[videoblogging] Any video bloggers in LA available to meet next week?
Hi there, Me, a Toronto blogger, sporadic videoblogger, and longtime mostly-quiet groupmember, has been invited to LA next week as part of a crazy promotion by Ford for its Ford Escape SUV, and the ³On the lot² Tv show. They¹ve invited 20 bloggers to attend...of which about 15 can make it. It¹s a pretty nutsy invite, and I am quite excited about it. I am in town for a scant 2.5 days, but hoping to be able to hook up with some videobloggers for a coffee/chat, or better, to participate in a funny satiric video or videos - that I am conjuring up. Is there anyone out there in LA or environs who would like to participate? I will be there from July 31 to August 2nd. They have lots of stuff booked for us the first 2 days...but that¹s when I get an Escape to tool around in, so I hope to be able to sneak away for some video fun. I am pretty free all day Thursday too - until my redeye flight back east, so if anyone has time to meetup, I am certainly game. Also any tips on press, pr, media drumming up - whatever - all welcome. Cheers, Irene Irene Duma Strange Duck Media ...a good egg [EMAIL PROTECTED] 416-535-0652 416-769-1879 Writer/director http://www.ireneduma.com web design and creative marketing blogging biz stuff http://www.strangeduck.com/blog and comedy at http://www.bittertonic.com [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
Re: [videoblogging] Is BlogTelevision.net Violating Your Creative Commons License?
the less elegant thing, i think, is any visitor can copy on that site a code of your video, in order to republish it, but then linking from their blogs via that code to blogtelevision.net, not to your vlog. blogtelevision.net users that do that are violating your licence. right? shit all. On 7/27/07, Steve Woolf [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: http://www.blogtelevision.net They are violating our JETSET license by showing ads alongside our videos without our consent, so I've sent a warning email to them. This is not new -- this site has come up in previous discussions here. Please check the site for your videos and let these people know if they need to remove your content. Steve -- http://pepa.tv [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
[videoblogging] Re: Is BlogTelevision.net Violating Your Creative Commons License?
check this one too ... http://wi-fitv.com/ChannelFeatured.aspx --- In videoblogging@yahoogroups.com, Steve Woolf [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: http://www.blogtelevision.net They are violating our JETSET license by showing ads alongside our videos without our consent, so I've sent a warning email to them. This is not new -- this site has come up in previous discussions here. Please check the site for your videos and let these people know if they need to remove your content. Steve
[videoblogging] NYC Vloggers: IMPORTANT
Many of you have probably heard about this already but for those who haven't, please sign the petition (link below)or write to the Mayor's Office for Film and TV (address below) and forward it to any others who care about this important matter. PLEASE NOTE: All of a sudden we, as photographers, filmmakers, students and teachers, are facing serious restrictions by The Mayor's office about NYC street photography. Please sign the petition. We don't have much time with an august 3rd deadline. Here is the URL with the petition to sign: just click on this: http://www.pictureny.org/petition/index.php http://www.pictureny.org/petition/index.php Introduced quietly just before Memorial Day weekend, the regulations could severely impede the ability of even casual photographers and filmmakers to operate in New York City. A group of two or more people who want to use a camera in a single public location for more than a half hour (including setup and breakdown time) could be required to get a city permit and $1 million in liability insurance. According to the NY Civil Liberties Union, these regulations violate the First Amendment right to photograph in public places, and open the door to selective and discriminatory enforcement. SAVE THE DATE: Friday, July 27th, 6:30 pm Rally for the 1st Amendment - Union Square Hope to see you there. Jem Cohen, Astra Taylor, Laura Hanna, Beka Economopoulos, Brandon Jourdan, and Julie Talen FOR MORE INFORMATION: Original NYTimes article: http://tinyurl.com/2scoog http://tinyurl.com/2scoog http://tinyurl.com/2scoog http://tinyurl.com/2scoog PDF of the proposed changes: http://www.nyc.gov/html/film/downloads/pdf/moftb_permit_regs.pdf http://www.nyc.gov/html/film/downloads/pdf/moftb_permit_regs.pdf http://www.nyc.gov/html/film/downloads/pdf/moftb_permit_regs.pdf http://www.nyc.gov/html/film/downloads/pdf/moftb_permit_regs.pdf NYCLU Response: http://www.nyclu.org/nyc_photo_permits_pr_062807.html http://www.nyclu.org/nyc_photo_permits_pr_062807.html http://www.nyclu.org/nyc_photo_permits_pr_062807.html http://www.nyclu.org/nyc_photo_permits_pr_062807.html Excerpted from an email by artist and filmmaker Jem Cohen: The Mayor's Office of Film deals primarily with big film shoots (ie. commercials, features, t.v.) where permits and insurance are, understandably, a given. However, many photographers and filmmakers carry on an equally vital tradition in which spontaneous documentation of the urban environment is at the very heart of our work. Being a street photographer often means standing in a random location and waiting: for the right activity, the right light, the break in the traffic; the countless other unpredictable factors that need to fall into place to make a shot worthwhile... Permits would have to be obtained for specific dates and times and exact locations, and the insurance would be out of reach for many individuals. The fact is that we simply CANNOT predict where, when, and how long we are going to film or photograph; we CANNOT afford expensive liability insurance policies; we occasionally NEED to work with other people or to use tripods to support our gear. (The regulations would, for example, effectively rule out a great deal of time-lapse photography which depends on tripods and cannot possibly be done with time limitations of 10 to 30 minutes, as well as the use of large format still cameras and long lenses). Especially in the current climate, official clarification of photographer's rights could be a positive thing. (Many of us have been shut down by police or other authorities who do not seem to understand that we DO have rights to film and photograph in public places). That said, if these regulations go through, it would invite if not require police to harass or shut down both professional artists and amateurs. Unfortunately, I believe that we must see the proposed regulations not only as a blow against New York as a city that welcomes and inspires art-making (and historical documentation), but as part of a continuum of broader attacks against civil liberties and free expression. Please contact the following person immediately and express your concerns. Julianne Cho Associate Commissioner Mayor's Office of Film, Theatre Broadcasting 1697 Broadway New York, NY 10019 [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://us.f307.mail.yahoo.com/ym/[EMAIL PROTECTED] ph: 212.489.6710 fax: 212.307.6237 Professor Andrea Weiss Film/Video Program Dept. of Media and Communication Arts Shepard Hall 471 City College, City University of New York Tel: 212 650 5048 [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
Re: [videoblogging] Re: Is BlogTelevision.net Violating Your Creative Commons License?
Argh blogtelevision has some of mine. Infuriatingly, their remove your site link requires that your email address match the domain name you want blocked from their scanning, for security purposes. The gall of these people... but at some point how do you even keep up? ___ Brook Hinton film/video/audio art www.brookhinton.com [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
Re: [videoblogging] Re: Video Production Services
Hi Lan, I don't know if I ever said thank you, but I am grateful for your email. I did contact Adam Quirk based on your suggestion. Thanks! Debbie. - Original Message From: Lan Bui [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: videoblogging@yahoogroups.com Sent: Tuesday, July 24, 2007 2:29:45 PM Subject: [videoblogging] Re: Video Production Services There are a few posts for people that may be able help you here: http://hookup. spinxpress. com/hookup One in particular: http://hookup. spinxpress. com/permahookup_ type=0_id= 1179810504736365 or http://tinyurl. com/yt3jt9 Hookup!!! -Lan www.LanBui.com --- In videoblogging@ yahoogroups. com, debbie131313 debbie131313@ ... wrote: Hi all, I was wondering if anyone had some recommendations for video production services in the New York area. I am specifically looking to hire someone to film (a one-camera shoot) five three-minute segments and help me edit them. The editing/filming I need is simple, so I would like to keep this as inexpensive as possible. I would appreciate any recommendations/ suggestions you may have. Or, is anyone in the list interested in doing this? Thanks a lot! Debbie. Choose the right car based on your needs. Check out Yahoo! Autos new Car Finder tool. http://autos.yahoo.com/carfinder/ [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
[videoblogging] My First live tv trial..
Hi there; I'm beginning a first live tv at http://www.gokcenkaran.com Currently it's test live and looking a music tv. And watchers send to free SMS to me and wants they are clips. When I completed to content team (I guess it's 1-2 weeks) it's will be a young life style tv. I'm waiting your feedbacks. Thanks -Gokcen
[videoblogging] Re: Microphone Recommendations
This mic is a classic indestructible hand held, no battery, can get good interviews in very noisy places. Sure57: http://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/68459-REG/Shure_SM57LC_SM57_LC_Cardioid_Dynamic.html I used them here and it was teaming with noise and tons of people: http://videoblast.itp.tsoa.nyu.edu/vlogs/show/ The smallest and cheapest is a radio shack wired lapel I think: http://www.radioshack.com/product/index.jsp?productId=2102927cp=sr=1origkw=microphonekw=microphoneparentPage=search --- In videoblogging@yahoogroups.com, mdanzico [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Jan- I apologize for the delayed response. It will be handheld mic. I'd love to find a cheap one that attaches to the top of my camera. I'm creating a traveling video blog across the country. So, the mic will have to be durable - thrown around and into a backpack every day for 80 days. Thanks! Matt www.aroundamericaproject.com --- In videoblogging@yahoogroups.com, Jan McLaughlin jannie.jan@ wrote: What do you want to do with the mic? Hand held, man-on-the-street stuff or a lavaliere kind of thing? Jan On 7/18/07, amani_c amani_c@ wrote: I use a cheap audio-technica ATR-20 for my Canaon Elura 100 camcorder. It's 20 bucks at Best Buy. It works, but you have to very careful how you handle it because it picks up hand noise. It's not very small so I don't know how well it would work for you. --- In videoblogging@yahoogroups.com, mdanzico mdanzico@ wrote: Hi all, Hope everyone is well. I'm looking to find a compact microphone for my videoblog. I'm using a Canon Optura 40 for filming - http://www.camcorderinfo.com/content/Canon-Optura-40-Camcorder- Review.htm. I need a small, reasonably priced, versitile mic that can withstand my trip around the US. Something that can just be thrown into my backpack. Any recommendations? By the way, if you have some time and are curious to see my project go to www.aroundamericaproject.com or on YouTube at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rN-E5rzoIMc. Spread the word. :) Best, Matt www.aroundamericaproject.com Yahoo! Groups Links -- The Faux Press - better than real http://fauxpress.blogspot.com http://wburg.tv http://twitter.com/fauxpress aim=janofsound air=862.221.5280 skype=janmclaughlin [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
[videoblogging] Re: New York Times Article on Changing Photography Rules for City
Older post http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/videoblogging/message/62035 http://www.nytimes.com/2007/06/29/nyregion/29camera.html? ei=5090en=71135caff6fefe6aex=1340769600partner=rssuserlandemc=rsspagew anted=print --- In videoblogging@yahoogroups.com, ilanadonna [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hey all, Did everyone see today's New York Times article on how the Mayor wants to change photography rules for the city? http://www.nytimes.com/2007/06/29/nyregion/29camera.html? _r=1oref=slogin First of all, this is probably one of those laws that will be struck down in court as a First Amendment violation. But apart from a possible rescue by the ACLU or other activists, I'm concerned about photographers in general if these rules are adopted. The new rules are so complex that police could find a way to arrest just about anyone with a camera if they wanted. I'm sure photographers at protests will be targeted, considering how hostile the police were during the RNC convention protests in '04. I'd encourage everyone to all call the mayor complain about these new proposed rules! Here are a couple of numbers: The NYC Mayor's office of film (212) 489-6710 The NYC Mayor's office at (212) 639-9675 Talk show host/documentary filmmaker Alex Jones (the guy who did the film Martial Law on the '04 RNC protests here in NYC) is suggesting that people also call Bloomberg Media at (212) 318-2000. He suspects that Bloomberg wants to give his big media outlets an edge over the independent press, and Jones wants people to complain to Bloomberg's company that the new rules would restrict free speech. Ilana http://www.downtowndiary.com
Re: [videoblogging] Re: Is BlogTelevision.net Violating Your Creative Commons License?
I would say that you don't keep up. If you don't want people to steal you car don't leave the keys in it and if you don't want people to steal your video don't put it on the Internet. Or, produce video that you want people to steal and put it on the Internet. If they steal it and show it to more people it then helps you and you can let them make their money how ever they can by doing that for you. Tim Tim Street Creator/Executive Producer French Maid TV The Viral Video of How Tos by French Maids http://frenchmaidtv.com Subscribe for FREE on ahref=http://www.frenchmaidtv.com/itunes; target=_blankiTunes/a On Jul 27, 2007, at 7:13 AM, Brook Hinton wrote: Argh blogtelevision has some of mine. Infuriatingly, their remove your site link requires that your email address match the domain name you want blocked from their scanning, for security purposes. The gall of these people... but at some point how do you even keep up? ___ Brook Hinton film/video/audio art www.brookhinton.com [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] Yahoo! Groups Links * To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/videoblogging/ * Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional * To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/videoblogging/join (Yahoo! ID required) * To change settings via email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] * To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] * Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
[videoblogging] Invite
hi everyone, After a lot of work, painful delays and the general blood/sweat/tears we at XOLO.TV are getting close to launching an Alpha version of our publishing platform/portal. Most of you know where we're coming from, where we have been, so it's safe to say you have an idea of what I'm talking about. Without getting into details (yet), we'd like to invite all you vloggers(+bloggers/podcasters) to testdrive it for a few months. This is how it works: 1) We have room for 1000 testers 2) We've already registered about 500 testers 3) you send me an e-mail to marc at xolo.tv, with 'Alpha' in the subject line to register. 4) within a few weeks from now we'll send you information and instructions for the Alpha test 5) you start ripping the system apart :) Of course, part of this test is that you give us feedback on your experience. Part of that is automated, all bugs/errors are automatically logged per user, the other part is basically a (private) forum for you to spill your beans (aka, what you miss, what you'd like, brainstorming, etc). If you're up for this, we'd highly appreciate it. So drop me that e-mail and we'll take it from there. And remember point #2, we have about 500 spots left, first comes, first served. Cheers, Marc XOLO.TV
Re: [videoblogging] Re: Is BlogTelevision.net Violating Your Creative Commons License?
Those are my sentiments too. (Adapt and take advantage of this kind of activity.) On 7/27/07, [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I would say that you don't keep up. If you don't want people to steal you car don't leave the keys in it and if you don't want people to steal your video don't put it on the Internet. Or, produce video that you want people to steal and put it on the Internet. If they steal it and show it to more people it then helps you and you can let them make their money how ever they can by doing that for you. Tim Tim Street Creator/Executive Producer French Maid TV The Viral Video of How To's by French Maids http://frenchmaidtv.com Subscribe for FREE on ahref=http://www.frenchmaidtv.com/itunes; target=_blankiTunes/a On Jul 27, 2007, at 7:13 AM, Brook Hinton wrote: Argh blogtelevision has some of mine. Infuriatingly, their remove your site link requires that your email address match the domain name you want blocked from their scanning, for security purposes. The gall of these people... but at some point how do you even keep up? ___ Brook Hinton film/video/audio art www.brookhinton.com [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] Yahoo! Groups Links -- Charles Iliya Krempeaux, B.Sc. http://ChangeLog.ca/ Vlog Razor... Vlogging News http://vlograzor.com/ [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
[videoblogging] Re: Is BlogTelevision.net Violating Your Creative Commons License?
Yes, it is certainly an interesting way of looking at things. It is the most compatible with the 'wild west' realities of the internet, the only one that deals with the realities of what people do and what technology allows, rather than the theoretical 'what is legal'. If I ever get my finger out and make a regular show, my mode of operation will be along those lines. Encourage as much redistribution as possible, put plenty of 'branding' in the video itself, mention my main website in the videos and give people extra reasons to want to visit the main site, and try to look on the bright side regarding leeches, at least its publicity. Its relatively easy for me to take that stance because my mode of operation wont require me to know accurate viewing figures, and my main aim will be for as many people as possible to know my stuff exists and watch it if they like, without trying to force it down their throats or be too overprotective of it. Now I do believe strongly that people should ahve the right to control their work, to certain extents. I believe in Creative Commons and it is important that people are keen to educate offending sites as to the realities. It is important that there be some potential ways to make vlogging something you can get paid for. I think it is a personal thing, everyone has their own approach to this stuff, and in an era where much of mainstream medias copyrighted work ends up being 'illegitimately' available on the net, its hard to expect that vloggers will ever fully escpae having their stuff leeched in some way. For me personally my attitude to offenders largely depends on just how badly they are treating the content, the nature of their site potential to make money, whether they actually provide a useful service with some extra value, and whether they are claiming to be a legit web 2.0 company claiming to be the next big thing or saviours of the vlogosphere. The history of this group suggests that it is worth complaining about sites that take liberties. I think its fair to say that progress has usually been made - if the people behind a site respond at all, they usually end up fixing at least some of the issues, though few reach the utopia of honouring creative commons to the letter and going out of their way to spread the word on creative commons in all its glory. Cheers Steve Elbows --- In videoblogging@yahoogroups.com, Charles Iliya Krempeaux [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Those are my sentiments too. (Adapt and take advantage of this kind of activity.) On 7/27/07, [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I would say that you don't keep up. If you don't want people to steal you car don't leave the keys in it and if you don't want people to steal your video don't put it on the Internet. Or, produce video that you want people to steal and put it on the Internet. If they steal it and show it to more people it then helps you and you can let them make their money how ever they can by doing that for you. Tim Tim Street Creator/Executive Producer French Maid TV The Viral Video of How To's by French Maids http://frenchmaidtv.com Subscribe for FREE on ahref=http://www.frenchmaidtv.com/itunes; target=_blankiTunes/a On Jul 27, 2007, at 7:13 AM, Brook Hinton wrote: Argh blogtelevision has some of mine. Infuriatingly, their remove your site link requires that your email address match the domain name you want blocked from their scanning, for security purposes. The gall of these people... but at some point how do you even keep up? ___ Brook Hinton film/video/audio art www.brookhinton.com [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] Yahoo! Groups Links -- Charles Iliya Krempeaux, B.Sc. http://ChangeLog.ca/ Vlog Razor... Vlogging News http://vlograzor.com/ [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
Re: [videoblogging] Anyone using OpenAds?
OpenAds is absolutely stonking - I used it in a former life when I was a website guy and OpenAds was phpAds. It does absolutely everything you want in an ads system, and then some. Also check out MaxMediaManager, which is a code fork of the same thing and has some interesting differentiators. OpenAds needs some love to set up to scale, but is perfectly capable of running ads for just about any website on the planet. Happy to provide any more details on or offlist. Wil. On 27 Jul 2007, at 17:51, Frank Sinton wrote: OpenAds sounds quite interesting - was wondering if anyone was using them with any success? http://news.com.com/8301-10784_3-9750880-7.html? part=rsssubj=newstag=2547-1023_3-0-5 Like Doubleclick without the lock-in or fees. It seems to fit in well with the whole open movement of open source, open media, now open ads. Regards, -Frank Frank Sinton CEO [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mefeedia.com/user/franks/ http://mefeedia.com - Discover, Collect, and Share video blogs [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
[videoblogging] Anyone using OpenAds?
OpenAds sounds quite interesting - was wondering if anyone was using them with any success? http://news.com.com/8301-10784_3-9750880-7.html?part=rsssubj=newstag=2547-1023_3-0-5 Like Doubleclick without the lock-in or fees. It seems to fit in well with the whole open movement of open source, open media, now open ads. Regards, -Frank Frank Sinton CEO [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mefeedia.com/user/franks/ http://mefeedia.com - Discover, Collect, and Share video blogs
Re: [videoblogging] Anyone using OpenAds?
Hello Wil, On 7/27/07, Wil Harris [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: OpenAds is absolutely stonking - I used it in a former life when I was a website guy and OpenAds was phpAds. It does absolutely everything you want in an ads system, and then some. I don't know if everyone would agree with that. AFAIK... it doesn't have a self-serve component... where advertisers can come and signup... pay money... and buy advertisers without you (the publisher) having to anything. (Disclaimer... I've created a number of ad networks for various companies. Sorry to everyone who hates online advertising :-) ) Also check out MaxMediaManager, which is a code fork of the same thing and has some interesting differentiators. OpenAds needs some love to set up to scale, but is perfectly capable of running ads for just about any website on the planet. Happy to provide any more details on or offlist. Wil. BTW... if you don't mind sharing information I'm curious to see some statistics on it from someone who's actually used it in production. What kind of server configuration did you have it running in?... and how much traffic could it handle? See ya -- Charles Iliya Krempeaux, B.Sc. http://ChangeLog.ca/ Vlog Razor... Vlogging News http://vlograzor.com/
Re: [videoblogging] NYC Vloggers: IMPORTANT
Yes, please sign this folks! Even if you only have a passing interest in the U.S. Constitution and/or freedom. Without the ability to shoot video in public, NYC videobloggers will be reduced to strictly webcam and (indoor) cat videos! http://www.pictureny.org/petition/index.php On 7/27/07, mcmpress [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Many of you have probably heard about this already but for those who haven't, please sign the petition (link below)or write to the Mayor's Office for Film and TV (address below) and forward it to any others who care about this important matter. PLEASE NOTE: All of a sudden we, as photographers, filmmakers, students and teachers, are facing serious restrictions by The Mayor's office about NYC street photography. Please sign the petition. We don't have much time with an august 3rd deadline. Here is the URL with the petition to sign: just click on this: http://www.pictureny.org/petition/index.php http://www.pictureny.org/petition/index.php Introduced quietly just before Memorial Day weekend, the regulations could severely impede the ability of even casual photographers and filmmakers to operate in New York City. A group of two or more people who want to use a camera in a single public location for more than a half hour (including setup and breakdown time) could be required to get a city permit and $1 million in liability insurance. According to the NY Civil Liberties Union, these regulations violate the First Amendment right to photograph in public places, and open the door to selective and discriminatory enforcement. SAVE THE DATE: Friday, July 27th, 6:30 pm Rally for the 1st Amendment - Union Square Hope to see you there. Jem Cohen, Astra Taylor, Laura Hanna, Beka Economopoulos, Brandon Jourdan, and Julie Talen FOR MORE INFORMATION: Original NYTimes article: http://tinyurl.com/2scoog http://tinyurl.com/2scoog http://tinyurl.com/2scoog http://tinyurl.com/2scoog PDF of the proposed changes: http://www.nyc.gov/html/film/downloads/pdf/moftb_permit_regs.pdf http://www.nyc.gov/html/film/downloads/pdf/moftb_permit_regs.pdf http://www.nyc.gov/html/film/downloads/pdf/moftb_permit_regs.pdf http://www.nyc.gov/html/film/downloads/pdf/moftb_permit_regs.pdf NYCLU Response: http://www.nyclu.org/nyc_photo_permits_pr_062807.html http://www.nyclu.org/nyc_photo_permits_pr_062807.html http://www.nyclu.org/nyc_photo_permits_pr_062807.html http://www.nyclu.org/nyc_photo_permits_pr_062807.html Excerpted from an email by artist and filmmaker Jem Cohen: The Mayor's Office of Film deals primarily with big film shoots (ie. commercials, features, t.v.) where permits and insurance are, understandably, a given. However, many photographers and filmmakers carry on an equally vital tradition in which spontaneous documentation of the urban environment is at the very heart of our work. Being a street photographer often means standing in a random location and waiting: for the right activity, the right light, the break in the traffic; the countless other unpredictable factors that need to fall into place to make a shot worthwhile... Permits would have to be obtained for specific dates and times and exact locations, and the insurance would be out of reach for many individuals. The fact is that we simply CANNOT predict where, when, and how long we are going to film or photograph; we CANNOT afford expensive liability insurance policies; we occasionally NEED to work with other people or to use tripods to support our gear. (The regulations would, for example, effectively rule out a great deal of time-lapse photography which depends on tripods and cannot possibly be done with time limitations of 10 to 30 minutes, as well as the use of large format still cameras and long lenses). Especially in the current climate, official clarification of photographer's rights could be a positive thing. (Many of us have been shut down by police or other authorities who do not seem to understand that we DO have rights to film and photograph in public places). That said, if these regulations go through, it would invite if not require police to harass or shut down both professional artists and amateurs. Unfortunately, I believe that we must see the proposed regulations not only as a blow against New York as a city that welcomes and inspires art-making (and historical documentation), but as part of a continuum of broader attacks against civil liberties and free expression. Please contact the following person immediately and express your concerns. Julianne Cho Associate Commissioner Mayor's Office of Film, Theatre Broadcasting 1697 Broadway New York, NY 10019 [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://us.f307.mail.yahoo.com/ym/[EMAIL PROTECTED] ph: 212.489.6710 fax: 212.307.6237 Professor Andrea Weiss Film/Video Program Dept. of Media and
Re: [videoblogging] Anyone using OpenAds?
Hello Frank, On 7/27/07, Frank Sinton [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: OpenAds sounds quite interesting - was wondering if anyone was using them with any success? http://news.com.com/8301-10784_3-9750880-7.html?part=rsssubj=newstag=2547-1023_3-0-5 Like Doubleclick without the lock-in or fees. Also like Accipiter AdManager... which is now owned by Microsoft. After aQuantive (which owns Atlas, DRIVEpm, Avenue A / Razorfish, etc) bought Accipiter... and then Microsoft bought aQuantive. (There's also some other people in the game of this type of publisher online advertising tool too.) It seems to fit in well with the whole open movement of open source, open media, now open ads. This comes from the phpAdsNew thing. (Basically a new name. Maybe also be somewhat of a rewrite of the initial code base.) See ya -- Charles Iliya Krempeaux, B.Sc. http://ChangeLog.ca/ Vlog Razor... Vlogging News http://vlograzor.com/
Re: [videoblogging] Anyone using OpenAds?
OK, to speak to the first point... Self-serve - you're right, it doesn't have that. But seriously, unless you're Google or someone else with an absolutely massive potential base of advertisers, who on earth is going to want to self- serve ads? Federated Media offers self service, and I would almost guarantee that 99% of their business is done in the way traditional media sales have always been done - on the phone and in meetings. For the most part, anyone who has dealt with ad buyers will tell you that self-service is a non-starter, not least because most of these buyers are almost completely clueless. But that's just my take. Server config: We were very clever about the way we ran things, I think. We ran both our website and the OpenAds server off the same group of boxes. We had three relatively medium spec boxes: dual Xeons with a couple of gigs of RAM, one of which handled database and two of which were webservers. We used memcache to avoid having to poll the server for every request, and ran the servers on a superfast switch and opened up plenty of ports. The DBs were lean and mean, and our CSS was neat. We used a javascript implementation of OpenAds, and managed everything directly from the OpenAds backend, integrating it into our own custom CMS. Using this kind of mid-range set up (cost less than $500 a month to rent from The Planet.com), running Apache/MySQL/Red Hat, we served 5m web pages a month, each with 5 dynamically rotating / frequently updating ad slots, making for 20m ads a month served with accurate metrics. On days when we hit Digg, we could easily serve half a million pages in a day without noticing any slowdown. With some clever coding and architecture, OpenAds scales well. I know of at least one other site a friend of mine has that serves 50+ ads a month off it with a relatively modest server config. Of course, none of this applies directly to video advertising, but is a great implementation for videobloggers looking to put banners on their sites - free, and relatively easy to set up, especially if you're not doing humungous numbers. Wil. On 27 Jul 2007, at 18:06, Charles Iliya Krempeaux wrote: Hello Wil, On 7/27/07, Wil Harris [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: OpenAds is absolutely stonking - I used it in a former life when I was a website guy and OpenAds was phpAds. It does absolutely everything you want in an ads system, and then some. I don't know if everyone would agree with that. AFAIK... it doesn't have a self-serve component... where advertisers can come and signup... pay money... and buy advertisers without you (the publisher) having to anything. (Disclaimer... I've created a number of ad networks for various companies. Sorry to everyone who hates online advertising :-) ) Also check out MaxMediaManager, which is a code fork of the same thing and has some interesting differentiators. OpenAds needs some love to set up to scale, but is perfectly capable of running ads for just about any website on the planet. Happy to provide any more details on or offlist. Wil. BTW... if you don't mind sharing information I'm curious to see some statistics on it from someone who's actually used it in production. What kind of server configuration did you have it running in?... and how much traffic could it handle? See ya -- Charles Iliya Krempeaux, B.Sc. http://ChangeLog.ca/ Vlog Razor... Vlogging News http://vlograzor.com/ [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
Re: [videoblogging] Anyone using OpenAds?
I used it for clients when it was phpadnews with success. been following the progress and its only getting better. On 7/27/07, Frank Sinton [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: OpenAds sounds quite interesting - was wondering if anyone was using them with any success? http://news.com.com/8301-10784_3-9750880-7.html?part=rsssubj=newstag=2547-1023_3-0-5 Like Doubleclick without the lock-in or fees. It seems to fit in well with the whole open movement of open source, open media, now open ads. Regards, -Frank Frank Sinton CEO [EMAIL PROTECTED] frank%40mefeedia.com http://mefeedia.com/user/franks/ http://mefeedia.com - Discover, Collect, and Share video blogs [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
Re: [videoblogging] Anyone using OpenAds?
Hello Wil, On 7/27/07, Wil Harris [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: OK, to speak to the first point... Self-serve - you're right, it doesn't have that. But seriously, unless you're Google or someone else with an absolutely massive potential base of advertisers, who on earth is going to want to self- serve ads? Federated Media offers self service, and I would almost guarantee that 99% of their business is done in the way traditional media sales have always been done - on the phone and in meetings. For the most part, anyone who has dealt with ad buyers will tell you that self-service is a non-starter, not least because most of these buyers are almost completely clueless. But that's just my take. My experience has been that medium sized businesses and up want it. It's true that sales usually happen over the phone or in person. But I've found that you really don't want to manage their day-to-day activities for them. It's not scalable (from a business and HR point of view)... and you end up needing alot of staff to do alot of hand holding. Server config: We were very clever about the way we ran things, I think. We ran both our website and the OpenAds server off the same group of boxes. We had three relatively medium spec boxes: dual Xeons with a couple of gigs of RAM, one of which handled database and two of which were webservers. We used memcache to avoid having to poll the server for every request, and ran the servers on a superfast switch and opened up plenty of ports. The DBs were lean and mean, and our CSS was neat. We used a javascript implementation of OpenAds, and managed everything directly from the OpenAds backend, integrating it into our own custom CMS. Using this kind of mid-range set up (cost less than $500 a month to rent from The Planet.com), running Apache/MySQL/Red Hat, we served 5m web pages a month, each with 5 dynamically rotating / frequently updating ad slots, making for 20m ads a month served with accurate metrics. On days when we hit Digg, we could easily serve half a million pages in a day without noticing any slowdown. With some clever coding and architecture, OpenAds scales well. I know of at least one other site a friend of mine has that serves 50+ ads a month off it with a relatively modest server config. What was your average number of hits per second you were doing?... And your maximum number of hits per second you got? (I.e., what were you traffic spikes like?) Also... (if you tested it...) do you know how many hits per second it took before you started getting error messages? Of course, none of this applies directly to video advertising, but is a great implementation for videobloggers looking to put banners on their sites - free, and relatively easy to set up, especially if you're not doing humungous numbers. I've actually been thinking of doing an (opensource) video advertising component to the VideoPress series of Wordpress plugins... (given my experience... it would be pretty easy to write...) although I'm not sure that would jive with the Show in a Box... it's geared towards a sponsorship model. Thanks for taking the time to write about those stats! See ya Wil. On 27 Jul 2007, at 18:06, Charles Iliya Krempeaux wrote: Hello Wil, On 7/27/07, Wil Harris [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: OpenAds is absolutely stonking - I used it in a former life when I was a website guy and OpenAds was phpAds. It does absolutely everything you want in an ads system, and then some. I don't know if everyone would agree with that. AFAIK... it doesn't have a self-serve component... where advertisers can come and signup... pay money... and buy advertisers without you (the publisher) having to anything. (Disclaimer... I've created a number of ad networks for various companies. Sorry to everyone who hates online advertising :-) ) Also check out MaxMediaManager, which is a code fork of the same thing and has some interesting differentiators. OpenAds needs some love to set up to scale, but is perfectly capable of running ads for just about any website on the planet. Happy to provide any more details on or offlist. Wil. BTW... if you don't mind sharing information I'm curious to see some statistics on it from someone who's actually used it in production. What kind of server configuration did you have it running in?... and how much traffic could it handle? See ya -- Charles Iliya Krempeaux, B.Sc. http://ChangeLog.ca/ Vlog Razor... Vlogging News http://vlograzor.com/ [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] -- Charles Iliya Krempeaux, B.Sc. http://ChangeLog.ca/ Vlog Razor... Vlogging News http://vlograzor.com/
[videoblogging] Re: I compiled a list of PodTech's latest meltdowns
Thanks, Enric! Corrected. --- In videoblogging@yahoogroups.com, Enric [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- In videoblogging@yahoogroups.com, Nick Douglas nick@ wrote: Just 'cause some people keep begging for it: PodTech: The meltdown of the Valley's worst video network http://valleywag.com/tech/podtech/the-meltdown-of-the-valleys-worst-vid\ eo-network-282475.php I don't believe in writing purely negative forum posts. So: In other news, I'm addicted to pancake sandwiches. They are so tasty and eggy. [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] You may want to correct your facts about Loren's media on PodTech: http://www.podtech.net/home/category/entertainment/1938-media/ -- Enric
[videoblogging] Re: I compiled a list of PodTech's latest meltdowns
Looks like Podtech is looking for a new CEO now? This is the second pod related company THIS WEEK that i've heard about looking for a CEO. http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/07/27/whats-really-going-on-with-podtech/ --- In videoblogging@yahoogroups.com, Nick Douglas [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Thanks, Enric! Corrected. --- In videoblogging@yahoogroups.com, Enric enric@ wrote: --- In videoblogging@yahoogroups.com, Nick Douglas nick@ wrote: Just 'cause some people keep begging for it: PodTech: The meltdown of the Valley's worst video network http://valleywag.com/tech/podtech/the-meltdown-of-the-valleys-worst-vid\ eo-network-282475.php I don't believe in writing purely negative forum posts. So: In other news, I'm addicted to pancake sandwiches. They are so tasty and eggy. [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] You may want to correct your facts about Loren's media on PodTech: http://www.podtech.net/home/category/entertainment/1938-media/ -- Enric
[videoblogging] Re: Anyone using OpenAds?
Thanks for the feedback. I was really hoping to hear from videobloggers if anyone has tried using this. Most of what we have been hearing about is the sponsorship model (Rocketboom, Podtech, and others). My guess is that these ad platforms need a ton of traffic to scale. For targeted audiences, the sponsorship model or Federated Media model seems to work better. Regards, -Frank Frank Sinton CEO [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mefeedia.com/user/franks/ http://mefeedia.com - Discover, Collect, and Share video blogs --- In videoblogging@yahoogroups.com, Charles Iliya Krempeaux [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hello Wil, On 7/27/07, Wil Harris [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: OK, to speak to the first point... Self-serve - you're right, it doesn't have that. But seriously, unless you're Google or someone else with an absolutely massive potential base of advertisers, who on earth is going to want to self- serve ads? Federated Media offers self service, and I would almost guarantee that 99% of their business is done in the way traditional media sales have always been done - on the phone and in meetings. For the most part, anyone who has dealt with ad buyers will tell you that self-service is a non-starter, not least because most of these buyers are almost completely clueless. But that's just my take. My experience has been that medium sized businesses and up want it. It's true that sales usually happen over the phone or in person. But I've found that you really don't want to manage their day-to-day activities for them. It's not scalable (from a business and HR point of view)... and you end up needing alot of staff to do alot of hand holding. Server config: We were very clever about the way we ran things, I think. We ran both our website and the OpenAds server off the same group of boxes. We had three relatively medium spec boxes: dual Xeons with a couple of gigs of RAM, one of which handled database and two of which were webservers. We used memcache to avoid having to poll the server for every request, and ran the servers on a superfast switch and opened up plenty of ports. The DBs were lean and mean, and our CSS was neat. We used a javascript implementation of OpenAds, and managed everything directly from the OpenAds backend, integrating it into our own custom CMS. Using this kind of mid-range set up (cost less than $500 a month to rent from The Planet.com), running Apache/MySQL/Red Hat, we served 5m web pages a month, each with 5 dynamically rotating / frequently updating ad slots, making for 20m ads a month served with accurate metrics. On days when we hit Digg, we could easily serve half a million pages in a day without noticing any slowdown. With some clever coding and architecture, OpenAds scales well. I know of at least one other site a friend of mine has that serves 50+ ads a month off it with a relatively modest server config. What was your average number of hits per second you were doing?... And your maximum number of hits per second you got? (I.e., what were you traffic spikes like?) Also... (if you tested it...) do you know how many hits per second it took before you started getting error messages? Of course, none of this applies directly to video advertising, but is a great implementation for videobloggers looking to put banners on their sites - free, and relatively easy to set up, especially if you're not doing humungous numbers. I've actually been thinking of doing an (opensource) video advertising component to the VideoPress series of Wordpress plugins... (given my experience... it would be pretty easy to write...) although I'm not sure that would jive with the Show in a Box... it's geared towards a sponsorship model. Thanks for taking the time to write about those stats! See ya Wil. On 27 Jul 2007, at 18:06, Charles Iliya Krempeaux wrote: Hello Wil, On 7/27/07, Wil Harris [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: OpenAds is absolutely stonking - I used it in a former life when I was a website guy and OpenAds was phpAds. It does absolutely everything you want in an ads system, and then some. I don't know if everyone would agree with that. AFAIK... it doesn't have a self-serve component... where advertisers can come and signup... pay money... and buy advertisers without you (the publisher) having to anything. (Disclaimer... I've created a number of ad networks for various companies. Sorry to everyone who hates online advertising :-) ) Also check out MaxMediaManager, which is a code fork of the same thing and has some interesting differentiators. OpenAds needs some love to set up to scale, but is perfectly capable of running ads for just about any website on the planet. Happy to provide any more details on or offlist. Wil.
[videoblogging] Re: I compiled a list of PodTech's latest meltdowns
Well maybe what happened to Irina, in the long run, was a good thingI hate to hear this to be honest cause even though I did not agree with some of the things they did, I do know people that have deals with them and if they did indeed go under that would suckfor a lot of reasons Heath http://batmangeek.com --- In videoblogging@yahoogroups.com, Frank Sinton [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Looks like Podtech is looking for a new CEO now? This is the second pod related company THIS WEEK that i've heard about looking for a CEO. http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/07/27/whats-really-going-on-with- podtech/ --- In videoblogging@yahoogroups.com, Nick Douglas nick@ wrote: Thanks, Enric! Corrected. --- In videoblogging@yahoogroups.com, Enric enric@ wrote: --- In videoblogging@yahoogroups.com, Nick Douglas nick@ wrote: Just 'cause some people keep begging for it: PodTech: The meltdown of the Valley's worst video network http://valleywag.com/tech/podtech/the-meltdown-of-the-valleys- worst-vid\ eo-network-282475.php I don't believe in writing purely negative forum posts. So: In other news, I'm addicted to pancake sandwiches. They are so tasty and eggy. [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] You may want to correct your facts about Loren's media on PodTech: http://www.podtech.net/home/category/entertainment/1938-media/ -- Enric
[videoblogging] Re: I compiled a list of PodTech's latest meltdowns
I don't understand the rationale for the extent of the attack on PodTech. While they've made mistakes, bumbled and are somewhat inept. For some to wish that a company that's funding videobloggers being able to do their work should fail doesn't make sense to me. -- Enric --- In videoblogging@yahoogroups.com, Nick Douglas [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Thanks, Enric! Corrected. --- In videoblogging@yahoogroups.com, Enric enric@ wrote: --- In videoblogging@yahoogroups.com, Nick Douglas nick@ wrote: Just 'cause some people keep begging for it: PodTech: The meltdown of the Valley's worst video network http://valleywag.com/tech/podtech/the-meltdown-of-the-valleys- worst-vid\ eo-network-282475.php I don't believe in writing purely negative forum posts. So: In other news, I'm addicted to pancake sandwiches. They are so tasty and eggy. [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] You may want to correct your facts about Loren's media on PodTech: http://www.podtech.net/home/category/entertainment/1938-media/ -- Enric
[videoblogging] Across the pond - Coming to a ______ near U.S.?
Step by step, inch by inch. http://www.osce.org/item/25667.html http://www.cipaco.org/sources/OpeningIGFdebateAfrica.pdf Miklós Haraszti Internet Governance is still at a work-in-progress stage. It might develop into a new way of policy-making on a global scale involving many different sectors, including not only governments, but also industry and civil society. Whereas standards for previous means of communication were set by intergovernmental organizations, for the Internet this is often done by the online community or expert bodies with an open membership. Technical standards for the emerging networks of the Internet have been set by requests for comments and consensus building. But Internet Governance is not only about technical standards or the Domain Name System. It also has commercial, cultural and social implications, concerning issues like the free flow of information, freedom of expression and freedom of the media online. Recent moves against free speech on the Internet in a number of countries have provided a bitter reminder of the ease with which some regimes democracies and dictatorships alike seek to suppress speech that they disapprove of, dislike, or simply fear. http://www.osce.org/fom/ http://news.com.com/Study+Internet+censorship+spreading/ 100-1028_3-6199294.html Recent moves against free speech on the Internet in a number of countries have provided a bitter reminder of the ease with which some regimes, democracies and dictatorships alike, seek to suppress speech that they disapprove of, dislike, or simply fear, the report by the 56-nation OSCE said. Speaking out has never been easier than on the Web. Yet at the same time, we are witnessing the spread of Internet censorship, the 212-page report said.
[videoblogging] Re: I compiled a list of PodTech's latest meltdowns
AGREE! --- In videoblogging@yahoogroups.com, Enric [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I don't understand the rationale for the extent of the attack on PodTech. While they've made mistakes, bumbled and are somewhat inept. For some to wish that a company that's funding videobloggers being able to do their work should fail doesn't make sense to me. -- Enric --- In videoblogging@yahoogroups.com, Nick Douglas nick@ wrote: Thanks, Enric! Corrected. --- In videoblogging@yahoogroups.com, Enric enric@ wrote: --- In videoblogging@yahoogroups.com, Nick Douglas nick@ wrote: Just 'cause some people keep begging for it: PodTech: The meltdown of the Valley's worst video network http://valleywag.com/tech/podtech/the-meltdown-of-the-valleys- worst-vid\ eo-network-282475.php I don't believe in writing purely negative forum posts. So: In other news, I'm addicted to pancake sandwiches. They are so tasty and eggy. [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] You may want to correct your facts about Loren's media on PodTech: http://www.podtech.net/home/category/entertainment/1938-media/ -- Enric
Re: [videoblogging] Re: Anyone using OpenAds?
Hello Frank, From what I can gather... Federated Media business model is not typical of most ad networks out there. (Although other ad networks tried to go after that market... Federated Media was the first to really capture it.) It's based marketing houses. The large firms that handle the advertising campaigns and marketing for large companies. (Specifically... Federated Media is dependent on business from these marketing houses.) When marketing houses come up with a plan for companies... many of them do 3 things. #1: The create and develop a website specifically geared towards that advertising campaign. #2: The hand pick a number sites to get traffic from, specifically for that advertising campaign. #3: The go buy a bunch of traffic on various ad networks and bigger sites. To the company (that the marketing house is doing the advertising campaign for) #1 and #2 are a big waste of money... their ROI does NOT come from those places. Although... they end up paying ALOT of those 2 -- they end up paying ALOT for #1 and #2. The ROI is made from #3. However.. to the people dealing with all this (at the company) #1 and #2 makes it all sound good. It impresses them when the market house shows them how they're going to handle their ad campaign. (After all... they can't just tell them they're going to go buy traffic on ad networks.) Federated Media is going after #2. (Get over priced buys from these marketing houses.) As long as the big companies (doing these ad campaigns with these market houses) don't become wise to this... Federated Media has a business model. See ya On 7/27/07, Frank Sinton [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Thanks for the feedback. I was really hoping to hear from videobloggers if anyone has tried using this. Most of what we have been hearing about is the sponsorship model (Rocketboom, Podtech, and others). My guess is that these ad platforms need a ton of traffic to scale. For targeted audiences, the sponsorship model or Federated Media model seems to work better. Regards, -Frank Frank Sinton CEO [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mefeedia.com/user/franks/ http://mefeedia.com - Discover, Collect, and Share video blogs --- In videoblogging@yahoogroups.com, Charles Iliya Krempeaux [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hello Wil, On 7/27/07, Wil Harris [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: OK, to speak to the first point... Self-serve - you're right, it doesn't have that. But seriously, unless you're Google or someone else with an absolutely massive potential base of advertisers, who on earth is going to want to self- serve ads? Federated Media offers self service, and I would almost guarantee that 99% of their business is done in the way traditional media sales have always been done - on the phone and in meetings. For the most part, anyone who has dealt with ad buyers will tell you that self-service is a non-starter, not least because most of these buyers are almost completely clueless. But that's just my take. My experience has been that medium sized businesses and up want it. It's true that sales usually happen over the phone or in person. But I've found that you really don't want to manage their day-to-day activities for them. It's not scalable (from a business and HR point of view)... and you end up needing alot of staff to do alot of hand holding. Server config: We were very clever about the way we ran things, I think. We ran both our website and the OpenAds server off the same group of boxes. We had three relatively medium spec boxes: dual Xeons with a couple of gigs of RAM, one of which handled database and two of which were webservers. We used memcache to avoid having to poll the server for every request, and ran the servers on a superfast switch and opened up plenty of ports. The DBs were lean and mean, and our CSS was neat. We used a javascript implementation of OpenAds, and managed everything directly from the OpenAds backend, integrating it into our own custom CMS. Using this kind of mid-range set up (cost less than $500 a month to rent from The Planet.com), running Apache/MySQL/Red Hat, we served 5m web pages a month, each with 5 dynamically rotating / frequently updating ad slots, making for 20m ads a month served with accurate metrics. On days when we hit Digg, we could easily serve half a million pages in a day without noticing any slowdown. With some clever coding and architecture, OpenAds scales well. I know of at least one other site a friend of mine has that serves 50+ ads a month off it with a relatively modest server config. What was your average number of hits per second you were doing?... And your maximum number of hits per second you got? (I.e., what were you traffic spikes like?) Also... (if you tested it...) do you
[videoblogging] Re: I compiled a list of PodTech's latest meltdowns
--- In videoblogging@yahoogroups.com, Enric [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I don't understand the rationale for the extent of the attack on PodTech. While they've made mistakes, bumbled and are somewhat inept. For some to wish that a company that's funding videobloggers being able to do their work should fail doesn't make sense to me. -- Enric Well I think that's the problem. They seemed like they were on the vanguard of understanding small content and producers, but when push came to shove they weren't. I don't want them to fail. I want them to live up to the promises they made (both exlicit and implicit), and the way they've been handling themselves it's been a disappointment. I think part of the reason why they are failing is that they've had a big company mindset. If they just returned to their roots and focused on the needs of producers (selling ads, making money) and away from being a technology company (making yet another flash player, owning Vloggies), they might get themselves out of this mess. John and Robert are my friends, and it pains me to see friends make bad decisions. I just hope that they get on the right track soon. -K, askaninja.com
[videoblogging] Old media maker making new media makings
Hey everybody! My friend Bill Persky http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0675479/ has started videoblogging. He's 76 years old and after working in television forever, he's now making the new TV. I gave him the iMovie, Blip, Blogger basics and he's off to the races. It's funny, Bill was around when TV was new. Now he's vlogging. He's a sweet man with a great sense of humor. If you have a chance, check out his video blog, Mister Bill 2007. blogspot.com http://www.misterbill2007.blogspot.com . Thanks, Mary Videopancakes.com http://www.videopancakes.com [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
Re: [videoblogging] Re: I compiled a list of PodTech's latest meltdowns
i hate stupid threds like this, its like sharks in the water why do people like to kick some one when there down? On 7/27/07, Kent Nichols [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- In videoblogging@yahoogroups.com videoblogging%40yahoogroups.com, Enric [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I don't understand the rationale for the extent of the attack on PodTech. While they've made mistakes, bumbled and are somewhat inept. For some to wish that a company that's funding videobloggers being able to do their work should fail doesn't make sense to me. -- Enric Well I think that's the problem. They seemed like they were on the vanguard of understanding small content and producers, but when push came to shove they weren't. I don't want them to fail. I want them to live up to the promises they made (both exlicit and implicit), and the way they've been handling themselves it's been a disappointment. I think part of the reason why they are failing is that they've had a big company mindset. If they just returned to their roots and focused on the needs of producers (selling ads, making money) and away from being a technology company (making yet another flash player, owning Vloggies), they might get themselves out of this mess. John and Robert are my friends, and it pains me to see friends make bad decisions. I just hope that they get on the right track soon. -K, askaninja.com [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
[videoblogging] Re: I compiled a list of PodTech's latest meltdowns
I agree with Kent. I've met Robert and enjoyed our conversation together. I've never met John - it sounds like he wants to do the right thing, though. There are certainly a lot worse video network companies out there. I wish a lot more emphasis was placed on the discovery process so that more people would be sent the video producers way. As Google has proven, there is still a lot of money to be made on sending eyeballs to other people's sites. To that point, we have seen a 500% traffic growth this year and our #1 clicked on links are our outgoing links to producer's websites. Of course, we haven't exactly made any money yet, but I am confident that those opportunities will present themselves without having to modify this core mission of connecting viewers and producers. Regards, -Frank Frank Sinton CEO [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mefeedia.com/user/franks/ http://mefeedia.com - Discover, Collect, and Share video blogs --- In videoblogging@yahoogroups.com, Kent Nichols [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- In videoblogging@yahoogroups.com, Enric enric@ wrote: I don't understand the rationale for the extent of the attack on PodTech. While they've made mistakes, bumbled and are somewhat inept. For some to wish that a company that's funding videobloggers being able to do their work should fail doesn't make sense to me. -- Enric Well I think that's the problem. They seemed like they were on the vanguard of understanding small content and producers, but when push came to shove they weren't. I don't want them to fail. I want them to live up to the promises they made (both exlicit and implicit), and the way they've been handling themselves it's been a disappointment. I think part of the reason why they are failing is that they've had a big company mindset. If they just returned to their roots and focused on the needs of producers (selling ads, making money) and away from being a technology company (making yet another flash player, owning Vloggies), they might get themselves out of this mess. John and Robert are my friends, and it pains me to see friends make bad decisions. I just hope that they get on the right track soon. -K, askaninja.com
[videoblogging] Re: Old media maker making new media makings
I love his Tai Chi with a voice over --- In videoblogging@yahoogroups.com, mcmpress [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hey everybody! My friend Bill Persky http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0675479/ has started videoblogging. He's 76 years old and after working in television forever, he's now making the new TV. I gave him the iMovie, Blip, Blogger basics and he's off to the races. It's funny, Bill was around when TV was new. Now he's vlogging. He's a sweet man with a great sense of humor. If you have a chance, check out his video blog, Mister Bill 2007. blogspot.com http://www.misterbill2007.blogspot.com . Thanks, Mary Videopancakes.com http://www.videopancakes.com [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
[videoblogging] Re: Microphone Recommendations
Hi Matt: Another one you might consider is an RE50. http://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/76687-REG/ Electro_Voice_16501707_RE50_B_Omni_ENG.html A little pricier, but very dependable. I used the same one for 15 years, day in and day out, and never had issues with it. I think it would suit your needs. Good luck on your endeavor. Sounds great! Rebecca [EMAIL PROTECTED] cookingupastory.com youtube.com/cookingupastory --- In videoblogging@yahoogroups.com, mdanzico [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi all, Hope everyone is well. I'm looking to find a compact microphone for my videoblog. I'm using a Canon Optura 40 for filming - http://www.camcorderinfo.com/content/Canon-Optura-40-Camcorder- Review.htm. I need a small, reasonably priced, versitile mic that can withstand my trip around the US. Something that can just be thrown into my backpack. Any recommendations? By the way, if you have some time and are curious to see my project go to www.aroundamericaproject.com or on YouTube at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rN-E5rzoIMc. Spread the word. :) Best, Matt www.aroundamericaproject.com
[videoblogging] storyboarding free/shareware?
Hi, A friend of mine asks: Can you recommend good storyboarding software (free is best) for the mac and/or PC? Any suggestions I can pass along to her? Thanks, Traci
