I thought I would take a break from Podtech talk for a minute and ask
this. did anyone see the CNN/YouTube debate last night? I caught some
of it and I had to say, I thought it was good. I thought most of the
questions were good and I thought Cooper did a good job of making sure
the
I didn't get a chance to see it, I don't have cable but one of the
things I thought odd was that CNN got to choose/filter the videos
before airing.
Now I'm not necessarily saying that is or is not a bad thing. If CNN
is footing the bill and you want to set a certain tone for the type of
Personally, I don't like the idea of an awards show at all. Last year
I tried to argue that point but it was clear that so many people
wanted one and that PodTech was determined to put one on that I tried
to help make it good by offering suggestions and by being a judge. The
main factor that had
Well, drat, and here I was all proud to learn (way after the fact) to learn
that I got a Vloggie (which goes to show how much importance I attached to
this - I didn't even know anything of mine was in the running).
I guess we can do The People's Vlog Awards or some such. If we want to. I
Wow. Valerie was rather..erm...brazen. I'd have needed a shower after
reading such self-serving tripe. When will people get that forcing outcomes
like this just. doesn't. work in the long-term?
Perhaps PodTech might want to get consulting from the consistently
forthright, diplomatic and direct
Reporting like this makes me mad.. Same as when they use video on TV
news and caption it as Home Video
We are starting to see some changes like on CNN where they do put the
submitter's name on the video, but reporting like this in the
newspaper has to change.
The attitude behind it is that
Yea, I was a bit worried about them being able to select the
questions but I really thought that the questions were a good cross
section of questions...
Heath
http://batmangeek.com
--- In videoblogging@yahoogroups.com, Gena [EMAIL PROTECTED]
wrote:
I didn't get a chance to see it, I don't
Ken,
Last year the Vloggies was a PodTech event designed to bring together artists
and video developers. You remember Ken because you were part of the growing
group trying to make a living while developing kick ass content. We invested
heavily in that and brought in sponsors who wanted to be
I didnt see it, Im in the UK, but I just read this story about it
which I felt covered a lot of ground:
http://www.ctv.ca/servlet/ArticleNews/story/CTVNews/20070724/youtube_debate_070724/20070724?hub=World
or
http://tinyurl.com/299ukk
Personally I feel that the flaw that theres still
Michael,
I'm happy to talk in public about this.
I remember your point last year and the Vloggies concept started out as a
PodTech specific event (where you cherry picked Valerie's comments) we quickly
saw that it was an opportunity for a community event. There were many people
involved in
I suppose one other flaw with doing it through youtube, is that
candidates can be aware of the questions in advance. Im not suggesting
Hillary would watch all 3000 or so of the possible questions in
advance, but I would guess that advisors would look through a good
chunk of them in advance to see
I had the opportunity to purchase some buddy passes about a month
ago...I have missed so many vlogging get togeteher's I was detirmed,
not to miss another one. I S wanted to go to the vloggies last
yearso I bought the buddy passes for my wife and I and set
an open date for LA to go to
There really wasn't any other way for them to do it. YouTube's systems can
be gamed to easily to allow youtubers to select the questions the
candidates committees would have had no problem gaming the system in order
to get the questions they wanted rated into the debate.
Overall I think
Ive just been watching some of the debate on the CNN website and I see
your question made it, cool. Any thoughts on how it went, the
responses etc? Did it feel worthwhile?
Cheers
Steve Elbows
--- In videoblogging@yahoogroups.com, mcmpress [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Here's our entry:
Personally I thought the responses to Mary's question was less than
adequate. They kept saying that they were fine with a union. I dont
think, and I could be wrong, that was what was asked though?
David
http://www.davidhowellstudios.com
--- In videoblogging@yahoogroups.com, Steve Watkins [EMAIL
On 7/24/07, Heath [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I S wanted to go to the vloggies last
yearso I bought the buddy passes for my wife and I and set
an open date for LA to go to the vloggies this year.
Now I wonder if I didn't just waste a bunch of money
Not to worry, Heath, at
Heath,
There is no CYA or spin machine only honest conversation. I'm sorry that you
feel that way Heath. I don't think people want a rehash of the Lan issue but
to your points
1) There is no issue with Lan we made a mistake and it was resolved. I
don't know if you're referring to my
I am racing off to a shoot this morning so I will probably chime in a bit
more later, but I have been very disturbed by so much in these threads.
Before leaving, I wanted to note two things:
1) The repeated references to videoblogging as the industry.
2) The reference in a recent podtech post to
NIna Simonds will be in Aptos, CA, near Monterey on Aug 16th and
would like someone to shoot a video interview with her for her
videoblog, Spices of Life.
If you are interested, email me off list.
This is a paying gig.
Thanks,
--Steve
http://stevegarfield.com
Http://spicesoflife.com
I don't get you John. Cherry picked Valerie's comments? Look at what
she said - I included almost everything. I was trying to keep the
email as short and relevant as possible. I also linked to the whole
page so anyone could go read it for themselves. BTW, Scoble didn't
think it was cherry picking
John - I owe you an apology, I did not realize until after I sent the
message it was your mother who had passed away. I got confused and
did not realize it was Robert who had made the comment. It may not
mean much now but I am truely sorry for your loss.
I should have checked before I
Cool, sorry for not replying sooner.
I guess a problem is that its easy for me to talk negative about
advertising, not so easy to see a clear alternative for an alliance to
focus on.
I guess if ads sponsorship are out, then alternative are donations,
subscriptions, merchandise sales, art
Michael,
Sorry about the choice of word there...I meant to say that it was discussed as
podtech event and Valerie works in marketing so she was taking a podtech
oriented stance...
sorry
From: videoblogging@yahoogroups.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of
I wasn't trying to rehash the Lan issue, but my frustration has been
building since then, there were a ton and I do feel like it was a ton
of mistakes in how that issue was handled, you're right though, as
far as Lan and you are concerned (to my knowledge) it is resolved.
But try and
On 7/24/07, Steve Watkins [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I know there ahve been some fine efforts by some people here to do all
they can for the donations model. I havent really seeen anybody
playing with the subscription idea, I guess it is risky.
My mind always wanders to some
sort of
Group Hug
love
Schlomo
On 7/24/07, John Furrier [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Michael,
Sorry about the choice of word there...I meant to say that it was
discussed as podtech event and Valerie works in marketing so she was taking
a podtech oriented stance...
sorry
I just thought since everyone is talking on this post I should too.
Just for fun.
I don't understand why everyone is a little mad about the whole
Vloggies thing.
It is a little shady if they did get the trademark name that Irina
made up and worked so hard on The Vloggies.
But if they have the
Word.. thank for the hug Scholmo.. we all needed it
Ok great. Now with Irina not at PodTech this year, what are your
plans? My impression of last year was that it was Irina that kept it
from being the kind of thing that Valerie was talking about.
- Verdi
On 7/24/07, John Furrier [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Michael,
Sorry about the choice of word
I strongly agree with this. I realize it's business as usual for more
traditional media businesses to use award shows as a way to scratch the
backs of their VIPs and biggest stakeholders, but I find something like
that entirely disingenuous in the case of PodTech and the Vloggies. Not
only
Thanks
I needed that.
Sent from my BlackBerry wireless handheld.
-Original Message-
From: schlomo rabinowitz [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: Tue, 24 Jul 2007 08:24:07
To:videoblogging@yahoogroups.com
Subject: Re: [videoblogging] The Vloggies (was Re: irina gone)
Group Hug
love
The whole Podtech Affair (Irina, Lan, Vloggies, the public defenses from
Scoble and Furrier) reeks of traditional (old) media, old business.
Instead of standing up for something or for other people, we are left with
nothing but a diluted, tasteless word salad.
On 24/07/07, J. Rhett Aultman
yea i don't like word salad.. that much
Although. Schlomo hugs are nice..
--- In videoblogging@yahoogroups.com, Jeffrey Taylor
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
The whole Podtech Affair (Irina, Lan, Vloggies, the public defenses from
Scoble and Furrier) reeks of traditional (old) media, old business.
i think in addition to pledgedrive for wordpress, it is important to have
something that doesnt rely on any specific publishing engine. something to
keep in mind.
On 7/24/07, Michael Verdi [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
On 7/24/07, Steve Watkins [EMAIL PROTECTED] steve%40dvmachine.com
wrote:
Yeah, I know what you mean - I'm not a huge fan of awards shows
either (except when I win lots of money by betting on the Oscars),
but I don't like the idea of community awards - I'd rather they were
handled by Podtech (or whoever) and treated honestly for what they are.
Whatever community
I just found the NewTeeVee Metacafe Pier Screenings. It's a monthly
event. Audience-voted winners get featured on Metacafe also win a
hard drive.
There's one Tonight - Tues 24th - at 6.30pm. It's in San Francisco,
but anybody can submit videos. I have.
Each screening has a theme. You
This is the reason that corporations don't like a net neutral internet.
You want to know why Net Neutrality is going to go away? This is the
reason. I don't really have much to say bad or good about podtech,
but the way this whole thing with Lan Irina is going down must be
extremely
Apparently when QuickTime upgraded to 7.2, for those of us using Flip4Mac to
export our
videos into a .wmv format, we started getting this error message. Supposedly
the
QuickTime people at Apple and the staff at Flip4Mac are working to resolve the
issue.
In the meantime even when I am able
--- In videoblogging@yahoogroups.com, Deirdre Straughan
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
How about Florence (you know, the place in Italy)? I may be
able to organize something there if anyone's interested...
vlog awards in florence?! y'all buried the lede.
all winners to stay in a villa in
So who all is going tonight?
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 24, 2007, at 4:56 AM, Rupert wrote:
I
Thanks Ron. I'm happy to talk about stuff publically but as you said some
stuff is handled in private.
I am a big believer in net neutrality.
From: videoblogging@yahoogroups.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Ron
Watson
Sent: Tuesday, July 24, 2007
For what it's worth, Freetime is profoundly unpopular, and we still won a
People's Choice for Best Documentary, so this isn't necessarily true.
Also, having the Vloggy definitely improved our viewership, as we went
from being completely unknown to being only moderately unknown.
--
Rhett.
Thanks Jeffrey. I'm sorry that you feel that way. We stand up for video
producers and people investing in the space. It can get commercial and I
understand the perceptions there. As the net accepts more and more independent
producers new talent will emerge. That is my opinion and I'm
Hey everyone,
I'm drafting up a demo vlog and I need a 250 x 250 ad to throw in to it.
Can someone send me a URL if they know where I can find a 250 x 250 ad?
Thank you very much,
Chuck
--- In videoblogging@yahoogroups.com, Bookmarts [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Apparently when QuickTime upgraded to 7.2, for those of us using
Flip4Mac to export our
videos into a .wmv format, we started getting this error message.
Supposedly the
QuickTime people at Apple and the staff at
--- In videoblogging@yahoogroups.com
mailto:videoblogging@yahoogroups.com , John Furrier [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Ken,
Please learn my name. It's sloppy and disrespectful. Kent. Nichols.
Co-Creator of AskANinja.com.
Last year the Vloggies was a PodTech event designed to bring together
Kent,
We are not shitting on the creative commons. We are proponents of it. A
mistake was made plain and simple.
Sorry about misspelling your name I know it's Kent not Ken.
From: videoblogging@yahoogroups.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Kent
Registering as a Community Mark is an alternative worth a look.
http://factoryjoe.com/blog/2006/01/14/the-case-for-community-marks/
-eddie
On 7/24/07, Kent Nichols [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
John, I'm begging you to form a non-profit. Let the awards live there.
It will happen with or without
Hi all, this was lot of fun to do, and if you liked smoked food, you
might want to try it
http://gardenfork.tvgardenfork iTunes video podcast
thx, eric.
[Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
Hey folks;
Lots of grist for arguments on the board lately. A lot of it is
founded, and some of it is simply axe-grinding. While I don't think
we should drop the subjects in question (PodTech, Irina, The Vloggies,
Lan), I'd like to play reverse-devil's advocate.
In the spirit of Schlomo's
http://www.noodlescar.com/images/stock/250x250ad.gif
Not sure if that is what you want...
hmm, did you need a video ad? If so I can whip one up real quick for you.
-Lan
www.LanBui.com
--- In videoblogging@yahoogroups.com, Chuck [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Hey everyone,
I'm drafting up a
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
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,
That Community Mark article was great. Im not sure there is any legal
reality in it though, which may make it slightly pointless. Creative
Commons harneses existing legal system and cncepts about intellectual
property, to build a system which should be compatible with existing
legal system,
Short version of what I was getting at is that putting CM at the end
of something may not achieve anything (other than awareness of the
issue), wheras putting TM is probably better than nothing and offers
at least some potential recourse later if someone else tries to
'steal' the mark.
I mean I
Not to fully rehash the Lan situation, but we all make mistakes.
Mistakes are human, it's how we handle mistakes that determines our
character.
When the mistake was brought to your attention, and an invoice was
presented, you ignored/didn't pay it. If you truly believed in CC,
you would have
1) Yeah, it's great that John Furrier's really engaging today in a
way that most larger companies' CEOs wouldn't. And saying all the
right things at last. Even if he called Kent Ken. Oops :) But it
restores the faith a little.
What got everybody crazy here was that nothing happened for so
Not true Kent. I responded immediately to Lan and what was said shall remain
private. It is over and we fully respect CC and producers work.
From: videoblogging@yahoogroups.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Kent
Nichols
Sent: Tuesday, July 24, 2007
agreed. ;-)
On Jul 24, 2007, at 3:36 PM, Rupert wrote:
I think that a videoblog is a video, on a blog. What do you think?
[Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
Agreed Justin. Nice post
From: videoblogging@yahoogroups.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of
Justin Kownacki
Sent: Tuesday, July 24, 2007 11:17 AM
To: videoblogging@yahoogroups.com
Subject: [videoblogging] A Side Note of Positivity
Hey folks;
Lots of
and hey, http://www.podtech.net/blog is better than http://blog.network2.tv;)
seriously, i think every point has been drilled down by now.
let's move on.
sull
On 7/24/07, John Furrier [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Agreed Justin. Nice post
From:
Yes. Please.
Sent from my BlackBerry wireless handheld.
-Original Message-
From: Michael Sullivan [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: Tue, 24 Jul 2007 15:49:24
To:videoblogging@yahoogroups.com
Subject: Re: [videoblogging] A Side Note of Positivity
and hey, http://www.podtech.
Actions speak louder than words.
Until you create a neutral non-profit to house that mark, you're all
words.
-K, askaninja.com
--- In videoblogging@yahoogroups.com, John Furrier [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Not true Kent. I responded immediately to Lan and what was said
shall remain private.
@yahoogroups.com, Steve Watkins [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I didnt see it, Im in the UK, but I just read this story about it
which I felt covered a lot of ground:
http://www.ctv.ca/servlet/ArticleNews/story/CTVNews/20070724/youtube_debate_070724/20070724?hub=World
or
http://tinyurl.com/299ukk
On 7/24/07, John Furrier [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Not true Kent. I responded immediately to Lan and what was said shall
remain private. It is over and we fully respect CC and producers work.
I think what you keep failing to understand, John, is that your issue WITH
LAN is over your
Hi Debbie,
I work in the NYC area and can help you, I also sent you a direct
email. thanks, eric.
http://choplogic.net
http://ericrochow.com
That's great, Lan.
:-)
Thank you very much!
Chuck
--- In videoblogging@yahoogroups.com, Lan Bui
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
http://www.noodlescar.com/images/stock/250x250ad.gif
Not sure if that is what you want...
hmm, did you need a video ad? If so I can whip one up real quick
for you.
Hi Folks...thought I'd chime in here.
The Vloggies were a great thing, and I hope that they continue. I was
proud to be a part of them, and Irina and Podtech worked very hard on
this project. The team at Podtech put time and resources into it, and
I don't know if their investment was ever
I did a series of questions that was meant to mock the whole debate,
and altho the YT News/Politics editor featured it and it was played on
CNN in the days leading up to the debate, it wasn't played in the
debate itself. Which is probably for the better, since there were
many questions that were
Daniel Mcvicar is still alive!! WOO HOO! I haven't heard from him ina
long time..
anyway.. i still think Schlomo said it best..
GROUP HUG!!
Just hug it out ..
Over here in the UK there has been wave after wave of stories that are
causing the spotlight of truth to be pointed all over the place.
It started, as best I can remember, when it emerged that some TV phone
in competitions were being conducted with very low standards. Things
such as viewers being
Awards don't mean a goddamn thing. They're stupid. They're all stupid.
It's beyond me that we feel the need to set aside a night to give out these
jagoff bowling trophies so all these people can pat each other on the back
about how much money they're making boring the piss out of half the world.
They are looking for LA locals.
http://tinyurl.com/3ynrnd
Could be fun.
From the listing:
Defamer Freelance Video Position:
- Must have basic Final Cut Pro and iMovie skills
- Must be willing to film in locations in which you are
unwelcome/forbidden/may be tasered/have personal style insulted
perfect.
On 7/24/07, Adam Quirk, Wreck Salvage [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Awards don't mean a goddamn thing. They're stupid. They're all stupid.
It's beyond me that we feel the need to set aside a night to give out
these
jagoff bowling trophies so all these people can pat each other on the
yep, verdi is right!
i was at a Spark PR bbq on June 15 2006 talking to shlomo and ted rheingold
(dogster.com) and said
man i'm tired of wearing tshirts and minimizer bras to all our events! i
think i'll throw a goofy-ass awards show with a red carpet and fake
paparazzi cuz we should all dress up
No offense, but our Vloggy has meant a lot to us. In fact, it's the only
positive regard we ever got from Freetime. It's also the only time that
project ever got linked by anyone else's blogs. If we hadn't had that
modicum of success in getting even the most rudimentary audience, I
probably
Well, that's just the thing. Most television is fiction. Bad and
Predictable fiction to boot.
When the fad becomes reality tv, and as we move forward into LIVE
broadcasts like on Ustream and BlogTV, unless you're actually an
interesting person in real life and interesting stuff happens to you
I understand.
From: videoblogging@yahoogroups.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of
David Meade
Sent: Tuesday, July 24, 2007 1:05 PM
To: videoblogging@yahoogroups.com
Subject: Re: [videoblogging] Re: irina gone
On 7/24/07, John Furrier [EMAIL
Thanks for the Huggies
--- In videoblogging@yahoogroups.com, Justin Kownacki
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Hey folks;
Lots of grist for arguments on the board lately. A lot of it is
founded, and some of it is simply axe-grinding. While I don't think
we should drop the subjects in question
it might seem crazy sometimes, or dark - and have all sorts of other
deficiencies - but the passion, commitment and knowledge here is
really amazing. if only more organizations groups in real life
were like this.
being a part of it has changed my life in all sorts of unexpected ways.
it's interesting though how this list has changed.. when I first
joined, the threads were shorter and the conversations were done on
video and there was less text. whatever happened to that.
awards seem strange for personal media to me also. awards/more people
seem to lead to increased
It's been a while since I heard this spoken about. Scary to think
that it's 8 years old. I thought that, in light of all the stuff
that's been going on, it'd be interesting to repost it here for us
all to scan and ponder on. I guess there may be quite a few people
who haven't ever read
I've got nothing better to do at the moment and I just had this crazy
idea..if I remember correctly Irina came up with the idea, just
so she could have a reason to wear a pretty dress and walk down a red
carpet. You know, have some fun with the peple she liked hanging out
with and watch
Heath, I gotta give it to you. Ohio has no greater advocate for travel
to your fair city than you. Statistically speaking at some point there
will be a vlogging event in CinCin.
Keep hope alive,
Gena
--- In videoblogging@yahoogroups.com, Heath [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I've got nothing better
To match your Seinfeld,
I wouldn't want to be in a club that would have me
as a member
Grouch Marx
JCH
--- Adam Quirk, Wreck Salvage
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Awards don't mean a goddamn thing. They're stupid.
They're all stupid.
It's beyond me that we feel the need to set aside a
night
If that was in Philly, Phuck the taser, your arse
might get shot!
Rocky Balboa
--- Kent Nichols [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
They are looking for LA locals.
http://tinyurl.com/3ynrnd
Could be fun.
From the listing:
Defamer Freelance Video Position:
- Must have basic Final Cut Pro and
having fun with my friends here in Chengdu-China
I have released my new series American English-001
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8FcMmOSa25w
I have already launched
Chinese series
Spanish
and French
what is coming is Dutch lessons
regards
from my
http://www.archive.org/about/flash.php?flv=http://www.archive.org/download/SF174/SF174.flv
Tracey, their web developer, documents how they do it with open source
tools at the bottom of the page.
The Archive is definitely slower than commercial sites...and not as
beautiful...but it's cool to see
Can't remember if anyone posted about this or not... is there some special
thing I need to do to get my videos
(davidleeking.com/etchttp://www.davidleeking.com/etc)
to play on an iphone? Currently, they do not.
For example... my last video, Miami
yeah and I just redid their feeds too for their movie archive.
We're just waiting a week or too to solicit feedback before they go up.
http://www-tracey.archive.org/services/collection-rss.php?mediatype=moviesnotourmedia=1
Feedback is appreciated!
thanks!
lisa
http://www.onlisareinsradar.com
Can't remember if anyone posted about this or not... is there some special
thing I need to do to get my videos
(davidleeking.com/etchttp://www.davidleeking.com/etc)
to play on an iphone? Currently, they do not.
For example... my last video, Miami
From apple:
Video formats supported: H.264 video, up to 1.5 Mbps, 640 by 480
pixels, 30 frames per second, Low-Complexity version of the H.264
Baseline Profile with AAC-LC audio up to 160 Kbps, 48kHz, stereo
audio in .m4v, .mp4, and .mov file formats; H.264 video, up to 768
Kbps, 320 by
I added a couple more videos for testing...
1. this
videohttp://davidleeking.com/etc/2007/07/test-movie-ipod-formatted.htmlmade
it to my iphone through itunes - I recorded the movie in imovie, and
saved it as the default ipod settings (30 frames per sec, 320 x 240, h.264and
44.1khz aac audio)
2.
I updated the wiki with some information.
http://videoblogginggroup.pbwiki.com/iPhone-Compression
-Lan
www.LanBui.com
On Jul 24, 2007, at 9:32 PM, David King wrote:
I added a couple more videos for testing...
1. this videohttp://davidleeking.com/etc/2007/07/test-movie-ipod-
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