Re: [videoblogging] Re: MyHeavy.com, a call for discussion on proper re-vlogging ettiquette

2007-01-05 Thread Mike Meiser
Remember not all things can be defined technically nor should they be. That's why they call it best practices... and that's why digital rights management is such a crime against humanity. You fundamentally can't really define fair use. Certainly creative commons has come a little closer to it...

Re: [videoblogging] Re: MyHeavy.com, a call for discussion on proper re-vlogging ettiquette

2007-01-06 Thread Mike Meiser
I just posted my latest rant on this subject to my blog. http://mmeiser.com/blog/2007/01/open-rant-to-myheavy-and-vlogging.html Don't worry, there's a nice little summary at the begining, but I really hope you'll read it all. It is perhaps the most important thing I've written in a while. -Mike

[videoblogging] Anyone seen the latest videoblogging book?

2007-01-06 Thread Mike Meiser
Heh, I just learned there was another videoblogging book on the market. http://www.worldcatlibraries.org/wcpa/ow/9d977bc58d76e94ea19afeb4da09e526.html I stumbled on it on wikiepedia. It seems to be about business use of the technology. Anyone know anything else about it? -Mike mmeiser.com mefe

Re: [videoblogging] Re: [video_vertigo] iPhone

2007-01-09 Thread Mike Meiser
Ha, I'm here. I just have so much to say I don't even know where to begin. Mostly I'm excited because this is a HUGE leap forward for not just the mobile web... the extension of network neutrality principles to the mobile web. But also because it illustrates apple REALLY, REALLY get's mobile com

Re: [videoblogging] Re: [video_vertigo] iPhone

2007-01-09 Thread Mike Meiser
ming... both sides of the coing the consumptive side and production side. -Mike mmeiser.com/blog mefeedia.com On 1/9/07, Mike Meiser <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > Ha, I'm here. > > > > I just have so much to say I don't even know where to begin. &g

[videoblogging] Sprint WiMax in Chicago by year end, and Nokia + SixApart = mobile video sharing

2007-01-09 Thread Mike Meiser
The wimax is coming. And with it broadband communications. An actual firm date, by the end of this year. It's no longer just vaporware. > *Sprint Nextel > Corp.*said > Monday that will lau

Re: [videoblogging] Re: [video_vertigo] iPhone

2007-01-11 Thread Mike Meiser
personal 1:1 communications toward more open and increasingly less personal and individual media untill they're really not really communications. Disclaimer: it's late, and I know I'm typing quick... so I'm forgetting a few pieces of the puzzle, but that's how I see it. -

Re: [videoblogging] Sprint WiMax in Chicago by year end, and Nokia + SixApart = mobile video sharing

2007-01-11 Thread Mike Meiser
t pretty much useless. Anyway... what are we arguing about... it's moving generally in the right direction... it's still vaporware really. We could guess about it all we want... but I'll believe it when I see it. -Mike > - Andreas > > Den 10.01.2007 kl. 04:08 skrev Mike

Re: [videoblogging] Re: blip & iPod

2007-01-11 Thread Mike Meiser
Hmm... that's two cool things I didn't know about blip. 1) pro services? didn't know that you had them yet, I guess Ihaven't been paying very good attention 2) transcoding for ipod compatible in addition to flash... that is cool... but of course superceeded by the big news with the intro's and o

Re: [videoblogging] Re: [video_vertigo] iPhone

2007-01-11 Thread Mike Meiser
In considering the term revolutionary... and the much better term innovation... I think one must compare the new iPhone to microsoft's "ipod killer" the zune... ... and laugh and laugh and laugh. The ONLY innovation Microsoft made over the iPod after 100% nocking it off... oh wait... they made t

Re: [videoblogging] Re: Amanda gets tasered at CES

2007-01-14 Thread Mike Meiser
On 1/14/07, Richard (Show) Hall <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Mike and others ... > > First of the all, the permalink for the blog entry is here > > http://blogs.abcnews.com/amanda/2007/01/amanda_gets_a_s.html Holly cow... where did that come from. That rocks, a real blog, even has comments! That

Re: [videoblogging] Re: [video_vertigo] iPhone

2007-01-15 Thread Mike Meiser
Robyn and Tim, You're blowing me away with your crazy knowledge of these devices. I bow to your superiority on the subject. For mine is merely anecdotal. That said, without my superior technical knowlege of the n770 and n800, indeed without having ever used them I have this observation. We are S

Re: [videoblogging] Re: [video_vertigo] iPhone

2007-01-15 Thread Mike Meiser
ch, since I haven't seen it said before. The iPhone is a combination of the following devices 1 iPod mini 1 blackberry 1 Palm or basic PDA 1 Nokia 770 I think some people could probably do much better. Just a different way of looking at it that might create insight. -Mike The comparis

Re: [videoblogging] Re: MyHeavy and Magnify and aggregators in general

2007-01-27 Thread Mike Meiser
The web space could not exist with opt out. The search space fundamentally would not exist if it were opt out. Our job is not to figure out the best standards for opt-in... indeed there need be no standard on opt-in at all... Our job is to figure out the minimum standards for opt in, so this spa

Re: [videoblogging] Democracy Player 0.9.5 to be Released

2007-01-28 Thread Mike Meiser
Thanks Bill. I've been following the last few releases of Democracy. It's getting GOOD. It's extremely stable and fast. I'm very impressed. Still a some clunky interface issues do to the way they designed the app. Everything is cramped, especially with lots of subscriptions and on smaller screen

Re: [videoblogging] Re: MyHeavy and Magnify and aggregators in general

2007-01-29 Thread Mike Meiser
What still suprises me is that people get so mad at myheavy and all these others and yet the biggest offender of them all is itunes with their iTunes. They're using 10's of thousands of vloggers and podcasters to build traffic in their marketplace to sell mainstream media, and more ipods and macs,

Re: [videoblogging] Re: MyHeavy and Magnify and aggregators in general

2007-01-29 Thread Mike Meiser
n when they are > displaying > independent podcasts vodcasts in their directory? What Control Freaks > they > are! > > And btw, iTunes is still a terrible UI! They should take the UI of their > hardware devices and apply it to their software apps. > > sull > > On 1/29/0

Re: [videoblogging] Re: MyHeavy and Magnify and aggregators in general

2007-01-30 Thread Mike Meiser
On 1/28/07, Lucas Gonze <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On 1/27/07, Steve Watkins <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Im not sure Id agree that a sense of victimization or righteous anger > > are the primary driving forces behind such things, but they are in the > > mix somewhere when it comes to reactions

Re: [videoblogging] Re: MyHeavy and Magnify and aggregators in general

2007-01-30 Thread Mike Meiser
On 1/30/07, Bill Cammack <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I don't know about your feedburner point, but I'll take your word for > it. The only reasons I got involved with feedburner was to format my > feed to go to iTunes and for (24-hour after the fact) stats. > > That's a great point you have abou

Re: [videoblogging] Re: MyHeavy and Magnify and aggregators in general

2007-01-30 Thread Mike Meiser
On 1/28/07, Mike Hudack <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Ah, micropayments, that favorite topic of mine! Way back when, long > before blip, I tried to build a micropayments service with a few of the > folks now at blip. The challenges we saw then are the same challenges > we see now: in order to do m

Re: [videoblogging] Re: MyHeavy and Magnify and aggregators in general

2007-01-30 Thread Mike Meiser
> comes to this grass roots media revolution that has been ongoing > > > for 3-4 > > > years. > > > > > > It can be argued that iTunes isnt the same and cant be similarly > > > scrutinized > > > for lacking proper attribution etc... Because they

Re: [videoblogging] Re: MyHeavy and Magnify and aggregators in general

2007-01-30 Thread Mike Meiser
per attribution etc... Because they exist to serve > > MSM first > > and foremost. > > But give me one reason for this lack of attribution when they are > > displaying > > independent podcasts vodcasts in their directory? What Control > > Freaks they > > are!

Re: [videoblogging] Jeff Pulver

2007-01-31 Thread Mike Meiser
On 1/30/07, Jan McLaughlin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Have had some bank-and-forth with Jeff and Chris Brogan. > > Invitations and offers of assistance from Pulver. I told him I'd come to his > VON conferences if they paid my expenses. > > Told them The Faux Press would cover 'em for $5k / week.

Re: [videoblogging] Re: Jeff Pulver

2007-01-31 Thread Mike Meiser
On 1/30/07, Mike Hudack <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I don't believe that contests necessarily have to be zero-sum. If > there's adequate promotional opportunity for all participants (or at > least those participants who have something of a quality entry) they can > avoid being truly zero sum game

Re: [videoblogging] Re: MyHeavy and Magnify and aggregators in general

2007-01-31 Thread Mike Meiser
people have > it for other reasons, and because although I care deeply about the > stuff thats absent, plenty of people may not. Especially if they are > using it to get content onto the ipod where they arent going to have > access to text & comments & the ability to feedback

Re: [videoblogging] Re: MyHeavy and Magnify and aggregators in general

2007-01-31 Thread Mike Meiser
your site then how do you expect people to really share and participate in the dialogue around your media? Peace, -Mike mmeiser.com/blog mefeedia.com > If you've got it open anyway for music, like I always do, it's an > easy way to get distracted and procrastinate, which is great.

Re: [videoblogging] Re: Jeff Pulver

2007-01-31 Thread Mike Meiser
On 1/30/07, Jan McLaughlin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Josh, I think you and some others here are able to articulate specific > arguments against contests in ways folks can understand. I'm not up to the > task. Ditto Josh! > Competing against one another doesn't cut it any more - not in a commun

Re: [videoblogging] Top Video Sites in December 2006

2007-02-04 Thread Mike Meiser
Precisely. Well said mike. I completely agree. I have one question. Does the fact that we're comparing apple's and oranges mean this thing still hasn't even shaken out the winners and loosers yet? To me it would seem to indicate there's a lot more terretory yet to cover. -Mike mmeiser.com/blog

Re: [videoblogging] Top Video Sites in December 2006

2007-02-05 Thread Mike Meiser
tion in audio podcast and videos. Anyway, it's all a brave new world and I really, really don't think we've scratched the surface of it. I would say youtube landed the first big punch. Let's acknowlege that just to get over it... but that its success is by NO means a knockout punch.

Re: [videoblogging] Re: Top Video Sites in December 2006

2007-02-06 Thread Mike Meiser
gs on skateboards are endlessly fascinating, > lighting your farts on fire is high art, and most things displaying > sentential logic or thought requiring more than 20 seconds of > attention are doomed. YouTube is a big bloated chimera. > > -David > > --- In videoblogging@yahoogr

Re: [videoblogging] joost invite (the venice project)

2007-02-06 Thread Mike Meiser
comment below On 2/5/07, Deirdre Straughan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Here's the quote I was looking for: > > from http://www.technologyreview.com/Biztech/18111/ > > "The service must also prove to content providers that Joost really is a > "piracy-proof Internet platform," a claim made in one

Re: [videoblogging] Wow! Steve Jobs takes a stance against DRM

2007-02-07 Thread Mike Meiser
On 2/7/07, Joshua Kinberg <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > First, I'm not a supporter of DRM, and I understand its technical > shortcomings... but to be clear, I don't think its the case that > PlaysForSure is any less effective than any other DRM out there, > including FairPlay. > > PlaysForSure is

Re: [videoblogging] Wow! Steve Jobs takes a stance against DRM

2007-02-07 Thread Mike Meiser
>From the ReadWriteWeb article In effect (and Apple fans please don't get upset with this phrasing of > words), this article is a piece of propaganda from Apple. The position is > that Apple and Steve Jobs hate DRM just as much as you and I, so they will > gladly support the abolition of DRM - if

Re: [videoblogging] Re: Top Video Sites in December 2006

2007-02-07 Thread Mike Meiser
That thing that's differnet, is it's it's communications. Just because I can only speak to one person on the phone does that mean phones suck. The value is podcasting, and video sharing is communications... it's in staying on touch with people you know. The example I always give is photosharing.

Re: [videoblogging] Wow! Steve Jobs takes a stance against DRM

2007-02-08 Thread Mike Meiser
audience of millions or even billions. Doesn't mean youwill... certainly doesn't mean that your narcistic if you do put video online... it just means you've got the opportunity... to go global, to go viral overnight. I'm reminded of the Fedex commercials... but this think kicks f

Re: [videoblogging] FireAnt.tv video thumbnails

2007-02-08 Thread Mike Meiser
It's hard to believe no one has topped videoblogging-universe by now. It was just way ahead of it's time. mefeedia has some more flexible and powerful tools coming soon, but nothing that slick. In fact the only thing I've seen that comes even close to it is daily motion in france. -Mike On 1/19/0

Re: [videoblogging] Re: FireAnt.tv video thumbnails

2007-02-08 Thread Mike Meiser
Yeah, maybe we should skip the whole overriding media microfotmat thing... and in true microformats style solve the simplest and most necissary problem first. I.E. It's actually hard for me to believe people aren't actually using this somewhere in the RSS-o-sphere. Has anyone seen anything. It

Re: [videoblogging] Re: Thumbnails into Democracy?

2007-02-08 Thread Mike Meiser
Yeah, we're going to be working toward some standardization in the area of thumbnails. The problem is that MediaRSS is great for all the rich meta information like thumbnails but the problem is simply this... Who here codes their own RSS!? The answer is pretty much no none. This creates a disco

Re: [videoblogging] Re: FireAnt.tv video thumbnails

2007-02-08 Thread Mike Meiser
nail the videoblogger wants to show (a > common > request). I'd say just do it, start supporting it in mefeedia and let > people > know they can use it. > > Peter > > On 2/8/07, Mike Meiser <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > Yeah, maybe we should ski

Re: [videoblogging] Re: FireAnt.tv video thumbnails

2007-02-09 Thread Mike Meiser
e need something the everyday people can understand... getting people to make the jump from rel= to class= is a big step to ask thousands of people to remember... these are not coders they're bloggers. -Mike mefeedia.com mmeiser.com/blog > > > > On 2/8/07, Mike Meiser <[EMAIL

Re: [videoblogging] video podcatcher on Nokia phones

2007-02-12 Thread Mike Meiser
Is there any more info on this!? It's not clear that youtube is supporting open standards, or wether there is some sort of proprietary system. We already knew Nokia had a video blog aggregator that supported RSS... it definitely looks like they rolled out a major release based on the screen snaps.

Re: [videoblogging] Re: video podcatcher on Nokia phones

2007-02-13 Thread Mike Meiser
nd want to do individual deals with eachother to bring their > stuff to mobiles, and charge the users. > > Cheers > > Steve Elbows > > --- In videoblogging@yahoogroups.com, "Mike Meiser" > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > Is there any more info on t

Re: [videoblogging] Re: YouTube - Account Closed?!

2007-02-14 Thread Mike Meiser
I've been encouraging people to use youtube just as ruthlessly as youtube is using them. Basically a lot of people like the pan are using it as an advertising platform. Putting up short 30 seconds or less teasers of an intriguing or viral nature to push their domain and their brang for their "real

Re: [videoblogging] Re: YouTube - Account Closed?!

2007-02-14 Thread Mike Meiser
On 2/13/07, Kent Nichols <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Right that's exactly the problem. > > We talk a lot about rights and such, but all of that is built on these > crappy TOS agreements. Even if you own your own site, you're still at > the mercy of the ISPs up the chain of command. > > Your speec

[videoblogging] VIdeoblogging is about communications

2007-02-14 Thread Mike Meiser
"YouTube Is A Communications Platform, As Mexican Gangs Can Attest" http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20070213/084122.shtml I told you so. :) -Mike mefeedia.com mmeiser.com/blog

Re: [videoblogging] Re: LisaNova now on Mad TV

2007-02-19 Thread Mike Meiser
Some people might call it destiny or pre-destiny or karma... but I call it syncronicity... or is it the singularity. :) The point is there's a certain sort of inevitability... like a chain reaction when a liquid meats critical mass. When youg get a whole munch of molecules moving really fast and

Re: [videoblogging] Re: LisaNova now on Mad TV

2007-02-19 Thread Mike Meiser
On 2/18/07, Steve Watkins <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > And, at least from an international point of view, Im perhaps more > interested in those who 'make it' and dont cross-over. Well said! In fact... maybe it is the reverse-cross-overs that are MORE interesting! G4Tech TV, Kevin Rose, and Digg a

Re: [videoblogging] Re: LisaNova now on Mad TV

2007-02-19 Thread Mike Meiser
On 2/18/07, Kent Nichols <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Yeah it's a good point. > > But also consider that the advertising deals Ask A Ninja has dealt > with to this point have all paid us only for US views. They don't > really care about the numbers internationally. Ha! It takes time for the busi

Re: [videoblogging] The audience of ten

2007-02-19 Thread Mike Meiser
On 1/11/07, R. Kristiansen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hey all, > > Since I started videoblogging, I have had this mantra about focusing on "the > audience of ten". To treat the audience of my videoblog as a circle of > friends. Friends I would want to show what's going on in my life at the > poin

[videoblogging] improving on havemoneywillvlog

2007-02-19 Thread Mike Meiser
Howdy All, Was just doing some research on social capital and I stumbled upon Pledgebank.com. Excitement ensues... It occurs to me that while it could be used as an even more open alternative to HaveMoneyWillVlog it could also be used quite effectively in tandem with havemoneywillvlog. I'm extre

Re: [videoblogging] improving on havemoneywillvlog

2007-02-19 Thread Mike Meiser
On 2/19/07, Michael Verdi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hey Mike, > I agree that the type of pledging that can be done with Pledge Bank > sounds fun and could be good to add to HMWV. I just want to clear up > what sounds like some misconceptions you have about HMWV's openness > and transparency. To

Re: [videoblogging] improving on havemoneywillvlog

2007-02-19 Thread Mike Meiser
otential in these progressive types of fundraising experiments. > Sull > > > On 2/19/07, Mike Meiser <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > Howdy All, > > > > Was just doing some research on social capital and I stumbled upon > > Pledgebank.com. Excite

Re: [videoblogging] The audience of ten

2007-02-19 Thread Mike Meiser
, or flickr groups. You can invite a bunch of members and speak directly to them. Email. I need to keep thinking about it. -Mike > Jan > > On 2/19/07, Mike Meiser <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > On 1/11/07, R. Kristiansen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > &g

Re: [videoblogging] improving on havemoneywillvlog

2007-02-20 Thread Mike Meiser
On 2/19/07, Jay dedman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > And you're missing that anyone can load up the plugin on a wordpress blog > > and start their own project on a moments notice - forget about HMWV and > the > > advocates group. Half of the point is to show that it can be done so > others > >

Re: [videoblogging] improving on havemoneywillvlog

2007-02-20 Thread Mike Meiser
ipedia.org/wiki/Neologism). > > Though I have shifted focus since last summer (fundavlog), I still see much > potential in these progressive types of fundraising experiments. > > Sull > > > On 2/19/07, Mike Meiser <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > Howd

Re: [videoblogging] Re: Vlogging about Vlogging - Vlogging about Life

2007-02-26 Thread Mike Meiser
We need more techmeme's and technorati's and google's of the video space. A LOT more. The landscape looks like medieval europe right now with big walled off cities and not enough roads and infrastructure inbetween. There's something like 300 video sharing sites and very few if any places that are

Re: [videoblogging] Vloggercon? (was Re: Tuesday FlashMeeting)

2007-02-26 Thread Mike Meiser
On 2/22/07, Nox Dineen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I did a visual ethnography of urban explorers for my grad thesis, using > photography as my primary medium. If we had Vloggercon in NY I'd be in > heaven, filming abandoned subway lines, bridge rooms, and all the beautiful, > decaying, verboten pl

Re: [videoblogging] Vloggercon? (was Re: Tuesday FlashMeeting)

2007-02-26 Thread Mike Meiser
On 2/22/07, Mike Hudack <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I'd be happy to do the same as last year, although with a much larger > list given that the space has grown so much. MORE intermingling... more mutliple smaller sessions... smaller groups, more open space. There was so much stuff gone over at t

Re: [videoblogging] Vloggercon? (was Re: Tuesday FlashMeeting)

2007-02-26 Thread Mike Meiser
On 2/22/07, Charles Hope <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I'm sure most people would agree that it would be good to be > > less Yahoo-centric, but how? > > > Why do we have such self-hatred? Even if attendance were strictly > limited to members of this list, it would be a fabulous gathering. Do > w

Re: [videoblogging] Vloggercon? (was Re: Tuesday FlashMeeting)

2007-02-26 Thread Mike Meiser
On 2/22/07, Charles Hope <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Much longer Video Vertigo time could be a lot of fun. Particularly if it > were done in a Bar Camp/sleepover setting. We might even get some code > done! Sleepover!? Never been to bar camp. I can't imagine. One a completely unrelated note, I

Re: [videoblogging] Vloggercon? (was Re: Tuesday FlashMeeting)

2007-02-26 Thread Mike Meiser
On 2/22/07, Jay dedman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I know you and Jay keep saying that you dont see a reason to have one > > yet, but I still disagree...and that's coming from someone who put a > > lot of work into the last one; I understand what an undertaking it is > > to create a two-day

Re: [videoblogging] Vloggercon? (was Re: Tuesday FlashMeeting)

2007-02-26 Thread Mike Meiser
On 2/23/07, RANDY MANN <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > vlogstock...i like > Randy... you nailed it! VLOGSTOCK! > On 2/23/07, Steve Garfield <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > Hi, > > > > Here's a list of upcoming PodCamps that anyone can attend and present > > at:

Re: [videoblogging] Vloggercon? (was Re: Tuesday FlashMeeting)

2007-02-26 Thread Mike Meiser
On 2/22/07, ryanne hodson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > hey all > i like the talk about having workshops and meet ups and hangouts > better than sessions or panels. I liked the format last year... just need another day... thought it had the right ratio of panels to impromptu jam sessions. > maybe

Re: [videoblogging] Vloggercon? (was Re: Tuesday FlashMeeting)

2007-02-26 Thread Mike Meiser
On 2/23/07, Charles Hope <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Just to be clear for those who weren't there: it wasn't that we didn't > want evidence, but that we didn't want the distraction of snapping > cameras and flashes as we were talking. Lies! You startup people are paranoid. :) -Mike > > >

Re: [videoblogging] Vloggercon? (was Re: Tuesday FlashMeeting)

2007-02-26 Thread Mike Meiser
On 2/23/07, Paul Knight <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > here's how I feel about vloggercon '07. > > it should be more like a film festival, than the how to thingy that > last years was, there was too much time spent on the subjects of how > I do it, net neutrality, copyright etc. Sod That!! Yawn Bor

Re: [videoblogging] Re: blog vs youtube & myspace

2007-03-05 Thread Mike Meiser
On 3/5/07, Eric Rice <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Ease of use, maybe? Setting up a podcast, audio or video, is just > irritating, becasue > everyone has some different angle on how to do it. There's something to be > said for a > format. Yeah, we can argue about individuality and wanting somethin

Re: [videoblogging] Re: blog vs youtube & myspace

2007-03-05 Thread Mike Meiser
On 3/5/07, Rupert <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Carter, > > I really like what you guys are doing with crowdabout.us. Who's "you guys". I've never heard about crowdabout.us until just now. I immeidately like it if only for the title which tells me they're on topic. It says to me getting up on

Re: [videoblogging] Re: blog vs youtube & myspace

2007-03-06 Thread Mike Meiser
Interesting observation. I don't notice any change. But then again I always got about two comments a week. :) But I'd like to hear from a few vloggers who get more comments. Who are posting about the same amount of videos as they did a year or two ago. The community has changed, it's gotten a lo

Re: [videoblogging] Re: video Blogging Week 2007

2007-03-09 Thread Mike Meiser
Not to be a punk. But it would be nice if mefeedia could keep up this year and track the entire tagversation. -Mike On 3/7/07, Devlon Duthie <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I wonder if technorati can keep up with y'all this time :) > > Anne and I had fun participating last year, but not sure if we'l

Re: [videoblogging] Re: Video editing on Linux?

2007-03-17 Thread Mike Meiser
On 3/16/07, Bill Streeter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Try VLC again. I don't have much experience with it on Linux, but > I've used it on Windows quite a bit and it handles most MOV's and > MP4's (including h264) well. Thanks for the advice Bill. I absolutely LOVE VLC.. it is the best video playe

Re: [videoblogging] Re: Video editing on Linux?

2007-03-17 Thread Mike Meiser
On 3/16/07, Mark Smith <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Mike, > > You might want to have a look at mplayer and its plugins > > mplayer: > > http://www.mplayerhq.hu/design7/news.html > > mplayer-plugin > > http://mplayerplug-in.sourceforge.net/faq.php > > Its for mozilla but might work for Firefox too.

Re: [videoblogging] tip: macbook pro HOT issue resolved for me

2007-03-17 Thread Mike Meiser
Howdy sull, Unbforetuneatly this app is only for intel macs. I've dug and dug and dug and I can't find a single widget for controlling the fan on my G4 powerbook. Nothin' :( -Mike mefeedia.com mmeiser.com/blog On 3/11/07, sull <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > So I bought a macbook pro 3 months a

Re: [videoblogging] Re: FireAnt.tv video thumbnails

2007-03-18 Thread Mike Meiser
lease add class="thumbnail" to thumbnails corresponding to the video in your blog posts. ie. Enough said? -Mike mefeedia.com mmeiser.com/blog On 2/19/07, Andreas Haugstrup Pedersen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Den 19.02.2007 kl. 13:00 skrev Mike Meiser <[EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: [videoblogging] provocative statements...

2007-03-20 Thread Mike Meiser
I'm going to revlog this and title it "high profile idiots, and why infomercials need a stupid characters" So, this from the guy at tech crunch!? All I have to say is I can't believe anyone from techcrunch or even being interviewed by tech crunch is such a huge damn idiot. If I took the time to

Re: [videoblogging] provocative statements...

2007-03-20 Thread Mike Meiser
On 3/19/07, Michael Schaap <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > FYI > > In the comments on a short TechCrunch review (http://tinyurl.com/2bcqx5) > about VLIP i > read the following provocative statements: > > 'Erick' writes: > > "Unless a person is at least the slightest bit entertaining, Vlogging > stinks

Re: [videoblogging] Re: my two cents

2007-03-21 Thread Mike Meiser
Good question. Is there anywone here who doesn't consider youtube videoblogging? I personally think that to not consider youtube videoblogging is exactly like saying myspace is not blogging. Youtube may not be considered video podcasting, but they do even have RSS feeds. And remarkeable RSS feed

Re: [videoblogging] Re: my two cents

2007-03-21 Thread Mike Meiser
Let's also consider Daryl hannah, Quintin Terentino, Jack Black, and Peter jackson. Though I think for the most part Jan is talking a particular breed of film makers. They're probably well established... have busy day jobs... and maybe they just have an outlet for their film making and don't feel

Re: [videoblogging] Re: Competition for YouTube?

2007-03-24 Thread Mike Meiser
Dirst... on the "largest Internet video distribution network ever assembled with the most sought-after content from television and film"... the simply don't get it. And I've come to the realization that they most likely never will. Here's the thing. What's being fought over right now between yout

Re: [videoblogging] Re: video Blogging Week 2007

2007-03-24 Thread Mike Meiser
I love the seven deadly sins idea. It's much better then what I was thinking... "goodbye to old-stream media" Always though... the general theme has to have something to do with punk, and anarchy. God save the queen or "God save the mainstream!" :) BTW, do we have a public pbwiki page or some

Re: [videoblogging] video Blogging Week 2007

2007-03-24 Thread Mike Meiser
Josh I'm guessing you intended your graphics to be used by all. If you could post them to a blog post somewhere and officially l declare a creative commons or public domain license that'd be great. If you could do a nice blog post "Get your videobloggingweek banners here" and post any and all vari

Re: [videoblogging] vlogweek '07 update

2007-03-24 Thread Mike Meiser
I think Josh means we've agreed on the tag, not the technoratti tag. Many others will be tracking videoblogging week too. :) The proper tag should be "videobloggingweek2007" just as it was "videobloggingweek2006" the year before, and "videobloggingweek2005" the year before that. As for theme's I

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

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 w

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 hav

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 wastefull..

Re: [videoblogging] Re: It's Official, We Won

2007-03-26 Thread Mike Meiser
I share jackson's sentiments. Congrats! Don't flip out and kill to many people! Oh... and btw... I think this is sort of vindication for people who said the vloggies were marginalized and all the real action was on youtube... obviously we're not too marginalized if one of our vloggers one the y

Re: [videoblogging] Re: democracy player - newbie question

2007-03-29 Thread Mike Meiser
Glad to see the question. Glad to here people using democracy and blip together. more comments below. On 3/29/07, Bill Streeter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Not a bad question--one of the purposes of this list is for newbie > questions. > > Actually I think the premise of your question is slightl

Re: [videoblogging] Twitter & vlogging & Twittervlog!

2007-03-30 Thread Mike Meiser
On 3/29/07, Steve Garfield <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > That is a good question and although there are many ways to find > videos tagged with videobloggingweek2007, what we need is someone to > step up and provide an easy and fun user experience for people who > want to watch Videoblogging Week 200

Re: [videoblogging] Re: Youtube / vbweek07

2007-03-30 Thread Mike Meiser
Interesting... mefeedia does have an increasing amount of youtube feeds and active youtubers who've signed up, claimed their feeds and subscribed to both ohter youtubers feeds and other videobloggers feeds outside youtube. I would really love to see someone create a videoblogging week group on you

Re: [videoblogging] Re: Twitter & vlogging & Twittervlog!

2007-03-30 Thread Mike Meiser
On 3/29/07, Steve Garfield <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi Frank, > Does mefeedia now read my tags from my blog? > > Like the ones on TypePad? > > This sounds good if I don't have to do anything extra when I post. I don't know if this has been responded to yet, but absolutely steve. We've done a l

Re: [videoblogging] Re: Twitter & vlogging & Twittervlog!

2007-03-30 Thread Mike Meiser
On 3/29/07, Rupert <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Yeah. Further to what I said about Blip, actually my personal gut > feeling is that we should support Mefeedia and have them as central > aggregation point of choice for videobloggingweek2007. if we can get > a feed of tagged videos out, then that's

Re: [videoblogging] Re: Youtube / vbweek07

2007-03-30 Thread Mike Meiser
t; Brilliant. > > Posted: > > http://videobloggingweek2007.blogspot.com/ > > On Mar 30, 2007, at 11:31 AM, Mike Meiser wrote: > > > One vlogosphere, crossing borders, making new friends. > > > > Maybe this years theme... maybe the big issue is all about >

Re: [videoblogging] Re: Twitter & vlogging & Twittervlog!

2007-03-30 Thread Mike Meiser
#x27;s good to know we're headed in the right direction. :) -Mike > Cheers > > Steve Elbows > > --- In videoblogging@yahoogroups.com, "Mike Meiser" > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > On 3/29/07, Rupert <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > &g

Re: [videoblogging] Re: Twitter & vlogging & Twittervlog!

2007-03-30 Thread Mike Meiser
On 3/30/07, Steve Watkins <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I love this stuff to bits, love the way twittervision works, even > though Im not a fan of twitter itself really, my fractured > concentration span doesnt want things broken down into chunks quite > that small. I do love that twittervideion.

Re: [videoblogging] Re: Twitter & vlogging & Twittervlog!

2007-03-30 Thread Mike Meiser
Yes... in the twittervision grain I could DEFINITELY see something like videoblogging universes flash previews crossed with vlogmaps to create a realtime display of videoblog posts around the world with sweet little flash previews. It might be a little hard for a server to keep up, but I think it

Re: [videoblogging]

2007-04-02 Thread Mike Meiser
Good point sull and rupert. Currently there's a lot of "scroll" and mefeedia only displays the latest 20 or 30 videos in the feed. You'd have to refresh your fireant feed every 30 minutes in order to keep up with all the videos. Maybe Devlon or Frank can increase the amount of items in the feed

Re: [videoblogging] Dreamhost vs blip.tv?

2007-04-04 Thread Mike Meiser
On 4/4/07, J. Rhett Aultman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Yes. Making QT my main format caused no end of headaches from people > telling me they had trouble with QT, so I decided to go with Flash. > Dreamhost also offers their own Flash transcoder, but I felt that > Blip.tv offered more in the way

Re: [videoblogging] first post of video blog week is up

2007-04-05 Thread Mike Meiser
Rupert, I've been seriously enjoying your twitter vlog. You'll have to forgive me for just wagering in on this thread if seemingly by random I didn't feel like starting a new thread. I've long been an outspoken evangelist of mobile vlogging. Theorizing it would enhance the value of vlogging as a

Re: [videoblogging] first post of video blog week is up

2007-04-05 Thread Mike Meiser
the > whole thing up to run with Blogger, so I thought I might as well keep > it that way. > > OH NO, the dinner. Help! I should be vlogging this :) > > ...and help me convert kate! > > Rupert > > Twittervlogging during Videoblogging Week 2007: > http://www.twitter.com

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