I finally got around to creating my own "Best Of" as per the Blip Player. It works out quite well http://mikemoon.net/vlog/blip-list/ . With close to 700 videos, I can't expect people to go through all of them. :)
Thanks. Mike Http://vlog.mikemoon.net --- In videoblogging@yahoogroups.com, Rupert Howe <rup...@...> wrote: > > Excellent! I totally agree. Many great vlogs have minimal > characterisation & identity in their site design - the character and > identity is in the videos. > As for content, some of my favourite things that you've done were your > mobile video posts, where you just shot moments with your phone. > You don't have to try hard to make something - you are very watchable > on camera. > > I use the Blip playlist player to show my more popular old videos on > my Greatest Hits page, and it works really well. > > It's not even really that necessary to have your own podcast feed - > you can use Blip's iTunes feed if you're uploading everything to Blip. > > Rupert > http://twittervlog.tv > > On 15-Sep-09, at 3:30 PM, hpbatman7 wrote: > > > I too have been looking at blip more and more. In fact I think I am > > going to totaly revamp my site and just use the blip player and as > > Verdi notes below use the blip player as a "visual" archive. I have > > also found a few plugin's that help show related posts, and random > > posts that I can put in the sidebar to help showcase older video's. > > > > As I have looked and looked and tried to find a theme that was "me" > > I realized that it's not the theme that makes my site, it's me and > > my content. People don't visit my site because it looks good, they > > visit my site and watch my video's because they know me or are > > subscribed to me, etc....it's the content that makes the site "me" I > > am always going to have old video's, I will always have video's that > > some like and some do not. And seeing as I post fairly often I am > > always going to have a new video replacing and old one, etc...I for > > one have decided to stop worrying about it and just create, I can > > always repost an oldie but a goodie, I can always create a > > "showcase" site to show off my favortie video's. I am just going to > > focus on what I can do, instead of what I can't.... > > > > Long life the blog/vlog/multimedia thingy's... > > > > Heath > > http://heathparks.com > > > > --- In videoblogging@yahoogroups.com, Michael Verdi > > <michaelverdi@> wrote: > > > > > > We've had a number of discussions about the problems of the blog > > > format for videoblogs which mainly centers around the lack of tools > > > for discovering old videos. I've been working on a fictional web > > > series and thinking about this problem and I find myself using the > > > great tools at blip.tv more and more - especially the showplayer and > > > playlists. > > > > > > Here's what I've doing. I found that we've made a number of 5 - 10 > > > episode stories so I've made playlists for each of them and > > embeded a > > > showplayer for each at the top of my archive page. Check it out here > > > <http://talkbot.tv/category/season-3/>. For a personal site you may > > > not have stories like that but you could make playlists of a special > > > group of related posts or maybe a playlist of your favorites and > > stick > > > them anywhere that makes sense on your site - archive page, about > > > page, etc. > > > > > > -Verdi > > > > > > -- > > > Michael Verdi > > > http://milkweedmediadesign.com > > > http://michaelverdi.com > > > > > > > > > > > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] >
