Re: [videoblogging] Money Changers, out!

2005-07-16 Thread Deirdre Straughan
On 7/16/05, Frank Carver [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: However, in reality, it's often much simpler (i.e more profitable) for an organization to adapt public opinion to suit its needs, rather than adapting the organization to meet the whims of the public. Actually, that's not so simple. First

[videoblogging] videoblogs or just great videos?

2005-07-18 Thread Deirdre Straughan
Why Switch? http://www.wickedlysmart.com/skyler/SkylerSwticherQT2.mov Seven Words You Cannot Say in Kindergarten http://william.torkington.com/movies/20050716-7words.mov -- best regards, Deirdré Straughan www.straughan.com (personal) www.tvblob.com (work) YAHOO! GROUPS

Re: [videoblogging] Re: Message for the Troops DVD

2005-07-19 Thread Deirdre Straughan
FWIW, I originally saw your post and was interested but (a) have been hellishly busy lately and (b) don't know what to say. I support the troops in that they are human beings in a hellish situation mostly not of their choosing and I wish they didn't have to be there. My thoughts and feelings

Re: [videoblogging] New Member Intro

2005-07-21 Thread Deirdre Straughan
On 7/21/05, Jay dedman [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: great intro. in my book, RSS is the magic bullet...it the thing we've been looking for. a free and powerful way to distribute video worldwide. Let's make sure the newbies don't get confused: RSS does not solve the big problem of bandwidth.

Re: [videoblogging] Re: Vlogs As TV

2005-07-22 Thread Deirdre Straughan
On 7/22/05, Andreas Haugstrup [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Suppose you could submit a video comment to a video that you watched on your TV? Does it then become a vlog? Not really. You're lacking important aspects. Like a permalink. If I can't link to you, you're not a part of the network

Re: [videoblogging] Re: 150 - Group Tipping Point?

2005-07-23 Thread Deirdre Straughan
On 7/22/05, Stephanie Bryant [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: And then Lucas comes along and just effortlessly implemented it without splitting into separate lists or forums or whatever: Subject line tags! I used to run a very active forum about CD-recording (back when that was a hot new

Re: [videoblogging] Ian Hits it Big in the NYT

2005-07-25 Thread Deirdre Straughan
The link is http://www.nytimes.com/2005/07/25/arts/25vlog.html - with pictures of Ian! Ian, next time I'm in MK (probably mid-September), we'll have to get together and blog each other, just so as not to give the lie to the NYT. grin On 7/25/05, Tim D [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Holy Crap! A

Re: [videoblogging] Re: European vlogger meet-up on September 16th-18th.

2005-07-30 Thread Deirdre Straughan
Argh. You couldn't do it the week before? I will be there the 9th-10th for IBC. On 7/30/05, Jan McLaughlin [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Well, if I'm going, you'd best go, Mr. Mills, esp. if Max Alex are going. Meanwhile, I have a decidedly absurd, disgusting request for your next Ask Ian

Re: [videoblogging] European VloggerCon Important Update!

2005-07-30 Thread Deirdre Straughan
ARgh argh argh. I will be in A'dam the 9th and 10th, but was planning to fly to the UK the evening of the 10th because I'm attending a wedding in Oxford on the 11th. Oh, well. I'll be glad to meet up with whoever is in town/at IBC on the 9th/10th (write me privately and I'll give you my mobile

Re: [videoblogging] Slashdot: YouTube -- The Flickr of Video?

2005-08-18 Thread Deirdre Straughan
On 8/17/05, R. Kristiansen [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Yes, I found especially this comment interesting: The commentator is presuming absolutely no video skills on the part of whoever is posting video. It's true that many videos start out as he describes, but most of us learn by doing, even if

Re: [videoblogging] Re: Veoh Networks Announces Financing - Get ready to upload your video

2005-08-19 Thread Deirdre Straughan
Disagree. It's useful information, as long as it's limited to relatively rare announcements of products/services that are likely to be of interest to the group. e.g., I wouldn't be interested in press releases about new executive appointments or investor info for these companies (not in this

Re: [videoblogging] Re: Disclosures, disclosures

2005-08-19 Thread Deirdre Straughan
On 8/9/05, johngaltsjournal [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I am patiently waiting for someone to make a videoblog centered around cheesy horror cliches while still showing us their lives. I believe this would be best created by someone who lives in a grain silo deep in the Heart Of America. If

[videoblogging] Akimbo CEO talks about Rocketboom

2005-08-23 Thread Deirdre Straughan
from the itvt newsletter http://www.itvt.com/ [excerpted from a longer article; the whole interview will appear on itvt.com soon] [itvt]: Do you find that your customers are more interested in Akimbo's niche content or in its more mainstream offerings? Goldman: That depends on the consumer.

Re: [videoblogging] Media School in Bangalore India

2005-08-24 Thread Deirdre Straughan
IMO, any organization that sets out to teach journalism from a religio-spiritual bias is potentially dangerous. The world needs truly objective reporting, and/or a variety of viewpoints, but not professional reporting informed by religion. India, especially, does not need any more religion to

Re: [videoblogging] Re: any vlogers in new orlens?

2005-08-29 Thread Deirdre Straughan
Nice work, Troy, thanks. I'm waiting to hear about relatives who live in New Orleans, I assume they got out in plenty of time (having learned their lesson with Ivan).-- best regards,Deirdré Straughanwww.straughan.com (personal)www.tvblob.com (work) YAHOO! GROUPS LINKS

Re: [videoblogging] WSDU New Orleans Live Streaming Video

2005-08-31 Thread Deirdre Straughan
Please keep it coming. I want to know. -- best regards,Deirdré Straughanwww.straughan.com (personal)www.tvblob.com (work) SPONSORED LINKS Rss reader Fireant

Re: [videoblogging] How to have a group conversation...was Re: Narrowing Our View Of Video Blogging?

2005-08-31 Thread Deirdre Straughan
Here's the last thing I'm going to say about this kind of meta-discussion, ever (no doubt many of you will be relieved!). The fact that people want to share information in this group about Katrina, tsunamis, etc. is a good sign about the nature of the group. In times of crisis, even when the

[videoblogging] 4 million potential vloggers in the US alone

2005-09-01 Thread Deirdre Straughan
from http://www.parksassociates.com/press/press_releases/2005/gdl4.html [EMAIL PROTECTED] Four million U.S. households are now using digital video cameras and editing software every month to create movies at home, with roughly 750,000 doing so on a weekly basis, according

Re: [videoblogging] 4 million potential vloggers in the US alone

2005-09-01 Thread Deirdre Straughan
Someone needs to design a nice t-shirt and we need a catchy slogan Vlog me, baby ...? (don't take me too seriously right now - it's been a long day) -- best regards,Deirdré Straughanwww.straughan.com (personal)www.tvblob.com (work) YAHOO! GROUPS LINKS Visit your group

Re: [videoblogging] Re: Rocketboom's extraordinary take on Katrina

2005-09-02 Thread Deirdre Straughan
I didn't get through the whole thing but I largely agree. I can appreciate the intention (and Amanda's acting skills), but it felt weird to me. FWIW, still waiting for news on my cousin, nurse at one of the hospitals and most likely still there, more or less under siege. We haven't been able

[videoblogging] no place for citizen journalism

2005-09-02 Thread Deirdre Straughan
...even the pros are running the other way. At least the wise ones are: The reports coming out of New Orleans right now are just unreal. People are getting beyond desperate and it's only a matter of time before someone in the media gets shot. I'm urging anyone who can contact your people on

Re: [videoblogging] Re: Katrina Vlogs - Where Are They?

2005-09-02 Thread Deirdre Straughan
Right there with you, Jen, and I'd feel the same even if I had no personal ties to New Orleans. I am sick and angry and afraid of what will happen next. - best regards,Deirdré Straughanwww.straughan.com (personal)www.tvblob.com (work) YAHOO! GROUPS LINKS Visit your group

Re: [videoblogging] Re: Katrina Vlogs - Where Are They?

2005-09-02 Thread Deirdre Straughan
Apologies in advance for any mistakes I have made due to not beingfrom the USA and so not being so well qualified to understand this stuff and your politics. Steve of Elbows I think you're understanding it about as well as anybody can, 'cause it's completely baffling. I have a horrible

Re: [videoblogging] Re: What's the True Potential of the Videoblogging Community???

2005-09-05 Thread Deirdre Straughan
My suggestion was not to make voting compulsory, something videobloggers aren't exactly in a position to do anyway, but to work on getting people to vote so that they can hold their then truly elected leaders responsible. On 9/5/05, Steve Watkins [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Theres only a couple

Re: [videoblogging] What's the True Potential of the Videoblogging Community???

2005-09-05 Thread Deirdre Straughan
I don't know who would be elected if everyone voted. I do believe that our officials would be more truly accountable to the poor if the poor voted, as happens in India. Inefficient officials were elected in Mumbai and the city, particularly the poor, suffered for it. Most likely those

Re: [videoblogging] What's the True Potential of the Videoblogging Community???

2005-09-05 Thread Deirdre Straughan
The start of this thread was about what can videobloggers do to help ourselves and others prevent this kind of disaster in future? So now we're at what can videoblogging do to improve the human condition? I threw my hat into the ring - I think that voting is important and that if the poor

Re: [videoblogging] What's the True Potential of the Videoblogging Community???

2005-09-05 Thread Deirdre Straughan
To my mind one of the biggest forces we as videobloggers can bring tobear on things like this is to help spread genuine information about how things are in other countries and cultures. No country, not eventhe USA :), does _everything_ right, and the more people around theworld are made aware

Re: [videoblogging] What's the True Potential of the Videoblogging Community???

2005-09-06 Thread Deirdre Straughan
Millions of the poor voted for Bush, and not because they were suckered, but because he accurately reflected their values (of patriotism, religion, and social traditionalism). We disagree on that point, but this is not the forum to discuss it. In that sense Bush is not ignoring the interests

Re: [videoblogging] Gov't always wins the election

2005-09-07 Thread Deirdre Straughan
Your inputs are always interesting, and I thank you for that. And we can take it from there: Are there stories that citizen journalistscan do better than a traditional news organisation? Which? Are there stories citizen journalists can't do as well? Which? Are there storieswhere the two

Re: [videoblogging] True Potential (was: rants about voting, Bush, and media screwups)

2005-09-07 Thread Deirdre Straughan
I wish there had been a large, loosely but passionately networked group of no-bullshit vloggers who, in an organized and mutually supportive way, could have activated alongthe gulf coast to send one person into every New Orleans neighborhood with his or hercamera and a bag of minicasettes and

Re: [videoblogging] Re: Italian Vloggers

2005-09-15 Thread Deirdre Straughan
I discovered that list of Italian vloggers because nessuno.tv recently invited me to join the list. I made a couple of high-quality WMVs available to them, and they told me that one of them would be shown on some remote channel of Sky this evening between 19:30 - 20:00. I neither have Sky nor

[videoblogging] Joe Bob Briggs vlogs

2005-09-16 Thread Deirdre Straughan
http://www.wittenburgdoor.com/godstuff/JoeBob01.html Joe Bob is an old favorite of mine. I've written to him to suggest an RSS feed.-- best regards,Deirdré Straughanwww.straughan.com (personal) www.tvblob.com (work) SPONSORED LINKS

Re: [videoblogging] Working towards cool blog for girls

2005-09-21 Thread Deirdre Straughan
Ask a 14 year old girl - they know better than anyone what appeals to them! Better yet, film one or more actually doing the project. If a grownup tries to tell a teenager this is cool, it's likely to fall flat.Their peers telling them it's cool has a better chance of working. On 9/21/05,

Re: [videoblogging] the gray area of copyright law

2005-09-22 Thread Deirdre Straughan
I pirate a copy of Final Cut Pro.but i consistently buy macs and all of its products. symbiotic relationship. This logic only works when the same company is making hardware AND software. They may take a loss on the pirated software, but if people have to have a powerful computer to use it,

Re: [videoblogging] Re: Zadi in Saturday's NY Times

2005-09-27 Thread Deirdre Straughan
Convert MOV file to MP3:1. Save karmagrrrl20050908.mov to your desktop. 2. Drag into iTunes.3. Select menu Advanced - Convert Selection to MP3 Then you would get a Green Day song with voiceovers by George Bush. Not exactly what anyone wants to listen to on their iPod, I suspect. If the

Re: [videoblogging] Vlog Critics Analysis

2005-09-27 Thread Deirdre Straughan
I would, too, and imagine it will come as vlogging moves into the mainstream consciousness. We have movie critics, TV critics, and book critics - why not vlog critics? As far as this group goes, the prevailing ethos seems to be we want to encourage vlogging, so it's all wonderful. Which is

Re: [videoblogging] Vlog Critics Analysis

2005-09-27 Thread Deirdre Straughan
So go ahead. You're as qualified as anybody to be a vlog critic, probably more so since you've been watching them for a while and obviously care. And we both agree that Zadi's work is fantastic, so in my book, you're a smart critic. grinOn 9/27/05, Mat Wall-Smith [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:

Re: [videoblogging] Re: Zadi in Saturday's NY Times

2005-09-27 Thread Deirdre Straughan
Yes, in this specific instance, you'd get to hear Bush rambling on, butfor people who just apply a song as a soundtrack, it's dead simple to convert to an MP3. That was the point. I got that. My point was that, by making the track unlistenable (without the video) by adding Bush, Zadi has

Re: [videoblogging] Vlog Critics Analysis

2005-09-27 Thread Deirdre Straughan
On 9/27/05, BevSykes [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: As a professional theatre critic, I can see that criticism for vlogging would have to be done the way I do theatre--different standards for professional and for amateur. Tricky business. Especially since this group has sometimes seen both as

Re: [videoblogging] Re: anybody tried out veoh?

2005-09-30 Thread Deirdre Straughan
I uploaded a couple of videos in the beta program, and those are now available. Nice interface, works as expected, in the little time I've had to play with it.-- best regards,Deirdré Straughanwww.straughan.com (personal)www.tvblob.com (work) YAHOO! GROUPS LINKS Visit your

Re: [videoblogging] Re: anybody tried out veoh?

2005-09-30 Thread Deirdre Straughan
I don't see a way to give URLs within Veoh. Basically you load the software and then search for whatever; deirdre will find me. Then you can subscribe and download. The vids are full-screen quality versions of vids already available on my site. I have many hours of uploading (and some

[videoblogging] videoblogging school

2005-10-01 Thread Deirdre Straughan
Ran across this example of a school using video: http://www.wyckoffschools.org/eisenhower/etv/2003features/index.html -- best regards,Deirdré Straughanwww.straughan.com (personal)www.tvblob.com (work) YAHOO! GROUPS LINKS Visit your group "videoblogging" on the web. To

Re: [videoblogging] Re: Unstopable Violations?

2005-10-03 Thread Deirdre Straughan
Somebody at MIT has already come up with a way to jam digital still cameras, targeting them and shining a bright light directly into the lens so that you can't photograph whatever you're aiming at that they don't want you to. I'm sure they'll come up with something similar for other types of

Re: [videoblogging] Unstopable Violations?

2005-10-03 Thread Deirdre Straughan
Impossible? Can't they just hire people whose full-time job it is tolook for these illegal postings, and go after the providers, if not the users?Pete Been there, done that, for software. It would take a large full-time staff doing nothing but surf and serve notices all day; by the time you

Re: [videoblogging] blinkx.tv?

2005-10-03 Thread Deirdre Straughan
To view video on Blinkx requires Real. That put me off immediately.-- best regards,Deirdré Straughanwww.straughan.com (personal) www.tvblob.com (work) SPONSORED LINKS Individual

Re: [videoblogging] blinkx.tv?

2005-10-03 Thread Deirdre Straughan
JD Lasica raised some interesting questions about Blinkx, see http://www.newmediamusings.com/blog/2005/09/blinkx_a_citize.html As for your horrible experience with MediaPost, that is certainly not professional journalism. The one time I've been interviewed by phone by a professional journalist

Re: [videoblogging] blinkx.tv?

2005-10-03 Thread Deirdre Straughan
Strike that. I happened to hit two or three in a row yesterday and thought they were all Real. It appears that they just link to whatever format the provider is providing.On 10/4/05, Deirdre Straughan [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: To view video on Blinkx requires Real. That put me off immediately

Re: [videoblogging] loomia

2005-10-05 Thread Deirdre Straughan
Just make sure your original URL is in the video somewhere. -- best regards,Deirdré Straughanwww.straughan.com (personal) www.tvblob.com (work) SPONSORED LINKS Individual Fireant

Re: [videoblogging] Re: videoblogging and respect

2005-10-07 Thread Deirdre Straughan
A friend of mine is a professional photographer (his resume includes 30 years for National Geographic). I did a photography course with him in which he taught us that you should always ask permission, and desist instantly if it isn't given. I saw him miss a fantastic shot that way - it would

Re: [videoblogging] Re: Easy video editing software?

2005-10-07 Thread Deirdre Straughan
On 10/6/05, Jack Olmsted [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: The free program from Microsoft, Windows Movie Maker, is also easyto use. But, it has issues...like crashing at the worst moment. The latest release, available with SP2, is a lot more stable. I also use Roxio's VideoWave, part of the Easy

Re: [videoblogging] Independent World Television

2005-10-08 Thread Deirdre Straughan
On 10/7/05, Adam Quirk [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I'm not sure if this applies as much to other countries, where the news channels are publicly owned entities and do not subsist on advertising revenues. Correct me if I'm wrong. The situation is no better in Italy, where the three state TV

Re: [videoblogging] Bi-Weekly Vlog Videoconference, 10/8/2005, 3:00 pm

2005-10-08 Thread Deirdre Straughan
http://www.straughan.com/vlog/051008.html-- best regards,Deirdré Straughanwww.straughan.com (personal)www.tvblob.com (work) SPONSORED LINKS Individual Fireant

Re: [videoblogging] Pete Townshend: Rockstar and Vlog Watcher

2005-10-10 Thread Deirdre Straughan
Way to go, Ian! That's even cooler than Wired and the NYT! And I'll be Pete Townsend knows how how to spell Milton Keynes.-- best regards,Deirdré Straughan www.straughan.com (personal)www.tvblob.com (work) SPONSORED LINKS

Re: [videoblogging] Pete Townshend: Rockstar and Vlog Watcher

2005-10-11 Thread Deirdre Straughan
The man asked you to do a review - you'd better get right on it!On 10/11/05, Ian Mills [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:Check out the clockwork Orange 'review' video i did recently. hecommented on that. That's how I found about about him. I wonder if I should request a video or something...- Ian-- best

Re: [videoblogging] Pete Townshend: Rockstar and Vlog Watcher

2005-10-11 Thread Deirdre Straughan
ps I mean a vlog review, of course.On 10/11/05, Deirdre Straughan [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: The man asked you to do a review - you'd better get right on it! On 10/11/05, Ian Mills [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:Check out the clockwork Orange 'review' video i did recently. hecommented on that. That's

Re: [videoblogging] Starting a conversation about money

2005-10-11 Thread Deirdre Straughan
I've never been of the money is evil school - in fact, I rather like money! What you propose sounds reasonable to me, similar to other business models that are springing up all over the place (Google Video, Brightcove), all of them voluntary. The PSP twist might give you enough of a niche to

Re: [videoblogging] Pete Townshend: Rockstar and Vlog Watcher

2005-10-11 Thread Deirdre Straughan
On 10/11/05, Markus Sandy [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I chatted with Ian. He said he's considering nice or alright for his review of Pete's site His parents are flipping out that he might respond in that way! LOL Ian's parents, like you and I, are old enough to know that PETE TOWNSHEND

Re: [videoblogging] Vlogging Highs and Lows

2005-10-11 Thread Deirdre Straughan
I videoblog exactly the same way I write and photograph for my website: when and as I damn well please! It so happens that lately I feel like doing more, soon I'll probably be too busy with my job (which is also wicked cool fun) and will channel more of my time into that - although the various

[videoblogging] iTunes - Argh!

2005-10-12 Thread Deirdre Straughan
I've tried several times to get my vlog into iTunes. Noticed in today's log for my website that one of my (few) QuickTime movies had a sudden jump in hits, from where I could not tell. I checked iTunes, and there I am. Sweet. But... the only item iTunes shows for my podcast is that one, which

Re: [videoblogging] iTunes - Argh!

2005-10-12 Thread Deirdre Straughan
Not having a Mac, I don't have good free tools available for QuickTime editing - I even paid for QuickTime Pro, and did not find it particularly transparent or powerful, nor is the compression good - 12 mb for a 90 second file! Nearly 5 for a 30-second file with no audio. Maybe I'm doing

Re: [videoblogging] Re: iTunes - Argh!

2005-10-13 Thread Deirdre Straughan
On 10/12/05, Steve Watkins [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Can I ask about your current compression methods likeSorenson Do you have to set a lot of different settings, or atleast bitrate, or do you just pick an appropriate encoding profile andpress go? You can do either. In the latest version

Re: [videoblogging] iTunes - Argh!

2005-10-13 Thread Deirdre Straughan
On 10/12/05, Andreas Haugstrup Pedersen [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: However, if/when Apple decide to make iTunes an official video podcastclient I think you will see a real snobbish attitude for the reasonsSteve points to. I just don't think what you're seeing now is due to snobbery, that's all.

Re: [videoblogging] Countries of Vlogging

2005-10-14 Thread Deirdre Straughan
Solo 7 in Italia? Ma non e' possibile. C'e' una marea di videobloggers attivi qui. Fatevi contare!-- best regards,Deirdré Straughanwww.straughan.com (personal)www.tvblob.com (work) YAHOO! GROUPS LINKS Visit your group "videoblogging" on the web. To unsubscribe from this

Re: [videoblogging] Re: Men are pigs.....so what will that mean for women vloggers

2005-10-16 Thread Deirdre Straughan
I don't have much to add to the wise statements already made in this thread, but can tell you that jerks have been part of the Internet since Day 2. Not Day 1. Day 1, for the general public, was the CompuServe CB forums which had clearly-labelled adult channels in which anyone identifying

Re: [videoblogging] Re: Men are pigs.....so what will that mean for women vloggers

2005-10-16 Thread Deirdre Straughan
On 10/16/05, Steve Watkins [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Whilst in practise the only practical way to deal with it may be todevelop a thick skin or other coping strategies, its worth wonderingif there are any elements of the system of the internet that could becahnged to reduce this stuff, or other

Re: [videoblogging] Re: Dont Record Music in the Background

2005-10-16 Thread Deirdre Straughan
Be sure to yell out the lyrics to Happy Birthday while they're hauling you away, so it would be cost-prohibitive to show your arrest on TV. No, don't, otherwise when we try to distribute to the video to prove that you were wrongfully arrested, we'll be stopped by Madonna's lawyers and justice

Re: [videoblogging] Slimmer's recipe for iPod H.264

2005-10-17 Thread Deirdre Straughan
This is very helpful, thanks. Does anyone in the group have a video iPod yet? It would be nice to be able to test and see what actually works!-- best regards,Deirdré Straughanwww.straughan.com (personal)www.tvblob.com (work) YAHOO! GROUPS LINKS Visit your group

[videoblogging] whoa!

2005-10-17 Thread Deirdre Straughan
Looking to capitalize on its New Media momentum, Apple buys video blog Rocketboom, with the idea of turning it into a 24-hour online video entertainment/liberal-news/retro-commercials/ Japanese-animation network. Fox beats Apple to the punch with the launch of Foxy.tv. ...but read closely

[videoblogging] licenses and permissions

2005-10-20 Thread Deirdre Straughan
I noticed this in the YouTube terms of use: (ii) You have the written consent, release, and /or permission of each and every identifiable individual person in the User Submission to use the name or likeness of each and every such identifiable individual person in the manner contemplated by the

Re: [videoblogging] Re: Posting a Video PodCast

2005-10-20 Thread Deirdre Straughan
You need to register on the Apple site, but that doesn't require buying anything and therefore no credit card. -- best regards,Deirdré Straughan www.beginningwithi.com (personal)www.tvblob.com (work) YAHOO! GROUPS LINKS Visit your group "videoblogging" on the web. To

Re: [videoblogging] Settings for the Video iPod.

2005-10-20 Thread Deirdre Straughan
Would you mind checking out mine and letting me know how they look? Search in podcasts for Beginning with I. I've spent several days encoding them, and would like to know it was for a good cause! Thanks.-- best regards,Deirdré Straughanwww.beginningwithi.com (personal)www.tvblob.com (work)

Re: [videoblogging] Aggregator based videoblogging financial model

2005-10-20 Thread Deirdre Straughan
Just to nitpick (don't I always?) there are many more types than that. My own vlogs are not personal in the way yours are - I'm never in front of the camera and only documenting my life in the sense that I'm documenting some things I happen to see and places I happen to be. But there's no

Re: [videoblogging] Re: Pictures of vlogconference

2005-10-24 Thread Deirdre Straughan
On 10/24/05, jonny goldstein [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: As somone remarked, an open media developers summit by invitationonly is something of an oxymoron... Are we in danger of getting alittle clicquish, folks?While the above does seem like an oxymoron, these folks only had limited space and

Re: [videoblogging] Re: Pictures of vlogconference

2005-10-24 Thread Deirdre Straughan
Interestingly, none of them has responded to this thread. They've become so A-List they won't even talk to us poor schlubs? wicked grin-- best regards,Deirdré Straughanwww.beginningwithi.com (personal)www.tvblob.com (work) SPONSORED LINKS

Re: [videoblogging] Re: Pictures of vlogconference

2005-10-25 Thread Deirdre Straughan
Okay, constraints noted. But, as previously noted, with no warning at all, it was impossible for most of us to participate even via the live chat or stream (had it been working properly). In all the rush, none of you - many of whom are active on this list - could remember to drop us a line?

Re: [videoblogging] re: PC Video Edititing Software

2005-10-26 Thread Deirdre Straughan
My current process is to edit the raw DV footage in Roxio VideoWave (part of the Easy Creator package but apparently a light version is also bundled with some cameras), save it out as DV again, then use Sorenson Squeeze to compress into SWF and QuickTime Pro 7 to compress into m4v for iTunes.--

Re: [videoblogging] Re: top feedburner vlogs

2005-10-26 Thread Deirdre Straughan
I guess all I'm trying to say is that this community won't be nichefor long, and I welcome it.I want to see more videos about skateboarding, snowboarding, taking care of a northwest lawn (akafighting moss), etc. The community won't be niche anymore, but a lot of the content will be. See, you

Re: [videoblogging] Re: why people videoblog

2005-10-27 Thread Deirdre Straughan
On 10/27/05, robert a/k/a r [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I would love to see this group get away from A-list and move forth. Letvideoblogging flourish without A-listers blogrolling A-listers, withoutclique-ybehaviour, opening the doors to all producers, developers and collaborators. Better yet,

Re: [videoblogging] Re: multiple video files (per video-blog entry), to show up in iTunes/podcast?

2005-10-27 Thread Deirdre Straughan
FWIW, last week I converted many of my old videos to m4v for iTunes. I simply added them as second enclosures in the relevant existing RSS items. iTunes sees only the m4v files, everyone else sees one or the other or maybe both. Doesn't seem to cause any problems. Be aware that it takes

Re: [videoblogging] Re: While iTunes is In Spot Light is it killing ground roots podcasting?

2005-10-28 Thread Deirdre Straughan
On 10/28/05, Scott Prentice [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: You probalbly (99.99% sure) won't see video podcasting by the major news networks. Why? simple they have done everything they can to protect the video. If you count the Washington Post as a major news outlet, though not primarily video, we

Re: [videoblogging] new here and researching women and vlogging

2005-10-31 Thread Deirdre Straughan
Paul's probably right. If you look at the actual vlogs, you'll find lots of women. They just tend to be less vocal in this group (with exceptions like myself).On 10/31/05, Paul Knight [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: there are more than you think, the split is probably 50 50 at the mo.-- best

Re: [videoblogging] Re: Videomaker's Vidcaster.Net - Seen but not Seen

2005-11-02 Thread Deirdre Straughan
On 11/1/05, Pete Prodoehl [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: What will happen is that videoblogging will change from being a nicefriendly little community we are used to seeing here, into one wherepeople treat it like a competition for viewers, become obsessed with stats and popularity, insult other

Re: [videoblogging] Let's stake our claim by cross-promoting vlogs

2005-11-02 Thread Deirdre Straughan
FYI, this has been proposed before, but I don't know what happened to the repository of trailers. Another cross-promotion effort comes from http://videoblogging-universe.com/ , as demoed on my page http://beginningwithi.com/vlog/index.html-- best regards,Deirdré Straughanwww.beginningwithi.com

Re: [videoblogging] Re: Videomaker's Vidcaster.Net - Seen but not Seen

2005-11-02 Thread Deirdre Straughan
On 11/2/05, Pete Prodoehl [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: LOL. Seems to me it has already happened, as it was bound to. A technology can either be a big success or can be a nice little community - not both at the same time.Please define big success as the term may have different meanings to different

Re: [videoblogging] Re: Videomaker's Vidcaster.Net - Seen but not Seen

2005-11-03 Thread Deirdre Straughan
Ah, I see where the confusion comes in. I was talking about the success of videoblogging in general as a technology/technique/medium - not anyone's specific videoblog, let alone my own! Success for any individual's vlog is best defined by that person, of course!-- best regards,Deirdré

Re: [videoblogging] Re: Let's stake our claim by cross-promoting vlogs

2005-11-04 Thread Deirdre Straughan
Okay, so I've made a 37-second trailer, in several formats, viewable in Flash on http://beginningwithi.com/vlog/index.html. Who wants it?On 11/3/05, petertheman [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:I think having promos for vloggers is a great idea. I've been hoping this would happen. I'll support whatever

Re: [videoblogging] Hello and introductions

2005-11-04 Thread Deirdre Straughan
Welcome aboard. There's a bunch of us in Europe (including the UK), see http://vlogeurope.com/ for more info. I live in Italy myself, but will be coming to the UK next week to visit my dad in Milton Keynes. (Ian? Coffee again?)-- best regards,Deirdré Straughanwww.beginningwithi.com

[videoblogging] rejected by C|Net

2005-11-08 Thread Deirdre Straughan
I try out most of the new video hosting services at least once, so I tried out the new C|Net upload. They don't offer much in the way of guidelines before you submit content as to what type of thing they're looking for, though the set of categories they offer (once you get that far) gives some

Re: [videoblogging] Re: YouTube - WTF?

2005-11-09 Thread Deirdre Straughan
On 11/8/05, Bill Streeter [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Well flash, of course. The advantage of flash video is that it'sprobably the most compatible format there is for Internet viewing.Of course the disadvantage is that it's not easy to create a flashvideo, Sorenson Squeeze does it very nicely and

Re: [videoblogging] Re: YouTube - WTF?

2005-11-09 Thread Deirdre Straughan
On 11/8/05, Pete Prodoehl [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: But you couldn't replicate the user base, the social part of it in aweek or two...More and more it's about the social network of yourapp/site, which is both good and bad at the same time... Very true. At what point do we all belong to more

Re: [videoblogging] java viewer?!

2005-11-09 Thread Deirdre Straughan
On 11/9/05, Michael Sullivan [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: One thing I have noticed when working on windows machines that needs quicktime... and using firefox. After QT is installed, firefox tends to have problems playing some QT media and wants to download updates but usually fails. This has

Re: [videoblogging] Proposition: Official Monthly Meetup Schedule

2005-11-14 Thread Deirdre Straughan
On 11/14/05, Christian Wach [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On 14 Nov 2005, at 10:08, duncan speakman wrote: i for one would love to go to dehli (CSF vlog) I actually do go to Delhi now and then (as you can see on my vlog), though I like Mumbai better. Do we have any vloggers actually there?-- best

[videoblogging] seen from my window

2005-11-20 Thread Deirdre Straughan
Something so amazing happened on our road yesterday that I'm still giggling about it. I was too ill (bronchitis) to run out and chase it down, but fortunately got decent footage right out my window. http://beginningwithi.com/vlog/051119.html-- best regards,Deirdré

[videoblogging] seen from my window

2005-11-20 Thread Deirdre Straughan
Something so amazing happened on our road yesterday that I'm still giggling about it. I was too ill (bronchitis) to run out and chase it down, but fortunately got decent footage right out my window. http://beginningwithi.com/vlog/051119.html-- best regards,Deirdré

Re: [videoblogging] seen from my window

2005-11-20 Thread Deirdre Straughan
work :)Jan--It isn't done alone. Pay more.http://groups.yahoo.com/group/roadnode101/ - educationhttp://fauxpress.blogspot.com - motionhttp://blog.urbanartadventures.com - sound http://vlogpresskit.blogspot.com - mediahttp://the-hold.blogspot.com - literature.On Nov 20, 2005, at 4:40 AM, Deirdre

Re: [videoblogging] Re: GUBA

2005-11-21 Thread Deirdre Straughan
Steve has many good points. I used to monitor software piracy for the consumer software company I worked for. When our software got uploaded to the Usenet, that was clear and egregious abuse, but there wasn't much we could do about it. The usenet catalogs seed each other, so even if one

Re: [videoblogging] Videospider

2005-11-21 Thread Deirdre Straughan
LOL. They're right around the corner from my office. Want me to go beat them up for you?domain: videospider.itorg: BERBERA HYDE ENTERTAINMENT Snc descr: Viale Abruzzi 83descr: 20131 Milano (MI)admin-c: MS6743-ITNICtech-c: MS6743-ITNICpostmaster:

Re: [videoblogging] Re: Stop this petty Squabbling

2005-11-21 Thread Deirdre Straughan
Mefeedia also seems to be the most widely-referring vlog directory - it's well up in my list of referrers every day - I usually get more viewers/visitors from Mefeedia than iTunes. On 11/22/05, petertheman [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: The mefeedia directory at http://mefeedia.com/feeds/ is a much

Re: [videoblogging] Videospider

2005-11-21 Thread Deirdre Straughan
from Viale Abruzzi 83 20131 Milano (MI) ... On Nov 21, 2005, at 12:51 PM, Deirdre Straughan wrote: LOL. They're right around the corner from my office. Want me to go beat them up for you? domain: videospider.it org: BERBERA HYDE ENTERTAINMENT Snc--Steve--Home Page - http://stevegarfield.comVideo

Re: [videoblogging] Re: Stop this petty Squabbling

2005-11-22 Thread Deirdre Straughan
Right now, almost nobody recognizes everything. If you want the publicity, you've got to do the legwork (and the file formats) to be recognized everywhere. I currently produce my videos in SWF for my site and most others, M4V for iPods, and high-quality WMVs for TV broadcast and Veoh. It's a

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