Re: [videoblogging] MyBlogLog Spam
I recently sent them a screen cap of two splogs that appeared in my listing, and haven't seen any since (though that may be coincidence. No correlation with spam that I can see. On 2/18/07, Sanford Dickert [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I am - and I am getting an increase in spam - thought it was just seasonal. On 18 Feb 2007, at 13:34, sull wrote: Anyone use MyBlogLog.com? Are you having sudden spamming issues... splogs and bogus friend requests? I am. -- Sull http://vlogdir.com (a project) http://SpreadTheMedia.org (my blog) http://interdigitate.com (otherly) [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] Yahoo! Groups Links -- best regards, Deirdré Straughan www.beginningwithi.com (personal) www.tvblob.com (work) [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
Re: [videoblogging] Re: LisaNova now on Mad TV
Some people might call it destiny or pre-destiny or karma... but I call it syncronicity... or is it the singularity. :) The point is there's a certain sort of inevitability... like a chain reaction when a liquid meats critical mass. When youg get a whole munch of molecules moving really fast and they're REALLY well connecteded things just start to happen. Some people jokingly say great people thing alike It doesn't really matter who was the first to think of it just so long as it happens. For example the aha moment for mee in this space was when I left comments regarding an idea I had for a piece of software that aggregated video via RSS on Chuck Olsen's blog. I'd been discussing it with my closed circle of friends for months before I left that comment. Two weeks later Fireant came out and it was exactly what I'd described. Certainly some other key members of fireant were also participating in that discussion, but was fireant the result of my comment outlining how the software would work? Absolutely not, would be silly to think it. It takes more than two weeks to develop a piece of software most obviously... they'd already been working on it. Come to find out Josh Kinberg had been working on a protype he called vipodder for as many as six months prior. About that same time Kenyatta created an HTMl mockup that would inspire Peter Van DIjck to create mefeedia. It's simply a sort of synchronicity. In cyberspace we wear our ideas on our sleave... our IDEAS not our faces are our face in cyberspace. Nooone knows this better then bloggers. Threfore it is inevitable in this primordial stew of ideas that like ideas... or people with like ideas like molecules will bump into oneanother. In other words it matters not wether LisaNova found her way to MadTV do to your offhand comment ... heh, maybe it caused them to take a second look at her... or wether it had no effect whatsoever and your brilliant sub-conscious powers of perception percieved some connection between what LisaNova was doing on Youtube and what MadTV does. Indeed there is some cross-polenation there right? Some parrellel asthetic or theme. Anyway, it's always, always, always a beautifull thing. I will always think of it as inevitability myself. If something was meant to happen it will happen in this space. The grownd is too fertile for ideas not to grow into tangible realities, the people and ideas to well connected... the molecules moving to fast bouncing of one another like pinballs until they finally start sticking to oneanother ... and don't get me started on the amount of mixed metaphors... one of them has to make sense. :) I truely believe what it all comes down to is a critical mass of what's called social capital. Social capital the foundation of the social economy. It is trust, visibility, connectivity, mobility, shared history and so many other things. If you look at the old chart Maslow's Hierarchy of needs social capital comes right after the basic necessities. Food, Shelter, Water, Cothing... security... then comes the social needs... it is only on top of these social needs that the everyday economics we call the free market system can function. It's can be as simple as a friend asking you heh, I need to get the oil changed on my car you know anyone?... that they know you and you might now a mechanic... and that you're connected enough via IM or phone... or mobile enough to ask the question in person... the whole 6 degrees of seperation thing... the connectivity... means that you can likely refer them to a good mechanic and they know you well enough they can trust that this mechanic is a good one. This is pretty much exactly the sort of thing with you Harold and LisaNova. It's not unfathomable that a person would get multiple referrals to the same company, or mechanic or whatever. -Mike mefeedia.com mmeiser.com/blog On 2/19/07, Harold Johnson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: A) Not even 1% B) I would have IF I HAD ONE! :D Since posting this info. to this group, I've since discovered that LisaNova (real name Lisa Donovan) previously auditioned for MadTV, but was rejected until recently. Still don't know if my reminder had any influence at all on her hiring, but you know what they say about the butterfly's movements...you know, the Butterfly Effect? Maybe my little wingflapping was just the extra nudge the cast of MadTV needed to hear in order to make a decision... Seriously, I'm not in the belief that my part in this truly made any difference. Still, you never know who's discussing you, and who they're discussing you with... Harold On 2/17/07, Bill Cammack [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: A) Did you get your 10%? :D B) Next time mention YOUR OWN SHOW! :D --- In videoblogging@yahoogroups.com videoblogging%40yahoogroups.com, Harold Johnson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: So listen to this, guys -- I've just got to share this 'cause I just found this out and I'm still kind of spinning on
[videoblogging] Re: Video Blog File Type Recommendation Request
For me, I default to .MP4, with links to .WMV and .FLV. .MP4 as that is how Ulead names it for the iTunes/Mac compatibility type. I have a few friends and family watch my vlog and no sense having them installing Quicktime to view my ramblings, so I offer .WMV and .FLV for good rounded compatibility. Mike http://vlog.mikemoon.net --- In videoblogging@yahoogroups.com, Giovanni Gallucci [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: OK...I bow before the video masters. Simple question What does the videoblogging group members recommend when it comes to video file-type for a video blog. I am doing post production on a Mac with a combination of iMovieHD and FinalCut Express. I am considering .mov, .mp4, and .m4v. I have three goals in this order - Widest possible distribution with a single file format; highest quality; and smallest files size :-). The only thing I¹m not asking for is a built-in, guaranteed audience of several thousand right out of the gate. So...what say ye, video smarties? giovanni gallucci tel 469.682.6978 blog www.theagencyblog.com aim giovannigallucci msn [EMAIL PROTECTED] kinetic results, llc 14875 landmark boulevard, suite 200 addison, tx 75254 tel 972.202.9945 web www.kineticresults.com media swamp podcast network 15950 dallas parkway, suite 400 dallas, tx 75248 web www.mediaswamp.com podcast www.quesocompuesto.com video podcast www.quesocompuestotv.com [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
Re: [videoblogging] The audience of ten
On 1/11/07, R. Kristiansen [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hey all, Since I started videoblogging, I have had this mantra about focusing on the audience of ten. To treat the audience of my videoblog as a circle of friends. Friends I would want to show what's going on in my life at the point. I have had this mantra because I, for instance, did not want to get lost in some numbers-increasing schemes. My question to you is: What amount of subscribers do you feel comfortable with? Of course, if you make a Show (insert sarcastic tone here), you only want more and more subscribers. But if you make a so-called personal videoblog, suddenly having 3000 subscribers might be a very scary thing. Me, I know that the amount of people who have technically subscribed to my feed is about 120. I must admit that even that number makes me feel the goosebumps sometimes. (Ok, I have a history of receiving nasty emails referring to videos I made as well, so I guess my personal paranoia is linked to that). If you are an individual who just make videos because you want to connect with others - do you sometimes feel that someone invide your privacy? If they leave nasty comments? Of course, many of the same issues dealing with text blogging or the internet itself applies to the videoblog. Things like: If you don't want certain people to find it, don't put it out there. That's simple. But still, we want to connect. Reach out. Am I nuts for feeling uncomfortable about the anonymous people lurking, watching my videos of ? Or does anyone else feel the same? Does this sort of paranoia lead to many of us posting less personal stuff and more often going for the more safe forms of videoblogging?S What do you think? This gives me an interesting thought. What if we could force the audience to be as visible to the content producer as the content producer is to them. I.E. what if in the context of a webservice like blip, or mefeedia or youtube... we could make your vlog only available to YOUR subscribers... and through the subscription mechanism make the viewership completely transparent to each other. You would of course need atleast SOME videos completely public othewise how would anyone be able to find you. You might also gain the ability to make your vlog invite only or even blacklist certain viewers. It may seem the same thing as a private yahoo or flickr group, but not exactly.. . because it's a new perspective. Furthermore what if we could apply this concept to the open vlogosphere. What if you could bless certain subscribers with full access to your personal conent or even better pick and choose from amongst your subscribers whom gets to see a certain post. This would require a bit more two way of an RSS mechanism. Perhaps the key is requiring people to signup to your wordpress vlog and then giving them a unique feed. That way you might be able to track everything from who was watching what to who they are and what comments they were making... a whole sort of communications system that could simultaneously be open and closed on a very granular post by post person by person basis. Best of all this would not change things for the general public... they would see an RSS feed and a blog just like they always have, perhaps not even realizing that there's a whole host of private information not available to them. The key to this idea is in exploring the vast amount of space between explicit person to to person communications systems like a phone call, and the very open non-explicit communications like blogging. Some systems like Flickr already have primitive implimentations of this. I find this extremely interesting because I'm a firm believer in the idea that henceforth their will be an increasingly fluid line between explicit personal communications and so called shows with audiences in the hundreds of thousands even millions. I RELISH that idea that though the majoritity of my blog posts may be read by less than 100 people that... or my videos watched by less then 100... that if I capture on video some pivitol even like a police tasering, or a freak natural occurance, or god knows what... that my platform could scale literally overnight bringing my words, thoughts, ideas, or footage to hundreds of thousands or millions. It's in fact the sign of a healthy and fluid communications space. So the question is can that same communications plaform that can reach a potentially infinite public also be honed to target a very explicit few... say a few friends, or immediate family. Ultimately blogging and vlogging has rested on obscurity to do this. For example... to pick on Andy Carvin... if the pictures in his photo feed or blog feed were of cats and babies I figured pretty much they werent' for me... and skipped right over them... but if they were of vloggers and web luminaries i jumped right in and watched or read them. The point is the demands of my time ensured that I skipped
[videoblogging] Re: Elura 100 vs. Xacti C40 (and hello!)
Hey there, I just picked up a Xacti C40 a couple weeks ago as my MiniDV didn't like the cold weather (upwards of -30c). Like you I used a wideangle lens on my MiniDV. On the plus side I like the Xacti for it's small size, crisp video - even in low light and file format (.MP4). It's menu system is also easy to navigate. The sound is not all that great and I wish it had a threaded lens too. With regards to low light, I do quite a few vlogs at night from The Cabana, which is lit with a 100watt light bulb. I push the ASA to 1600 and I think it looks quite good, better then my MiniDV. I have lots of samples on my vlog, but note that it took me a few tries to get things the way I want. I would recommend the Xacti C40 as a secondary camcorder as the price is cheap and the video is good. Mike http://vlog.mikemoon.net --- In videoblogging@yahoogroups.com, jsmooth995 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hello hello, been lurking for a while now and gleaned lots of insight from you all (my first little forays into video are here: http://illdoctrine.blip.tv/). I want to pick up a second camera that's easier to carry around, and after reading up here and elsewhere I'm looking at the Elura 100 and the Xacti C40. Wondering how much difference there is, especially in terms of portability (xacti seems more pocket-sized, and just looks so much cooler lol), and audio quality (i've read the xacti is weak on sound recording). Also low light recording.. Much thanks for any insights! Jay Smooth WBAI / hiphopmusic.com
Re: [videoblogging] Video Blog File Type Recommendation Request
I have more or less settled on the following, which I believe gives me the best possible distribution with least possible effort: FLV for viewing in a Flash viewer on my web page SWF for viewing/download in some RSS feeds (I compress both of these from raw DV/AVI with an old Flash edition of Sorenson Squeeze) MP4 for iTunes (using QuickTime Pro to compress from raw DV/AVI) ps Quesocompuesto is one of the few podcasts I've actually listened to and enjoyed, once when you shared a conference with Jared Spool (I think it was...). Must go back and see what's new over by you... On 2/18/07, Giovanni Gallucci [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: OK...I bow before the video masters. Simple question What does the videoblogging group members recommend when it comes to video file-type for a video blog. I am doing post production on a Mac with a combination of iMovieHD and FinalCut Express. I am considering .mov, .mp4, and .m4v. I have three goals in this order - Widest possible distribution with a single file format; highest quality; and smallest files size :-). The only thing I¹m not asking for is a built-in, guaranteed audience of several thousand right out of the gate. So...what say ye, video smarties? giovanni gallucci tel 469.682.6978 blog www.theagencyblog.com aim giovannigallucci msn [EMAIL PROTECTED] giovanni%40gallucci.net kinetic results, llc 14875 landmark boulevard, suite 200 addison, tx 75254 tel 972.202.9945 web www.kineticresults.com media swamp podcast network 15950 dallas parkway, suite 400 dallas, tx 75248 web www.mediaswamp.com podcast www.quesocompuesto.com video podcast www.quesocompuestotv.com [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] -- best regards, Deirdré Straughan www.beginningwithi.com (personal) www.tvblob.com (work) [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/
Re: [videoblogging] The audience of ten
You can make blogger blogs public or accessable only by authors or by only people I choose. Is that enough? Jan On 2/19/07, Mike Meiser [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On 1/11/07, R. Kristiansen [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hey all, Since I started videoblogging, I have had this mantra about focusing on the audience of ten. To treat the audience of my videoblog as a circle of friends. Friends I would want to show what's going on in my life at the point. I have had this mantra because I, for instance, did not want to get lost in some numbers-increasing schemes. My question to you is: What amount of subscribers do you feel comfortable with? Of course, if you make a Show (insert sarcastic tone here), you only want more and more subscribers. But if you make a so-called personal videoblog, suddenly having 3000 subscribers might be a very scary thing. Me, I know that the amount of people who have technically subscribed to my feed is about 120. I must admit that even that number makes me feel the goosebumps sometimes. (Ok, I have a history of receiving nasty emails referring to videos I made as well, so I guess my personal paranoia is linked to that). If you are an individual who just make videos because you want to connect with others - do you sometimes feel that someone invide your privacy? If they leave nasty comments? Of course, many of the same issues dealing with text blogging or the internet itself applies to the videoblog. Things like: If you don't want certain people to find it, don't put it out there. That's simple. But still, we want to connect. Reach out. Am I nuts for feeling uncomfortable about the anonymous people lurking, watching my videos of ? Or does anyone else feel the same? Does this sort of paranoia lead to many of us posting less personal stuff and more often going for the more safe forms of videoblogging?S What do you think? This gives me an interesting thought. What if we could force the audience to be as visible to the content producer as the content producer is to them. I.E. what if in the context of a webservice like blip, or mefeedia or youtube... we could make your vlog only available to YOUR subscribers... and through the subscription mechanism make the viewership completely transparent to each other. You would of course need atleast SOME videos completely public othewise how would anyone be able to find you. You might also gain the ability to make your vlog invite only or even blacklist certain viewers. It may seem the same thing as a private yahoo or flickr group, but not exactly.. . because it's a new perspective. Furthermore what if we could apply this concept to the open vlogosphere. What if you could bless certain subscribers with full access to your personal conent or even better pick and choose from amongst your subscribers whom gets to see a certain post. This would require a bit more two way of an RSS mechanism. Perhaps the key is requiring people to signup to your wordpress vlog and then giving them a unique feed. That way you might be able to track everything from who was watching what to who they are and what comments they were making... a whole sort of communications system that could simultaneously be open and closed on a very granular post by post person by person basis. Best of all this would not change things for the general public... they would see an RSS feed and a blog just like they always have, perhaps not even realizing that there's a whole host of private information not available to them. The key to this idea is in exploring the vast amount of space between explicit person to to person communications systems like a phone call, and the very open non-explicit communications like blogging. Some systems like Flickr already have primitive implimentations of this. I find this extremely interesting because I'm a firm believer in the idea that henceforth their will be an increasingly fluid line between explicit personal communications and so called shows with audiences in the hundreds of thousands even millions. I RELISH that idea that though the majoritity of my blog posts may be read by less than 100 people that... or my videos watched by less then 100... that if I capture on video some pivitol even like a police tasering, or a freak natural occurance, or god knows what... that my platform could scale literally overnight bringing my words, thoughts, ideas, or footage to hundreds of thousands or millions. It's in fact the sign of a healthy and fluid communications space. So the question is can that same communications plaform that can reach a potentially infinite public also be honed to target a very explicit few... say a few friends, or immediate family. Ultimately blogging and vlogging has rested on obscurity to do this. For example... to pick on Andy Carvin... if the pictures in his photo feed or blog
Re: [videoblogging] Re: FireAnt.tv video thumbnails
Den 19.02.2007 kl. 13:00 skrev Mike Meiser [EMAIL PROTECTED]: Having some sort of wrapper around it is optional. Optional for the author, but it must be required of the parser that it understands the wrapper. Otherwise it will not be able to match thumbnails to video files (or blog posts) on pages that contains more than one video. It goes in the 'strongly encouraged, but optional' category. I'll have to read up on hAtom, I can understand how hVlog would make it easier to parse, but quite frankly I think it would so confuse the average vlogger they'd be apt to either improperly mark up their blog posts, or simply forget about it all together. I guess the question is should we even mention it at all in this thumbnail spec? Specs are for programmers, not for regular people. It should most definitely be listed as a reference. To get the average vlogger to understand what they have to do you will have to write a how-to article. -- Andreas Haugstrup Pedersen URL: http://www.solitude.dk/
[videoblogging] question about fireant
I haven't subscribed or signed up with fireant, what are the advantages, and does it help increase traffic or subscriptions? ac myurbanreport http://www.myurbanreport.com/ [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
[videoblogging] Re: Elura 100 vs. Xacti C40 (and hello!)
Mike The VR feature is pretty cool. The rotation was fluid. I found a refrence to the software smoothing out the pan. But could not find the online help for Motion Director. http://www.sanyo-xacti.com/support/manuals/CA6_Software_GB.pdf How long did it take to convert? How much hands on does the software require of the edit? By that I mean are you babysitting frame by frame to adjust for lags or bumps in the pan? Was that as wide as your xacti can zoom out? The xacti is impressing me, especially the price ... http://www.6ave.com/product.jsp?zipz=11001x=VPCC40w=1 The audio on your xacti sounds pretty darn good (ignoring the wind noise), have you used the audio jack (for a external mic) and if so did you have problems like Halcyon has had with the plug needing to be fiddled with? What I am thinking about here is experimenting with two xacti's side by side. Not sure (e)xact(i)ly how I could do this but I am thinking 3d. Make a short bar with the bottom of the bar attaching to the tripod and the top with two mountings for two xacties. There is a lot more to pulling this off (sync, software) but my first thought is this is kinda like any other mashup, just needs imagination. A couple of quick links http://www.stereo3d.com/vidrec.htm http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-3656494784112768834 --- In videoblogging@yahoogroups.com, Mike Moon [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hey there, I just picked up a Xacti C40 a couple weeks ago as my MiniDV didn't like the cold weather (upwards of -30c). Like you I used a wideangle lens on my MiniDV. On the plus side I like the Xacti for it's small size, crisp video - even in low light and file format (.MP4). It's menu system is also easy to navigate. The sound is not all that great and I wish it had a threaded lens too. I would recommend the Xacti C40 as a secondary camcorder as the price is cheap and the video is good. Mike http://vlog.mikemoon.net --- In videoblogging@yahoogroups.com, jsmooth995 jsmooth995@ wrote: Hello hello, been lurking for a while now and gleaned lots of insight I want to pick up a second camera that's easier to carry around, Much thanks for any insights! Jay Smooth WBAI / hiphopmusic.com
[videoblogging] Joost for Mac build pulled
--- In videoblogging@yahoogroups.com, Jay dedman [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Do you email anyone you are going to link to? Jay -- Here I am http://jaydedman.com I just linked to you without emailing you... because I don't care! :D http://blog.fastcompany.com/experts/bcammack/2007/02/joost_for_mac_build_pulled.html
[videoblogging] Making Video Go Viral
Hello from Canada, This is a great reource for video bloggers. I work for a registered charitable organization which operates a Youth Resource Centre and Emergency Shelter, which is facing closure due to loss of funding. We have created a WordPress blog to assist us in increasing awareness and moblizing support for this unfortunately needed service. Shortly we will be posting some videos on the blog and of course on the major video sharing sites (pls see the Blog's URL below). http://www.mys.ca/news I would appreciate any suggestions from the group in terms of effective ways to facilitate a video going viral (other than social bookmarking and of course, the video is produced so we can't change the content). Thank you in adavance for any suggestions. Regards, Randy
Re: [videoblogging] Re: I am so disappointed in You all.
I don't check the group very often, and read maybe 3 emails out of 50, so i probably skipped over your first one I think your methods for motivation are not thought out... Here is what you did: 1. insulted an entire country 2. insulted the videobloggers in that country 3. insulted the yahoo group they are members of 4. claim that all members of the group are only concerned with materialistic matters you need to re-think your methodology... I worry that your desire to help charity is equal to your desire to earn hits to popularize your site... I think there are plenty of people interested in helping charitable causes but the way to get them involved is not to insult them because they didn't respond to your one email On 2/17/07, Paul Knight [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Please, please, please, just read the e-mail, that's all you need to do, please try to be completely un american about this and at least give me some help on this, I don't ask for much, just that you read the f'ing e-mail. All I want is support not money, I rally should be typing this is capital letters, really. JUST DIGG ME FOR f's SAKE, make this popular, not for me, BUT FOR THE CHARITY, that's how thing usually WORK right? And send me any jokes that you feel would make people belly laugh, there is an incentive for you all. But hey, I suppose all that motivates this group is money, or toys (gadgets) or a discussion about being banned from youtube, big deal, I just expected something more from the 1000's of people here, who are selfish enough not to share their success with anyone less worthy. The best way to proceed with this argument is to stop saying hey, I never saw the e-mail and taking steps, personally if you want to, to get these posts to greater media, posting diggs and technoriaties or comments on vlogs etc. This is one of the reasons i got into vlogging in the first place and to be ignored by the great and the Good ha, is just not good enough. I have seen it before in this clique, a community, ha! So log as you can't hold a get together in NY, you are forgotten and ignored. This group IS made up of more people from outside the US than you think! Stop being so f'ing selfish. Paul Knight (BTW anyone from outside the UK can't contribute to this Charity, but I just need digging so that people know what I am doing to raise cash, simple enough for you to understand, or shall I elucidate some more) On 17 Feb 2007, at 20:54, Gena wrote:Gena Hey Paul, This is the first that I'm seeing the post. I didn't even know that you were sick. Besides, you know how many posts flow through the group. You also know that sometimes posts are delayed from appearing through no fault of the postee. If you posted this Friday UK that is in the early morning California PST (i.e. 2-3am) I'm not reading, I'm sleeping! Literally! Also I have to say that if I see something titled Charity Event that generally means it is something to attend and since I am on transportation lock down I might have ignored it even if I had seen it which I didn't cuz I was sleep. Titles man, descriptive titles go a long way to drawing attention. Let me read what you have proposed and we'll see if we can pass it down the line and get some reactions. P.S. If it ever comes up in Parliament I would like to propose that the UK switch to Pacific Standard Time. I realize it would be a major disruption but sacrifices have to be made to promote international unity. Or effective group communications. Yeah, the finger is waving. In a Moe Howard kind of way but lovingly none the less. Gena http://outonthestoop.blogspot.com http://pcclibtech.blogspot.com http://voxmedia.org/wiki/Video --- In videoblogging@yahoogroups.com videoblogging%40yahoogroups.com, Paul Knight [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi Lovely Lovely Vloggers out there, As some British people know or are aware of, Comic Relief is only a month away, I have been to sainsburys and got my red nose and holographic chocolate and this time, because I was a few months late at starting this rollercoaster of a ride into internet video, I want to do my bit for this wonderful charity. I have started doing a joke a day on my website, http://pjkproductions.blogspot.com and have managed to get a comic relief donate button so anyone, well just this country actually can donate to to this worthy cause directly. The cause is basically simple, instead of Rock Stars doing live aid, you get the best comics from all over the world to do their bit for free to raise funds for African Kids who have been effected by war and famine to kids in this country who are carers for disabled relitives the mentally ill, the kids who are effected by drink and drugs, loads of things like that. I think it is possibly the best Charity event of the year, it culminates in a big show on BBC TV on March 16th this
Re: [videoblogging] Re: I am so disappointed in You all.
Red Nose day is meaningless in the US. I happen to be in the UK right this moment so I know that it's a big deal here - you can buy red noses everywhere (at least 60p to charity) etc. but it's a strictly British institution and you can't expect Americans to even have heard of it. Everyone is bombarded daily by requests for this or that donation (of time or money), to think about this or care about that. We all have limited personal bandwidth, and we choose the causes and institutions that are dearest to each of us. I donate considerable time and energy to the international school in India that I attended (as is evident from my website). I'll probably be involved (again) with the Democrats Abroad next year, getting out the vote. I give to Planned Parenthood even though I no longer live in the US and it's of no possible use to me personally. So, no matter how noble the cause, I'm all cared out. And, knowing the caliber and characters of the people on this list, I know that the same can be said of many or most of us: we are plenty involved and already giving far MORE than the human or American average, in our time, our money, our expertise, and our passion. We just happen to be giving it to other things. So you can't expect us to leap up and take on a new charity activity just because you ask. And I'd agree with Josh that your insistence on the Digg aspect makes me itch. How is helping your site get traffic going to actually help raise funds on Red Nose day, especially when the UK media is already inundated with coverage for it? In any case, it's not a Digg sort of thing. There are zillions of articles out there on how to get Dugg, and, from what I've read, this topic doesn't strike me as one that's going to be a winner. You'd be better off trying to get the UK media to talk about it, and you have already had some successes there, so I suggest you go for that. -- best regards, Deirdré Straughan www.beginningwithi.com (personal) www.tvblob.com (work) [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
[videoblogging] Re: a gentle suggestion
I agree. On my screen sometimes the font is LESS than 1/16 high by actual measurement. John squinty Leeke
[videoblogging] content-recognition software
Some of what I have in the way of raw video I considered posting to a service like spin or jumpcut and let others have at it. This seems to have a chance of allowing us to track where clips end up. What are your thoughts? I grabbed a couple of links to add pro/con here: http://www.audiblemagic.com/index.asp http://tinyurl.com/3bvrt3 http://www.eff.org/share/audible_magic.php http://www.audiblemagic.com/products-services/custom/ It also seems like it could be a way to tag too. Am I thinking too big? By BRAD STONE and MIGUEL HELFT Published: February 19, 2007 http://www.nytimes.com/2007/02/19/technology/19video.html?pagewanted=all SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. 18 As media companies struggle to reclaim control over their movies, television shows and music in a world of online file-sharing software, they have found an ally in software of another kind. The new technological weapon is content-recognition software, which makes it possible to identify copyrighted material, even, for example, from blurry video clips. The technology could address what the entertainment industry sees as one of its biggest problems songs and videos being posted on the Web without permission. Last week, Vance Ikezoye, the chief executive of Audible Magic in Los Gatos, Calif., demonstrated the technology by downloading a two-minute clip from YouTube and feeding it into his company's new video-recognition system. The clip drained of color, with dialogue dubbed in Chinese appeared to have been recorded with a camcorder in a dark movie theater before it was uploaded to the Web, so the image quality was poor. Still, Mr. Ikezoye's filtering software quickly identified it as the sword-training scene that begins 49 minutes and 37 seconds into the Miramax film Kill Bill: Vol. 2. The entertainment industry is clamoring for Internet companies to adopt the technology for music files as well as for video clips. The social networking site MySpace, owned by the News Corporation, said last week that it would use Audible Magic's system to identify copyrighted material on its pages. But not every Internet company is rushing to go along. The video-sharing site YouTube, which Google bought last year, is the major holdout so far. Though YouTube's co-founders said publicly that they would start using filtering technology by the end of last year, the site has yet to do so. And they have further angered some media companies by saying they would only use such technology to detect clips owned by companies that agree to broader licensing deals with YouTube. The pressure is on. Executives at media companies like NBC and Viacom have criticized Google for the delay. Earlier this month, Viacom asked YouTube to remove 100,000 clips of its shows, like music videos from MTV and excerpts from Comedy Central's The Daily Show. In a statement, YouTube said that identifying which video clips had been uploaded without permission was a complex problem that required the cooperation of the copyright owners. On YouTube, identifying copyrighted material cannot be a single automated process, it said in the statement. The systems being developed by companies like Audible Magic and Gracenote http://www.gracenote.com/music/index_old.html make use of vast databases that store digital representations of copyrighted songs, TV shows and movies. When new files are uploaded to a Web site that is using the system, it checks the database for matches using a technique known as digital fingerprinting. Copyrighted material can then be blocked or posted, depending on whether it is licensed for use on the site. This is capable of helping the film and TV studios comprehensively protect their works, Mr. Ikezoye said. This could put the genie back in the bottle. Audio fingerprinting technologies have been used successfully for some time to detect copyrighted music on file-sharing networks and, to a smaller degree, to identify music tracks on social-networking Web sites like MySpace. Systems that can identify video files hold even greater promise to improve relations between traditional media companies and Internet companies like YouTube. But the technology is not quite ready. Video is much more complex to analyze, and more information needs to be captured in the fingerprint, said Bill Rosenblatt, president of GiantSteps Media Technology Strategies http://www.giantstepsmts.com/, a consulting firm based in New York. He noted that there were also more ways to fool the technology for example, by cropping the image. Screening for video is also more difficult because of the sheer volume of new material broadcast on television each day, all of which must be captured in the database. And deploying any type of fingerprinting technology can carry a price. Users tend to leave filtered Web sites and migrate to more anything-goes online destinations. Nevertheless, some file-sharing networks and smaller video sites like http://www.Guba.com and http://www.Grouper.com are already using more
Re: [videoblogging] Re: I am so disappointed in You all.
Yup. That's it, Josh. As a recovering masochist, this tactic rests particularly uneasily in my psyche. Do you see how it comes off, Paul? Marketing by insult doesn't work. Jan On 2/19/07, Josh Leo [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I don't check the group very often, and read maybe 3 emails out of 50, so i probably skipped over your first one I think your methods for motivation are not thought out... Here is what you did: 1. insulted an entire country 2. insulted the videobloggers in that country 3. insulted the yahoo group they are members of 4. claim that all members of the group are only concerned with materialistic matters you need to re-think your methodology... I worry that your desire to help charity is equal to your desire to earn hits to popularize your site... I think there are plenty of people interested in helping charitable causes but the way to get them involved is not to insult them because they didn't respond to your one email On 2/17/07, Paul Knight [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Please, please, please, just read the e-mail, that's all you need to do, please try to be completely un american about this and at least give me some help on this, I don't ask for much, just that you read the f'ing e-mail. All I want is support not money, I rally should be typing this is capital letters, really. JUST DIGG ME FOR f's SAKE, make this popular, not for me, BUT FOR THE CHARITY, that's how thing usually WORK right? And send me any jokes that you feel would make people belly laugh, there is an incentive for you all. But hey, I suppose all that motivates this group is money, or toys (gadgets) or a discussion about being banned from youtube, big deal, I just expected something more from the 1000's of people here, who are selfish enough not to share their success with anyone less worthy. The best way to proceed with this argument is to stop saying hey, I never saw the e-mail and taking steps, personally if you want to, to get these posts to greater media, posting diggs and technoriaties or comments on vlogs etc. This is one of the reasons i got into vlogging in the first place and to be ignored by the great and the Good ha, is just not good enough. I have seen it before in this clique, a community, ha! So log as you can't hold a get together in NY, you are forgotten and ignored. This group IS made up of more people from outside the US than you think! Stop being so f'ing selfish. Paul Knight (BTW anyone from outside the UK can't contribute to this Charity, but I just need digging so that people know what I am doing to raise cash, simple enough for you to understand, or shall I elucidate some more) On 17 Feb 2007, at 20:54, Gena wrote:Gena Hey Paul, This is the first that I'm seeing the post. I didn't even know that you were sick. Besides, you know how many posts flow through the group. You also know that sometimes posts are delayed from appearing through no fault of the postee. If you posted this Friday UK that is in the early morning California PST (i.e. 2-3am) I'm not reading, I'm sleeping! Literally! Also I have to say that if I see something titled Charity Event that generally means it is something to attend and since I am on transportation lock down I might have ignored it even if I had seen it which I didn't cuz I was sleep. Titles man, descriptive titles go a long way to drawing attention. Let me read what you have proposed and we'll see if we can pass it down the line and get some reactions. P.S. If it ever comes up in Parliament I would like to propose that the UK switch to Pacific Standard Time. I realize it would be a major disruption but sacrifices have to be made to promote international unity. Or effective group communications. Yeah, the finger is waving. In a Moe Howard kind of way but lovingly none the less. Gena http://outonthestoop.blogspot.com http://pcclibtech.blogspot.com http://voxmedia.org/wiki/Video --- In videoblogging@yahoogroups.comvideoblogging%40yahoogroups.com, Paul Knight [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi Lovely Lovely Vloggers out there, As some British people know or are aware of, Comic Relief is only a month away, I have been to sainsburys and got my red nose and holographic chocolate and this time, because I was a few months late at starting this rollercoaster of a ride into internet video, I want to do my bit for this wonderful charity. I have started doing a joke a day on my website, http://pjkproductions.blogspot.com and have managed to get a comic relief donate button so anyone, well just this country actually can donate to to this worthy cause directly. The cause is basically simple, instead of Rock Stars doing live aid, you get the best comics from all over the world to do their bit for free to raise funds for African
[videoblogging] Re: LisaNova now on Mad TV
--- In videoblogging@yahoogroups.com, Mike Meiser I've been meaning to bug Andy Carvin about this as he's working with NPR on their new media strategy... or as I like to put it... on finding new ways to interact with the people formerly known as the audience. Hopefully Andy's listening now. You rang? :-) Here's a little example... My friend got be hooked on Cartalk which is always on on Saturday and Sunday mornings on NPR... I don't know why... it doesn't matter why... and I haven't owned a car for over 10 years... the point is Cartalk hs a very NICHE market... it's to guys with thick boston accents talking about car problem solving for an hour a week. That's one hour a week, and you have to catch it on a radio at 10am on Saturday or Sunday. It occurs to me... weekly ritual aside... that not only would I MUCH rather enjoy CarTalk via podcast ANYTIME I liked but that they would have an inifinitely greater opportunity to reach this tiny niche market segment of listeners if they made themselves accessible via podcast on the web. Not only would their listners be able to listen to them anytime and anywhere... but they'd be more accessible... more available to a whole world audience... like say an American Expat in Tokyo... or China, Africa or anywhere in the world. They could reach this tiny sliver of audience anywhere that audience is around the globe. Of all the possible things I'm thinking of doing at NPR, that particular request might just be the hardest to pull off. Not because it's technically difficult - it isn't - but because of a larger resistance within the entire public radio system to podcast full programs. Why? Because that would undermine the individual radio stations that rely on shows like Car Talk to create an audience for themselves. And NPR is a membership org of stations, with stations represented on our board. So you can say Long Tail til your pass out from exhaustion, but it's not going to change these cultural and political challenges within pubradio overnight. This was a major topic at the social media gathering I hosted this week, because many of them, being outside the pubradio system, see podcasting all of our intact shows as a no-brainer, whereas within public radio it's generally a taboo. Thing are slowly changing - take Fresh Air, for example, which now has its own podcast. But these things take a lot of negotiating, particularly when a show like CarTalk isn't produced by NPR - we merely distribute it. So as I help roll out social media projects in the coming months, I wouldn't hold your breath for a Car Talk podcast. Community features on our website? I certainly hope so. But the podcast battle is one that's above my pay grade -andy
[videoblogging] Jarvis critiques McCain vids
Jeff Jarvis tries to get through to McCain. http://www.buzzmachine.com/index.php/2007/02/19/2514/ His main critique is that McCain is simply putting up standard longer format campaign ads on YouTube, rarther than try to engage anyone in conversation. I must say when I heard the dramatic horns and drums behind the KenBurns-ed stills of McCain looking off in the distance, I laughed out loud. I think Jarvis is right on, in both his critique and in the note about what is interesting about what McCain is trying. Dave H.
[videoblogging] Re: The audience of ten
Ultimately blogging and vlogging has rested on obscurity to do this. For example... to pick on Andy Carvin... if the pictures in his photo feed or blog feed were of cats and babies I figured pretty much they werent' for me... and skipped right over them... but if they were of vloggers and web luminaries i jumped right in and watched or read them. The point is the demands of my time ensured that I skipped over things weren't meant for me. Of course such security through obscurity while great for the vast majority of very low level communications is will not even slow down a trol or worse from digging through your history. Perhaps I should have thrown in a video of one of my cats in between the videos of Zadi and Jarvis this week just to mess with you. :-) I've definitely struggled with this, since my blog is a delicate balance of personal stuff and professional stuff, which admittedly has swung a bit more personal since we had the baby eight months ago. (My wife and I are getting ready to launch a vlog about parenting, which will help take some of the pressure off - stay tuned.) Ideally, I'd love it if my blog software (movable type) or my site's search engine (Google Co-op) would allow the public to set up customized rss feeds based on keywords, just as you would with Google News or Technorati. That way, if you wanted to subscribe to a feed of my blog that only picks up content for keywords like social media and video and public radio (or babies and cats if that floats your boat), you could do that without any fuss. Perhaps even better would be personalized feeds with exclusionary preferences, such as a feed that captures everything on my blog _except_ keyword references of my own selection, like cats and babies, if that stuff gets on your nerves. Like David Weinberger suggested at NPR on Friday, it's all about the metadata. (Perhaps I should print some bumper stickers that say It's the Metadata, Stupid.) If we just had better tools for seeking out or excluding certain types of metadata, we could personalize the user's experience and address some of these issues. That would leave us plenty of time obsessing over whether it's better to have 10 or 10,000 subscribers to our feeds. andy carvin www.andycarvin.com
RE: [videoblogging] MyBlogLog Spam
Deirdre: Mr. Online-Pharmacy and Mr. Free Ipod Phone have paid me a visit and if you follow the link to Mr. Online-Pharmacy's profile, you'll see that some other people thank them for visiting. Others tell them to F off. http://beth.typepad.com/beths_blog/2007/02/yuck_they_have_.html Spam isn't as bad as having cyberstalkers visit .. B. _ From: videoblogging@yahoogroups.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Deirdre Straughan Sent: Monday, February 19, 2007 3:01 AM To: videoblogging@yahoogroups.com Subject: Re: [videoblogging] MyBlogLog Spam I recently sent them a screen cap of two splogs that appeared in my listing, and haven't seen any since (though that may be coincidence. No correlation with spam that I can see. On 2/18/07, Sanford Dickert [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:sdickert%40rawlingsatlantic.com lantic.com wrote: I am - and I am getting an increase in spam - thought it was just seasonal. On 18 Feb 2007, at 13:34, sull wrote: Anyone use MyBlogLog.com? Are you having sudden spamming issues... splogs and bogus friend requests? I am. -- Sull http://vlogdir. http://vlogdir.com com (a project) http://SpreadTheMed http://SpreadTheMedia.org ia.org (my blog) http://interdigitat http://interdigitate.com e.com (otherly) [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] Yahoo! Groups Links -- best regards, Deirdré Straughan www.beginningwithi.com (personal) www.tvblob.com (work) [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
Re: [videoblogging] Re: sound/mic help? (SOLUTION!)
You are a genius! I have a stereo sony mic and tried that. I think it's gonna work (better at least). I'll also try to pick up a 2 mono imputs-to-stereo plug converter, too. THANK YOU On 2/18/07, Bill Cammack [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: From that video you made, it looks like you're using a mono mic. The specs of the camera say that it has a stereo input. If that's the case, the number of rings on the end of your mic is going to be different from the number of rings on the plug that goes into the camera. Basically, you want both to be the same, one way or the other. Try going to Radio Shack and getting a really cheap (or actually, maybe just asking them to use it to see if it works with your camera, like Jan suggested) mixer that accepts mono inputs but outputs stereo. Plug the adapter plug all the way in and have that connect to the stereo mixer and have that attach to your mic. That solves two problems. 1) Going from mono to stereo and 2) if it's still too loud, you can use the mixer to lower the volume to an acceptable level. This might not be practical on the go, but if you're staying in one place or using a tripod, this could work for you. An added benefit of using a mixer is that you would be able to plug in as many mics as the mixer allows. You could mic yoursef and someone else and have your input go left and their input go right, so while you're taping, you have two clean signals instead of having to pass a mic back and forth. Another application could be to have one side attached to a mic set up to pick up natural sound from the background and the other side pick up your mic. That way, you could mix the sound however you want when you get to editing. My miniDV camera has a stereo input also. The difference is that it also has a headphone jack. When I plug a mono mic into my camera, I only hear the audio on one channel. The other channel is just static, because it's not receiving any input. That doesn't matter, because coming through a mono mic, I'm only going to receive a mono signal, so I only need one channel to come through. I can tell on the headphones that I'm getting what I need, so it's a wrap. They DO sell stereo mics, though, so either try your camera with the adapter all the way in and connected to a stereo mic, or use a mixer to convert the mono signal into a dual-mono signal that the camera can pick up properly on both channels. -- Bill C. http://ReelSolid.TV --- In videoblogging@yahoogroups.com videoblogging%40yahoogroups.com, Halcyon [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: interesting. The included adaptor has 2 bandsmaybe I can find a mono adapter and see if that works. the included 2.5mm - 3.5mm adaptor cable: http://farm1.static.flickr.com/129/394257604_63f4841808.jpg and short video of me talking with the plug pulled out a little: http://www.veoh.com/videos/v252405ZxWjZ6RJ -halcyon [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
Re: [videoblogging] Re: I am so disappointed in You all.
You know Jan and Josh, I typed a really good come back for that, but to be fair I couldn't be bothered to post it as it will only be ignored anyway. I have had some positive feedback from this, not as much as a galacticast episode yet, but it's getting there, lol. Many thanks to those who have sent money to the charity, and to those who have sponsored me through http://myrednoseday.com/pjkproductions site on the Comic Relief website. I will thank you in front of the misunderstanders, as outstanding members of this group. Randolfe Wicker and Adam Clarke. But unfortunately when I ask for help in getting this Project popular, not me, by digging or whatever, even those people who did digg the story, there hasn't been much come back, maybe digg is more cliquy than this group. As for sending me jokes, recorded or otherwise, I have had one response which is a maybe. So what is so wrong with asking for talent? By asking the great and the good to be un-American, maybe a little too sensitive for the sensitive Mr Leo, when he does such good work over seas, for this I apologize humbly, maybe I should have put it this way, stop acing like a load of wet Brits and stand up to the mic, y'all!! Y HA!! BANG BANG!! As a man who has finally been taken seriously for testing for a real mental illness, Manic Depression which left me the other morning staring at about 10 boxes of over the counter pharmacuticles, thinking, maybe it's time. Then seeking help, and getting the Red Nose Day Buzz, thus distracting me slightly, you might just understand ever so slightly just how much this project means to me. Good day Paul Knight On 19 Feb 2007, at 15:29, Jan McLaughlin wrote: Yup. That's it, Josh. As a recovering masochist, this tactic rests particularly uneasily in my psyche. Do you see how it comes off, Paul? Marketing by insult doesn't work. Jan On 2/19/07, Josh Leo [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I don't check the group very often, and read maybe 3 emails out of 50, so i probably skipped over your first one I think your methods for motivation are not thought out... Here is what you did: 1. insulted an entire country 2. insulted the videobloggers in that country 3. insulted the yahoo group they are members of 4. claim that all members of the group are only concerned with materialistic matters you need to re-think your methodology... I worry that your desire to help charity is equal to your desire to earn hits to popularize your site... I think there are plenty of people interested in helping charitable causes but the way to get them involved is not to insult them because they didn't respond to your one email On 2/17/07, Paul Knight [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Please, please, please, just read the e-mail, that's all you need to do, please try to be completely un american about this and at least give me some help on this, I don't ask for much, just that you read the f'ing e-mail. All I want is support not money, I rally should be typing this is capital letters, really. JUST DIGG ME FOR f's SAKE, make this popular, not for me, BUT FOR THE CHARITY, that's how thing usually WORK right? And send me any jokes that you feel would make people belly laugh, there is an incentive for you all. But hey, I suppose all that motivates this group is money, or toys (gadgets) or a discussion about being banned from youtube, big deal, I just expected something more from the 1000's of people here, who are selfish enough not to share their success with anyone less worthy. The best way to proceed with this argument is to stop saying hey, I never saw the e-mail and taking steps, personally if you want to, to get these posts to greater media, posting diggs and technoriaties or comments on vlogs etc. This is one of the reasons i got into vlogging in the first place and to be ignored by the great and the Good ha, is just not good enough. I have seen it before in this clique, a community, ha! So log as you can't hold a get together in NY, you are forgotten and ignored. This group IS made up of more people from outside the US than you think! Stop being so f'ing selfish. Paul Knight (BTW anyone from outside the UK can't contribute to this Charity, but I just need digging so that people know what I am doing to raise cash, simple enough for you to understand, or shall I elucidate some more) On 17 Feb 2007, at 20:54, Gena wrote:Gena Hey Paul, This is the first that I'm seeing the post. I didn't even know that you were sick. Besides, you know how many posts flow through the group. You also know that sometimes posts are delayed from appearing through no fault of the postee. If you posted this Friday UK that is in the early morning
[videoblogging] Re: sound/mic help? (SOLUTION!)
You're welcome. :) --- In videoblogging@yahoogroups.com, Halcyon [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: You are a genius! I have a stereo sony mic and tried that. I think it's gonna work (better at least). I'll also try to pick up a 2 mono imputs-to-stereo plug converter, too. THANK YOU On 2/18/07, Bill Cammack [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: From that video you made, it looks like you're using a mono mic. The specs of the camera say that it has a stereo input. If that's the case, the number of rings on the end of your mic is going to be different from the number of rings on the plug that goes into the camera. Basically, you want both to be the same, one way or the other. Try going to Radio Shack and getting a really cheap (or actually, maybe just asking them to use it to see if it works with your camera, like Jan suggested) mixer that accepts mono inputs but outputs stereo. Plug the adapter plug all the way in and have that connect to the stereo mixer and have that attach to your mic. That solves two problems. 1) Going from mono to stereo and 2) if it's still too loud, you can use the mixer to lower the volume to an acceptable level. This might not be practical on the go, but if you're staying in one place or using a tripod, this could work for you. An added benefit of using a mixer is that you would be able to plug in as many mics as the mixer allows. You could mic yoursef and someone else and have your input go left and their input go right, so while you're taping, you have two clean signals instead of having to pass a mic back and forth. Another application could be to have one side attached to a mic set up to pick up natural sound from the background and the other side pick up your mic. That way, you could mix the sound however you want when you get to editing. My miniDV camera has a stereo input also. The difference is that it also has a headphone jack. When I plug a mono mic into my camera, I only hear the audio on one channel. The other channel is just static, because it's not receiving any input. That doesn't matter, because coming through a mono mic, I'm only going to receive a mono signal, so I only need one channel to come through. I can tell on the headphones that I'm getting what I need, so it's a wrap. They DO sell stereo mics, though, so either try your camera with the adapter all the way in and connected to a stereo mic, or use a mixer to convert the mono signal into a dual-mono signal that the camera can pick up properly on both channels. -- Bill C. http://ReelSolid.TV --- In videoblogging@yahoogroups.com videoblogging%40yahoogroups.com, Halcyon halcyon@ wrote: interesting. The included adaptor has 2 bandsmaybe I can find a mono adapter and see if that works. the included 2.5mm - 3.5mm adaptor cable: http://farm1.static.flickr.com/129/394257604_63f4841808.jpg and short video of me talking with the plug pulled out a little: http://www.veoh.com/videos/v252405ZxWjZ6RJ -halcyon [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
[videoblogging] Re: LisaNova now on Mad TV
Has it occured to anyone else that this seems like just another attempt by the LisaNova machine to get more exposure by using the big profile bloggers in this group? I am not a conspiracy person at all but why are we talking about this YouTuber? Like most people who have seen her, i went to her page just to see what all the hype was about and there is NOTHING there! I just find it odd that all of a sudden there is a bunch of posts about her here? There are people on the net doing real work and I can tell that LisaNova is another pre-made wet dream for freaky old men and addolecent boys and nothing more. I'll take Ask A Ninja anytine over this boring tripe! --- In videoblogging@yahoogroups.com, Mike Meiser groups-yahoo- [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Some people might call it destiny or pre-destiny or karma... but I call it syncronicity... or is it the singularity. :) The point is there's a certain sort of inevitability... like a chain reaction when a liquid meats critical mass. When youg get a whole munch of molecules moving really fast and they're REALLY well connecteded things just start to happen. Some people jokingly say great people thing alike It doesn't really matter who was the first to think of it just so long as it happens. For example the aha moment for mee in this space was when I left comments regarding an idea I had for a piece of software that aggregated video via RSS on Chuck Olsen's blog. I'd been discussing it with my closed circle of friends for months before I left that comment. Two weeks later Fireant came out and it was exactly what I'd described. Certainly some other key members of fireant were also participating in that discussion, but was fireant the result of my comment outlining how the software would work? Absolutely not, would be silly to think it. It takes more than two weeks to develop a piece of software most obviously... they'd already been working on it. Come to find out Josh Kinberg had been working on a protype he called vipodder for as many as six months prior. About that same time Kenyatta created an HTMl mockup that would inspire Peter Van DIjck to create mefeedia. It's simply a sort of synchronicity. In cyberspace we wear our ideas on our sleave... our IDEAS not our faces are our face in cyberspace. Nooone knows this better then bloggers. Threfore it is inevitable in this primordial stew of ideas that like ideas... or people with like ideas like molecules will bump into oneanother. In other words it matters not wether LisaNova found her way to MadTV do to your offhand comment ... heh, maybe it caused them to take a second look at her... or wether it had no effect whatsoever and your brilliant sub-conscious powers of perception percieved some connection between what LisaNova was doing on Youtube and what MadTV does. Indeed there is some cross-polenation there right? Some parrellel asthetic or theme. Anyway, it's always, always, always a beautifull thing. I will always think of it as inevitability myself. If something was meant to happen it will happen in this space. The grownd is too fertile for ideas not to grow into tangible realities, the people and ideas to well connected... the molecules moving to fast bouncing of one another like pinballs until they finally start sticking to oneanother ... and don't get me started on the amount of mixed metaphors... one of them has to make sense. :) I truely believe what it all comes down to is a critical mass of what's called social capital. Social capital the foundation of the social economy. It is trust, visibility, connectivity, mobility, shared history and so many other things. If you look at the old chart Maslow's Hierarchy of needs social capital comes right after the basic necessities. Food, Shelter, Water, Cothing... security... then comes the social needs... it is only on top of these social needs that the everyday economics we call the free market system can function. It's can be as simple as a friend asking you heh, I need to get the oil changed on my car you know anyone?... that they know you and you might now a mechanic... and that you're connected enough via IM or phone... or mobile enough to ask the question in person... the whole 6 degrees of seperation thing... the connectivity... means that you can likely refer them to a good mechanic and they know you well enough they can trust that this mechanic is a good one. This is pretty much exactly the sort of thing with you Harold and LisaNova. It's not unfathomable that a person would get multiple referrals to the same company, or mechanic or whatever. -Mike mefeedia.com mmeiser.com/blog On 2/19/07, Harold Johnson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: A) Not even 1% B) I would have IF I HAD ONE! :D Since posting this info. to this group, I've since discovered that LisaNova (real name Lisa Donovan) previously auditioned for MadTV, but was
Re: [videoblogging] Re: LisaNova now on Mad TV
I don't know if there is some conspiracy afoot, but personally, I've only heard of her in articles. I've never seen her stuff. I have always believed that there is a nationwide conspiracy to Bring Love Back To The Children, though, which I believe started with Jim Henson and almost died with Soupy Sales. Schlomo http://schlomolog.blogspot.com http://webshots.com/is/spotlight http://hatfactory.net http://evilvlog.com On 2/19/07, Darren Winkler Darren Scott [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Has it occured to anyone else that this seems like just another attempt by the LisaNova machine to get more exposure by using the big profile bloggers in this group? I am not a conspiracy person at all but why are we talking about this YouTuber? Like most people who have seen her, i went to her page just to see what all the hype was about and there is NOTHING there! I just find it odd that all of a sudden there is a bunch of posts about her here? [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
[videoblogging] Re: LisaNova now on Mad TV
LisaNova tried out for MadTV some time ago and didn't get the nod. She has a bunch of subscribers on her YouTube channel, went back to MadTV and they hired her.Congrats to her, but other than that, this isn't a huge story. Not to sound like a hater, but this might be a bigger story if it was say...SNL who hired someone from YouTube (which may happen, you never know). Bottom line is talent is talent. A little bit of cross-over news for MadTV (in the YT world) doesn't hurt either. _drew www.scriggity.com www.bestdamntech.com www.pluggd.com --- In videoblogging@yahoogroups.com, schlomo rabinowitz [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I don't know if there is some conspiracy afoot, but personally, I've only heard of her in articles. I've never seen her stuff. I have always believed that there is a nationwide conspiracy to Bring Love Back To The Children, though, which I believe started with Jim Henson and almost died with Soupy Sales. Schlomo http://schlomolog.blogspot.com http://webshots.com/is/spotlight http://hatfactory.net http://evilvlog.com On 2/19/07, Darren Winkler Darren Scott [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Has it occured to anyone else that this seems like just another attempt by the LisaNova machine to get more exposure by using the big profile bloggers in this group? I am not a conspiracy person at all but why are we talking about this YouTuber? Like most people who have seen her, i went to her page just to see what all the hype was about and there is NOTHING there! I just find it odd that all of a sudden there is a bunch of posts about her here? [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
[videoblogging] Re: Joost for Mac in Beta
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Woo! I may have gotten in through the generosity of a Mac-friendly Jooster, and if so, and if I ultimately find invites of my own to share, I certainly will pass on the love here on the list. Interestingly, mere hours before I got in the door, the Mac (Intel) beta was pulled because of some build issues. I guess that's why they're called beta releases! The Joost blog says we shouldn't have to wait too long for another crack at it. Ryan HawaiiVOG -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: PGP Desktop 9.5.2 (Build 4075) Comment: http://lightfantastic.org/pgp.txt wj8DBQFF2fe7z+jy50P8pxcRAnALAJ0eCdfgaNOS6EkbJCJTMPdg/jfZoQCfZ/uC E5utRvKeMqprLwYw0Jz0H3E= =2cXc -END PGP SIGNATURE-
Re: [videoblogging] Re: Joost for Mac in Beta
works as good as the pc version. On 2/19/07, Ryan Kawailani Ozawa [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Woo! I may have gotten in through the generosity of a Mac-friendly Jooster, and if so, and if I ultimately find invites of my own to share, I certainly will pass on the love here on the list. Interestingly, mere hours before I got in the door, the Mac (Intel) beta was pulled because of some build issues. I guess that's why they're called beta releases! The Joost blog says we shouldn't have to wait too long for another crack at it. Ryan HawaiiVOG -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: PGP Desktop 9.5.2 (Build 4075) Comment: http://lightfantastic.org/pgp.txt wj8DBQFF2fe7z+jy50P8pxcRAnALAJ0eCdfgaNOS6EkbJCJTMPdg/jfZoQCfZ/uC E5utRvKeMqprLwYw0Jz0H3E= =2cXc -END PGP SIGNATURE- -- Sull http://vlogdir.com (a project) http://SpreadTheMedia.org (my blog) http://interdigitate.com (otherly) [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
[videoblogging] Re: I am so disappointed in You all.
Josh, you can be critical of emotional responses someone expresses in frustration over pressing issues of life and death. However, you really violate social civility by imputing evil intentions to an expressed passion to do good and save lives. --- In videoblogging@yahoogroups.com, Josh Leo [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I don't check the group very often, and read maybe 3 emails out of 50, so i probably skipped over your first one I think your methods for motivation are not thought out... Here is what you did: 1. insulted an entire country We Americans deserve to be criticized for spending 1% or 2% of our National budget on foreign aid while much poorer countries like Ireland contribute two or three times that percentage. 2. insulted the videobloggers in that country Saying members of a vlogging community that glorifies the values of sharing and helping seem unconcerned with two billion people who live on $1 a day die by the millions simply because they don't have access to clean water is not insulting them. It is a challenge and wake-up call challenging them to do better. 3. insulted the yahoo group they are members of No one, no group should be offended if basically valid criticism is expressed in a socially impolite way. (You smoke cigarettes! How stupid can you be? Don't you know what they are doing to your body?) 4. claim that all members of the group are only concerned with materialistic matters Most human beings are only concerned with materialistic matters. If you traveled in poor countries saw women sleeping with her four children on the street with only cardboard boxes as covering against the cold, you'd have a more informed understanding of the hostility directed at selfish materialistic Americans. you need to re-think your methodology... I worry that your desire to help charity is equal to your desire to earn hits to popularize your site... This is really an ugly personal attack. Paul does incredible sophisticated vlogs that are largely ignored by the mindless mobs on the Internet. I think there are plenty of people interested in helping charitable causes but the way to get them involved is not to insult them because they didn't respond to your one email We are all interested in helping charitable causes. I set a several fund appeals aside around Christmas intending to send them contributions in varying amounts--Jimmy Carter, the Humane Society, Amnesty International, the Gay Community Center, etc. Actually, the easiest thing in the world is to not act on your own charitable impulses. I hadn't written the checks Paul's frustration and emotional over-reaction at a total, absolute, zero response from the 2,500 or so people on the list motivated me to get those checks written and in the mail. I felt so bad about Paul's zero response, I gave $20 just as a token of support even though I'm not familiar with that charity am very selective about the groups I support financially. Yes, Paul certainly wasn't politically correct socially. I agree that his anger might have been counter-productive. He's not going to be voted most popular vlogger of the year by folks on this list. That said, I respect his genuine good intentions. I don't know how much he will ultimately raise for his chosen charity but his anger reminded me of my own uncharitable negligence. He raised a lot more than $20 for all the causes listed above. Randolfe (Randy) Wicker Hoboken, NJ On 2/17/07, Paul Knight [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Please, please, please, just read the e-mail, that's all you need to do, please try to be completely un american about this and at least give me some help on this, I don't ask for much, just that you read the f'ing e-mail. All I want is support not money, I rally should be typing this is capital letters, really. JUST DIGG ME FOR f's SAKE, make this popular, not for me, BUT FOR THE CHARITY, that's how thing usually WORK right? And send me any jokes that you feel would make people belly laugh, there is an incentive for you all. But hey, I suppose all that motivates this group is money, or toys (gadgets) or a discussion about being banned from youtube, big deal, I just expected something more from the 1000's of people here, who are selfish enough not to share their success with anyone less worthy. The best way to proceed with this argument is to stop saying hey, I never saw the e-mail and taking steps, personally if you want to, to get these posts to greater media, posting diggs and technoriaties or comments on vlogs etc. This is one of the reasons i got into vlogging in the first place and to be ignored by the great and the Good ha, is just not good enough. I have seen it before in this clique, a community, ha! So log as you can't hold a get together in NY, you are forgotten and ignored. This group IS made up of more people from outside the US
[videoblogging] Re: Your blogs, my friends?
I just launched BillStreeter.net but it still needs some work. But I plan on blogging some of my production notes there as well as random bullshit that I think of. I am still tweeking the theme so be gentle. I also need to fill out the blogroll--It's a work in progress. Bill Streeter LO-FI SAINT LOUIS www.lofistl.com and www.billstreeter.net --- In videoblogging@yahoogroups.com, J. Rhett Aultman [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hey, guys. Amy and I are slowly starting to branch out beyond Freetime, and part of this has meant doing up the weatherlight.com website to reflect that we're slowly becoming a video productions group with a number of different projects. We've created a blog (http://www.weatherlight.com/blog) where we talk about our experiences producing video projects, marketing, etc. I'd like to fill our our blogroll with the production side blogs that others on here might have. Rather than browsing for all of them, though, I thought I'd just put out a call here. If you have a behind the scenes or production side blog regarding your video project(s), we'd like to add it to our blogroll. Please just email us off-list with your URL. -- Rhett. http://www.weatherlight.com/freetime
[videoblogging] Youtube event in SF
did anyone on this list go to the Youtube event in SF? http://tinyurl.com/36yefy Its very cool when people start meeting each other in person. The good news for those who fear that technology is eroding personal interaction is that many of the attendees said they came specifically for some face-to-face interaction. Jay -- Here I am http://jaydedman.com
Re: [videoblogging] Youtube event in SF
I had a really good time. Kairsten and I went down to Pier 39, on a pretty sunny afternoon, and talked YouTube with a bunch of folks. They had a scavenger hunt that didn't seem to ever get started, because everyone seems to enjoy just talking and meeting each other. Had a good talk with Mark Day, who was the only person I knew there. Met a bunch of local and not-so-local folks who are REALLY into shooting the poop about what they love about YouTube. Did a couple interviews that I'll be putting up later. Made me want to make another meetup at my place, and reinvigorated me to push a certain groups together in the same room. Plans are a-coming. Schlomo http://schlomolog.blogspot.com http://webshots.com/is/spotlight http://hatfactory.net http://evilvlog.com On 2/19/07, Jay dedman [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: did anyone on this list go to the Youtube event in SF? http://tinyurl.com/36yefy Its very cool when people start meeting each other in person. http://jaydedman.com Recent Activity - 17 New Membershttp://groups.yahoo.com/group/videoblogging/members;_ylc=X3oDMTJnamQ3Z2g5BF9TAzk3MzU5NzE0BGdycElkAzEyODA1NjY2BGdycHNwSWQDMTcwNTU1NDAyMQRzZWMDdnRsBHNsawN2bWJycwRzdGltZQMxMTcxOTE3NzY0 - 2 New Linkshttp://groups.yahoo.com/group/videoblogging/links;_ylc=X3oDMTJoNzducG5uBF9TAzk3MzU5NzE0BGdycElkAzEyODA1NjY2BGdycHNwSWQDMTcwNTU1NDAyMQRzZWMDdnRsBHNsawN2bGlua3MEc3RpbWUDMTE3MTkxNzc2NA-- Visit Your Group http://groups.yahoo.com/group/videoblogging;_ylc=X3oDMTJmbTA2NGxnBF9TAzk3MzU5NzE0BGdycElkAzEyODA1NjY2BGdycHNwSWQDMTcwNTU1NDAyMQRzZWMDdnRsBHNsawN2Z2hwBHN0aW1lAzExNzE5MTc3NjQ- Give Back Yahoo! for Goodhttp://us.lrd.yahoo.com/_ylc=X3oDMTJuOXUwdnBnBF9TAzk3MzU5NzE0BF9wAzEEZ3JwSWQDMTI4MDU2NjYEZ3Jwc3BJZAMxNzA1NTU0MDIxBHNlYwNuY21vZARzbGsDYnJhbmQEc3RpbWUDMTE3MTkxNzc2NA--;_ylg=1/SIG=11314uv3k/**http%3a//brand.yahoo.com/forgood Get inspired by a good cause. Y! Toolbar Get it Free!http://us.lrd.yahoo.com/_ylc=X3oDMTJwanZjN2MxBF9TAzk3MzU5NzE0BF9wAzIEZ3JwSWQDMTI4MDU2NjYEZ3Jwc3BJZAMxNzA1NTU0MDIxBHNlYwNuY21vZARzbGsDdG9vbGJhcgRzdGltZQMxMTcxOTE3NzY0;_ylg=1/SIG=11c6dvmk9/**http%3a//toolbar.yahoo.com/%3f.cpdl=ygrps easy 1-click access to your groups. Yahoo! Groups Start a grouphttp://groups.yahoo.com/start;_ylc=X3oDMTJwbnM5MmRwBF9TAzk3MzU5NzE0BF9wAzMEZ3JwSWQDMTI4MDU2NjYEZ3Jwc3BJZAMxNzA1NTU0MDIxBHNlYwNuY21vZARzbGsDZ3JvdXBzMgRzdGltZQMxMTcxOTE3NzY0 in 3 easy steps. Connect with others. . [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
Re: [videoblogging] Re: I am so disappointed in You all.
On Feb 19, 2007, at 9:04 AM, Paul Knight wrote: Many thanks to those who have sent money to the charity, and to those who have sponsored me through http://myrednoseday.com/pjkproductions site on the Comic Relief website. i clicked on the above link but kept getting an error message saying unable to complete the requested action the other one seems to work ok: http://www.rednoseday.com/onlinedonation/ here is a screencap of the error message http://www.flickr.com/photo_zoom.gne?id=395777293size=o --- Markus Sandy http://feeds.feedburner.com/havemoneywillvlog http://feeds.feedburner.com/apperceptions http://feeds.feedburner.com/digitaldojo http://feeds.feedburner.com/spinflow [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
Re: [videoblogging] Re: I am so disappointed in You all.
Yes Markus, For some strange reason it happens to me to, could it be the server is down or something like that? But thanks for publishing the donate page, that's really nice of you. Just my luck that the server would go down just when I wanted to use it as proof, but hey, these things happen. Paul Knight On 19 Feb 2007, at 21:06, Markus Sandy wrote: On Feb 19, 2007, at 9:04 AM, Paul Knight wrote: Many thanks to those who have sent money to the charity, and to those who have sponsored me through http://myrednoseday.com/pjkproductions site on the Comic Relief website. i clicked on the above link but kept getting an error message saying unable to complete the requested action the other one seems to work ok: http://www.rednoseday.com/onlinedonation/ here is a screencap of the error message http://www.flickr.com/photo_zoom.gne?id=395777293size=o --- Markus Sandy http://feeds.feedburner.com/havemoneywillvlog http://feeds.feedburner.com/apperceptions http://feeds.feedburner.com/digitaldojo http://feeds.feedburner.com/spinflow [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
[videoblogging] improving on havemoneywillvlog
Howdy All, Was just doing some research on social capital and I stumbled upon Pledgebank.com. Excitement ensues... It occurs to me that while it could be used as an even more open alternative to HaveMoneyWillVlog it could also be used quite effectively in tandem with havemoneywillvlog. I'm extremely interested in the relationship of social capital and economic capital. Which is to say the intangible combined assets of a community such as trust, connectivity, etc, etc... and the relationship between actual monetary capital. HaveMoneyWillVlog has been a great experiment. I wonder however if it can't be replicated in a more distributed manner, and encourage more creative, more fun... even a game like atmosphere. My thoughts are as follows... skip down further for a fun example of how pledgebank and havemoneywillvlog might combine to create more creative fundraising. 1) Pledgebank is extremely interesting because unlike HaveMoneyWillVlog ANY enterprising person can take the initiative and start a pledge of their choice. For example... I'll pledge $1000 to X project if 50 other people pledge $10 or more. In this means a whole organic model for fund raising may be created. All a project needs is a great sponsor or patron to take the initiative. Eventually expertise and best practices will evolve. In other words pledgebank is *flexible* enough and *open* enough to handle wide experimentation necessary for innovation in this new field of P2P funding. 2) Pledging to raise not just money but alternative social capital for a project in the form of visibility, advertising, promotion, or anything you can dream up. Projects can be promoted through distributed means... blogging, shared banners, email... each one of these channels can signify the trust of the person promting it truely reflecting the communities social capital/trust/karma and buy in. Think of promoting a pledge as karma points (aka. whuffie, a Corey Doctorow term, see wikipedia)... these links being a symbolic currency of social capital, while that actual money is a the tangible monetization of that capital In that way the correlation between the two can be endlessly explored and capitalized on... explored to the point of gaming. For example, I'll pledge $1 to X project for everyone who blogs about the project. This creative exploration between social capital and economic capital could compound the effectiveness of campaigns to fund projects. :) Again... this is not something that can currently be done with the rigid havemoneywillvlog alone... all one can do is donate... or blog about donating... and that's no fun. :) 3) ownership... pledgebank, because anyone can get creative with pledging, allows more sense of ownership and involvement, more buy in from the community since members know they to can start pledges and not just buy in or agreeing to the intial contract... but BUILD on it. In essence getting creative with pledges can be a spirited part of the game of fund raising itself keeping people involved in the process until funding goals are met. 4) Transparency = following through. I've heard many say that people often welch on their pledges... this is the reason why havemoneywillvlog processes money up front. While to some degree I do agree with this premise I also would like to note that Pledgebank is transparent... it shows who pledges what. This transparency (and a little public scrutiny) should ensure follow through. 5) Pledgebank can have pledges on pledges... you could create another pledge on someone elses pledge to encourage the main pledge... For example the main pledge might be... I will pledge $1000 if 100 others pledge at least $10... and another person may pledge, I will pledge $100 if four other people will plege $100. This also illustrates how Pledgebank can be used in tandem with HaveMoneyWillVlog... which is maybe the best thing about it of all. 6) Pledgebank and HaveMoneyWillVlog in tandem! As the above point illustrates anyone could create a pledge on a HaveMoneyWillVlog campaign to add an additional incentive to the pot, Pledgebank need not be just an alternative to HaveMoneyWillVlog. 7) Non-monetary pledges - In fact a pledge may not have anthing to dow with money at all. Someone might pledge a peace of equipment to the project, or some other promotional resource... I.E. I'll pledge the use of my camera, if someone else pledges the use the use of their car. Or I'll pledge to work on this project on Saturday and Sunday, if someone can help on Monday. Or I'll pledge to cover the plane ticket if someone else pledges to cover the hotel room. 8) Reputation Reciprocity it would be interesting if someone could create a flickr of pledging where members could build reputations for pledging, promoting, and creating successful pledges building more transparency and value into the system and encouraging reciprocation of good deeds. I picture some day a site like blip or mefeedia having such a
[videoblogging] Re: Elura 100 vs. Xacti C40 (and hello!)
The Motion Director software was very easy to use. 1) Select the video, 2) Adjust the last frame of the video that generally is the same as the start 3) Processes the video, took about 5 minutes to go through the 1400+ frames 4) Then it gave me the option to fine tune the matching overlapping frame. Just drag and drop 5) Then go to the Trim option to square it up 6) done! Very slick. You have seen it, but for others, this is a 360degree virtual view of my backyard: http://blip.tv/file/get/Moon-BackyardVirtualTour996.mov (Quicktime required) The software is very easy to use, but has it's flaws. As you can see at the back, between the shed and the trees to the right, it's missing about 30 feet. That's probably due to the similar shadows. But unless I point it out, most wouldn't have noticed. I can hardly wait until summer when I'll do another from the center of the pool. :) With regards to the Xacti audio, I find it sounds hollow, tinny. With the C40, it's an older model and doesn't come with a mic jack. But overall, I'm very happy with the video, specially for vlogging. Mike http://vlog.mikemoon.net --- In videoblogging@yahoogroups.com, bordercollieaustralianshepherd [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Mike The VR feature is pretty cool. The rotation was fluid. I found a refrence to the software smoothing out the pan. But could not find the online help for Motion Director. http://www.sanyo-xacti.com/support/manuals/CA6_Software_GB.pdf How long did it take to convert? How much hands on does the software require of the edit? By that I mean are you babysitting frame by frame to adjust for lags or bumps in the pan? Was that as wide as your xacti can zoom out? The xacti is impressing me, especially the price ... http://www.6ave.com/product.jsp?zipz=11001x=VPCC40w=1 The audio on your xacti sounds pretty darn good (ignoring the wind noise), have you used the audio jack (for a external mic) and if so did you have problems like Halcyon has had with the plug needing to be fiddled with? What I am thinking about here is experimenting with two xacti's side by side. Not sure (e)xact(i)ly how I could do this but I am thinking 3d. Make a short bar with the bottom of the bar attaching to the tripod and the top with two mountings for two xacties. There is a lot more to pulling this off (sync, software) but my first thought is this is kinda like any other mashup, just needs imagination. A couple of quick links http://www.stereo3d.com/vidrec.htm http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-3656494784112768834 --- In videoblogging@yahoogroups.com, Mike Moon mgmoon@ wrote: Hey there, I just picked up a Xacti C40 a couple weeks ago as my MiniDV didn't like the cold weather (upwards of -30c). Like you I used a wideangle lens on my MiniDV. On the plus side I like the Xacti for it's small size, crisp video - even in low light and file format (.MP4). It's menu system is also easy to navigate. The sound is not all that great and I wish it had a threaded lens too. I would recommend the Xacti C40 as a secondary camcorder as the price is cheap and the video is good. Mike http://vlog.mikemoon.net --- In videoblogging@yahoogroups.com, jsmooth995 jsmooth995@ wrote: Hello hello, been lurking for a while now and gleaned lots of insight I want to pick up a second camera that's easier to carry around, Much thanks for any insights! Jay Smooth WBAI / hiphopmusic.com
Re: [videoblogging] Youtube event in SF
Cool. I'd love to see videos Schlomo. I'd love to hear people wax poetic about why they love youtube. Especially since I'm an old foggy and don't get these new kids. :) Consider it ethnography -Mike On 2/19/07, schlomo rabinowitz [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I had a really good time. Kairsten and I went down to Pier 39, on a pretty sunny afternoon, and talked YouTube with a bunch of folks. They had a scavenger hunt that didn't seem to ever get started, because everyone seems to enjoy just talking and meeting each other. Had a good talk with Mark Day, who was the only person I knew there. Met a bunch of local and not-so-local folks who are REALLY into shooting the poop about what they love about YouTube. Did a couple interviews that I'll be putting up later. Made me want to make another meetup at my place, and reinvigorated me to push a certain groups together in the same room. Plans are a-coming. Schlomo http://schlomolog.blogspot.com http://webshots.com/is/spotlight http://hatfactory.net http://evilvlog.com On 2/19/07, Jay dedman [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: did anyone on this list go to the Youtube event in SF? http://tinyurl.com/36yefy Its very cool when people start meeting each other in person. http://jaydedman.com Recent Activity - 17 New Membershttp://groups.yahoo.com/group/videoblogging/members;_ylc=X3oDMTJnamQ3Z2g5BF9TAzk3MzU5NzE0BGdycElkAzEyODA1NjY2BGdycHNwSWQDMTcwNTU1NDAyMQRzZWMDdnRsBHNsawN2bWJycwRzdGltZQMxMTcxOTE3NzY0 - 2 New Linkshttp://groups.yahoo.com/group/videoblogging/links;_ylc=X3oDMTJoNzducG5uBF9TAzk3MzU5NzE0BGdycElkAzEyODA1NjY2BGdycHNwSWQDMTcwNTU1NDAyMQRzZWMDdnRsBHNsawN2bGlua3MEc3RpbWUDMTE3MTkxNzc2NA-- Visit Your Group http://groups.yahoo.com/group/videoblogging;_ylc=X3oDMTJmbTA2NGxnBF9TAzk3MzU5NzE0BGdycElkAzEyODA1NjY2BGdycHNwSWQDMTcwNTU1NDAyMQRzZWMDdnRsBHNsawN2Z2hwBHN0aW1lAzExNzE5MTc3NjQ- Give Back Yahoo! for Goodhttp://us.lrd.yahoo.com/_ylc=X3oDMTJuOXUwdnBnBF9TAzk3MzU5NzE0BF9wAzEEZ3JwSWQDMTI4MDU2NjYEZ3Jwc3BJZAMxNzA1NTU0MDIxBHNlYwNuY21vZARzbGsDYnJhbmQEc3RpbWUDMTE3MTkxNzc2NA--;_ylg=1/SIG=11314uv3k/**http%3a//brand.yahoo.com/forgood Get inspired by a good cause. Y! Toolbar Get it Free!http://us.lrd.yahoo.com/_ylc=X3oDMTJwanZjN2MxBF9TAzk3MzU5NzE0BF9wAzIEZ3JwSWQDMTI4MDU2NjYEZ3Jwc3BJZAMxNzA1NTU0MDIxBHNlYwNuY21vZARzbGsDdG9vbGJhcgRzdGltZQMxMTcxOTE3NzY0;_ylg=1/SIG=11c6dvmk9/**http%3a//toolbar.yahoo.com/%3f.cpdl=ygrps easy 1-click access to your groups. Yahoo! Groups Start a grouphttp://groups.yahoo.com/start;_ylc=X3oDMTJwbnM5MmRwBF9TAzk3MzU5NzE0BF9wAzMEZ3JwSWQDMTI4MDU2NjYEZ3Jwc3BJZAMxNzA1NTU0MDIxBHNlYwNuY21vZARzbGsDZ3JvdXBzMgRzdGltZQMxMTcxOTE3NzY0 in 3 easy steps. Connect with others. . [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] Yahoo! Groups Links
Re: [videoblogging] improving on havemoneywillvlog
Hey Mike, I agree that the type of pledging that can be done with Pledge Bank sounds fun and could be good to add to HMWV. I just want to clear up what sounds like some misconceptions you have about HMWV's openness and transparency. To be clear HMWV is open - anyone can join the advocates group - http://hmwv.pbwiki.com/Advocates (password: share) - and promote a project. Even more, the Pledge Drive plugin is open source and freely available - http://hmwv.pbwiki.com/PledgeDrive - so anyone can start up their own version of Have Money Will Vlog in or around any community that they wish. -Verdi -- http://michaelverdi.com http://spinxpress.com http://freevlog.org Author of Secrets Of Videoblogging - http://tinyurl.com/me4vs
Re: [videoblogging] improving on havemoneywillvlog
On 2/19/07, Michael Verdi [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hey Mike, I agree that the type of pledging that can be done with Pledge Bank sounds fun and could be good to add to HMWV. I just want to clear up what sounds like some misconceptions you have about HMWV's openness and transparency. To be clear HMWV is open - anyone can join the advocates group - http://hmwv.pbwiki.com/Advocates (password: share) - and promote a project. Even more, the Pledge Drive plugin is open source and freely available - http://hmwv.pbwiki.com/PledgeDrive - so anyone can start up their own version of Have Money Will Vlog in or around any community that they wish. -Verdi Didn't realize it was open source. I should pay more attention. As for openess... I only meant by degree. And maybe opness is not the right term. Perhaps ease of intiating a project, or barrier to entry. The point is HMWV uses a traditional editorial mechanism... as it must... because it has a very limited capacity... one project at a time... whereas anyone can go to PledgeBank and intiate a pledge in a moments notice. Apple's and oranges. It's really like comparing a newspaper and myspace. Even if the newspaper is run by an advocacy group. No negative connotations meant. I just meant to say we need MORE mechanisms like have money will vlog so we can have more experimentation. -Mike -- http://michaelverdi.com http://spinxpress.com http://freevlog.org Author of Secrets Of Videoblogging - http://tinyurl.com/me4vs Yahoo! Groups Links
Re: [videoblogging] improving on havemoneywillvlog
And you're missing that anyone can load up the plugin on a wordpress blog and start their own project on a moments notice - forget about HMWV and the advocates group. Half of the point is to show that it can be done so others can replicate it. - Verdi On 2/19/07, Mike Meiser [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On 2/19/07, Michael Verdi [EMAIL PROTECTED]michael%40michaelverdi.com wrote: Hey Mike, I agree that the type of pledging that can be done with Pledge Bank sounds fun and could be good to add to HMWV. I just want to clear up what sounds like some misconceptions you have about HMWV's openness and transparency. To be clear HMWV is open - anyone can join the advocates group - http://hmwv.pbwiki.com/Advocates (password: share) - and promote a project. Even more, the Pledge Drive plugin is open source and freely available - http://hmwv.pbwiki.com/PledgeDrive - so anyone can start up their own version of Have Money Will Vlog in or around any community that they wish. -Verdi Didn't realize it was open source. I should pay more attention. As for openess... I only meant by degree. And maybe opness is not the right term. Perhaps ease of intiating a project, or barrier to entry. The point is HMWV uses a traditional editorial mechanism... as it must... because it has a very limited capacity... one project at a time... whereas anyone can go to PledgeBank and intiate a pledge in a moments notice. Apple's and oranges. It's really like comparing a newspaper and myspace. Even if the newspaper is run by an advocacy group. No negative connotations meant. I just meant to say we need MORE mechanisms like have money will vlog so we can have more experimentation. -Mike -- http://michaelverdi.com http://spinxpress.com http://freevlog.org Author of Secrets Of Videoblogging - http://tinyurl.com/me4vs Yahoo! Groups Links -- http://michaelverdi.com http://spinxpress.com http://freevlog.org Author of Secrets Of Videoblogging - http://tinyurl.com/me4vs [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
Re: [videoblogging] improving on havemoneywillvlog
On 2/19/07, sull [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hey Mike, I remember finding PledgeBank.com. I mentioned it on the HMWV list: http://groups.google.com/group/hmwv/browse_thread/thread/cbe351cc79e980d0/ Funny, I must see if I'm subscribed to HMWV because I did a gmail search and found no mention of it in past emails. I like your ideas and they are inline with what I was working towards over on fundavlog.com experiment which was to be a companion service to HMWV. As for why the Crowdfunding wikipedia article got renamed... this happened just the other day because the article was suddenly marked for deletion. Instead, another wikipedia user went ahead and redirected it to a new Name - P2P Funding, which I do not like either. PeerFunding isnt bad. I think Crowdfunding works just as Crowdsourcing works. But Wikipedians are anal about new terms (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neologism). Well, it's certainly not P2P funding. Was there something artlcle there before? How about I redirect it to crowdfunding. You could move it over to the new videoblogging pbwiki. I think it's a much better home for it. I'm not sure about the longevity of anything that hasn't been googled about 100,000 times on wikipedia. Sooner or later someone is going to get a bug up their wazoo for deleting it. -Mike Though I have shifted focus since last summer (fundavlog), I still see much potential in these progressive types of fundraising experiments. Sull On 2/19/07, Mike Meiser [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Howdy All, Was just doing some research on social capital and I stumbled upon Pledgebank.com. Excitement ensues... It occurs to me that while it could be used as an even more open alternative to HaveMoneyWillVlog it could also be used quite effectively in tandem with havemoneywillvlog. I'm extremely interested in the relationship of social capital and economic capital. Which is to say the intangible combined assets of a community such as trust, connectivity, etc, etc... and the relationship between actual monetary capital. HaveMoneyWillVlog has been a great experiment. I wonder however if it can't be replicated in a more distributed manner, and encourage more creative, more fun... even a game like atmosphere. My thoughts are as follows... skip down further for a fun example of how pledgebank and havemoneywillvlog might combine to create more creative fundraising. 1) Pledgebank is extremely interesting because unlike HaveMoneyWillVlog ANY enterprising person can take the initiative and start a pledge of their choice. For example... I'll pledge $1000 to X project if 50 other people pledge $10 or more. In this means a whole organic model for fund raising may be created. All a project needs is a great sponsor or patron to take the initiative. Eventually expertise and best practices will evolve. In other words pledgebank is *flexible* enough and *open* enough to handle wide experimentation necessary for innovation in this new field of P2P funding. 2) Pledging to raise not just money but alternative social capital for a project in the form of visibility, advertising, promotion, or anything you can dream up. Projects can be promoted through distributed means... blogging, shared banners, email... each one of these channels can signify the trust of the person promting it truely reflecting the communities social capital/trust/karma and buy in. Think of promoting a pledge as karma points (aka. whuffie, a Corey Doctorow term, see wikipedia)... these links being a symbolic currency of social capital, while that actual money is a the tangible monetization of that capital In that way the correlation between the two can be endlessly explored and capitalized on... explored to the point of gaming. For example, I'll pledge $1 to X project for everyone who blogs about the project. This creative exploration between social capital and economic capital could compound the effectiveness of campaigns to fund projects. :) Again... this is not something that can currently be done with the rigid havemoneywillvlog alone... all one can do is donate... or blog about donating... and that's no fun. :) 3) ownership... pledgebank, because anyone can get creative with pledging, allows more sense of ownership and involvement, more buy in from the community since members know they to can start pledges and not just buy in or agreeing to the intial contract... but BUILD on it. In essence getting creative with pledges can be a spirited part of the game of fund raising itself keeping people involved in the process until funding goals are met. 4) Transparency = following through. I've heard many say that people often welch on their pledges... this is the reason why havemoneywillvlog processes money up front. While to some degree I do agree with this premise I also would like to note that Pledgebank is
Re: [videoblogging] The audience of ten
On 2/19/07, Jan McLaughlin [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: You can make blogger blogs public or accessable only by authors or by only people I choose. Is that enough? No, not good enough. I think the closes we've come is yahoo groups, or flickr groups. You can invite a bunch of members and speak directly to them. Email. I need to keep thinking about it. -Mike Jan On 2/19/07, Mike Meiser [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On 1/11/07, R. Kristiansen [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hey all, Since I started videoblogging, I have had this mantra about focusing on the audience of ten. To treat the audience of my videoblog as a circle of friends. Friends I would want to show what's going on in my life at the point. I have had this mantra because I, for instance, did not want to get lost in some numbers-increasing schemes. My question to you is: What amount of subscribers do you feel comfortable with? Of course, if you make a Show (insert sarcastic tone here), you only want more and more subscribers. But if you make a so-called personal videoblog, suddenly having 3000 subscribers might be a very scary thing. Me, I know that the amount of people who have technically subscribed to my feed is about 120. I must admit that even that number makes me feel the goosebumps sometimes. (Ok, I have a history of receiving nasty emails referring to videos I made as well, so I guess my personal paranoia is linked to that). If you are an individual who just make videos because you want to connect with others - do you sometimes feel that someone invide your privacy? If they leave nasty comments? Of course, many of the same issues dealing with text blogging or the internet itself applies to the videoblog. Things like: If you don't want certain people to find it, don't put it out there. That's simple. But still, we want to connect. Reach out. Am I nuts for feeling uncomfortable about the anonymous people lurking, watching my videos of ? Or does anyone else feel the same? Does this sort of paranoia lead to many of us posting less personal stuff and more often going for the more safe forms of videoblogging?S What do you think? This gives me an interesting thought. What if we could force the audience to be as visible to the content producer as the content producer is to them. I.E. what if in the context of a webservice like blip, or mefeedia or youtube... we could make your vlog only available to YOUR subscribers... and through the subscription mechanism make the viewership completely transparent to each other. You would of course need atleast SOME videos completely public othewise how would anyone be able to find you. You might also gain the ability to make your vlog invite only or even blacklist certain viewers. It may seem the same thing as a private yahoo or flickr group, but not exactly.. . because it's a new perspective. Furthermore what if we could apply this concept to the open vlogosphere. What if you could bless certain subscribers with full access to your personal conent or even better pick and choose from amongst your subscribers whom gets to see a certain post. This would require a bit more two way of an RSS mechanism. Perhaps the key is requiring people to signup to your wordpress vlog and then giving them a unique feed. That way you might be able to track everything from who was watching what to who they are and what comments they were making... a whole sort of communications system that could simultaneously be open and closed on a very granular post by post person by person basis. Best of all this would not change things for the general public... they would see an RSS feed and a blog just like they always have, perhaps not even realizing that there's a whole host of private information not available to them. The key to this idea is in exploring the vast amount of space between explicit person to to person communications systems like a phone call, and the very open non-explicit communications like blogging. Some systems like Flickr already have primitive implimentations of this. I find this extremely interesting because I'm a firm believer in the idea that henceforth their will be an increasingly fluid line between explicit personal communications and so called shows with audiences in the hundreds of thousands even millions. I RELISH that idea that though the majoritity of my blog posts may be read by less than 100 people that... or my videos watched by less then 100... that if I capture on video some pivitol even like a police tasering, or a freak natural occurance, or god knows what... that my platform could scale literally overnight bringing my words, thoughts, ideas, or footage to hundreds of thousands or millions. It's in fact the sign of a healthy and fluid
[videoblogging] Re: The audience of ten
Do youtube groups count as this sort of thing? And things like the Organic Groups stuff for Drupal. Yahoo groups and similar are more than just direct speaking through email, in the sense that the messages are on the web too and can be set to be fully public, as with this group. Cheers Steve Elbows --- In videoblogging@yahoogroups.com, Mike Meiser [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On 2/19/07, Jan McLaughlin [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: You can make blogger blogs public or accessable only by authors or by only people I choose. Is that enough? No, not good enough. I think the closes we've come is yahoo groups, or flickr groups. You can invite a bunch of members and speak directly to them. Email. I need to keep thinking about it. -Mike
Re: [videoblogging] Youtube event in SF
yeah i wanna hear what they like about YouTube On 2/19/07, [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Cool. I'd love to see videos Schlomo. I'd love to hear people wax poetic about why they love youtube. Especially since I'm an old foggy and don't get these new kids. :) Consider it ethnography -Mike On 2/19/07, schlomo rabinowitz [EMAIL PROTECTED] schlomo%40gmail.com wrote: I had a really good time. Kairsten and I went down to Pier 39, on a pretty sunny afternoon, and talked YouTube with a bunch of folks. They had a scavenger hunt that didn't seem to ever get started, because everyone seems to enjoy just talking and meeting each other. Had a good talk with Mark Day, who was the only person I knew there. Met a bunch of local and not-so-local folks who are REALLY into shooting the poop about what they love about YouTube. Did a couple interviews that I'll be putting up later. Made me want to make another meetup at my place, and reinvigorated me to push a certain groups together in the same room. Plans are a-coming. Schlomo http://schlomolog.blogspot.com http://webshots.com/is/spotlight http://hatfactory.net http://evilvlog.com On 2/19/07, Jay dedman [EMAIL PROTECTED] jay.dedman%40gmail.com wrote: did anyone on this list go to the Youtube event in SF? http://tinyurl.com/36yefy Its very cool when people start meeting each other in person. http://jaydedman.com Recent Activity - 17 New Members http://groups.yahoo.com/group/videoblogging/members;_ylc=X3oDMTJnamQ3Z2g5BF9TAzk3MzU5NzE0BGdycElkAzEyODA1NjY2BGdycHNwSWQDMTcwNTU1NDAyMQRzZWMDdnRsBHNsawN2bWJycwRzdGltZQMxMTcxOTE3NzY0 - 2 New Links http://groups.yahoo.com/group/videoblogging/links;_ylc=X3oDMTJoNzducG5uBF9TAzk3MzU5NzE0BGdycElkAzEyODA1NjY2BGdycHNwSWQDMTcwNTU1NDAyMQRzZWMDdnRsBHNsawN2bGlua3MEc3RpbWUDMTE3MTkxNzc2NA-- Visit Your Group http://groups.yahoo.com/group/videoblogging;_ylc=X3oDMTJmbTA2NGxnBF9TAzk3MzU5NzE0BGdycElkAzEyODA1NjY2BGdycHNwSWQDMTcwNTU1NDAyMQRzZWMDdnRsBHNsawN2Z2hwBHN0aW1lAzExNzE5MTc3NjQ- Give Back Yahoo! for Good http://us.lrd.yahoo.com/_ylc=X3oDMTJuOXUwdnBnBF9TAzk3MzU5NzE0BF9wAzEEZ3JwSWQDMTI4MDU2NjYEZ3Jwc3BJZAMxNzA1NTU0MDIxBHNlYwNuY21vZARzbGsDYnJhbmQEc3RpbWUDMTE3MTkxNzc2NA--;_ylg=1/SIG=11314uv3k/**http%3a//brand.yahoo.com/forgood Get inspired by a good cause. Y! Toolbar Get it Free! http://us.lrd.yahoo.com/_ylc=X3oDMTJwanZjN2MxBF9TAzk3MzU5NzE0BF9wAzIEZ3JwSWQDMTI4MDU2NjYEZ3Jwc3BJZAMxNzA1NTU0MDIxBHNlYwNuY21vZARzbGsDdG9vbGJhcgRzdGltZQMxMTcxOTE3NzY0;_ylg=1/SIG=11c6dvmk9/**http%3a//toolbar.yahoo.com/%3f.cpdl=ygrps easy 1-click access to your groups. Yahoo! Groups Start a group http://groups.yahoo.com/start;_ylc=X3oDMTJwbnM5MmRwBF9TAzk3MzU5NzE0BF9wAzMEZ3JwSWQDMTI4MDU2NjYEZ3Jwc3BJZAMxNzA1NTU0MDIxBHNlYwNuY21vZARzbGsDZ3JvdXBzMgRzdGltZQMxMTcxOTE3NzY0 in 3 easy steps. Connect with others. . [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] Yahoo! Groups Links -- http://geekentertainment.tv [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
[videoblogging] thoughts on this?
url: http://www.marketingvox.com/archives/2007/02/19/advertisers-seek-but-cant-fi nd-enough-online-video/?rss1 Advertisers Seek but Can't Find Enough Online Video Despite marketers' desire to buy ads within online video, they are having a tough time expanding into the format, reports http://adage.com/digital/article?article_id=115049 Advertising Age. url: http://adage.com/digital/article?article_id=115049 Interested buyers are reportedly saying limited inventory, specifically content created exclusively for the web, is one factor that's holding them back. Also, the audience for web video is, to date, too fragmented to meet the needs of buyers looking for significant reach. The lack of a single model for the buying and accounting of video ads is also cited as a contributing factor. The dollars for online video buying are expected to come from television budgets, but until the online audience expands some marketers appear unwilling to make that shift. Estimates have buyers spending just 10 percent of their TV budget on streaming video by 2010, with most of that money going toward professional content from mainstream media. Bolt Media CEO Aaron Cohen says if independent producers are going to tap into serious advertising dollars, there needs to be effective syndication of content that can bring audience reach to niche videos. Even so, the lack of a universal rating and measurement models continues to be a stumbling block to advertisers who need to justify their expenditures. [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
RE: [videoblogging] Re: thoughts on this?
Ha ha, thanks Bill, I thought I was finally getting it right. Darn. Robyn _ From: videoblogging@yahoogroups.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Bill Cammack Sent: Monday, February 19, 2007 9:43 PM To: videoblogging@yahoogroups.com Subject: [videoblogging] Re: thoughts on this? --- In videoblogging@ mailto:videoblogging%40yahoogroups.com yahoogroups.com, Robyn Tippins [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: url: http://www.marketin http://www.marketingvox.com/archives/2007/02/19/advertisers-seek-but-cant-f i gvox.com/archives/2007/02/19/advertisers-seek-but-cant-fi nd-enough-online-video/?rss1 note for the group: using only works on long addresses if they're both flush against the edges of the url with no spaces. http://www.marketin http://www.marketingvox.com/archives/2007/02/19/advertisers-seek-but-cant-f ind-enough-online-video/?rss1 gvox.com/archives/2007/02/19/advertisers-seek-but-cant-find-enough-online-vi deo/?rss1 Advertisers Seek but Can't Find Enough Online Video Despite marketers' desire to buy ads within online video, they are having a tough time expanding into the format, reports http://adage. http://adage.com/digital/article?article_id=115049 com/digital/article?article_id=115049 Advertising Age. url: http://adage. http://adage.com/digital/article?article_id=115049 com/digital/article?article_id=115049 Interested buyers are reportedly saying limited inventory, specifically content created exclusively for the web, is one factor that's holding them back. Also, the audience for web video is, to date, too fragmented to meet the needs of buyers looking for significant reach. The lack of a single model for the buying and accounting of video ads is also cited as a contributing factor. I agree with all three of those points. The inventory is very limited as far as content that they can use for their purposes. It's not that there aren't tons of videos. There aren't tons of videos that they feel they can guarantee a ROI on. Part of the reason for that is #2, that the audience is too fragmented. People that frequent youtube are the main audience for youtube videos, but not necessarily any other videos. Same thing for Revver. Same thing for DailyMotion, etc. There's too much selection to be able to guarantee that a certain number of eyeballs are going to be on such-and-such video. If you can't guarantee the viewers, you can't persuade the companies to buy advertisements on those videos for any worthwhile amount of money. Even if you could guarantee the eyeballs (views), there are a lot of different ways to place ads on or around videos. There's no guarantee that if someone sees the ad, they're going to click on it. If it's a post-roll ad, there's no guarantee the person's going to watch the video all the way to the end. Except in a very few cases, most of which we know about already, there's nothing that will allow advertisers to justify making the deals they want to make. Even if you have the eyeballs on a video, there's no way to quantify the demographics. If a video gets 100 views and 50 of them were from 8-year-olds with no buying power and no interest in clicking on lawnmower ads after watching a video of a kid falling off of a skateboard, the client isn't getting ROI, and the advertiser isn't doing his/her job properly. A lot of the behind-the-scenes of television is testing. Understanding the demographics. Understanding what group is likely to watch your show from 8-8:30pm on Tuesday night. If you know a bunch of 30-somethings are watching syndicated Seinfeld episodes (from the data you collected in testing), you know who to go to to sell advertising time... the companies that have products to sell to 30-somethings. You can't do that [yet] with the internet, because there's no telling who's using what computer, and there's no telling how many times that same person watched the same video. With television, you know how many people watched the shows because they all have accounts with the cable company. Maybe they all have special boxes that take account of when they watch what and report it back to a particular agency. If you can't quantify the audience, you can't justify the $$,$$$ expenditure to your client. No sale. The reason Super Bowl ads are so important is because so many people are GUARANTEED to be watching. The ROI on the money spent on A) creating the ad, and B) buying the air-time right before Prince performs live makes the whole proposition worthwhile for everyone involved. The dollars for online video buying are expected to come from television budgets, but until the online audience expands some marketers appear unwilling to make that shift. Estimates have buyers spending just 10 percent of their TV budget on streaming video by 2010, with most of that money going toward professional content from mainstream media. That's where your Joost and other companies come in. You can watch television without having a television. Choose
[videoblogging] NYC meet up
Markus, Ryanne, and I will be in NYC this week. Thursday-Sunday. we'll be running a workshop at the NYC Grassroots Film Festival: http://www.momentshowing.net/momentshowing/2007/02/nyc_grassroots_.html Everyone is welcome to the event. Be a good place to share the knowledge. Anyway...we'd love to have a meet up of videoboggers while we're in town. I was thinking the evening of Sunday, Feb 25 Would that work for everyone? Jay -- Here I am http://jaydedman.com
[videoblogging] call it a podcast or a vlog?
What is the correct terminology for a video feed? Call it a 'podcast' or a 'vlog'? Does it matter? Also, what do I do with 'vblog' :)
[videoblogging] Re: call it a podcast or a vlog?
Bill, the short answer is anything you want to This has to rank as one of the most contentious questions the group deals with from time to time. Last I heard the following terms were/have been used: vlog vidcast vidpodcast podcast v-cast vodcast video internet tv internet video web video on a blog and there are a few more that I have blocked from my short term memory. All the above terms have specific meaning to the user and some are inclusive and others are exclusive (in my opinion). Like vodcast (video on demand casting) I don't know. It sounds corporate to me but a vlog that is something I'll check out. User friendly as opposed to regurgitated. I don't care what you can it just so I can see the results. Gena http://outonthestoop.blogspot.com http://pcclibtech.blogspot.com http://voxmedia.org/wiki/Video --- In videoblogging@yahoogroups.com, Bill Shackelford [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: What is the correct terminology for a video feed? Call it a 'podcast' or a 'vlog'? Does it matter? Also, what do I do with 'vblog' :)
Re: [videoblogging] call it a podcast or a vlog?
Oh this old chestnut, not everyone likes to think their show is a videoblog or vlog, some have dragged themselves from the audio and make video podcasts instead, since portable media players such as ipods and alike came out its made it possible for vlogs and video podcasts and indeed vblogs (another term for vlog). When you sign up for a feedburner account it asks you 'are you a podcaster' due to podcaster coming from the audio side a few weeks before people started using video. Some people prefer audio podcasting, as we are pretend or Virtual TV stars, they are Virtual or pretend Radio Stars. Evolution of Web 2.0..Blog...Photoblogaudio podcastingvideo blogging, v-blog, video podcaster. what next? (what ever happened to those virtual reality machines?) there we go the history of words in a nutshell. Paul On 20 Feb 2007, at 03:58, Bill Shackelford wrote: What is the correct terminology for a video feed? Call it a 'podcast' or a 'vlog'? Does it matter? Also, what do I do with 'vblog' :) [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
[videoblogging] Re: call it a podcast or a vlog?
lol.. I will go with 'podcast' or make up a new word classify my feed :) - Bill --- In videoblogging@yahoogroups.com, Paul Knight [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Oh this old chestnut, not everyone likes to think their show is a videoblog or vlog, some have dragged themselves from the audio and make video podcasts instead, since portable media players such as ipods and alike came out its made it possible for vlogs and video podcasts and indeed vblogs (another term for vlog). When you sign up for a feedburner account it asks you 'are you a podcaster' due to podcaster coming from the audio side a few weeks before people started using video. Some people prefer audio podcasting, as we are pretend or Virtual TV stars, they are Virtual or pretend Radio Stars. Evolution of Web 2.0..Blog...Photoblogaudio podcastingvideo blogging, v-blog, video podcaster. what next? (what ever happened to those virtual reality machines?) there we go the history of words in a nutshell. Paul On 20 Feb 2007, at 03:58, Bill Shackelford wrote: What is the correct terminology for a video feed? Call it a 'podcast' or a 'vlog'? Does it matter? Also, what do I do with 'vblog' :) [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
