Just searching on Vimeo for video from different countries and continents, there's a massive amount of great quality stuff up there from all over the world - unlike the noise and crap and TV show clips that you get when you search on YouTube. Some from Western travellers, but also a lot from NGOs and locals.
The reason I'm spamming the list with these things is that we've talked here and in the Flashmeeting about what people in other parts of the world are doing with video. Go search! Rupert http://twittervlog.tv On 8-Sep-09, at 11:37 PM, Rupert Howe wrote: > Further to the posts below about South Africa, > I just found this on Vimeo - video from The Democratic Republic of the > Congo (formerly Zaire): > > http://vimeo.com/smallpower/ > > Smallpower is making music videos, TV shows, and short films in the > Democratic Republic of Congo. Our work is crafted to promote realistic > beliefs about disease and violence and to encourage viewers to make > informed choices about their health and well being. > > Rupert Howe > http://twittervlog.tv > > On 8-Sep-09, at 2:10 PM, Rupert Howe wrote: > > > I mentioned last month how even in places like Johannesburg, the > > capital of South Africa, the broadband is too slow to stream video. > > There's one telecom company, and they're not in a hurry to improve > > service. > > > > Someone there postulated that a pigeon would be a faster way to > > transmit data. > > > > So tomorrow they're going to try to prove it. They're strapping a > 4GB > > memory card to a pigeon and racing it against broadband. > > > > http://www.facebook.com/Winston.the.Pigeon > > http://pigeonrace2009.co.za/ > > > > Rupert > > http://twittervlog.tv > > > > They're strapping a 4GB memory card to a pigeon and sending it > across > > the city to prove that > > > > On 13-Aug-09, at 8:54 PM, Rupert Howe wrote: > > > > > > > > We don't hear much about accessibility here any more, but we > should. > > > There are a *lot* of people without broadband. And even some of > > those > > > with 'broadband' don't have fast enough connections to watch > > streaming > > > video properly. I know someone in South Africa - in Johannesburg, > > the > > > capital - who says that it's impossible to stream YouTube there. > You > > > have to wait ages to let them buffer - even using the internet > > > connection in his architectural company's offices in downtown > > > Jo'burg. If that's true for a relatively rich country like South > > > Africa, imagine the situation in the rest of the world. > > > > > > Rupert > > > http://twittervlog.tv > > > > > > > > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > > > > > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
