Re: [videoblogging] Yes We Can

[Christian Wach]

On 21 Jan 2009, at 02:42, Rupert wrote:

> the president is a weekly videoblogger.
>
> watched the whole thing this morning on a laptop, full screen, via  
> wifi, live.
> not so long ago, all this was science fiction.

noble intentions for sure - unfortunately, the auto-discovery feed  
link doesn't work and there are no feeds listed on the RSS page.

*sigh*

RE: [videoblogging] Site Promotion...

[Rambos Locker]

I'll take a look.
 
Cheers Rambo 
http://rambos-locker.blogspot.com 
 
-Original Message-
From: videoblogging@yahoogroups.com
[mailto:videoblogg...@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of Ron Watson
Sent: Wednesday, 21 January 2009 2:18 AM
To: videoblogging@yahoogroups.com
Subject: [videoblogging] Site Promotion...
 
Hey guys,
Just like to share with you all what we're doing to publicize 
k9athlete.com and ask for feedback and additional suggestions.

It's not rocket science, but I thought it might be of interest to 
some on this list and thought that some of you might offer some good 
feedback.

We're hitting facebook rather hard right now.

---
Created Facebook Page
---
Created a page for the site (which for some reason is not being found 
in searches, but that is another matter.

I've posted development screenshots and informative articles from the 
site on the page and we currently have 61 fans. Not a lot, but not 
bad either for still being a totally closed development site.

---
Created Facebook Application
---
We're creating a facebook Application,
Dog Sport Team of the Week that will highlight outstanding dog sport 
performances and allow facebook users to nominate someone for the title.

It's our first, crack at this, but we'll be adding more as we get 
this one done.

---
Hosting Weekly Online Radio Show
---
I'm hosting a weekly dog sport radio show, K9Athlete Radio on 
BlogtalkRadio, and we're gearing up for our second show, whch will 
feature the president of a dock jumping organization and, crossing my 
fingers, an 82.5 year old woman who just got her MACH title in 
Agility, a very well regarded agility title, and a stunning 
performance from an 82 year old woman.

---
Open Letter
---
I've also written an "Open Letter to Dog Sport Professionals" that is 
posted on the front page of the site and will be going out to every 
dog sport list and site I can get my hands on.

This is a letter specifically for dog sport professionals laying out 
what the site is and how it will work for them, and trying to get by 
the fears of conflicts of interest. No small task... It's also 
supposed to be my foot in the door in grabbing a couple more 
outstanding team members.

We will be following up with an "Open Letter to the Dog Sport 
Community" for the dog sport community and "An Open Letter to Dog 
Sport Retailers".

Each will be posted on lists, the site and direct email.

---
Online Video - need suggestions
---
I will be doing some online video to publicize the site soon, but 
it's still a bit too early, and I'm not a big fan of myself in the 
traditional videoblogging role. Suggestions here would be great!

I'm thinking of some pro footage, which I have access to, but not 
sure how to structure it.

That's pretty much it.

Thoughts and comments would be appreciated.

If this is deemed not germane to the list, I'll be happy to take it 
off list.

I just thought this would be of interest to some here.

peace,
Ron Watson
http://k9athlete.  com
http://k9disc.  blip.tv
http://k9disc.  com
http://pawsitivevyb  e.com

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Re: [videoblogging] Site Promotion...

[Matthew Milam]

BlogTalkRadio is good and all, but the times that I have my radio show I
tend to get alot of quacks.

Matthew

On Wed, Jan 21, 2009 at 4:12 AM, Rambos Locker
wrote:

>   I'll take a look.
>
> Cheers Rambo
> http://rambos-locker.blogspot.com
>
> -Original Message-
> From: videoblogging@yahoogroups.com 
> [mailto:videoblogging@yahoogroups.com ]
> On Behalf Of Ron Watson
> Sent: Wednesday, 21 January 2009 2:18 AM
> To: videoblogging@yahoogroups.com 
> Subject: [videoblogging] Site Promotion...
>
> Hey guys,
> Just like to share with you all what we're doing to publicize
> k9athlete.com and ask for feedback and additional suggestions.
>
> It's not rocket science, but I thought it might be of interest to
> some on this list and thought that some of you might offer some good
> feedback.
>
> We're hitting facebook rather hard right now.
>
> ---
> Created Facebook Page
> ---
> Created a page for the site (which for some reason is not being found
> in searches, but that is another matter.
>
> I've posted development screenshots and informative articles from the
> site on the page and we currently have 61 fans. Not a lot, but not
> bad either for still being a totally closed development site.
>
> ---
> Created Facebook Application
> ---
> We're creating a facebook Application,
> Dog Sport Team of the Week that will highlight outstanding dog sport
> performances and allow facebook users to nominate someone for the title.
>
> It's our first, crack at this, but we'll be adding more as we get
> this one done.
>
> ---
> Hosting Weekly Online Radio Show
> ---
> I'm hosting a weekly dog sport radio show, K9Athlete Radio on
> BlogtalkRadio, and we're gearing up for our second show, whch will
> feature the president of a dock jumping organization and, crossing my
> fingers, an 82.5 year old woman who just got her MACH title in
> Agility, a very well regarded agility title, and a stunning
> performance from an 82 year old woman.
>
> ---
> Open Letter
> ---
> I've also written an "Open Letter to Dog Sport Professionals" that is
> posted on the front page of the site and will be going out to every
> dog sport list and site I can get my hands on.
>
> This is a letter specifically for dog sport professionals laying out
> what the site is and how it will work for them, and trying to get by
> the fears of conflicts of interest. No small task... It's also
> supposed to be my foot in the door in grabbing a couple more
> outstanding team members.
>
> We will be following up with an "Open Letter to the Dog Sport
> Community" for the dog sport community and "An Open Letter to Dog
> Sport Retailers".
>
> Each will be posted on lists, the site and direct email.
>
> ---
> Online Video - need suggestions
> ---
> I will be doing some online video to publicize the site soon, but
> it's still a bit too early, and I'm not a big fan of myself in the
> traditional videoblogging role. Suggestions here would be great!
>
> I'm thinking of some pro footage, which I have access to, but not
> sure how to structure it.
>
> That's pretty much it.
>
> Thoughts and comments would be appreciated.
>
> If this is deemed not germane to the list, I'll be happy to take it
> off list.
>
> I just thought this would be of interest to some here.
>
> peace,
> Ron Watson
> http://k9athlete.  com
> http://k9disc.  blip.tv
> http://k9disc.  com
> http://pawsitivevyb  e.com
>
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>
>
> [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
>
>  
>


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Re: [videoblogging] Yes We Can

[Jan McLaughlin]

And comments are not enabled in the White House blog :(

They're headed in the right direction, tho. That's for sure.

Jan

On Wed, Jan 21, 2009 at 4:03 AM, Christian Wach  wrote:
>
> On 21 Jan 2009, at 02:42, Rupert wrote:
>
>> the president is a weekly videoblogger.
>>
>> watched the whole thing this morning on a laptop, full screen, via
>> wifi, live.
>> not so long ago, all this was science fiction.
>
> noble intentions for sure - unfortunately, the auto-discovery feed
> link doesn't work and there are no feeds listed on the RSS page.
>
> *sigh*
>
>
> 
>
> Yahoo! Groups Links
>
>
>
>



-- 
Jan McLaughlin
Production Sound Mixer
air = 862-571-5334
aim = janofsound
skype = janmclaughlin

[videoblogging] Image Management Advice Requested from the Group

[Adam Warner]

First, I apologize that this is a bit off topic for the videoblogging group, 
but I know that many (if not all) of you are the technical types, and may be 
able to offer some guidance.

I have a client who has a need to host 1000's of product images in various 
formats, .jpg, .gif, .tiff, .eps...and make those images available for download 
to ONLY TO distributors, and not the general public. I have been searching for 
open source scripts that will work, but so far, have been unsuccessful. 
Ideally, I would be interested in a script that would allow me to host the 
images on Amazon S3 (simple storage), so the client could manage costs. Open 
source or paid, either one would be a step in the right direction.

Any advice is greatly appreciated and feel free to reply off list.

Thanks!

 
Adam W. Warner
http://wordpressmodder.org
 


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Re: [videoblogging] Image Management Advice Requested from the Group

[Ron Watson]

A friend of mine uses Photostore: http://www.ktools.net/photostore/

He likes it. It's $295, and he's not an overly technical internet guy.

I have zero experience with it, so...

peace,
Ron Watson
http://k9disc.blip.tv
http://k9disc.com
http://discdogradio.com
http://pawsitivevybe.com



On Jan 21, 2009, at 9:16 AM, Adam Warner wrote:

> First, I apologize that this is a bit off topic for the  
> videoblogging group, but I know that many (if not all) of you are  
> the technical types, and may be able to offer some guidance.
>
> I have a client who has a need to host 1000's of product images in  
> various formats, .jpg, .gif, .tiff, .eps...and make those images  
> available for download to ONLY TO distributors, and not the general  
> public. I have been searching for open source scripts that will  
> work, but so far, have been unsuccessful. Ideally, I would be  
> interested in a script that would allow me to host the images on  
> Amazon S3 (simple storage), so the client could manage costs. Open  
> source or paid, either one would be a step in the right direction.
>
> Any advice is greatly appreciated and feel free to reply off list.
>
> Thanks!
>
> Adam W. Warner
> http://wordpressmodder.org
>
> 
>
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>
>
> 



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Re: [videoblogging] Image Management Advice Requested from the Group

[Adam Warner]

Thanks Ron, looks like a possibility. I'll research it!



 
Adam W. Warner
http://wordpressmodder.org
 

 
  





From: Ron Watson 
To: videoblogging@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Wednesday, January 21, 2009 10:17:29 AM
Subject: Re: [videoblogging] Image Management Advice Requested from the Group


A friend of mine uses Photostore: http://www.ktools. net/photostore/

He likes it. It's $295, and he's not an overly technical internet guy.

I have zero experience with it, so...

peace,
Ron Watson
http://k9disc. blip.tv
http://k9disc. com
http://discdogradio .com
http://pawsitivevyb e.com

On Jan 21, 2009, at 9:16 AM, Adam Warner wrote:

> First, I apologize that this is a bit off topic for the 
> videoblogging group, but I know that many (if not all) of you are 
> the technical types, and may be able to offer some guidance.
>
> I have a client who has a need to host 1000's of product images in 
> various formats, .jpg, .gif, .tiff, .eps...and make those images 
> available for download to ONLY TO distributors, and not the general 
> public. I have been searching for open source scripts that will 
> work, but so far, have been unsuccessful. Ideally, I would be 
> interested in a script that would allow me to host the images on 
> Amazon S3 (simple storage), so the client could manage costs. Open 
> source or paid, either one would be a step in the right direction.
>
> Any advice is greatly appreciated and feel free to reply off list.
>
> Thanks!
>
> Adam W. Warner
> http://wordpressmod der.org
>
>  _ _ __
>
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>
>
> 

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Re: [videoblogging] Yes We Can

[Rupert]

As for the feed autodiscover, that's a glitch - I contacted them  
about that.  You've got to expect things like that on the first day.   
Also, they don't have any videos up yet, so that might explain why  
it's not been found yet.


I think comments are overrated, especially for politics.  They didn't  
have comments enabled on the Obama campaign blog, either.  If I were  
them, I wouldn't have open comments.  It would quickly fill up with  
hate and anonymous trolls, and put off people who don't hate.
You don't want that on the WhiteHouse.gov site
They do have comments enabled on youtube.com/whitehouse
I don't have comments enabled on my youtube videos
This is the first page of comments from the video of his Inaugural  
address, when I looked there, which I think say it all.
These comments are inappropriate for the White House site.




daryl060761
You bitter smartasses that can't deal with Barack Obama being  
president can go ask George Bush if he'll let you move into his  
exclusive gated community in Texas.

PreyTheSun
All I know is that our four so called father are turning over in  
their graves right now because of this. His very name is unacceptable.

HearTalent
type mark nikollaj new song sexy in the search bar

SwornReaper
fuck that! he is not even natural born citizen. This country is  
funken up with blacks everywhere. Ask yourself, did George  
Washington fight this country for NegroesWhat were they even  
brought here forIs this even their land???

chitownbound
and YES BUSH DID give tax-cuts to the rich for 8 years.YES HE DID!!!

PreyTheSun
your fucking clown shoes yourself, chitownbound

SamirMuaremi
Agree with HarryPuntCunnington .

HarryPuntCunnington
One of the most important events of the last century, and someone  
can't keep a camera steady. . .

jimitl5
"I wish Bush was still in office."
I am going to miss him also. I am going to miss all the good laughs  
from all his screw ups with language. Strategery! LOL!!!

obamatownmassacre
Yes, we can spend $200 MILLION dollars on an inauguration while the  
US is facing financial collapse. YES WE CAN!!!

chitownbound
these obama h8ters are comical.

svetlity
fuck you ! Go Obama !!

thebestkpm
i wait that the thinks changes, really not absolutely but i have  
faith in him!!


On 21-Jan-09, at 3:15 AM, Jan McLaughlin wrote:

And comments are not enabled in the White House blog :(

They're headed in the right direction, tho. That's for sure.

Jan

On Wed, Jan 21, 2009 at 4:03 AM, Christian Wach  
 wrote:
 >
 > On 21 Jan 2009, at 02:42, Rupert wrote:
 >
 >> the president is a weekly videoblogger.
 >>
 >> watched the whole thing this morning on a laptop, full screen, via
 >> wifi, live.
 >> not so long ago, all this was science fiction.
 >
 > noble intentions for sure - unfortunately, the auto-discovery feed
 > link doesn't work and there are no feeds listed on the RSS page.
 >
 > *sigh*
 >
 >
 > 
 >
 > Yahoo! Groups Links
 >
 >
 >
 >

-- 
Jan McLaughlin
Production Sound Mixer
air = 862-571-5334
aim = janofsound
skype = janmclaughlin



Rupert
http://twittervlog.tv/
Creative Mobile Filmmaking
Shot, edited and sent with my Nokia N93



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Re: [videoblogging] Feedburner is over, but

[Roxanne Darling]

Thanks Rupert. Shane handles this for us, but says he has not been notified
either. Maybe that is in the works?
Aloha,

Rox

On Tue, Jan 20, 2009 at 7:03 AM, David King  wrote:

>   Mine's having problems. Looks like someone has set up a spam account on
> the
> new google version of feedburner for davidleeking. I have emailed google
> twice - I'm guessing they are dealing with lots of emails about feedburner
> issues.
>
> I'm guessing it'll sort itself out eventually (and in the meantime, I'll
> keep pestering them).
>
> David Lee King
> davidleeking.com - blog
> davidleeking.com/etc - videoblog
> twitter | skype: davidleeking
>
>
> On Tue, Jan 20, 2009 at 10:21 AM, Richard (Show) Hall <
> rich...@richardshow.org > wrote:
>
> > thanks Rupert ... I just moved mine ... Richard
> >
> >
> > On Mon, Jan 19, 2009 at 1:11 PM, Rupert 
> > 
> >
>
> > wrote:
> >
> > > It's a good thing. I was wondering why Google were keeping
> > > Feedburner separate - I thought it showed a lack of commitment.
> > >
> > > But badly handled. Seems like they're rushing to make changes and
> > > save costs. Only a month to transfer all your feeds?
> > >
> > > After February 28th, you won't be able to access your account at
> > > feedburner.com
> > >
> > > How many people won't know about this, and will get caught out? I
> > > certainly didn't get an email, and I have a lot of different feeds
> > > with them.
> > >
> > > If you have a Feedburner feed, go login now and transfer your account
> > > to Google.
> > >
> > > I just did it. Three clicks. Took less than a minute to do it all.
> > >
> > > Rupert
> > > http://twittervlog.tv
> > >
> > >
> > > On 19-Jan-09, at 10:15 AM, Jay dedman wrote:
> > >
> > > seems to just turn into something else:
> > > https://www.google.com/support/feedburner/bin/answer.py?answer=126303
> > >
> > > Our vision when FeedBurner joined Google was to help bring the best
> > > of what
> > > > FeedBurner offered in syndication publisher tools and solutions to
> > > the
> > > > AdSense platform, and vice versa. In the time since the merger, the
> > > > FeedBurner engineering team has joined the Google engineering team
> > > (but
> > > > still focuses on the same set of tools for RSS monetization,
> > > analysis, and
> > > > optimization) and is not managed as a separate company or subsidiary.
> > > >
> > >
> > > jay
> > >
> > > --
> > > http://ryanishungry.com
> > > http://jaydedman.com
> > > 917 371 6790
> > >
> > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
> > >
> > > Rupert
> > > http://twittervlog.tv/
> > > Creative Mobile Filmmaking
> > > Shot, edited and sent with my Nokia N93
> > >
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> > >
> > >
> > >
> >
> > --
> > Richard (Show) Hall
> > http://richardshow.org
> >
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> >
> >
> >
>
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>



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Re: [videoblogging] Yes We Can

[Christian Wach]

On 21 Jan 2009, at 17:53, Rupert wrote:

> As for the feed autodiscover, that's a glitch - I contacted them  
> about that.

Okay, thanks for following up.

> You've got to expect things like that on the first day.

Thank goodness it was just a website feed, eh? ;)

> Also, they don't have any videos up yet, so that might explain why  
> it's not been found yet.

To me it seems like a basic programming error - they could have had  
either a "Hello World" entry, or simply not offered the auto- 
discovery feed link until there was an entry. But hey, in the grand  
scheme of things, it's hardly a crisis, is it? I've subscribed - now  
that I can: 

Christian

[videoblogging] Re: Yes We Can

[Heath]

Why anyone would want YouTube "fame" is beyond memost of the 
comments on YT sicken me, I'd rather do my thing and have a close 
circle of friends anyday of the weekall else is vanity...someone 
once told me...  :-)

Heath
http://heathparks.com

--- In videoblogging@yahoogroups.com, Rupert  wrote:
>
> As for the feed autodiscover, that's a glitch - I contacted them  
> about that.  You've got to expect things like that on the first 
day.   
> Also, they don't have any videos up yet, so that might explain why  
> it's not been found yet.
> 
> 
> I think comments are overrated, especially for politics.  They 
didn't  
> have comments enabled on the Obama campaign blog, either.  If I 
were  
> them, I wouldn't have open comments.  It would quickly fill up 
with  
> hate and anonymous trolls, and put off people who don't hate.
> You don't want that on the WhiteHouse.gov site
> They do have comments enabled on youtube.com/whitehouse
> I don't have comments enabled on my youtube videos
> This is the first page of comments from the video of his Inaugural  
> address, when I looked there, which I think say it all.
> These comments are inappropriate for the White House site.
> 
> 
> 
> 
> daryl060761
> You bitter smartasses that can't deal with Barack Obama being  
> president can go ask George Bush if he'll let you move into his  
> exclusive gated community in Texas.
> 
> PreyTheSun
> All I know is that our four so called father are turning over in  
> their graves right now because of this. His very name is 
unacceptable.
> 
> HearTalent
> type mark nikollaj new song sexy in the search bar
> 
> SwornReaper
> fuck that! he is not even natural born citizen. This country is  
> funken up with blacks everywhere. Ask yourself, did George  
> Washington fight this country for NegroesWhat were they even  
> brought here forIs this even their land???
> 
> chitownbound
> and YES BUSH DID give tax-cuts to the rich for 8 years.YES HE DID!!!
> 
> PreyTheSun
> your fucking clown shoes yourself, chitownbound
> 
> SamirMuaremi
> Agree with HarryPuntCunnington .
> 
> HarryPuntCunnington
> One of the most important events of the last century, and someone  
> can't keep a camera steady. . .
> 
> jimitl5
> "I wish Bush was still in office."
> I am going to miss him also. I am going to miss all the good 
laughs  
> from all his screw ups with language. Strategery! LOL!!!
> 
> obamatownmassacre
> Yes, we can spend $200 MILLION dollars on an inauguration while 
the  
> US is facing financial collapse. YES WE CAN!!!
> 
> chitownbound
> these obama h8ters are comical.
> 
> svetlity
> fuck you ! Go Obama !!
> 
> thebestkpm
> i wait that the thinks changes, really not absolutely but i have  
> faith in him!!
> 
> 
> On 21-Jan-09, at 3:15 AM, Jan McLaughlin wrote:
> 
> And comments are not enabled in the White House blog :(
> 
> They're headed in the right direction, tho. That's for sure.
> 
> Jan
> 
> On Wed, Jan 21, 2009 at 4:03 AM, Christian Wach  
>  wrote:
>  >
>  > On 21 Jan 2009, at 02:42, Rupert wrote:
>  >
>  >> the president is a weekly videoblogger.
>  >>
>  >> watched the whole thing this morning on a laptop, full screen, 
via
>  >> wifi, live.
>  >> not so long ago, all this was science fiction.
>  >
>  > noble intentions for sure - unfortunately, the auto-discovery 
feed
>  > link doesn't work and there are no feeds listed on the RSS page.
>  >
>  > *sigh*
>  >
>  >
>  > 
>  >
>  > Yahoo! Groups Links
>  >
>  >
>  >
>  >
> 
> -- 
> Jan McLaughlin
> Production Sound Mixer
> air = 862-571-5334
> aim = janofsound
> skype = janmclaughlin
> 
> 
> 
> Rupert
> http://twittervlog.tv/
> Creative Mobile Filmmaking
> Shot, edited and sent with my Nokia N93
> 
> 
> 
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>

[videoblogging] Blogger Toolbox: 100+ Tools and Themes

[Schlomo Rabinowitz]

Thought some of you could find something to play with on this list of
Blogger themes/hacks/etc.

Maybe its time to toss out your old blogspot theme and play around?

Sent to you by Schlomo Rabinowitz via Google Reader: Blogger Toolbox:
100+ Tools and Themes via Mashable! by Sean P. Aune on 1/16/09
WordPress receives a lot of love from the blogging community, but
Blogger.com is still a perfectly viable blogging platform for the
majority of people.

In an effort to help those devoted Blogger users, we’ve gathered up the
best of our lists about tools, themes and shortcuts for your preferred
platform. Take a look through and you are sure to find something that
will help you, even if you didn’t know you were looking for it!

Tell us what you think of these and any we might have missed, and let
us know about your Blogger blog in the comments.
Free Template Resources




5ColumnTemplate.Blogspot.com - This site only offers one template with
five variations, but it isn’t every day you see a five column theme for
any blogging platform, and it is actually pretty clean in presentation.

AllBlogTools.com - A collection of over 100 templates from an
assortment of a lot of smaller designers. You can look them up by
layout, color, subject matter and so on.

Blogger-Templates.Blogspot.com - Keeps a small selection of top-notch
Blogger themes up and running.

Blogger-Templates.Deceblog.net - A small selection of unique themes for
Blogger accounts.

Blogger-Templates-Directory.Blogspot.com - A large directory of Blogger
templates, links to resources for further development and a whole lot
more.

BloggerTemplates.org - Doesn’t seem to have been updated since it
originally launched, but all of the templates still work, and have a
lot of resemblance to WordPress themes.

BlogspotTemplates.Blogspot.com - Several pages of Blogger templates
with tips on how to use them.

BlogspotTemplate.com - Right around 100 templates for Blogger of
varying styles and colors.

BlogTemplates.Noipo.org - A small selection of graphical and text based
templates for your blog.





BTemplates.com - Features a wide assortment of over 600 free Blogger
templates that can be browsed by category, tag, number of downloads and
so on.

Carl Galloway’s Blogger Templates - A small selection of some fairly
unique templates that haven’t been updated in some time, but are still
fully functional.

FinalSense.com - Offers over 300 templates for your Blogger account.
Have just about every theme and color combination that you can think of.

FreeBlogger-Templates.Blogspot.com - Focuses heavily on simplified
Blogger templates that make for the easiest reading possible.

FreeTemplates.Blogspot.coms - A blog dedicated to bringing you nothing
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[videoblogging] Money will come to you

[Jay dedman]

We cringe and argue about money and videoblogging often on this list.
(probably because it's important and always in our face)

Here's an example of community funded media projects:
http://spot.us/pitches/101
David Cohn has done a great job making the site usuable.

I've said before that I think the same thing can happen for anyone's videoblog.
If you are creating video projects that people care about, they will fund it.
You got to hustle just like with anything...but I think it's a great
alternative to straight up advertising.

Notice that this is more than a Paypal Button on the sidebar.
You must actually create a Pitch with a clear explanation of the
project, who you are, deliverables, a specific monetary goal, and a
timeframe.

You probably wont get rich doing this, but you'll make the projects
you love and building a body of work.
You'll also know if anyone cares since they'll be putting their money
where their mouth is.

Jay

-- 
http://ryanishungry.com
http://jaydedman.com
917 371 6790

Re: [videoblogging] Money will come to you

[Rupert]

I'm putting together a project that will hopefully allow people to  
take a share proportional to their investment.
Basically just a limited partnership profit-share model.

Robert Croma sent me a great book called My First Movie - interviews  
with famous indie filmmakers about making their first features.
The first interview is with the Coen's.
They did this for Blood Simple.  Made a trailer, then spent a year  
going to see small businessmen in NY and Minnesota, getting them to  
invest.  They raised $750,000 this way.  Just a limited partnership,  
with the production company as the general partner.
Apparently it was the way lots of NY horror movies were made in the  
80s - they got the idea from Sam Raimi, who funded The Evil Dead this  
way, too.

I figure that if it worked in the 80s, with these two guys travelling  
thousands of miles lugging a 35mm projector around from meeting to  
meeting, it should be even more possible to do now with an internet  
crowdfunding approach (combined with the same old real-world  
presentations to local punters).

Paying an accountant and a lawyer to set up the legal structure and  
contract/terms is more costly than bunging up a ChipIn widget,  
obviously, and not practical if your budget is very small.  With  
larger budgets and projects, getting the odd $10 ChipIn isn't going  
to cut it - you've got to go out looking for investors.  Even if the  
majority of them are still only putting in $10, it's an extra  
incentive - this way it's not just a philanthropic donation - there's  
actually a (small) chance of a return.  And you can help build trust  
and interest at the same time with total online transparency in your  
production process and budgeting.

My main shoot for this will be in November - details of the project  
to follow when I'm ready.

Rupert
http://twittervlog.tv

On 21-Jan-09, at 4:27 PM, Jay dedman wrote:

We cringe and argue about money and videoblogging often on this list.
(probably because it's important and always in our face)

Here's an example of community funded media projects:
http://spot.us/pitches/101
David Cohn has done a great job making the site usuable.

I've said before that I think the same thing can happen for anyone's  
videoblog.
If you are creating video projects that people care about, they will  
fund it.
You got to hustle just like with anything...but I think it's a great
alternative to straight up advertising.

Notice that this is more than a Paypal Button on the sidebar.
You must actually create a Pitch with a clear explanation of the
project, who you are, deliverables, a specific monetary goal, and a
timeframe.

You probably wont get rich doing this, but you'll make the projects
you love and building a body of work.
You'll also know if anyone cares since they'll be putting their money
where their mouth is.

Jay

-- 
http://ryanishungry.com
http://jaydedman.com
917 371 6790



Rupert
http://twittervlog.tv/
Creative Mobile Filmmaking
Shot, edited and sent with my Nokia N93



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Re: [videoblogging] Money will come to you

[Jay dedman]

> Robert Croma sent me a great book called My First Movie - interviews
> with famous indie filmmakers about making their first features.
> The first interview is with the Coen's.
> They did this for Blood Simple. Made a trailer, then spent a year
> going to see small businessmen in NY and Minnesota, getting them to
> invest. They raised $750,000 this way. Just a limited partnership,
> with the production company as the general partner.
> Apparently it was the way lots of NY horror movies were made in the
> 80s - they got the idea from Sam Raimi, who funded The Evil Dead this
> way, too.

I read that in the US, there was a tax break for giving to artistic
projects for a while.
Dentists used to be big funders of indie movies for some reason.
wished this tax break still existed.

> My main shoot for this will be in November - details of the project
> to follow when I'm ready.

Look forward to seeing it.
The obnoxious "crowdsourcing" meme is in the air...but few have really
pulled it off effectively.
Videobloggers especially havent tapped into this idea yet.

Jay

-- 
http://ryanishungry.com
http://jaydedman.com
917 371 6790

Re: [videoblogging] Money will come to you

[Roxanne Darling]

I find it really hard to aggregate the energies of creative people - if
anyone can do this it is you Rupert!
I will be plugging for you. :-)

Love,
Rox


On Wed, Jan 21, 2009 at 3:04 PM, Jay dedman  wrote:

>   > Robert Croma sent me a great book called My First Movie - interviews
> > with famous indie filmmakers about making their first features.
> > The first interview is with the Coen's.
> > They did this for Blood Simple. Made a trailer, then spent a year
> > going to see small businessmen in NY and Minnesota, getting them to
> > invest. They raised $750,000 this way. Just a limited partnership,
> > with the production company as the general partner.
> > Apparently it was the way lots of NY horror movies were made in the
> > 80s - they got the idea from Sam Raimi, who funded The Evil Dead this
> > way, too.
>
> I read that in the US, there was a tax break for giving to artistic
> projects for a while.
> Dentists used to be big funders of indie movies for some reason.
> wished this tax break still existed.
>
> > My main shoot for this will be in November - details of the project
> > to follow when I'm ready.
>
> Look forward to seeing it.
> The obnoxious "crowdsourcing" meme is in the air...but few have really
> pulled it off effectively.
> Videobloggers especially havent tapped into this idea yet.
>
> Jay
>
> --
> http://ryanishungry.com
> http://jaydedman.com
> 917 371 6790
>
>  
>



-- 
Roxanne Darling
"o ke kai" means "of the sea" in hawaiian
Join us at the reef! Mermaid videos, geeks talking, and lots more
http://reef.beachwalks.tv
808-384-5554
Video --> http://www.beachwalks.tv
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Re: [videoblogging] Money will come to you

[Adam Warner]

"aggregate the energies of creative people"

Rox, if only I could aggregate the "creative people" feed...

...if only...



 
Adam W. Warner
http://wordpressmodder.org
 

 
  





From: Roxanne Darling 
To: videoblogging@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Wednesday, January 21, 2009 11:25:27 PM
Subject: Re: [videoblogging] Money will come to you


I find it really hard to aggregate the energies of creative people - if
anyone can do this it is you Rupert!
I will be plugging for you. :-)

Love,
Rox

On Wed, Jan 21, 2009 at 3:04 PM, Jay dedman  wrote:

>   > Robert Croma sent me a great book called My First Movie - interviews
> > with famous indie filmmakers about making their first features.
> > The first interview is with the Coen's.
> > They did this for Blood Simple. Made a trailer, then spent a year
> > going to see small businessmen in NY and Minnesota, getting them to
> > invest. They raised $750,000 this way. Just a limited partnership,
> > with the production company as the general partner.
> > Apparently it was the way lots of NY horror movies were made in the
> > 80s - they got the idea from Sam Raimi, who funded The Evil Dead this
> > way, too.
>
> I read that in the US, there was a tax break for giving to artistic
> projects for a while.
> Dentists used to be big funders of indie movies for some reason.
> wished this tax break still existed.
>
> > My main shoot for this will be in November - details of the project
> > to follow when I'm ready.
>
> Look forward to seeing it.
> The obnoxious "crowdsourcing" meme is in the air...but few have really
> pulled it off effectively.
> Videobloggers especially havent tapped into this idea yet.
>
> Jay
>
> --
> http://ryanishungry .com
> http://jaydedman. com
> 917 371 6790
>
> 
>

-- 
Roxanne Darling
"o ke kai" means "of the sea" in hawaiian
Join us at the reef! Mermaid videos, geeks talking, and lots more
http://reef. beachwalks. tv
808-384-5554
Video --> http://www.beachwal ks.tv
Company -- > http://www.barefeet studios.com
Twitter--> http://www.twitter. com/roxannedarli ng

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[videoblogging] IMDBing Your Show

[Chris]

I'm wondering how many here have successfully, created IMDB listings
for their internet shows? And what tactics they've used to get around
IMDB's definitions of what does or doesn't constitute a TV series?

And while we're discussing it, is there an IMDB-type database
dedicated to internet series?

Just curious...

Chris
http://www.myspace.com/necropol
http://www.youtube.com/user/penelopespantyhose
http://penelopespantyhose.com