I agree about the content, and google reader and RSS, etc make things very easy, but when people do come to my site, after maybe seeing a video for the first time....I want it to look as visually appealing as possible and to be able to showcase some of my best stuff and other things/vlogs I like, etc....for me it's more about the "look" of the site.....
I do think you are also right in that it's best to showcase video's on a standalone sight, but then again, how do you get people over there? Just a header link, an "ad" on your site, etc... We spent so much time talking about content, how to make video, how to set up RSS feeds, how to promote your site, etc...but the layout and design we just have pretty much accepted what is out there and made due.....let's change that! Heath http://heathparks.com --- In [email protected], "RatbagMedia" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > The core complication isn't so much video per se but the whole Web 2.0 > multimedia explosion. Text is easy to format and showcase -- we've > been laying it out for centuries -- but digital media is a major > complication. > > I come from audio blogging/podcasting and the rot sets in when you try > to combine media elements -- in my case: text + audio + digital > presentations ('powerpoints') + slide shows + videos. While this > discussion list no doubt has some QuickTime preferences the unifying > (and contradictory) element on the web is flash media. > > That changes the dialogue a lot. > > In mindset I'm a total bloggerfile as I know nuthin' else to speak > about so I tend to pursue the glorious quest of trying to get as much > return as I can from the one blog platform -- in my case , Blogger. > Thats' all I know. > > Nonetheless I think the Blip TV channel player is the best media > showcase hardware I've come across on the web. So that guests on my > videoblog too. > > Elsewhere I am very eclectic and in other blogs I work on I like to > use Vodpod widgets and the new Vodspot platform. > > http://blog.vodpod.com/2008/12/09/announcing-vodspot/ > > and I cross post like mad --albeit selectively. > > While I will subscribe keenly to an audio feed and automatically > download the Mp3 files I won't do that for video, preferring instead > to monitor videoblogging sites by subscribing to their feeds in Google > reader. I then quickly review their content before deciding to > continue watching. ( I don't however sample audio like that.) > > So what the site looks like is neither here nor there as RSS rules. > > Nonetheless with site showcasing -- and I do this with audio -- it is > often useful to divide up your offerings into themes. I currently > offer standalone players for "Best of" my videos, " Videos from > elsewhere" and my own all-in channel in the same way that I always > divide up my audio wares and offer them in pop up players. > > But the reality is, I fear, that no one knows how to design the best > of all possible web or video sites so there are all these people > working away at the coal face, tweaking as they go -- designing a > better mousetrap > > Nonethless,some of the best video feeds I subscribe can emanate from > the most sterile of CSS sites. So let's not get toooooo caught up in > form over content. > > dave riley > http://ratbaggy.blogspot.com/ >
