[videoblogging] Seasons Greetings

2006-12-17 Thread Kent Nichols
Last year at this time we had nothing, buying a $6 ski mask was a big purchase. We didn't have any real connections in Hollywood, and we didn't know anyone in Silicon Valley. Videoblogging (or whatever you choose to call it) changed all of that. This has been the best year of my life (Douglas

Re: [videoblogging] Re: Are You Recommending HD Cameras Yet?

2006-12-17 Thread Jan / The Faux Press
Yeah, Bill - a bit off-topic - but the Verizon installation tech must have said, They're rolling out FIOS TV next month, so we're all jumping around like crazy, learning... at least half a dozen times. Verizon sent me a FedEx announcement of the fiber optic rollout. They're creaming in their jeans

[videoblogging] Perez Hilton Lawsuit

2006-12-17 Thread Kent Nichols
Blogging is a little ahead of us video folks in terms of maturity of the platforms and ways to make money. It's also ahead of us in terms of litigation. http://tinyurl.com/yd7fam This sort of litigation will come to video blogs, especially ones that use unlicensed photos or video from the

Re: [videoblogging] Happy Hannukah!

2006-12-17 Thread Ronen
Chris Ware rocks! Happy Holidays! On 12/15/06, schlomo rabinowitz [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hope everyone has a great holiday! Merry Xmas! Rockin Quaanza! Don't buy too much! It's a skam! Don't buy this stuff!:

Re: [videoblogging] Perez Hilton Lawsuit

2006-12-17 Thread Andreas Haugstrup Pedersen
Den 17.12.2006 kl. 10:38 skrev Kent Nichols [EMAIL PROTECTED]: It's a blurry line between a video blogger and a production company that can be sued and is liable. I know we're straddling that divide right now. We just got production insurance! Err... what? The videoblogger is every bit as

Re: [videoblogging] Seasons Greetings

2006-12-17 Thread Steve Garfield
Hi Kent, This looks like a fun project. Tell me, how do you get the bucketaday.com domain to replace the Wordpress.com domain and continue to have all the links still work? Thanks, --Steve On Dec 17, 2006, at 3:28 AM, Kent Nichols wrote: I'm starting a side project golf blog at a

Re: [videoblogging] Seasons Greetings

2006-12-17 Thread Steve Garfield
Hello everyone, Just found out that Wordpress.com now offers domain mapping. It's all explained over here: http://faq.wordpress.com/2006/11/10/domain-mapping/ You can use Domain Mapping to replace the wordpress.com website address with your own domain. --Steve On Dec 17, 2006, at 8:22 AM,

[videoblogging] Iran blocks Youtube

2006-12-17 Thread Jay dedman
Here's another reason in my book why site-specific video sites are not the most healthy or sustainable. A authoritarian govt can just block the site. Jay Iran Bans YouTube The Iranian government, runs some of the most extensive filtering on the planet. This is

Re: [videoblogging] converting from mpeg4 to dv

2006-12-17 Thread Lan Bui
Michael, Thanks for the explanation, I watched (some) of the flashmeeting after it was over and wondered why you would convert such small files to big ones. Your explanation is good. Chris brought up a good point though, archival is important; how do you archive and manage your clips from

Re: [videoblogging] Re: OOoh, Amanda's Up!

2006-12-17 Thread Deirdre Straughan
A vs. A Redux has come to the attention of one of NewTeeVee, the new blog in Om Malik's stable: http://newteevee.com/2006/12/15/andrew-vs-amanda-part-ii/ Not looking good, guys. On 12/16/06, Gary Short [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Amanda Congdon wrote: Chuck, I am personally offended by

Re: [videoblogging] Input from the community?

2006-12-17 Thread Jan / The Faux Press
Found this article you may find of interest, Nox. http://newassignment.net/blog/kelly_nuxoll/dec2006/15/what_motivates_p From the article: Considering the vast majority of people participate for free, we have to assume they're not motivated by money. As Mark Davis has pointed

[videoblogging] Re: open invitation

2006-12-17 Thread Bill Cammack
--- In videoblogging@yahoogroups.com, Paul Knight [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hey guys I am looking for singers in my latest colab, we are singing o come all ye faithfull as a christmas vlog, I will be singing in both english and latin, Loiez's son and Loiez will be singing in French,

Re: [videoblogging] converting from mpeg4 to dv

2006-12-17 Thread Michael Verdi
Here's what I do: I use iPhoto to store all the clips and photos from my xacti. It tells me how much space my library takes up. So I can keep selecting some film rolls until they add up to about 4GB and then I burn them to DVD right in iPhoto. I also export a full DV copy of my edited videos from

[videoblogging] Re: Are You Recommending HD Cameras Yet?

2006-12-17 Thread Bill Cammack
--- In videoblogging@yahoogroups.com, [chrisbrogan.com] [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: All really good points. Well, okay. Maybe I'll switch to HD in 2007. My personal production is for small screen only, so I'm not really thinking much about it, but if I'm doing field work FOR someone else, I

Re: [videoblogging] Re: Are You Recommending HD Cameras Yet?

2006-12-17 Thread Richard (Show) Hall
Bill, Your comments on the phone companies PLANS are insightful and accurate and really get to the core of the whole net neutrality debate (another bizzillion channels of TV controlled by one source - or free/open network) ... but, just a couple of things I would add 1) The phone companies have

[videoblogging] Re: Perez Hilton Lawsuit

2006-12-17 Thread Kent Nichols
The line may not be blurry in terms of the liability, but it is in terms of how you as an indie producer thinks about production. It's easy when it's just you and some friends making video to entertain yourselves, but what happens when it gets seen by millions of people. Watch the

[videoblogging] by solidarity

2006-12-17 Thread Loiez D.
The latest video of Brad Will killed in Oaxaca http://tinyurl.com/yem9dl [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]

Re: [videoblogging] Re: Are You Recommending HD Cameras Yet?

2006-12-17 Thread David Tames
Robert et al., write in favor of shooting HD and I'll concur. Here's my summary of reasons for my own preference to shooting HD, even when the deliverable is 320x240 iPod or web video. 1. Shooting in an HD format like HDV is more future-proof that SD DV. If you edit using a editor that

RE: [videoblogging] Looking for topics on teaching about social media

2006-12-17 Thread Sanford Dickert
Thanks Sean - Actually, Howard Greenstein from NYU (and Social Media Club fame) is also helping with some of the content of the class - and in particular the social media aspect of it. And - the first day of class will be on discussing what is Web 2.0 - and I will be videotaping the class -

[videoblogging] Re: OOoh, Amanda's Up!

2006-12-17 Thread Teri
I personally believe that Amanda and Andrew are talented individuals. They should just let things go. --- In videoblogging@yahoogroups.com, Deirdre Straughan [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: A vs. A Redux has come to the attention of one of NewTeeVee, the new blog in Om Malik's stable:

[videoblogging] Re: Seasons Greetings

2006-12-17 Thread Chumley
Yeah, I've got to admit that since I started up my show I've gotten to know some very interesting people and had a blast doing it, as well as having the pleasure of watching other fantastic shows from some talented people. Wrangle up that Ninja and put out a ton more shows, they are always a

[videoblogging] Re: by solidarity

2006-12-17 Thread Bill Cammack
wow. I didn't know it was THE video of the shooting. Powerful. You can hear the bullet coming in. --- In videoblogging@yahoogroups.com, Loiez D. [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: The latest video of Brad Will killed in Oaxaca http://tinyurl.com/yem9dl [Non-text portions of this message have

[videoblogging] Re: RSS as Relationship Tool

2006-12-17 Thread Steve Watkins
Oh I see that the founder of network2.tv has now blogged about this stuff and shares a similar position to Chris Brogan, a complete lack of understanding about most of the points I made: http://pulverblog.pulver.com/archives/006117.html Swine Steve Elbows

[videoblogging] scriggity on the fizz

2006-12-17 Thread bestdamntechshow
dec. 22nd, scriggity will appear on DirecTV's Christmas Fizz on the 101. I'm pretty pumped about it, is anyone else involved in this project at all? I'll be good and start posting/commenting here more, i've just been beyond uber busy. happy holidays y'all. http://blip.tv/file/117376 _drew

[videoblogging] Re: I was Attacked by NYPD ~ Wanna Watch?

2006-12-17 Thread ~ FluxRostrum
You were darned deep in the fray, dude. Talk about that, will you? Curious how you felt about your physical position. Jan I am somewhat accostumed to being deep in the fray, but it wasn't so deep when I entered. It got a little tense and I wanted to leave. I was waiting my turn to exit

[videoblogging] Re: RSS as Relationship Tool

2006-12-17 Thread Steve Watkins
OK I ve found a nice blog post about these issues, hopefully network2.tv can show that to their lawyers and see if they get the point I and others have tried to make. I stop ranting now. http://weblog.burningbird.net/2006/01/18/that-old-copyright-song/ Cheers Steve Elbows --- In

[videoblogging] Re: Are You Recommending HD Cameras Yet?

2006-12-17 Thread [chrisbrogan.com]
Which bugs? The Indian ones or the worms? He loves to make me squirm remotely. All good points. Okay, I'll stop saying mean things about HD. And the Xacti, eh? I'll have to look again. I have had two nice Sony cameras in a row, but I'm up for investigating. --Chris...

Re: [videoblogging] Re: I was Attacked by NYPD ~ Wanna Watch?

2006-12-17 Thread Steve Garfield
That's an interesting comment. It made me go back and look at how I posted about this. I wrote: -- Get That Camera Video: The War on Journalism. Police steal vloggers camera. -- Not much commentary. I remember having a problem writing a description for this video. Part of the reason was

[videoblogging] Re: scriggity on the fizz

2006-12-17 Thread Bill Cammack
--- In videoblogging@yahoogroups.com, bestdamntechshow [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: dec. 22nd, scriggity will appear on DirecTV's Christmas Fizz on the 101. I'm pretty pumped about it, is anyone else involved in this project at all? I'll be good and start posting/commenting here more, i've

Re: [videoblogging] Re: Are You Recommending HD Cameras Yet?

2006-12-17 Thread WWWhatsup
I was getting quite keen on the idea of a Z1 until I saw the following, on the DV list: I wonder if any of you have heard or have experience of this problem: I work for a hire shop that has about 20 Z1s (we are mostly Betacams but these little handycams are very popular with broadcasters).

[videoblogging] Re: I was Attacked by NYPD ~ Wanna Watch?

2006-12-17 Thread Gena
I posted the video and links to your site on my vlog this morning. I didn't want to blather on about it, I really want people to see what happened to you without me editorializing about it. It is that kind of video, it doesn't need a set up. Only a fool would argue that what we see didn't

[videoblogging] Bay Area Videoblogging get together, Dec. 20

2006-12-17 Thread davetoole2006
Hi there, I just wanted to extend an invitation to Bay Area Videobloggers to stop by and join us at http://upcoming.org/event/131123/ Wednesday evening for an end of the year get together. Please let us know if you can make it so we can bring enough finger foods. Best to a great Holiday to all

[videoblogging] Re: Are You Recommending HD Cameras Yet?

2006-12-17 Thread Joshua Paul
Not completely on topic, but not off either. I just posted an entry on my blog. In a nutshell, I don't care about HD...just good content. http://www.joshpaul.com/?p=250 -- joshpaul

[videoblogging] network2.tv spamming various forums?

2006-12-17 Thread Steve Watkins
I was using google blog search and the following results, sorted by date, made me concerned that they or someone else may be using forum-spam tactics to promote the network2.tv site? check it out 13 Dec 2006 by [EMAIL PROTECTED] (mark23) have a look on this episode it will really cool.

Re: [videoblogging] network2.tv spamming various forums?

2006-12-17 Thread Michael Verdi
Hmmm, What do the network2 people have to say about that? I can't tell you how much I hate blog spam. You know I just realized yesterday that the database for Dylan's blog was up to 42MB. I did some poking around and found that although her spam plugin was catching all the spam comments it wasn't

[videoblogging] sadly this IS a real service:

2006-12-17 Thread Digital Buddha
http://fakeyourspace.com/ [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]

[videoblogging] Re: Are You Recommending HD Cameras Yet?

2006-12-17 Thread Chuck Olsen
Give it up for content y'al! I certainly lust after an HD television. Our friend has a sweet 42 Panasonic and we're always in awe of the HD experience. So... what does that have to do with videoblogging? Not a whole lot today, not something most vloggers need to worry about. But tomorrow is

[videoblogging] Re: converting from mpeg4 to dv

2006-12-17 Thread Randolfe Wicker
I've just gotten a Samsung NV3 which, with a 2 GB card can shoot up to two hours of video. It has three choices insofar as resolution goes:720 X 480, 640 x480, 320x240. I've just used the camera a few times and I've shot in 640X480. This downloads onto the desktop of my Mac as an avi

[videoblogging] Volume level problem on Xacti HD1A

2006-12-17 Thread Len Edgerly
I'm having trouble with the volume level when I record video on my Xacti HD 1A. With external mic volume set at the lowest level (1) and Noise Reduction on and Wind Reduction on, I still have volume clipping during a normal interview with another person, especially when I talk. Is there anything

[videoblogging] Chroma Key iMovie...

2006-12-17 Thread Ron Watson
Anyone have any opinions on Stupendous' Masks Composting plugins for iMovie 06? Just installed FCP and it looks to be a bit much for my everyday production. Cheers, Ron

Re: [videoblogging] Re: RSS as Relationship Tool

2006-12-17 Thread Michael Verdi
Here are my thoughts... The reality is there is money to be made in aggregating and presenting content. In other words it's a commercial use of people's content. Maybe a site doesn't have ads or even charges money for content but if they get lots of viewers because they have lots of content then,

Re: [videoblogging] Volume level problem on Xacti HD1A

2006-12-17 Thread Michael Verdi
Ryanne and I just noticed this with Jay's new camera. He's not here so we can't verify what settings he was using. I remember reading somewhere that, for my Xacti C5 at least, turning on wind reduction when you didn't need it could cause this problem. So I'd start with turning both noise and wind

Re: [videoblogging] Re: RSS as Relationship Tool

2006-12-17 Thread sull
So what do I want from a directory? - I want it to be opt-in - I want prominent link to my site - I want a link to the post's permalink - I want a link to my feed (not the directory's feed of my stuff) - I want my work's license displayed I think this is the minimum required. I agree

Re: [videoblogging] Volume level problem on Xacti HD1A

2006-12-17 Thread David King
Wow - I was just gonna say... I have not had any probs with volume level on my HD1A. David On 12/18/06, Michael Verdi [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Ryanne and I just noticed this with Jay's new camera. He's not here so we can't verify what settings he was using. I remember reading somewhere