Re: [videoblogging] NBC/Universal changed its name

2007-06-15 Thread Michael Ridley
Sony does not own Universal; Vivendi used to before they sold it to NBC. Sony owns Columbia. -m On 6/15/07, Jonathan Bloom [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I didn't realize Sony owned Universal. Yikes! On 6/15/07, Paul Knight [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I thought Universal was quite BIG too, as

Re: [videoblogging] I've got 2 Joost invites... anybody want one?

2007-03-22 Thread Michael Ridley
Got the invite...thanks so much! Yeah I am late to the game in looking at Joost but I played with it for a few minutes - blogged my initial thoughts http://www.secretelite.com/michael/2007/03/22/joined-joost-public-beta/ -m On 3/21/07, Ryan Ozawa [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: -BEGIN PGP

Re: [videoblogging] I've got 2 Joost invites... anybody want one?

2007-03-21 Thread Michael Ridley
Replying to the group as I'm not sure who still has invites, but I'd love one. Thanks! -m On 3/21/07, Chuck Leggett [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: An email from Joost today informed me that I have 2 invites to use before tomorrow. If anyone is interested in one of them, please email me with your

Re: [videoblogging] Washington DC Area Bloggers

2007-03-18 Thread Michael Ridley
I don't produce a videoblog of my own, but I'm on the list and in the DC area (Northern VA). -m On 3/13/07, Zulma Aguiar [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I was wondering if anyone from the DC metro area is on this list. I'm hoping to meet with some of you just for fun. Or if events are already

Re: [videoblogging] Video editing

2006-01-22 Thread Michael Ridley
A lot of people like Sony Vegas and they have a lite version that's well spoken of. Not sure if it's under $100 but it's in that range. I don't have expereince with Vegas personally, but again, it's highly regarded by a lot of people who are a lot more knowledgable and competant than I. -m On

Re: [videoblogging] Re: the clerks videoblog

2006-01-19 Thread Michael Ridley
On 1/18/06, Michael Meiser [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Jan 18, 2006, at 6:02 PM, wtrainbow wrote: Even though you might not be making money now if you do in the future they could so for back royalties with interest and that could feasibly be a handsome chunk of change. Interesting you

Re: [videoblogging] Re: AVID parties

2005-12-07 Thread Michael Ridley
I'm not sure what that means..the only AVID tools I have experinece with are the Xpress line which, while more expensive than FInal Cut Pro or Premiere, are not the systems you were looking at. But on the low end you can get an AVID setup that competes with Final Cut Pro and is the same version

Re: [videoblogging] Rec. Host Provider??

2005-12-06 Thread Michael Ridley
Yeah I'm a happy Dreamhost customer but I've never completely understood the referal bonus thing. I know I can make coupon codes that theoretically give you a discount, and I know that I then get a kickback as well from Dreamhost, but the way that actually works has always eluded me so I have

Re: [videoblogging] Re: mena trott

2005-12-06 Thread Michael Ridley
In the vein of shameless self promotion, I just thought I'd mention that the shownotes.info site is available for any and all pod and vidcasters who'd like to use it for their show. Obviously you can setup your own wiki for shownotes, but if you'd like to use shownotes.info then come on

Re: [videoblogging] Cisco CEO sees traffic up 300-500% per year for 10 years due to VIDEO

2005-12-06 Thread Michael Ridley
Should be good news for the telcos who laid all that dirk fibre in the late 90's and very early 2000's era. -m On 12/6/05, Digital [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: In a meeting with analysts today the WSJ Online reports that, John Chambers, CEO of Cisco Systems, said he expected network loads to

Re: [videoblogging] making directories

2005-12-04 Thread Michael Ridley
It would be cool if there were some metadata format to have timecoded shownotes associated with vidcasts so that you could keep track of their content on a post by post basis and just get the clips you want. I know Doug Kaye basically already does this with some of the content on IT

Re: [videoblogging] making directories

2005-12-04 Thread Michael Ridley
Sure but how do I link to the segmet 15 minutes in? -m On 12/4/05, Andreas Haugstrup Pedersen [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Write a text description in your blog software when you post your video. No need to overcomplicate things. - Andreas On Sun, 04 Dec 2005 14:45:29 +0100, Michael Ridley

Re: [videoblogging] Re: Porn Shmorn. Grow up! There's real life going on.

2005-12-02 Thread Michael Ridley
/05, Michael Ridley [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: The point is - it is not my responsibility to filter my site (or my life in general) in the event that some child might happen upon it. There's this concept called parental responsibility. It's a doctrine which puts forth the concept that if you

Re: [videoblogging] Re: my video got taken off archive

2005-12-02 Thread Michael Ridley
On 12/2/05, Randy Mann [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: if that is the case, then what happens when sony gets mad at me for smashing one of there tvs and calling it crap. would that be a trade mark issue?? No, although depending on your characterization if it as crap it may be slander or

Re: [videoblogging] Re: Porn Shmorn. Grow up! There's real life going on.

2005-12-02 Thread Michael Ridley
Of course it will. In the same way that the kids section of Blockbuster interests parents. There seems to be this view in our culture lately that kids are like little grownups and they just go and do whatever they want and so society has to protect them. That perspective is...not even

Re: [videoblogging] Putting pictures in the Title Bar?

2005-12-01 Thread Michael Ridley
To what title bar are you refering? If you're talking about the address line in the browser, google for favicon.ico -m On 12/1/05, Devin Grey [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I've seen some vlogs that use their own graphics for the Title bar of the blog. How do you do that? does anyone know?

Re: [videoblogging] voxmedia.org hacked?

2005-12-01 Thread Michael Ridley
Yeah I noticed it was down earlier when I was going to put a link to it on www.podcasterswiki.com ... I hadn't been to voxmedia.org in a while and I thought maybe it went away and I didn't get the memo. But apparently I just happened to go there the day it's broken..go figure..hope it comes back

Re: [videoblogging] my video got taken off archive

2005-11-30 Thread Michael Ridley
OK, since you brought it up - it must be saidthe best US Appelate Court opinion ever - Mattel, Inc vs. MCA Records, Inc. for trademark infringement on their Barbie mark and the counterclaim by MCA for defmation...in the US 9th Circuit...in the opinion of the court, Judge Kozinski writes... If

Re: [videoblogging] Re: What editing software?

2005-11-28 Thread Michael Ridley
Personally I like Avid. A lot of people on DV-L swear by Vegas, and it's certainly a lot cheaper. I don't have experience with Vegas myself, but a lot of people who do a lot more professional video production than I do speak very highly of it. And I think there's even some cheap-o under $100

Re: [videoblogging] Re: What editing software?

2005-11-28 Thread Michael Ridley
/ sub-sequences. That's why for smaller/straight video, it comes in handy. And strikes me as more precise than the 'big boys'.On 11/28/05, Michael Ridley [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Personally I like Avid. A lot of people on DV-L swear by Vegas, and it's certainly a lot cheaper. I don't have

Re: [videoblogging] Free, private blog?

2005-11-19 Thread Michael Ridley
Livejournal should work, but I suspect that might be blocked as well. -mOn 11/19/05, jonny goldstein [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Anyone know of free blog that is password protected so people have to log in to view it? 360.yahoo.com is can do this, but I can't use Yahoo for this as it's

Re: [videoblogging] Compression techniques - file size ratios

2005-11-10 Thread Michael Ridley
I'm not sure about your compression figuers, but QT7 is now available for Windows. Also vlc (http://www.videolan.org) has experimental support for H.264 although I guess that's not really ready for prime time by definition. -mOn 11/9/05, Will [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: After numerous

Re: [videoblogging] Re: YouTube - WTF?

2005-11-09 Thread Michael Ridley
Speaking of Sorenson Squeeze there's also Discreet Cleaner and Cleaner XL. Actually I guess it's Autodesk Cleaner now since the acquistion but whatever. I'm not sure what Cleaner costs - Cleaner XL is a bit more expensive than $99. But just pointing it out as another industry standard