates me. So we're all happy. On 6/25/07, Bill Cammack [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I just saw this, so I'm responding late. :) Imagine that there was something that YOU LOVED to videoblog about... How much money would you need in order to do that videoblog full time? I think Vergel's (http://lx7.ca) answer was a good one My expenses plus a percentage for extracurricular activities. What you're talking about is closer to what Jeffrey's issue was. A company wants you to promote their business. To me, that's like any other business deal. They need someone to promote them... You have the time and a camera. It's a match. -- best regards, Deirdré Straughan living travelling in Italy (and other Countries Beginning with I) www.beginningwithi.com Check out my latest blog post: Bersaglierihttp://www.beginningwithi.com/italy/travel/leccoevents2.html Blogsigs.com http://www.blogsigs.com, Link your own blog posts. [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
Re: [videoblogging] Re: How much money to videoblog full-time?
I've had occasion to ponder these issues (doing it for love vs. doing it for money) in the context of writing. I have written a lot for almost all my life, in all sorts of genres, and have gotten paid in various ways for some of it. When I left Roxio in 2001, a few dozen readers of my corporate newsletters (a very small percentage - we had 160,000 subscribers) liked my writing so much that they said they wanted to read anything else I cared to write, even if it had nothing to do with the CD-R stuff they were used to seeing from me. So I started my website for them and for me, and it was very liberating to be able to write about whatever interested me. Over the years that has grown in all sorts of directions - in the face of the conventional wisdom that your blog should have one topic only. And it's starting to make some money. Not enough to pay the rent yet, but not to sneeze at, either. I'd love to make a living from the site, and I recognize that, consciously or unconsciously, what I choose to write about (and photograph, and video) is partly influenced by what I know about what my audience likes. Does that make me a sell-out? Boh. So far I'm still only writing about stuff I enjoy, and I suppose that counts for something. -- best regards, Deirdré Straughan living travelling in Italy (and other Countries Beginning with I) www.beginningwithi.com Check out my latest blog post: Bersaglierihttp://www.beginningwithi.com/italy/travel/leccoevents2.html Blogsigs.com http://www.blogsigs.com, Link your own blog posts. [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
Re: [videoblogging] TRUFFA A DANNO DEI MALTI PSICHIATRICI A PARMA PER 100000 EURO
I've written to him at the other address given in the message (he says he doesn't read his gmail address). I'd offer to translate, but this is a really bad time for me right now and I would probably fail to follow through. -- best regards, Deirdré Straughan living travelling in Italy (and other Countries Beginning with I) www.beginningwithi.com Check out my latest blog post: Difficult Breastshttp://www.beginningwithi.com/aboutme/difficultbreasts.html Blogsigs.com http://www.blogsigs.com, Link your own blog posts. [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
Re: [videoblogging] TRUFFA A DANNO DEI MALTI PSICHIATRICI A PARMA PER 100000 EURO
Judging by the video, it's not spam, and it's a topic that would probably interest many in this group... if it was in English. -- best regards, Deirdré Straughan living travelling in Italy (and other Countries Beginning with I) www.beginningwithi.com Check out my latest blog post: Difficult Breastshttp://www.beginningwithi.com/aboutme/difficultbreasts.html Blogsigs.com http://www.blogsigs.com, Link your own blog posts. [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
Re: [videoblogging] Vloggercon Europe 2007?
Dunno yet. Depends where in the world I am at the time. Any of several continents is possible. -- best regards, Deirdré Straughan living travelling in Italy (and other Countries Beginning with I) www.beginningwithi.com Check out my latest blog post: Everyday Italian: Newspaper Headlines 4http://www.beginningwithi.com/italy/lang/newspapers4.html Blogsigs.com http://www.blogsigs.com, Link your own blog posts. [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
[videoblogging] need a videocamera recommendation: good in low light, price $300
Any suggestions? -- best regards, Deirdré Straughan living travelling in Italy (and other Countries Beginning with I) www.beginningwithi.com Check out my latest blog post: My Potter Predictionshttp://www.beginningwithi.com/oped/potterpredictions.html Blogsigs.com http://www.blogsigs.com, Link your own blog posts. [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
Re: [videoblogging] need a videocamera recommendation: good in low light, price $300
How is it in low light, e.g. a living room with standard household lighting? On 6/26/07, Gökçen Karan [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi I'm recommendation to Sanyo Xacti series. I have Xacti VPC CA6 and I like this camera. Specially price is low and you can use under rain or beach :-) But if you want spend more you can find more higher capabilites cameras from this Sanyo Xacti series. -Gokcen http://www.gokcenkaran.com Deirdre Straughan yazm?s,: Any suggestions? -- best regards, Deirdré Straughan living travelling in Italy (and other Countries Beginning with I) www.beginningwithi.com Check out my latest blog post: My Potter Predictionshttp://www.beginningwithi.com/oped/potterpredictions.html http://www.beginningwithi.com/oped/potterpredictions.html Blogsigs.com http://www.blogsigs.com http://www.blogsigs.com, Link your own blog posts. [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] -- best regards, Deirdré Straughan living travelling in Italy (and other Countries Beginning with I) www.beginningwithi.com Check out my latest blog post: My Potter Predictionshttp://www.beginningwithi.com/oped/potterpredictions.html Blogsigs.com http://www.blogsigs.com, Link your own blog posts. [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
Re: [videoblogging] Re: What's the next big vlogger event?
I might be able to make the NYC one, on my way in to other parts of the US. Let's see how my working life develops... -- [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
[videoblogging] VlogCamp in Italy
This is very last-minute, but if any vloggers happen to be in or near Italy, there will be a VlogCamp in Rome on Saturday June 23rd - see http://barcamp.org/VlogCamp for details (only in Italian so far, I'll suggest that they add English). -- read my latest blog post: Leone Candies http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/DeirdrStraughan/~3/75821866/ --Blogsigs.com, Link your own blog posts. http://www.blogsigs.com [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
Re: [videoblogging] Re: Anyone try the Elgato Turbo 264?
I don't know the product and don't own a Mac (so couldn't try it), but do know its creator. I've pointed him at this thread to see if they can get some sample clips up. -- read my latest blog post: Leone Candies http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/DeirdrStraughan/~3/75821866/ --Blogsigs.com, Link your own blog posts. http://www.blogsigs.com [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
Re: [videoblogging] Re: Threats and female vloggers
Way, way back when CompuServe still mattered, I hung out there providing a company presence in a couple of technical forums. Once a guy invited me for a private chat, I assumed because he had a technical question. Then he immediately wrote I can suck my own cock. I was so startled I simply dumped out of the chat, but in retrospect wish I had said: You must be fun at parties or something similarly ironic. I haven't been harassed much; the fact that my site isn't really constructed to encourage comment conversations is probably a factor. I pre-moderate all comments and simply erase the trolls before they ever get started. -- best regards, Deirdré Straughan www.beginningwithi.com (personal) www.tvblob.com (work) [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
Re: [videoblogging] GALACTICAST launches a new sponsorship level: GOD EMPEROR
If I had it... but only if you and Rudy personally come and rub my feet and make me margaritas every day at sunset. And they would have to be GOOD margaritas. On 4/13/07, Casey McKinnon [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: That's right, folks. For only $20,000 you can become GOD EMPEROR of GALACTICAST... with all the benefits of a Producer (linked credit in shownotes, full screen ad credit in our videos) but for AN ENTIRE YEAR! Will it work? Who knows... If it does work, the world will be a beautiful place. Yours, Rudy and Casey --- http://galacticast.com/ -- best regards, Deirdré Straughan www.beginningwithi.com (personal) www.tvblob.com (work) [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
Re: [videoblogging] League of Decent Vloggers Unite!
On 4/10/07, Kath O'Donnell [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: the O'Reilly draft code of conduct is based loosely on the blogher one isn't it (he mentions this at http://radar.oreilly.com/archives/2007/04/draft_bloggers_1.html) http://blogher.org/community-guidelines this is a good one We won't say anything online that we wouldn't say in person. Enh, some of the loonies I've had the displeasure to deal with online probably wouldn't flinch at saying anything to my face - and I wouldn't be keen to give them the opportunity. The problem with the Internet is that it aggregates loonies, too. sigh -- best regards, Deirdré Straughan www.beginningwithi.com (personal) www.tvblob.com (work) [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
Re: [videoblogging] League of Decent Vloggers Unite!
ps I LOVE Mike's idea. Wish I had time to do anything with it... -- best regards, Deirdré Straughan www.beginningwithi.com (personal) www.tvblob.com (work) [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
Re: [videoblogging] Re: BikiniZero.com Tech News Bikini-Driven!
Hey, I did my bit: http://www.beginningwithi.com/tech/barcamproma.html On 23 Mar 2007 18:09:51 -0700, Gena [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: That what I'm talking about! Fairness! Balance. Like I said, I'm willing to negotiate. The beefcake in question don't have to be 100% skivvy free. 93.5% is good enough to start the conversation rolling. Thank you for seeing the humor and potential large and lucrative market opportunity of women folk who might not be into Pr0n but who would appreciate the aesthetics of a well developed yet intellectually sensual man who is properly exposed doing anything nice and slow. Or at least can stay up on the down stroke. To each his/her own. Peace and laughter, Gena --- In videoblogging@yahoogroups.com videoblogging%40yahoogroups.com, filmanimationweb [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi Gena I wanted to re-dress your statements to make sure I understand the bared meaning of your suggestiveness: I take it under my belt that you would support the erection, by me, of a site to do with somewhat nude - or, who are we kidding, quite nudaceous - beefcakes, delivering their daily events in the form of of a beefcakey, newsy-type tech showing? If that's the case, I wanted to satisfy you, that we are indeed working ourselves up to such a fever; when bikinizero opens up into having better legs under itself, we most definitely have the plan to emit forth another show, called 'BeefcakeNews.com'; Our huge handling of the bikini news must of course come first, as we are men and must follow our prime instinctuals, and by that I mean doing women first in bikinis, and after that we of course can fit in a man to deliver. Just messing with you :) We do in fact have plans to do a show called Beefcake news; we need a few months of getting BikiniZero established and solid, and then we can do one for the ladies! Thanks for your comments, you are funny enough to be a BZ writer! --- In videoblogging@yahoogroups.com videoblogging%40yahoogroups.com, Gena compumavengal@ wrote: Hey Jan, I don't want men in a bikini. I want the men folk naked! And when they have to demo a product I want men to wiggle in front of the camera just like the women folk seem to do. I don't object to the show. They certainly put a lot of time and effort into it. I just want parity. I want a dude with the muscally muscles to talk to me about the advantages of high speed SD cards. I want discussions about hard drives to go in a whole new direction. Oh, if he's got some meat on his thighs that's alright with me. And if he is a bear or bare with the hair I don't care. Fair is fair. When they make a point there should be a point that is visible to all. Now I am willing to be flexible. If they can find the right skimmy skimp for the guys to wear that would be acceptable. Stay away from plaid tho. It don't do it for me. I'd actually have to concentrate on what he was talking about. So if the folks at BikiniZero can see a way to be more gender inclusive, I will certainly do my part to spread the word. Gena http://outonthestoop.blogspot.com http://pcclibtech.blogspot.com --- In videoblogging@yahoogroups.com videoblogging%40yahoogroups.com, Jan McLaughlin jannie.jan@ wrote: Don't f'in' get me started. Aw crap. Here it comes... The lesson: women must take better / more directed advantage of silly men. They are totally at our mercy. What is it we women really want? Why don't more women create these shows and make $ off 'em? I know there's a reason. Can it be a good reason? Jan On 3/23/07, Adam Quirk, Wreck Salvage quirk@ wrote: Thank you Taylor. On 3/23/07, filmanimationweb 24pfilms@ wrote: Hey Adam, I wanted to say we (BikiniZero) really like your show, great writing...wanted to bid on your first run of ads, but I needed to feed the crew ;) I think Drew won? Taylor Moore www.bikinizero.com --- In videoblogging@yahoogroups.comvideoblogging%40yahoogroups.com, Adam Quirk, Wreck Salvage quirk@ wrote: I would subscribe if there was more penetration. On 3/22/07, filmanimationweb 24pfilms@ wrote: Hi Gang, Just wanted to post the link to our first episode of our weekly tech show. We also have a contest for the best tech story of the month, so enter to win a video ipod.. In addition to flash and QT we are using a cool full screen, high quality video transport for deliver of our show..like Joost only better, you can find it under the Video Formats link. PC only. Please check us out and let us know what you think... www.bikinizero.com Tech News Bikini-Driven!
Re: [videoblogging] Re: I've got 2 Joost invites... anybody want one?
I, also, have two to give away in a hurry. On 21 Mar 2007 12:27:52 -0700, Chuck Leggett [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- In videoblogging@yahoogroups.com videoblogging%40yahoogroups.com, Chuck Leggett [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: An email from Joost today informed me that I have 2 invites to use before tomorrow. If anyone is interested in one of them, please email me with your name and email address. email to request joost invite: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Chuck's Vlog http://runchuckrun.blogspot.com email is: runchuckrunatgmaildotcom -- best regards, Deirdré Straughan www.beginningwithi.com (personal) www.tvblob.com (work) [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
Re: [videoblogging] Re: I've got 2 Joost invites... anybody want one?
I've got one more - who needs it? On 21 Mar 2007 12:27:52 -0700, Chuck Leggett [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- In videoblogging@yahoogroups.com videoblogging%40yahoogroups.com, Chuck Leggett [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: An email from Joost today informed me that I have 2 invites to use before tomorrow. If anyone is interested in one of them, please email me with your name and email address. email to request joost invite: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Chuck's Vlog http://runchuckrun.blogspot.com email is: runchuckrunatgmaildotcom -- best regards, Deirdré Straughan www.beginningwithi.com (personal) www.tvblob.com (work) [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
[videoblogging] Joost invites
I've been warned that my two unused invites will expire soon. Apparently no one wanted them badly enough to perform the minor request of leaving a comment on my blog in exchange. Which today is impossible because my comments are down, so the first two people to write me that they want these can have them. -- best regards, Deirdré Straughan www.beginningwithi.com (personal) www.tvblob.com (work) [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
Re: [videoblogging] Re: Who's NOT going to a conferance!
It does start to get a little irritating sometimes - all the cool people go to SXSW and the rest of us stay home, right? But, hey, I lived in Austin before SXSW ever existed! And I knew it was cool even then. So there! FWIW, I went to a Cisco Expo here in Milan today, which was mostly boring and the food was bad (a mortal sin in Italy). They talked at length about a half million dollar videoconferencing system but did not demo it nor even show video! -- best regards, Deirdré Straughan www.beginningwithi.com (personal) www.tvblob.com (work) [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
Re: [videoblogging] Re: Who's NOT going to a conferance!
Aww. I could have used your company at Cisco today! BTW, did you win whatever it was? I voted for you. On 3/7/07, schlomo rabinowitz [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I'd show up at any conference you are at, Deirdre!! She makes conferences more bearable!:) Schlomo -- best regards, Deirdré Straughan www.beginningwithi.com (personal) www.tvblob.com (work) [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
Re: [videoblogging] Two Joost Invites
I'm holding one for a certain Dave who asked me first months ago, in case he still needs it. One more goes to the first person to leave an intelligent comment on my site http://www.beginningwithi.com/comments/ On 3/2/07, Kary Rogers [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: They is no mo'. -- Kary Rogers http://goodcommitment.tv On Mar 1, 2007, at 3:15 PM, Kary Rogers wrote: I signed up for the beta program a while back but I run neither Windows nor an Intel Mac. At any rate, I have two Joost invites. In you are interested, email me off list with your name and the email address where you'd like the invite sent. First two replies, off list, gets 'em. I will post again when they are gone. Remaining Joostless, -- Kary Rogers http://goodcommitment.tv -- best regards, Deirdré Straughan www.beginningwithi.com (personal) www.tvblob.com (work) [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
Re: [videoblogging] Two Joost Invites
No one wants mine, apparently. Interesting. So much for Joost being the hot property. On 3/3/07, sull [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: 2 as well. offlist email etc... On 3/2/07, Deirdre Straughan [EMAIL PROTECTED]deirdre.straughan%40gmail.com wrote: I'm holding one for a certain Dave who asked me first months ago, in case he still needs it. One more goes to the first person to leave an intelligent comment on my site http://www.beginningwithi.com/comments/ On 3/2/07, Kary Rogers [EMAIL PROTECTED] kr%40kmrogers.netkr%40kmrogers.net wrote: They is no mo'. -- Kary Rogers http://goodcommitment.tv On Mar 1, 2007, at 3:15 PM, Kary Rogers wrote: I signed up for the beta program a while back but I run neither Windows nor an Intel Mac. At any rate, I have two Joost invites. In you are interested, email me off list with your name and the email address where you'd like the invite sent. First two replies, off list, gets 'em. I will post again when they are gone. Remaining Joostless, -- Kary Rogers http://goodcommitment.tv -- best regards, Deirdré Straughan www.beginningwithi.com (personal) www.tvblob.com (work) [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] -- Sull http://vlogdir.com (a project) http://SpreadTheMedia.org (my blog) http://interdigitate.com (otherly) [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] -- best regards, Deirdré Straughan www.beginningwithi.com (personal) www.tvblob.com (work) [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
Re: [videoblogging] compare embedded video experiences
My test page http://www.beginningwithi.com/vlog/test.html hasn't been updated in a while, but it gives side-by-side comparisons of several dozen embedded video hosting options. -- best regards, Deirdré Straughan www.beginningwithi.com (personal) www.tvblob.com (work) [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
Re: [videoblogging] New London Videoblog Group at Meetup.com
I don't live in the UK, but come to Milton Keynes several times a year to visit my dad, so if the timing works out I'll pop in sometime. -- best regards, Deirdré Straughan www.beginningwithi.com (personal) www.tvblob.com (work) [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
Re: [videoblogging] Is little brother watching you?
Seems to me that people need to (a) do fewer things that they might be ashamed of and (b) NOT be ashamed of what they do and (c) develop a sense of humor. If someone gets drunk and makes a fool of him/herself in public now and then but does not attempt to drive or in any other way hurt anybody, where is the harm? Only in a faux-Puritan society that tries to punishes others for what we do ourselves. If I were looking to hire someone, would I hold it against them that they once did something silly and I have video evidence? Hell, no. It'll happen to me one day. In any case, I wouldn't get particularly worked up about people seeing me naked. It's a human body, big deal. I suspect you've got one, too. As for naked Verdi, that was one of the funniest moments I've ever seen in vlogging. I hope he didn't take it down. -- best regards, Deirdré Straughan www.beginningwithi.com (personal) www.tvblob.com (work) [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
Re: [videoblogging] Show off your Vlogging Tallents
Gee, I wanted to be cretive! It always amazes me how spammers think that anyone would take seriously a business proposition from someone who cannot spell. -- best regards, Deirdré Straughan www.beginningwithi.com (personal) www.tvblob.com (work) [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
Re: [videoblogging] Vloggercon? (was Re: Tuesday FlashMeeting)
My thoughts/votes: - 2-3 days over a weekend in NYC - for me, and I suspect for many, a week camping is not likely to be possible (I have family vacations and other factors to consider) - try to get funding to bring in worthy vloggers from other parts of the world who otherwise couldn't afford it, e.g. Africa, Bangladesh, Indonesia (I don't mention India only because I think a lot of Indians could pay their own tickets). And of course Baghdad, if we can get visas for them... - this part needs a LOT of advance notice as the US government is such a PITA about letting foreigners in these days. - nothing wrong with us chickens, but let's try to expand the pool to people who do videoblogging but don't necessarily consider themselves videobloggers, e.g. some of the YouTube people - at least make an effort to invite them! - widen the circle in every possible way. Tear up the A List, forget the same old names, invite the Z List. Get out and find people who are NOT part of this group and, when/if they show up, make them feel welcome - a risk at events like this is that old friends hang out exclusively with people they already know, which rather misses the point. Much of the coolness of vlogEurope was in spending lots of time with people I knew nothing about before I had them sleeping in my family room. - No panels, no speakers. We're all makers here as well as audience - why would we have an event where we sit passively and listen to the so-called experts? WE are the experts. What format can we use to share knowledge without descending into utter chaos? -- best regards, Deirdré Straughan www.beginningwithi.com (personal) www.tvblob.com (work) [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
Re: [videoblogging] Vloggercon? (was Re: Tuesday FlashMeeting)
I'm sorry you slept through vlogEurope ; ) - it would have been fun to meet you there. I've been to one barCamp, which, being mostly Italians, was chaos - but lots of fun and very informative. So I do think the barCamp model can work well with just a touch more organization, it's much the same as the informal approach that Andreas chose for vlogEurope. -- best regards, Deirdré Straughan www.beginningwithi.com (personal) www.tvblob.com (work) [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
Re: [videoblogging] Re: I am so disappointed in You all.
Here, Paul, you haven't been totally ignored: http://www.fotolog.com/rossella/16516009 -- best regards, Deirdré Straughan www.beginningwithi.com (personal) www.tvblob.com (work) [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
Re: [videoblogging] Does personal vlogging matter anymore?
What David said. On 2/20/07, David King [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I don't worry about the shows - if I'm still having fun, then it still matters to me. And I'm only DOING it for me in the first place, so... david On 2/20/07, Heath [EMAIL PROTECTED] heathparks%40msn.com wrote: That's it, that is the question 'does personal vlogging matter anymore?' I mean sure on one hand for the handful that started it, it doesor does it.I don't know I am wondering do you support 'personal' vlogging, I mean with all the 'shows' out there does the personal story matter anymore. -- best regards, Deirdré Straughan www.beginningwithi.com (personal) www.tvblob.com (work) [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
Re: [videoblogging] MyBlogLog Spam
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 just seasonal. On 18 Feb 2007, at 13:34, sull wrote: Anyone use MyBlogLog.com? Are you having sudden spamming issues... splogs and bogus friend requests? I am. -- Sull http://vlogdir.com (a project) http://SpreadTheMedia.org (my blog) http://interdigitate.com (otherly) [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] Yahoo! Groups Links -- best regards, Deirdré Straughan www.beginningwithi.com (personal) www.tvblob.com (work) [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
Re: [videoblogging] Video Blog File Type Recommendation Request
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 Sorenson Squeeze) MP4 for iTunes (using QuickTime Pro to compress from raw DV/AVI) ps Quesocompuesto is one of the few podcasts I've actually listened to and enjoyed, once when you shared a conference with Jared Spool (I think it was...). Must go back and see what's new over by you... On 2/18/07, Giovanni Gallucci [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: OK...I bow before the video masters. Simple question What does the videoblogging group members recommend when it comes to video file-type for a video blog. I am doing post production on a Mac with a combination of iMovieHD and FinalCut Express. I am considering .mov, .mp4, and .m4v. I have three goals in this order - Widest possible distribution with a single file format; highest quality; and smallest files size :-). The only thing I¹m not asking for is a built-in, guaranteed audience of several thousand right out of the gate. So...what say ye, video smarties? giovanni gallucci tel 469.682.6978 blog www.theagencyblog.com aim giovannigallucci msn [EMAIL PROTECTED] giovanni%40gallucci.net kinetic results, llc 14875 landmark boulevard, suite 200 addison, tx 75254 tel 972.202.9945 web www.kineticresults.com media swamp podcast network 15950 dallas parkway, suite 400 dallas, tx 75248 web www.mediaswamp.com podcast www.quesocompuesto.com video podcast www.quesocompuestotv.com [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] -- best regards, Deirdré Straughan www.beginningwithi.com (personal) www.tvblob.com (work) [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] Yahoo! Groups Links * To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/videoblogging/ * Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional * To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/videoblogging/join (Yahoo! ID required) * To change settings via email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] * To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] * Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
Re: [videoblogging] Re: I am so disappointed in You all.
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 bombarded daily by requests for this or that donation (of time or money), to think about this or care about that. We all have limited personal bandwidth, and we choose the causes and institutions that are dearest to each of us. I donate considerable time and energy to the international school in India that I attended (as is evident from my website). I'll probably be involved (again) with the Democrats Abroad next year, getting out the vote. I give to Planned Parenthood even though I no longer live in the US and it's of no possible use to me personally. So, no matter how noble the cause, I'm all cared out. And, knowing the caliber and characters of the people on this list, I know that the same can be said of many or most of us: we are plenty involved and already giving far MORE than the human or American average, in our time, our money, our expertise, and our passion. We just happen to be giving it to other things. So you can't expect us to leap up and take on a new charity activity just because you ask. And I'd agree with Josh that your insistence on the Digg aspect makes me itch. How is helping your site get traffic going to actually help raise funds on Red Nose day, especially when the UK media is already inundated with coverage for it? In any case, it's not a Digg sort of thing. There are zillions of articles out there on how to get Dugg, and, from what I've read, this topic doesn't strike me as one that's going to be a winner. You'd be better off trying to get the UK media to talk about it, and you have already had some successes there, so I suggest you go for that. -- best regards, Deirdré Straughan www.beginningwithi.com (personal) www.tvblob.com (work) [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
[videoblogging] a gentle suggestion
...for those of you who run blogs. I'm 44 years old. I've been horribly near-sighted since I was a kid, and now my close-up vision is going as well - it's getting harder and harder for me to read small type. For some reason, the default font size on every blog theme I've seen is tiny. I'm starting to regularly use Ctrl + to be able to read blogs at all. Which gets pretty squirrelly with some layouts. And it's a trick that might not occur to many less-experienced computer users. So most blogs, by default, make themselves difficult to use for older people. A lot of us out here in audienceland are over 40 and starting to have vision problems (just you wait - it'll happen to you one day). So, if you want to enlarge your audience, ENLARGE YOUR FONT. -- best regards, Deirdré Straughan www.beginningwithi.com (personal) www.tvblob.com (work) [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
[videoblogging] has anyone ever managed to get help from Technorati?
I have asked twice via their contact form why my rank and links from never seem to get updated (53 days and counting, by their own admission!), even when there is lots of new link activity. No answer. Anyone have any ideas how to give their system a kick in the pants? Yes, I have pinged repeatedly. The links to this URL ( http://www.technorati.com/search/http://www.beginningwithi.com?cc=vpv5qqr448) is updated daily, but that critical top line, well - 53 days! -- best regards, Deirdré Straughan www.beginningwithi.com (personal) www.tvblob.com (work) [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
Re: [videoblogging] Blogged Hillary this morning
This is great. I don't watch TV so I guess I'm less affected by the MSM spin, but I still really appreciate this alternative perspective. On 2/9/07, Bill Cammack [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: http://reelsolid.tv/2007/02/09/reelsolidtv-episode-39-when-hillary-is-president/ -- Bill C. http://ReelSolid.TV -- best regards, Deirdré Straughan www.beginningwithi.com (personal) www.tvblob.com (work) [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
Re: [videoblogging] Re: Not something to celebrate
Hmm. I missed that piece of news before. Otherwise, I would have agreed with Jarod. I've never felt sure about the gray areas in this one. On 2/7/07, Steve Rhodes [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: No, Josh has always said he doesn't have any footage of any of that (and this was confirmed by a reporter who viewed it). On 2/7/07, Jarod [EMAIL PROTECTED] jarod%408bit-me.com wrote: but at the same time he may have footage of people throwing a burning mattress under a cop car and other acts of vandalism. -- Steve Rhodes http://ari.typepad.com http://tigerbeat.vox.com blogs http://flickr.com/photos/ari/ photos http://del.icio.us/tigerbeat interesting articles sites [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] -- best regards, Deirdré Straughan www.beginningwithi.com (personal) www.tvblob.com (work) [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
Re: [videoblogging] Re: Not something to celebrate
Okay... let's count the things I have to worry about as a blogger: - saying something that will piss off some religious nut (pick your flavor - I despise them all) and cause someone to call for my death - saying something or allowing something to be said on my blog which could lead to lawsuits for libel, slander, etc. - saying something that will later be raked up and used against me should I ever decide to run for public office (whoops - blew that one ages ago) - appearing to have video or anything else that someone in authority thinks might possibly provide evidence of crimes they're not even sure occurred, but would surely like to know about if they did - in Italy, saying something that could be construed as an offense against any religion (see http://www.beginningwithi.com/italy/living/opinion.html ) Uh, what were we saying about new media and the Internet giving us all freedom to express ourselves...? On 2/7/07, Bill Cammack [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: http://joshwolf.net/freejosh/ Wolf has repeatedly stated under oath that his unpublished material does not contain footage of any of the alleged crimes committed. In a show of good faith, Wolf has offered to let the judge review his tape. The Honorable Judge William Alsop refused. -- best regards, Deirdré Straughan www.beginningwithi.com (personal) www.tvblob.com (work) [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
Re: [videoblogging] late nite mash a roma
There are a bunch of bloggers and videobloggers in Rome you could meet up with, and I might even drop by myself if you've got time (oppure, se vuoi, fai un salto qui a casa nostra sul Lago di Como). Drop me a line privately if you want some names/contacts. On 2/6/07, danielmcvicar [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hello all! I am going to Rome, Italy until Mid April, so LateNiteMash will originate from there. In Italian fashion, it may be on its own schedule. Hopefully I'll be set up with a good internet connection, and am bringing the trusty laptop. Editing time is tight, but it should be interesting from there. I will mix footage with the Nokia N93 with the sony HDV. Ciao all! D -- best regards, Deirdré Straughan www.beginningwithi.com (personal) www.tvblob.com (work) [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
Re: [videoblogging] late nite mash a roma
Among others, Diego Bianchi http://zoro.blog.excite.it/ (probably Italy's most-watched vlogger at the moment - enjoy his commentary on Italy's version of Big Brother) would be happy to take you around Rome. On 2/6/07, danielmcvicar [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hello all! I am going to Rome, Italy until Mid April, so LateNiteMash will originate from there. In Italian fashion, it may be on its own schedule. Hopefully I'll be set up with a good internet connection, and am bringing the trusty laptop. Editing time is tight, but it should be interesting from there. I will mix footage with the Nokia N93 with the sony HDV. Ciao all! D -- best regards, Deirdré Straughan www.beginningwithi.com (personal) www.tvblob.com (work) [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
Re: [videoblogging] Re: GALACTICAST Sponsor Credits
Got some coverage on NewTeeVee - that can't hurt. http://newteevee.com/2007/02/05/galacticast-runs-pledge-drive/ -- best regards, Deirdré Straughan www.beginningwithi.com (personal) www.tvblob.com (work) [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
Re: [videoblogging] joost invite (the venice project)
On 2/6/07, sull [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Make it easy to move videoblogs, YouTube clips etc. to my TV - then we'll be talking. Maybe, but if I want, I can plug in my puter to a TV and watch the internet. Cannot most people do this if it is so important? But most of the -clips- quality is not meant for TVs, so I dont really bother doing that. Besides, a 17inch laptop screen or 20inch desktop monitor is fine by me ;) As long as it's only you and your butt isn't tired from already sitting in an office chair in front of a computer all day, fine. But if I want to watch with my family, huddling three of us around the monitor really isn't a great option (though we have done it in desperate circumstances). I have tried hooking my laptop to a TV. Never could get it to work. Maybe that's me, maybe it's Windows, I dunno. But I'm not entirely stupid, and if I can't do it, I suspect it's not going to be easy for a lot of people. -- best regards, Deirdré Straughan www.beginningwithi.com (personal) www.tvblob.com (work) [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
Re: [videoblogging] joost invite (the venice project)
The Gigaom folks are on the ball, actually, and have a new blog dedicated precisely to video online, New TeeVee. Om's interview with one of the big guys at Joost was another one that made it pretty clear there is no interest at Joost in supporting amateur content. -- best regards, Deirdré Straughan www.beginningwithi.com (personal) www.tvblob.com (work) [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
Re: [videoblogging] joost invite (the venice project)
I can pretty much guarantee what that will look like on my side of the pond, once they get any content anyone actually cares about: see the screenshots on http://www.beginningwithi.com/tech/ideal_tv.htm On 2/6/07, CarLBanks [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: The idea of Joost not allowing user-generated content saddens me, but on the other hand having a good source of on-demand content would be great. I'd love it if Fox/NBC/CBS/ABC/etc signed up with Joost. They could create one of the best on-demand services, and it would be FREE! Joost isn't a bad idea and one I'm going to be watching closely. -- best regards, Deirdré Straughan www.beginningwithi.com (personal) www.tvblob.com (work) [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
Re: [videoblogging] Re: New to the group... I'm a news guy turned vblogger.
I should do a vlog about how the rest of the world is so f*ing BORED of hearing about the Super Bowl - and all the ads which seem to be the entire point these days. At least we (ROW) have the courtesy to hold the World Cup only once in four years. Nothing against you, Bill, I've just been noticing lately how all the traditional AND non-traditional news outlets I read every day talk about the same damn stuff (how many articles about the iPhone does the world really need?) and most are incredibly US-centric. Even when I set Google to not show me sports news, the damn Super Bowl still comes up as the first headline in my browser. And, now that the US media has finally deigned to notice it, global warming is somehow more real than it was a week before. Argh! On 2/4/07, Bill Cammack [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Yes Sir... Cutting Edge. :D About to go vlog the Super Bowl. -- best regards, Deirdré Straughan www.beginningwithi.com (personal) www.tvblob.com (work) [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
Re: [videoblogging] Help me understand
We all have every right to judge other people, countries, and customs. They may not agree with our judgements - they have that right. I am absolutely not shy to say that laws like these are barbaric and medieval. We can only hope that the people of Saudi Arabia some day succeed in rebelling against this idiocy - it's clear that many of them aren't particularly happy about it, either. However... the arrestees, while foreigners, broke local laws. You must live by the laws of the country you are in, no matter how stupid they are, and you can't expect to get away with anything just because you're a foreigner. Last year there were several highly-publicized cases of Australians sentenced to death for smuggling drugs into Indonesia. I don't agree with the death sentence for anything, let alone drug smuggling. However, it seemed a bit much for the Australian government to expect these people to be let off just because the laws are more lenient at home. If you're going to smuggle drugs, you ought to at least be smart enough to research the local laws and understand exactly what you're risking! Similarly, a foreign teenager (I forget what nationality, maybe American) was sentenced to lashing in Singapore some years ago, for graffiti. Again, that's the local law - why should he get special treatment because he's foreign? The lesson here is that other countries are decidedly NOT like our home countries in all sorts of ways, and it's a good idea to learn the ropes before you go there. On 2/5/07, Heath [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I just read this http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/16978938/ Ok, I know we have international folks here, help me understand this article please.I read things like this and I am tornon one hand who am I to judge a culture or another country's lawsbut on the other hand, I mean c'mon it's insane. It's time's like this I want to believe in the power of the net, the power of education, the power, the hope that things can changeby making the world smaller, by sharing, by showing how much in commen we really have with each other maybe, just maybe something positive can happen... Heath http://batmangeek7.blogspot.com -- best regards, Deirdré Straughan www.beginningwithi.com (personal) www.tvblob.com (work) [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
Re: [videoblogging] Help me understand
He's in jail because American laws about sex are incredibly stupid. The fact that he's black probably doesn't help. Most countries have at least a few really stupid, cruel, backward-thinking laws, though some have many of them. Just to show that I'm am equal-opportunity bitch: In Italy you could get into trouble for making a satirical video about the Pope - there is a law specifically protecting religions against insult. A website showing mock-up pictures of Ratzinger in a Nazi uniform was taken down by the Italian police as an offense against the Church. On 2/5/07, Loiez D. [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I just read this http://www.wilsonappeal.com/index.php ( In jail because he is black ? a vlogger ? Or because stupid laws ?) Peace, love, solidarity Loiez -- best regards, Deirdré Straughan www.beginningwithi.com (personal) www.tvblob.com (work) [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
Re: [videoblogging] Re: Help me understand
FWIW, I was recently delighted to discover a blog that gives something of an insider's perspective - so much so that I don't understand a lot of it! http://lwahhabi.blogspot.com/ -- best regards, Deirdré Straughan www.beginningwithi.com (personal) www.tvblob.com (work) [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
Re: [videoblogging] joost invite (the venice project)
Joost considered in a different category I have no problems with. I'm just tired of all the press and blog hype about how it's going to save the world when it's not original and isn't offering a service I even particularly want. As I said, there are a zillion ways to watch TV on my PC already - who cares? Make it easy to move videoblogs, YouTube clips etc. to my TV - then we'll be talking. On 2/5/07, sull [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: we need BOTH. we need ANY. cant argue that. let's not always make comparisons. there are different focuses, technologies and demands when it comes to new sources of content. there is nothing wrong with the Joost effort and it will allow for new content to spread. they wont be alone. even netflix and many others will provide this VOD service. VOD is critical. we should be able to discuss things like Joost here without always having ot make comparisons with videoblogging roots. sull On 2/4/07, [EMAIL PROTECTED] groups-yahoo-com%40mmeiser.com [EMAIL PROTECTED] groups-yahoo-com%40mmeiser.com wrote: Wow, that's extremely interesting Jay. Quite simply though, i have no interest in Joost unless it's an open and interoperable network. RSS is the standard. We need meta networks not more proprietary netowrks there's plenty of those, but networks that join networks. -Mike On 2/1/07, Jay dedman [EMAIL PROTECTED] jay.dedman%40gmail.com jay.dedman%40gmail.com wrote: Joost is the new tv project of the Kazaa/Skype guys. You can get an invite here in the coming hour or two: http://gigaom.com/2007/01/31/giveaway-thursday-fon-wi-fi-routers-joost-and-some-babelgum/#comment-577417 for the record Daniel Salber, the original mac developer for FireAnt, is now the lead developer for the mac version of Joost. So its good to have someone from the community working on this project. I'm not sure where they are headingbut I know Daniel understands what we are all tryiong to do. jay -- Here I am http://jaydedman.com Yahoo! Groups Links -- Sull http://vlogdir.com (a project) http://SpreadTheMedia.org (my blog) http://interdigitate.com (otherly) [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] -- best regards, Deirdré Straughan www.beginningwithi.com (personal) www.tvblob.com (work) [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
[videoblogging] how to embed YouTube video in an RSS feed?
Anyone know? I see some blogs doing it, but can't figure out how. -- best regards, Deirdré Straughan www.beginningwithi.com (personal) www.tvblob.com (work) [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
Re: [videoblogging] how to embed YouTube video in an RSS feed?
I tried that, but it appears that you need to know the size (in bytes) of what you're enclosing, and I can't figure out how to know that for a YouTube video. I also don't know what media type to give it. It appears I'm not the only one to have this problem - I'm finding lots of questions about it via Google, but no easy answers. Yet some blogs are clearly doing it. -- best regards, Deirdré Straughan www.beginningwithi.com (personal) www.tvblob.com (work) [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
Re: [videoblogging] how to embed YouTube video in an RSS feed?
Thanks. I have tried hand-coding that with the video I wanted to embed. Let's see if that works... (I've also, as Jan suggested, asked John Chow whose blog manages to do this successfully). On 2/4/07, Nathan Freitas [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: here's how youtube does it themselves: http://youtube.com/rss/global/recently_added.rss more info at: http://youtube.com/rssls +nathan -- best regards, Deirdré Straughan www.beginningwithi.com (personal) www.tvblob.com (work) [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
Re: [videoblogging] how to embed YouTube video in an RSS feed?
It seems to be working - I can see and play the video in Google reader. Yay! Thanks for the help! On 2/4/07, Deirdre Straughan [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Thanks. I have tried hand-coding that with the video I wanted to embed. Let's see if that works... (I've also, as Jan suggested, asked John Chow whose blog manages to do this successfully). On 2/4/07, Nathan Freitas [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: here's how youtube does it themselves: http://youtube.com/rss/global/recently_added.rss more info at: http://youtube.com/rssls +nathan -- best regards, Deirdré Straughan www.beginningwithi.com (personal) www.tvblob.com (work) -- best regards, Deirdré Straughan www.beginningwithi.com (personal) www.tvblob.com (work) [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
Re: [videoblogging] Re: New to the group... I'm a news guy turned vblogger.
Not so small, but we're close. ; ) On 2/4/07, amani channel [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: This vlog universe is smaller than I thought. Hope all is well. Thanks for the love. :) Peace, ac -- best regards, Deirdré Straughan www.beginningwithi.com (personal) www.tvblob.com (work) [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
Re: [videoblogging] My officail foray into video blogging...er vlogging...umm internet TV?
Nice, Jim - I enjoyed that slice of life. I have spent enough of my life on a plane that I'm glad I don't do that for a living. But... do they make you guys go through security before boarding? Are you allowed to bring your own beverages? Speaking of beverages, I like how you specifically avoided advertising whose coffee you were drinking! On 2/2/07, newmediajim [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: drumroll please. I've dipped my toes into the video blogging pool. I'm an old-media hack who sees great merit and promise in new media. So I'm trying to parlay my 15 years of network news experience into something useful! Please check it out and comment!! Thanks! Jim http://dailynightly.msnbc.com/2007/02/a_day_in_the_li.html -- best regards, Deirdré Straughan www.beginningwithi.com (personal) www.tvblob.com (work) [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
Re: [videoblogging] Re: My officail foray into video blogging...er vlogging...umm internet TV?
Love the Memphis vid, not least because I know Richard (and would love to know his wife, and meet Dina in person) (and I miss being able to eat ribs that I didn't cook myself). So I'm looking forward to Blip's trip to Italy! On 2/3/07, amani_c [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Nice behinds the scenes look. I too am a traditional news cat experimenting with this new media game. Check one of my episodes out. I'm in grad school, and not working in news currently, but I'm working at a small cable network in Atlanta. http://blip.tv/file/115823 http://blip.tv/file/123161 http://blip.tv/file/137051 I also started a video blog www.myurbanreport.com Peace!!! --- In videoblogging@yahoogroups.com videoblogging%40yahoogroups.com, newmediajim [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: drumroll please. I've dipped my toes into the video blogging pool. I'm an old-media hack who sees great merit and promise in new media. So I'm trying to parlay my 15 years of network news experience into something useful! Please check it out and comment!! Thanks! Jim http://dailynightly.msnbc.com/2007/02/a_day_in_the_li.html -- best regards, Deirdré Straughan www.beginningwithi.com (personal) www.tvblob.com (work) [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
[videoblogging] 100th Video
It's taken me longer than many people (I do more writing and still photography than video), but I finally reached this milestone! The new video is at http://www.beginningwithi.com/italy/travel/sormano.html (of interest to anyone interested in cycle racing, perhaps), the complete list is at http://www.beginningwithi.com/video/ So much footage, so little time to edit it... -- best regards, Deirdré Straughan www.beginningwithi.com (personal) www.tvblob.com (work) [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
Re: [videoblogging] Re: New voice message from Jan McLaughlin - Lavaliere Mics for Sale
Sooner than you think, my dear! http://www.tvblob.com/index.php?option=com_contenttask=viewid=24 On 2/2/07, Steve Watkins [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Who knows, if we think real big then maybe one day we'll be able to see eachother over vast distances! -- best regards, Deirdré Straughan www.beginningwithi.com (personal) www.tvblob.com (work) [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
Re: [videoblogging] Global Net Jamming?
One mistake the article makes is to lump YouTube and Joost into a single category. YouTube, AFAIK, is paying for the bandwidth to pump out all that video, one stream per view. Joost is P2P, with reportedly heavy bandwidth demands, potentially even when you are not actually viewing (if they use Skype-style supernodes - I haven't seen any mention of this yet). P2P applications are very good at shifting the bandwidth burden from the content supplier to the network at large. I can understand why the bandwidth providers are upset. On 2/2/07, sull [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: http://www.forbes.com/2007/01/30/info-traffic-jams-oped-cx_pk_0131network.html Craig Moffett of Bernstein Research told the Senate Commerce Committee last year that any telecom company that made a major infrastructure investment under a network neutrality regime would see its stock nosedive. Moffett estimated that the bandwidth for an average TV viewer would cost carriers $112 per month. A high-definition TV viewer would cost $560. Unless the YouTubes and Joosts of the world are willing (and legally permitted) to pay some of those costs, the investments are unlikely to happen. If network neutrality proponents have their way the Internet may be frozen in time, an information superhighway with Los Angeles-like traffic delays. The Internet doesn't need to be saved--it needs to keep getting better. Thoughts on this article? -- Sull http://vlogdir.com (a project) http://SpreadTheMedia.org (my blog) http://interdigitate.com (otherly) [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] -- best regards, Deirdré Straughan www.beginningwithi.com (personal) www.tvblob.com (work) [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
Re: [videoblogging] joost invite (the venice project)
I repeat: it's just not that exciting for videobloggers. Yeah, I've looked at it, it's pretty, so what? From all I've been able to find out, they have NO intention of allowing just anybody to upload - to protect against piracy - they only want to distribute professional content. So with Joost I can watch TV on my PC. Even if I wanted to do that, there are quite a few ways I could do it already. If this project was being carried out by anyone but Zennstrom et al, it would not be anywhere near the news it has been. As always, to they who already have (PR clout), more shall be given... -- best regards, Deirdré Straughan www.beginningwithi.com (personal) www.tvblob.com (work) [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
Re: [videoblogging] Re: copyright
I've used Magnatune, giving credit as they require. But I get very tired of the process of hunting for the right soundtrack. -- best regards, Deirdré Straughan www.beginningwithi.com (personal) www.tvblob.com (work) [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
Re: [videoblogging] Re: Fwd: a contest for the vlogWomen
Good point! On 1/26/07, miglsd27 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Deirdré, as anyone told Madge about the contest? Winner post there, for sure. Miguel. FYI, this contest is still open and I'm told has relatively few video entries, so lots of chances to win. And you don't have to be a wife or even a woman to enter! http://karenquinn.net/wife-in-the-fast-lane-contest/ -- Forwarded message -- From: Deirdre Straughan [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Jan 16, 2007 5:48 PM Subject: a contest for the vlogWomen To: videoblogging@yahoogroups.com videoblogging%40yahoogroups.com Another contest opportunity, this one for the vlogettes. I suspect some of you will enjoy this one - lord knows a lot of us are living in the fast lane! (And some, like me, about to get run over by a semi.) I can't participate myself because you have to be a US resident (yeah, I bitched about it, but I do understand the reasons - it's way too expensive to hire all the lawyers you would need to run something like this legally worldwide). But I look forward to seeing what y'all come up with! -- best regards, Deirdré Straughan www.beginningwithi.com (personal) www.tvblob.com (work) -- best regards, Deirdré Straughan www.beginningwithi.com (personal) www.tvblob.com (work) [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] -- best regards, Deirdré Straughan www.beginningwithi.com (personal) www.tvblob.com (work) [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
Re: [videoblogging] PC Editing Programs
I've edited in MovieMaker and Roxio VideoWave, output raw AVI, and then compress using QuickTime Pro. (I also use Sorenson Squeeze to compress in FLV and SWF). On 1/27/07, Michael Verdi [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Ryanne and I are working on some new tutorials for Freevlog. One of the most often asked questions is how to compress quicktime movies from various PC editing programs (we're mac users so it's a hard question). So, given that we can't just buy everything, what programs should we look at? I'm thinking Premiere and Vegas. Do we need the full wiz-bang versions or are they similar enough to the iMovieish consumer versions? What else do people use a lot? Thanks, Verdi -- best regards, Deirdré Straughan www.beginningwithi.com (personal) www.tvblob.com (work) [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
[videoblogging] Fwd: a contest for the vlogWomen
FYI, this contest is still open and I'm told has relatively few video entries, so lots of chances to win. And you don't have to be a wife or even a woman to enter! http://karenquinn.net/wife-in-the-fast-lane-contest/ -- Forwarded message -- From: Deirdre Straughan [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Jan 16, 2007 5:48 PM Subject: a contest for the vlogWomen To: videoblogging@yahoogroups.com Another contest opportunity, this one for the vlogettes. I suspect some of you will enjoy this one - lord knows a lot of us are living in the fast lane! (And some, like me, about to get run over by a semi.) I can't participate myself because you have to be a US resident (yeah, I bitched about it, but I do understand the reasons - it's way too expensive to hire all the lawyers you would need to run something like this legally worldwide). But I look forward to seeing what y'all come up with! -- best regards, Deirdré Straughan www.beginningwithi.com (personal) www.tvblob.com (work) -- best regards, Deirdré Straughan www.beginningwithi.com (personal) www.tvblob.com (work) [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
Re: [videoblogging] video sites that pay
I'm not sure I see the point of printing this kind of information on paper - this field changes overnight, let alone every six months! -- best regards, Deirdré Straughan www.beginningwithi.com (personal) www.tvblob.com (work) [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
Re: [videoblogging] Fwd: a contest for the vlogWomen
You don't have to be American, just resident in. The problem with hiring lawyers worldwide is that they're expensive in any language... -- best regards, Deirdré Straughan www.beginningwithi.com (personal) www.tvblob.com (work) [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
[videoblogging] one for the ladies (or anyone else who likes looking at handsome Italian men!)
This has little or nothing to do with videoblogging, so consider it a favor to the videobloggettes. ; ) I got kinda tired of babes of reports from various events, and took a recent opportunity to turn the tables: http://www.beginningwithi.com/tech/barcamproma.html Enjoy! -- best regards, Deirdré Straughan www.beginningwithi.com (personal) www.tvblob.com (work) [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
[videoblogging] yet another PR opp for videobloggers
from http://www.itvt.com/tvoftomorrow/pages/5awards.html We are seeking artistic interpretations of the theme The TV of Tomorrow to be displayed at the show. If you have something you'd like to submit, please contact Tracy at 415-824-5806 or [EMAIL PROTECTED] for details...Learn morehttp://www.itvt.com/tvoftomorrow/%5Bitvt%5D-CallforArtists-TVofTomorrow-2007.pdf -- best regards, Deirdré Straughan www.beginningwithi.com (personal) www.tvblob.com (work) [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
Re: [videoblogging] Are you learning another language?
Don't be too hard on yourself. You already speak two or more languages that I know of, and that gives you a huge advantage over adult learners who have never learned another language - learning a new language is hardest for them. That said, you've chosen one of the world's hardest languages, and I've been told that it takes at least 5 years to begin to speak Mandarin properly. But, hey - better to try than not! And think of the sheer mass of people you will then be able to speak to! On 1/17/07, R. Kristiansen [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hey all, I am in the middle of trying to learn another language: Mandarin. In fact, my goal is to be fairly good at Mandarin before the Olympics next year, so I guess I don't have Too much time to do it. I decided to make a new videoblog just for that occasion: http://rnrdl.blip.tv/ Casey McKinnon just now showed her support by telling me that rumor has it adults can't learn chinese well, so I guess this videoblog will document my total failure! ;) -- best regards, Deirdré Straughan www.beginningwithi.com (personal) www.tvblob.com (work) [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
Re: [videoblogging] Joost?
They are supposedly throwing the beta wide open now, so anyone interested should go sign up at https://www.joost.com/betatest/ If I get any more invites than the measly two I've had so far, I'll offer them here - I don't think they're going to be worth much on eBay. grin I've just downloaded the latest version. Still not impressed. In the previous thread someone said that the plan is to enable video sharing etc., but so far I haven't seen any clear indication of this from the official literature on the product. I've also just noticed that, in spite of the scary NDA, it is now legal for me to blog about it, so maybe I'll do that. -- best regards, Deirdré Straughan www.beginningwithi.com (personal) www.tvblob.com (work) [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
[videoblogging] a contest for the vlogWomen
Another contest opportunity, this one for the vlogettes. I suspect some of you will enjoy this one - lord knows a lot of us are living in the fast lane! (And some, like me, about to get run over by a semi.) I can't participate myself because you have to be a US resident (yeah, I bitched about it, but I do understand the reasons - it's way too expensive to hire all the lawyers you would need to run something like this legally worldwide). But I look forward to seeing what y'all come up with! -- best regards, Deirdré Straughan www.beginningwithi.com (personal) www.tvblob.com (work) [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
[videoblogging] Re: a contest for the vlogWomen
Duh! Brain fart! Here is the link to the actual contest info: http://karenquinn.net/wife-in-the-fast-lane-contest/ On 1/16/07, Deirdre Straughan [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Another contest opportunity, this one for the vlogettes. I suspect some of you will enjoy this one - lord knows a lot of us are living in the fast lane! (And some, like me, about to get run over by a semi.) I can't participate myself because you have to be a US resident (yeah, I bitched about it, but I do understand the reasons - it's way too expensive to hire all the lawyers you would need to run something like this legally worldwide). But I look forward to seeing what y'all come up with! -- best regards, Deirdré Straughan www.beginningwithi.com (personal) www.tvblob.com (work) -- best regards, Deirdré Straughan www.beginningwithi.com (personal) www.tvblob.com (work) [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
Re: [videoblogging] final response to my RSS query (?)
sigh I don't know what it is about the Internet that makes people assume the worst and never give benefit of the doubt. When I used to answer the webmaster email address for Roxio, I was amazed at the virulent mails I sometimes got from people assuming that the company was out to screw them, I personally didn't give a damn, my mother slept with donkeys, etc. etc. - all before I had even had a chance to respond or otherwise! It's true that occasionally this group has been spammed or otherwise advertised to, and that email addresses published in the group have been harvested and abused by the unscrupulous. But perhaps if people would take a moment to ask what the perpetrator's intentions were before kicking them in the teeth, we could all spare each other some unnecessary grief. -- best regards, Deirdré Straughan www.beginningwithi.com (personal) www.tvblob.com (work) [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
Re: [videoblogging] LO-FI SAINT LOUIS signs with Podtech
That's wonderful, Bill! Warmest congrats! On 1/13/07, Bill Streeter [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hey I just wanted to let you all know that I followed in Jay and Ryanne's footsteps and joined the Podtech Network this week. It's probably a very similar deal that they got--I have creative freedom to do what I want with my stuff, it's a licensing deal so I get to keep ownership of my stuff. And they're paying me. Which is way cool. It's a good feeling to think that someone liked your stuff enough to pay you to do something that you really love doing. I really dig the folks at Podtech (I got to hang with them this past week at the Bloghaus at CES) and I think that they are doing the business side of this stuff the right way. The process was relatively painless and I got great help from Morty Wiggins from OuThink who has loads of experience dealing with all aspects of the entertainment business. (http://www.outhink.com) And I got legal help from Colette Vogele who literally wrote the book on Podcasting and the law (I'm serious! Google it!). Her web site is here: http://vogelelaw.com So anyway I posted an announcement video on my site. You probably won't get a lot more info from it than you got here. But you do get to see me on video (a rare thing) and you get to see the orange walls in my house. Here is the link to the post: http://lofistl.com/2007/01/13/special-announcement/ Bill Streeter LO-FI SAINT LOUIS www.lofistl.com -- best regards, Deirdré Straughan www.beginningwithi.com (personal) www.tvblob.com (work) [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
Re: [videoblogging] Yahoo! buys MyBlogLog
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 - http://punkcast.com -- -- best regards, Deirdré Straughan www.beginningwithi.com (personal) www.tvblob.com (work) [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
Re: [videoblogging] Post shot, cut, scored posted to blog all using Nokia N93
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 those of you who looked and saw only yesterday's n93 post without editing. sent it again just now and it's up now. thanks to those who emailed to let me know. i'm an idiot. it DID work finally, though. with lots of edits done in- phone and music added and everything. and deirde, it didn't cost anything to email - the n93 can use regular wireless internet - so i used a free wifi hotspot in a cafe (which obviously didn't work as well as it should) to email it and then my (open) wifi at home (which did). I LOVE IT! On 11 Jan 2007, at 15:34, Rupert Howe wrote: and this morning I went out for a 15 minute run, shot a film with it, cut together a few different clips using the in-phone editor, added some music and posted to blip my blog using a free wifi hotspot. Rupert http://www.fatgirlinohio.org http://feeds.feedburner.com/fatgirlinohio [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] -- best regards, Deirdré Straughan www.beginningwithi.com (personal) www.tvblob.com (work) [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
Re: [videoblogging] The Venice Project
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 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 issue. But TVP is the real deal. And its still in early beta. Mac/Linux coming soon. sull On 1/12/07, Enric [EMAIL PROTECTED] enric%40cirne.com wrote: 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 http://tinyurl.com/y3zzwc And GigaOm's Inside The Venice Project Exclusive Screen Shots: http://gigaom.com/2006/12/21/first-look-venice-project/ or http://tinyurl.com/ycbk26 They're looking for content providers ;) -- Enric -==- http://www.cirne.com -- Sull http://vlogdir.com (a project) http://SpreadTheMedia.org (my blog) http://interdigitate.com (otherly) [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] -- best regards, Deirdré Straughan www.beginningwithi.com (personal) www.tvblob.com (work) [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
