[videoblogging] Re: vlogweek '07 update

2007-03-25 Thread Mike Moon
First off, I'm really excited about this years VBW. As I've mentioned countless times before, I started vlogging the week after vloggingweek 2006. As far as the theme goes, I personally will be doing the 7 vids in 7 days. I think that in itself will be challenge enough. With that said, might I

Re: [videoblogging] Re: BikiniZero.com Tech News Bikini-Driven!

2007-03-25 Thread Jan McLaughlin
I'm takin' the power (and the money) back: http://fauxpress.blogspot.com/2007/03/tee-o-day.html Jan On 3/24/07, Deirdre Straughan [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hey, I did my bit: http://www.beginningwithi.com/tech/barcamproma.html On 23 Mar 2007 18:09:51 -0700, Gena [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:

[videoblogging] Re: vlogweek '07 update

2007-03-25 Thread Mike Moon
As a follow-up, I've added 320x240 versions off Josh's VBW logo on the Wiki. Also a smaller 200x one. I'll go now... I feel a vlog about to exit one of my oraphis. Mike --- In videoblogging@yahoogroups.com, Mike Moon [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: The graphics look great for videobloggingweek2007,

[videoblogging] Re: Local TV Covers my Vlog

2007-03-25 Thread Bill Streeter
I think I got some traffic out of it but it's hard to track because they didn't actually link back to my vlog. Which was an oversight on the part of the web management people according to the reporter who did the piece--and they still haven't fixed it yet. It would have been nice to see it linked

Re: [videoblogging] Re: vlogweek '07 update

2007-03-25 Thread Jan McLaughlin
I put some files up - - video - interview with McDonalds pianist / composer Andrew Shapiro - Adam Quirk plays journalist - ECU's of fruit being cut up - audio interview with Andrew Shapiro - some of Andrew's music I've a place for this interview to play that will get some eyes.

[videoblogging] Re: Local TV Covers my Vlog

2007-03-25 Thread Mike Moon
I sent a comment to the Fox site asking for the link to the vlogger in the story or to post the link with the story. :) Now they did ask for my 5 digit zipcode... and well, I only know one... 90210. :) Mike http://vlog.mikemoon.net --- In videoblogging@yahoogroups.com, Bill Streeter [EMAIL

[videoblogging] Re: BikiniZero.com Tech News Bikini-Driven!

2007-03-25 Thread Bill Cammack
--- In videoblogging@yahoogroups.com, Jan McLaughlin [EMAIL PROTECTED] 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

Re: [videoblogging] Re: Let's Help The Others, As We Used To, To Vlog

2007-03-25 Thread ryanne hodson
i think the elitist label is bullshit. i think this list is great people are welcome to rant and rave and get to the nitty gritty of online video hell meiser and watkins post novels every day... and it's insane how much people help each other tirelessly on this list to figure out tech stuff.

Re: [videoblogging] vlogweek '07 update

2007-03-25 Thread sull
I'd love to see more people get behind and support mefeedia. But this community doesnt work that way (not even the active 8%). And nor should they nec be groupies to a broad interpretation of Net Video Culture. It's not easy sustaining a community of people solely on the premise of technology

Re: [videoblogging] blogger atom.xml issues?

2007-03-25 Thread ryanne hodson
yeah it should only have about 25 posts in it. that's how much it spits out at a time. not sure what other feeds do. but i know the blogger atom feed i throw in feedburner kicks out at max 25. i'll check a wordpress feed http://sustainableroute.com/?feed=rss2 this RSS feed from wordpress

Re: [videoblogging] Re: Let's Help The Others, As We Used To, To Vlog

2007-03-25 Thread sull
snap! no... werd. , TrueThat!. yeeaw. elitism is a self-induced illusionary defense mechanism. this group... it is what it is (whatever that means since its shifts throughout the year.) i'm glad its here. but i long for something more intimate. i recently tried something. so far its

[videoblogging] My videoblogging roots and today's NYTimes article

2007-03-25 Thread Joshua Kinberg
Today, I'm unsure how to react to this news -- having your person, property and rights violated is an unsettling experience. Would definitely like to hear your thoughts on this as I'm processing the information. On Friday morning, I was informed by a NYTimes reporter that recent documents

Re: [videoblogging] vlogweek '07 update

2007-03-25 Thread sull
I know. The theme should be Organized Chaos. Isn't that what has happened in this space? On 3/24/07, Josh Leo [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Ok folks, we are one week away from Videobloggingweek2007 I usually don't do themes for videoblogging week, but i know it helps other people so lets

Re: [videoblogging] vlogweek '07 update

2007-03-25 Thread Devlon Duthie
Hey sull, That wasn't my point, and (that time) I wasn't even touting Mefeedia. I just remember all the fuss last year when technorati wasn't keeping up with the tags...and that I missed the discussion, was curious to hear what wonderous things had been discussed. Since we figured there might

Re: [videoblogging] vlogweek '07 update

2007-03-25 Thread Jan McLaughlin
Let's use all the tagging services (Blip, Mefeedia, Delicious, Technorati) and see which keeps track best. Take half a dozen vloggers who post every day of VBW and first thing 4/8 run 'em through the test mill with screenshots of the results Mefeedia's gonna have to do something outstanding to

Re: [videoblogging] vlogweek '07 update

2007-03-25 Thread Devlon Duthie
Thanks Jan, that's a better way of what I was trying to say. Use all the main tagging services you can handle, not just one. I think we've fixed up the blogger-mf formatting, please let me/us know if you see something that looks goofy. The new changes related to tagging involve parsing the

Re: [videoblogging] My videoblogging roots and today's NYTimes article

2007-03-25 Thread Roxanne Darling
Josh - I am going to make time to review your links, and wanted to post a quick acknowledgement of your brilliant project and thank you for sharing your story with the group. There are so many elements in here to think about. Rox On 25 Mar 2007 10:06:10 -0700, Joshua Kinberg [EMAIL PROTECTED]

[videoblogging] Intro: The Gameshelf

2007-03-25 Thread Jason McIntosh
Hi folks, I just discovered this group by way of the most excellent blip.tv, where I just relocated my own show, The Gameshelf. I don't really consider it a vlog as it's not very bloggy in style or presentation, and more like a traditional half-hour TV show. In fact, it's produced as a community

[videoblogging] Re: My videoblogging roots and today's NYTimes article

2007-03-25 Thread Gena
Joshua, I woke up this morning and heard a brief story on NPR about this. I said to myself, I'm probably in some dang database. I heard something about an RNC/NYPD work task force. For those outside the U.S. http://www.iht.com/articles/2007/03/25/news/protest.php This is a direct result of an

[videoblogging] Re: vlogweek '07 update

2007-03-25 Thread Frank Sinton
Hi Jan, Thanks for the feedback. We've been putting a lot of time into making sure Mefeedia grabs tags from as many possible options that people have available to them for tagging a video post. I'm looking forward to watching all of the great videos that will be coming out of videoblogging

Re: [videoblogging] Re: My videoblogging roots and today's NYTimes article

2007-03-25 Thread Rupert
Wow. I could do a few pages on this, but I won't. There is an amazing documentary by Adam Curtis, part 3/3 on tonight on BBC2 at 9pm. It's called The Trap, and it's about how we are losing/have lost our freedom. It's very, very good. All Brits on the list should check it out. Everybody

Re: [videoblogging] Re: BikiniZero.com Tech News Bikini-Driven!

2007-03-25 Thread Jan McLaughlin
And as Raymond says, do not let us forget [to ask] the [hard] questions. This is a difficult one for sure. It is stooping to use boobs; shooting fish in a barrel. Not much sport in it. That's my biggest problem with it. Why calculate the lowest common denominator when the high denominator is so

Re: [videoblogging] Re: My videoblogging roots and today's NYTimes article

2007-03-25 Thread Jan McLaughlin
Did that stop you in your activist tracks, Josh? Or perhaps having invented FireANT is a deeper gesture of activism? It certainly has helped me wean m'self away from the mainstream that was moving my brain toward uselessness. I'm proud of you, Josh; sorry you have to feel this violation again.

Re: [videoblogging] Re: vlogweek '07 update

2007-03-25 Thread Josh Leo
permalink for vlog-week images: *http://tinyurl.com/2g9qb4* http://videobloggingweek2007.blogspot.com/2007/03/videoblogging-week-images.html On 25 Mar 2007 12:23:37 -0700, Frank Sinton [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi Jan, Thanks for the feedback. We've been putting a lot of time into making

[videoblogging] Re: Research into Videoblogging and Videoblogs - call for help

2007-03-25 Thread trine bjørkmann berry
hi all, just wanted to say a big thank you to those of you who have written to me already, I've sent the questions along from my university email, so hopefully they've not got lost into anyone's spam filters. Also, if anyone's intersted in helping out, I am still looking for volunteers, so drop

Re: [videoblogging] Re: Research into Videoblogging and Videoblogs - call for help

2007-03-25 Thread Jan McLaughlin
Ha! Irresistible. I'm in. Jan On 3/25/07, trine bjørkmann berry [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: hi all, just wanted to say a big thank you to those of you who have written to me already, I've sent the questions along from my university email, so hopefully they've not got lost into anyone's spam

Re: [videoblogging] vlogweek '07 update

2007-03-25 Thread Mike Meiser
On 3/25/07, Jan McLaughlin [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Let's use all the tagging services (Blip, Mefeedia, Delicious, Technorati) and see which keeps track best. It's a track-off. LOL Jan, even though videoblogging week is truely about making media, thank you for your feedback on the technical

Re: [videoblogging] vlogweek '07 update

2007-03-25 Thread Mike Meiser
On 3/25/07, Devlon Duthie [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Thanks Jan, that's a better way of what I was trying to say. Use all the main tagging services you can handle, not just one. I think we've fixed up the blogger-mf formatting, please let me/us know if you see something that looks goofy. The

Re: [videoblogging] Re: Local TV Covers my Vlog

2007-03-25 Thread Mike Meiser
On 3/25/07, Mike Moon [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I sent a comment to the Fox site asking for the link to the vlogger in the story or to post the link with the story. :) Now they did ask for my 5 digit zipcode... and well, I only know one... 90210. :) LOL! You're diabolical Mike.. But what's

Re: [videoblogging] Re: Let's Help The Others, As We Used To, To Vlog

2007-03-25 Thread Rupert
YAY! i reckon you get what you come for. despite some people knowing each other, it's not a personal space. i think if you come here seeking tech knowledge, there's no better place to get it. if you come here to give - to flex mental muscles, talk about online video in a wider sense or

Re: [videoblogging] Re: Local TV Covers my Vlog

2007-03-25 Thread Mike Meiser
On 3/25/07, Bill Streeter [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I think I got some traffic out of it but it's hard to track because they didn't actually link back to my vlog. Which was an oversight on the part of the web management people according to the reporter who did the piece--and they still haven't

Re: [videoblogging] My videoblogging roots and today's NYTimes article

2007-03-25 Thread Mike Meiser
Excuse me... but mother fucker! This confirms all my suspicious about the massive waste of resources and abuse of power that is the Patriot Act. You know this stuff goes on but rarely does it hit so close to home or present itself in such an obvous way. Granted not all examples are so

[videoblogging] eBay suspension lifted! WS auction back online.

2007-03-25 Thread bottomunion
The Wreck Salvage sponsorship auction is back online, finally. After a lot of faxed paperwork, and no formal explanation from anyone at eBay as to why we were suspended, we're finally selling sponsorships again. http://www.wreckandsalvage.com/auction It's is virtually impossible to talk to a

[videoblogging] Apple TV

2007-03-25 Thread Tim Street
So has anyone got your mits on an Apple TV yet? Do you like it? Have you watched Rocket Boom or Ask a Ninja on Apple TV? Have you resized your videos to fit on Apple TV? Has Steve Garfield figured out a way to broadcast live on Apple TV from his cell phone yet?

RE: [videoblogging] Apple TV

2007-03-25 Thread Robert Scoble
Yes. Yes. Yes. Didn't need to. Not sure, Steve? :-) Robert _ From: videoblogging@yahoogroups.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Tim Street Sent: Sunday, March 25, 2007 3:49 PM To: videoblogging@yahoogroups.com Subject: [videoblogging] Apple TV So has anyone got

[videoblogging] Re: My videoblogging roots and today's NYTimes article

2007-03-25 Thread mattfeldman78
i'd definitely be interested in helping out on this project. i'm really glad to see issues like this come up on this forum:) Matt neovids.tv --- In videoblogging@yahoogroups.com, Mike Meiser [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Excuse me... but mother fucker! This confirms all my suspicious about the

[videoblogging] Youtube / vbweek07

2007-03-25 Thread Rupert
So I just interrupted an interesting conversation on Twitter about whether this group is discriminating against the millions of YouTubers - are we informing them about videobloggingweek07? Obviously, they can tag their videos, but do any of them even know about it? The thrust of the

Re: [videoblogging] Apple TV

2007-03-25 Thread Gary Rosenzweig
On 3/25/07, Tim Street [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: So has anyone got your mits on an Apple TV yet? Just vlogged about it at MacMost.com: http://macmost.com/blog/video-tutorials/appletv-first-look/7/ -- Gary Rosenzweig CleverMedia [EMAIL PROTECTED]

[videoblogging] The MSNBC story about Twitter

2007-03-25 Thread tony.katz
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/17787810/ All about the rise and the future of Twitter. The best is saved for last, when the article credits the technology bloggers at SXSW for making Twitter so popular. I'm pretty sure that technology bloggers means the majority of people in this group.yes?

Re: [videoblogging] Apple TV

2007-03-25 Thread J. Rhett Aultman
What resolution should we be resizing to if we want to work with Apple TV? Gary Rosenzweig wrote: On 3/25/07, Tim Street [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: So has anyone got your mits on an Apple TV yet? Just vlogged about it at MacMost.com:

[videoblogging] Re: Apple TV

2007-03-25 Thread Tim Street
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=304974 --- In videoblogging@yahoogroups.com, J. Rhett Aultman [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: What resolution should we be resizing to if we want to work with Apple TV? Gary Rosenzweig wrote: On 3/25/07, Tim Street [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:

Re: [videoblogging] Re: Apple TV

2007-03-25 Thread Rupert
iTunes Store purchased video: 320 by 240 pixels or 640 by 480 pixels. Neither of which are widescreen, unless letterboxed. 320x240 must look not-very-great stretched out on a screen, unless it's played at original size on black bg? Is it? 640x480 probably looks OK, does it - still a bit

[videoblogging] Re: Research into Videoblogging and Videoblogs - call for help

2007-03-25 Thread Adrian Miles
around the 25/3/07 trine bjørkmann berry mentioned about [videoblogging] Re: Research into Videoblogging and Videobl that: me already, I've sent the questions along from my university email, so hopefully they've not got lost into anyone's spam filters. Also, if anyone's intersted in helping

Re: [videoblogging] Re: Research into Videoblogging and Videoblogs - call for help

2007-03-25 Thread RANDY MANN
sounds like fun, give me a list randy On 25 Mar 2007 17:50:37 -0700, Adrian Miles [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: around the 25/3/07 trine bjørkmann berry mentioned about [videoblogging] Re: Research into Videoblogging and Videobl that: me already, I've sent the questions along from my

[videoblogging] Re: Apple TV

2007-03-25 Thread Bill Streeter
The real question is have you watched LO-FI SAINT LOUIS on Apple TV yet? Huh? Didn't think so. --- In videoblogging@yahoogroups.com, Tim Street [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: So has anyone got your mits on an Apple TV yet? Do you like it? Have you watched Rocket Boom or Ask a Ninja on Apple

Re: [videoblogging] Youtube / vbweek07

2007-03-25 Thread Jay dedman
when we have an event like vbloggingweek, surely the onus is on those who know about it to market it to those who don't, rather than on them to break their habits and come beyond their walls. that way we will get more varied responses from the minority of YT users to whom it would

Re: [videoblogging] Apple TV

2007-03-25 Thread sull
I'm getting more interested since my friend blogged this point http://videothing.blogspot.com/2007/03/quicktime-gains-720p-apple-tv-high.html other links he blogged, of interest... http://videothing.blogspot.com/2007/03/macworld-video-macworld-video-exploring.html On 3/25/07, Tim

Re: [videoblogging] Apple TV

2007-03-25 Thread sull
also noteworthy via Zadi: http://zadidiaz.com/blog/2007/03/jetset_on_appletv.html sull On 3/26/07, sull [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I'm getting more interested since my friend blogged this point http://videothing.blogspot.com/2007/03/quicktime-gains-720p-apple-tv-high.html other links

[videoblogging] Re: Apple TV

2007-03-25 Thread ssukotto
--- In videoblogging@yahoogroups.com, sull [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: also noteworthy via Zadi: http://zadidiaz.com/blog/2007/03/jetset_on_appletv.html sull On 3/26/07, sull [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I'm getting more interested since my friend blogged this point

Re: [videoblogging] Apple TV

2007-03-25 Thread Ryan Ozawa
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 I got my Apple TV on Friday. I'm liking it a lot. I've had a HDTV set for a few months but don't have HD service, so the Apple TV is the best looking video source in the house. It's only a matter of time before Apple sells HD content direct, but I've

[videoblogging] Re: Apple TV

2007-03-25 Thread ssukotto
Here's the current text on encoding for iPod / Apple TV, from a forthcoming version of the podcasting technical spec. Details may change slightly, so check the technical spec page for anything new: http://www.apple.com/itunes/store/podcaststechspecs.html = Formatting Video for the iPod or

[videoblogging] Re: Apple TV

2007-03-25 Thread ssukotto
Here's the current text on encoding for iPod / Apple TV, from a forthcoming version of the podcasting technical spec. Details may change slightly, so check the technical spec page for anything new: http://www.apple.com/itunes/store/podcaststechspecs.html = Formatting Video for the iPod or