[videoblogging] Re: ARTICLE - Web Video: Move Over, Amateurs

2007-11-21 Thread Rupert Howe
They can't write, Look, wow, video is online anymore, so they have to find a new angle in order to justify the article. There's much more slickly produced content online now than last time old media 'discovered' online video. Now it's time to revisit and see what's changed. In editors' and

Re: [videoblogging] Re: ARTICLE - Web Video: Move Over, Amateurs

2007-11-21 Thread Jan McLaughlin
Well said Rupert. Good reasons to eliminate competition and snark from my life. Snark and competition (winners / losers) are the psychological equivalents of car wrecks: it's nearly impossible not to look. I'm working to develop the capacity to turn my head away. Advertisers are a bit more

[videoblogging] Fwd: do you know a great producer? or two? NY/SF

2007-11-21 Thread Irina
hi all heather is looking for. -- Forwarded message -- From: heather gold [EMAIL PROTECTED] Live/online talk show seeks cracker-jack producer that can run the live 1x/month SF show (inc. managing promotion, the video crew + work with the online team). A big bonus would be

[videoblogging] george lucas foundation jobs

2007-11-21 Thread Irina
-- Forwarded message -- Edutopia.org is looking for a temporary writer/multimedia producer and I'd love your recommendations. This is an immediate position with possible growth potential. There is also a multimedia developer position open listed on the jobs page:

Re: [videoblogging] ARTICLE - Web Video: Move Over, Amateurs

2007-11-21 Thread Ron Watson
I have not been to any of those sites. Also, they're quoting the MySpace video guy. As if MySpace is 'professional' - it's DYING! What a joke of an article. Corporate Media pushes Corporate Agenda at the expense of the People. I'm SHOCKED! lol Thanks for the interesting read... Cheers, Ron

Re: [videoblogging] ARTICLE - Web Video: Move Over, Amateurs

2007-11-21 Thread Sull
i agree with the opposing perspectives in this thread what also came to mind is that as soon as life's catastrophic events occur, suddenly it will be realized again the power of the so-called user-gen content. user-gen does not HAVE to mean teens expressing and working their personalities to

[videoblogging] Counting views in Facebook?

2007-11-21 Thread Jason McCabe Calacanis
Why on earth doesn't facebook let you count the views on your videos?!!? (i.e. we put our videos here: http://www.facebook.com/video/?oid=18176448560 and have no idea if these are seen by 10 folks or 10,000). Lame! Folks are complaining about it here: http://www.facebook.com/video/?oid=18176448560

[videoblogging] Re: Mac for videoblogging and podcasting?

2007-11-21 Thread Steve Watkins
I was quite happy with a beter-value normal Macbook, but I got interesting in Apple Motion which requires a decent 3D graphics capability, something the standard MacBook lacks. So theres a few more elements of the Pro spec that make it worthwhile for some, but not a bargain thats for sure.

[videoblogging] Re: ARTICLE - Web Video: Move Over, Amateurs

2007-11-21 Thread ractalfece
Another misleading claim in this article is that celebrity videos = slick professionalism. I noticed Will Ferrel was mentioned. His drunk baby thing has the look and feel of user generated content. The angle could have been, if you can't beat the amateurs, join 'em.

[videoblogging] New Media Douche Bags

2007-11-21 Thread [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Podcasting News has found a telling video. I find it interesting that they use the names Pete and Scott in the video. Why would they use those names? Pete and Scott don't hate and they are certainly not Douche Bags. http://www.podcastingnews.com/2007/11/21/media-douchebags-unite/ Tim Tim

[videoblogging] Re: ARTICLE - Web Video: Move Over, Amateurs

2007-11-21 Thread Steve Watkins
Yeah. That article is not wrong when it says that most advertisers are more comfortable with 'professional' stuff, and its not wrong to say that there is a lot more of such content appearing legitimately on the net. Whats interesting is how desperate it is to celebrate this and diss amateur

Re: [videoblogging] Counting views in Facebook?

2007-11-21 Thread schlomo rabinowitz
Personally, I love that the Facebooks doesn't show stats. Once the site started being open to anyone, I loved that I could easily put up a personal video that would only be seen by my friends (or by the friends of who I tag in the video). Most of the videos I post on there are of me and my

[videoblogging] Re: Counting views in Facebook?

2007-11-21 Thread bordercollieaustralianshepherd
Facebook is not built for you? Facebook is not your friend? Facebook is a database for sale? Facebook is LAME? Facebook is a _? How might you tap into that info? Pony up the fee ... http://www.facebook.com/business/contact.php --- In videoblogging@yahoogroups.com, Jason McCabe

[videoblogging] Re: ARTICLE - Web Video: Move Over, Amateurs

2007-11-21 Thread Steve Watkins
Regarding the positive stuff for the small content creator, a possibly rewarding relationship with small local business doing the advertising Ive said before that a lot of small businesses dont have too high of an opinion about spending much money on advertising. I guess there are many

[videoblogging] A few questions re: Blip wide screen, Revver, Veoh , tubemogul

2007-11-21 Thread Irene Duma
Hi all, A few questions I thought ye more experienced might be able to help out with. I¹ve just spent days trying to upload videos to different sites ( Argh. Lots of errors on my part though e.g. uploading the video then noticing a spelling mistake. Recompressing. Then having to figure out how

Re: [videoblogging] Re: Mac for videoblogging and podcasting?

2007-11-21 Thread Frank Carver
Wednesday, November 21, 2007, 5:42:27 PM, Steve Watkins wrote: Fan noise seems about the same for both. I cant really hear the fan when on low speed and recording with the built-in mic, let alone an external one, though your mileage may vary depending on what sort of mic it is. That sounds

[videoblogging] Re: Mac for videoblogging and podcasting?

2007-11-21 Thread Steve Watkins
Yes, I use it on the Mac, though I started off using a lite version on Windows that came undled with some hardware years ago. The upcoming version 7 of Live adds the ability to save video that is used inside Live, so I shall be reviewing whether thats of use to some vloggers, for those who

[videoblogging] Re: A few questions re: Blip wide screen, Revver, Veoh , tubemogul

2007-11-21 Thread michael_aivaliotis
--- In videoblogging@yahoogroups.com, Irene Duma [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: In the meantime I was wondering with Blip ­ do we have to have the 16:9 ratio? I don¹t want the black to appear on either side of my 4:3 video. I want the video to fill up the whole screen. Any suggestions? You can

Re: [videoblogging] Re: A few questions re: Blip wide screen, Revver, Veoh , tubemogul

2007-11-21 Thread Irene Duma
Ok ­ I had all ready changed it to fit the width of my column. Didn¹t know I could enlarge it beyond the black. Will do. I like it large. Your image looks good. I tried to keep mine under the 100 mb limit some of the sites request, but when compressed further, the gummy look appears. On 11/21/07

[videoblogging] Re: NaVloPoMo Magic

2007-11-21 Thread missbhavens1969
Dude, you're blowing my mind. Bekah -- http://www.missbhavens.com --- In videoblogging@yahoogroups.com, Rupert [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: This is the kind of thing that's happening in Daily Videoblog Posting Month: I just watched a sequence of four films made since yesterday. If you

[videoblogging] Pay me fuckface

2007-11-21 Thread Jay dedman
Here's an interesting opinion piece in the NY times: http://tinyurl.com/3clb4z INTERNET idealists like me have long had an easy answer for creative types — like the striking screenwriters in Hollywood — who feel threatened by the unremunerative nature of our new Eden: stop whining and figure out

[videoblogging] Re: Counting views in Facebook?

2007-11-21 Thread mattfeldman78
I'd be careful uploading video directly to Facebook-their terms of use are horrible. You might want to consider using another app, like YouTube so u don't do a direct upload of the video and deal with their terms. I think Steve Garfield addressed this on this list and he blogged about it here:

Re: [videoblogging] Pay me fuckface

2007-11-21 Thread [EMAIL PROTECTED]
I find his article interesting but he wasn't wrong before. The content game isn't over. It won't be until we run out of humans. Sure there are people creating free content but that will only go so far. People thirst for mo' better content and those who know how to deliver more will soon

[videoblogging] Re: Pay me fuckface

2007-11-21 Thread Bill Cammack
This is actually a good point. There's going to come a time where the dynamic changes, similar to what happened with television. Television used to be free. Your buy-in was the television itself and MAYBE an extra antenna to get better reception. The television reception was via the airwaves.

[videoblogging] Re: Counting views in Facebook?

2007-11-21 Thread Frank Sinton
Wow. Thanks for the link (and thanks for the summary, Steve). Has anyone played with putting their MediaRSS feed directly into Facebook? I wonder if this would be useful? Regards, -Frank http://www.mefeedia.com - Discover the Video Web --- In videoblogging@yahoogroups.com, mattfeldman78

[videoblogging] Re: Pay me fuckface

2007-11-21 Thread mattfeldman78
I think the time will come when enough people will figure out how easy it is to watch content from the web on their large screen TV's. If the content is high quality (say shot in HD with high production values) I don't see anything stopping there being an HBO of online video. Of course no one in

[videoblogging] 24/7 DIY Video Summit Registration Opens

2007-11-21 Thread WWWhatsup
from Berkman Blog http://cyber.law.harvard.edu/home/home?wid=10func=viewSubmissionsid=3014 Folks over at the USC Institute for Multimedia Literacy have just opened the registration for 24/7: A DIY Video Summit. From their release: Video creators, scholars, activists, policy makers,

[videoblogging] Re: New Media Douche Bags

2007-11-21 Thread Enric
In The Wisdom of Crowds, James Surowiecki -- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Wisdom_of_Crowds -- talks the evidence of how crowds work. Crowds having a range of information, expertise, etc. But in a well working group, the mis- information (ill formed rants and raves), cancel each other out.