[videoblogging] Public Service Videoblogging

2007-09-14 Thread Raymond M. Kristiansen
Hey all, In TV broadcasting we have "public broadcasting" channels lik PBS (USA), DR (Denmark) or ZDF (Germany). You also have public service announcements in other media. But what about Public Service Vlogs? Within the vlogosphere, there are a diverse group of "green vlogs" that focus on indivi

Re: [videoblogging] 4-eyed-monster on self-distribution

2007-09-14 Thread Jeffrey Taylor
In the interview, Arin nails it when he says that it's about creating a community around the film. What we're planning to do at Kinooga – funding film projects of all shapes and sizes by allowing individuals to basically 'buy a ticket' to a film project before it's made – is to tie a film's abilit

Re: [videoblogging] FireAnt acquired by Odeo

2007-09-14 Thread Jay dedman
> Today it was announced that FireAnt's software and technology > was acquired by SonicMountain, a company that > also recently acquired Odeo (see: > ). > I've been asked to join the new team, serving as VP of Product > Devel

[videoblogging] Re: video blogging / facebook / myspace / you tube

2007-09-14 Thread Gena
Hi David, just got home from the Salt Mine. I didn't know about your employer ban on blogs. Stone grievous! But as I sit here the fickle finger of inspiration is tickling my frontal lobe. If you still want to do this we need to turn toward other methods. There is compliance by defiance or as Bull

Re: [videoblogging] FireAnt acquired by Odeo

2007-09-14 Thread Kath O'Donnell
congratulations! glad to hear all your hard work paid off. and congrats on your new position. kath On 9/14/07, Joshua Kinberg <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Today it was announced that FireAnt's software and technology > was acquired by SonicMountain, a company that > a

[videoblogging] BigScreen LittleScreen - The Creative Side of Video 2.0 (New York, NY) - Meetup.com

2007-09-14 Thread Steve Garfield
Sending this out for Matt Semel: Sounds like fun... BigScreen LittleScreen September Meetup RSVP now You are invited to the second Big Screen Little Screen Monthly Meetup. We'll watch short online video works and then discuss creative, production, and technical issues. This is much more casu

Re: [videoblogging] 4-eyed-monster on self-distribution

2007-09-14 Thread Jay dedman
> In the end, the writer felt they were a success on their own terms; a mix of > the old (distributor/booker/publicist) and the new (all of the above) would > be something to strive for. > Food for thought agreed. if you listen to Arin's recent interview, he totally admits they would have done

[videoblogging] Re: FireAnt acquired by Odeo

2007-09-14 Thread Enric
Good to hear things are working well for you. -- Enric --- In videoblogging@yahoogroups.com, "Joshua Kinberg" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Today it was announced that FireAnt's software and technology > was acquired by SonicMountain, a company that > also recently acqu

Re: [videoblogging] FireAnt acquired by Odeo

2007-09-14 Thread Irina
great job congrats! On 9/14/07, schlomo rabinowitz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > It's FireAnt FTW!! > > Congrats Josh, it was a post on boingboing highlighting the first version > of > FireAnt that told me videoblogging was finally here and distribution was > possible. > > Thanks for that!! > > S

[videoblogging] Re: video blogging / facebook / myspace / you tube

2007-09-14 Thread Steve Watkins
My contract says silly things, such as any idea I have whilst working there, even if its at 3am, belongs to them. Im not convinced such a broad clause will stand up in court and luckily the quality (or lack thereof) of my ideas means I dont have need to test this, yet anyway. When i asked my boss

[videoblogging] Re: video blogging / facebook / myspace / you tube

2007-09-14 Thread Enric
Well I wish you the best of luck in your decision either way. -- Enric --- In videoblogging@yahoogroups.com, "David Howell" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Ok. I work for a company where I am privy to vast amounts of personal > and financial information for both individuals and enterprises. > >

[videoblogging] Need a camera in Seattle next Tues or Weds

2007-09-14 Thread Will Pate
I need a cameraman in Seattle for about 30 minutes next Tuesday the 18th or Wednesday the 19th. I'm going to be in town for the Ford Focus/Sync launch and want shoot a bit of video for commandN. We'll give you lots of credit on the show and I'll buy you a drnk like T-Pain. Here's what I'm talk

[videoblogging] Re: video blogging / facebook / myspace / you tube

2007-09-14 Thread David Howell
Ok. I work for a company where I am privy to vast amounts of personal and financial information for both individuals and enterprises. My assumption is that they dont want that information to be published on blog sites for anyone to see. So, to guard against that I guess, they say the employees are

Re: [videoblogging] 4-eyed-monster on self-distribution

2007-09-14 Thread schlomo rabinowitz
In the July/August issue ofRelease Print, the magazine put out by the Film Arts Foundation, there is a pretty evenhanded article about their self-distribution tactics. Basically, the article breaks down each online endeavor they did (from MySpace/Youtube, to their Thursday Night Screening run for

Re: [videoblogging] Get Paid for your videos with RUNtv

2007-09-14 Thread Josh Wolf
Oh yeah, I forgot... the site is located at www.riseupnetwork.com/RUNtv On Sep 14, 2007, at 11:11 AM, Josh Wolf wrote: > Hey everyone, I'm producing a vlog-based show at a local community > college television station that I work at called RUNtv and for the > next 10 weeks I have a budget to pay

Re: [videoblogging] Re: video blogging / facebook / myspace / you tube

2007-09-14 Thread Josh Wolf
There's something strange about your company unilaterally blocking "advocacy groups," but I haven't the foggiest what you do, and have never worked somewhere with content filters so maybe it's all a bit more common than I realized. You state that the company policy is no blogs. What exactly

[videoblogging] First video letter to the NY Times

2007-09-14 Thread Steve Rhodes
Charles Fergusan, the director of the excellent Iraq doc, No End, has a 10 minute video letter to the editor The story of how it happened http://www.editorandpublisher.com/eandp/news/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1003640747 the op-ed he is responding to http://www.nytimes.com/2007/09/06/o

Re: [videoblogging] FireAnt acquired by Odeo

2007-09-14 Thread schlomo rabinowitz
It's FireAnt FTW!! Congrats Josh, it was a post on boingboing highlighting the first version of FireAnt that told me videoblogging was finally here and distribution was possible. Thanks for that!! Schlomo http://schlomolog.blogspot.com http://evilvlog.com http://hatfactory.net On 9/14/07, Joshu

Re: [videoblogging] Themers

2007-09-14 Thread Jay dedman
> If you want to do this -- email us (Verdi / Cheryl / Jen / Jay) and > get the version of K2 we are starting with + learn what we are all > doing in common. (don't just start from your own version of K2) and feel free to join this group to help develop, test, or get support: http://groups.g

Re: [videoblogging] sound levels in movies

2007-09-14 Thread Jen Simmons
USe soundtrack -- normalize the track. That's the best way (or normalize in any sound software that will let you.) That function leaves the quiet part quiet and pulls the loudest part up to full volume stretching out the amount of space between those two. IE: it makes what you want to

[videoblogging] Re: FireAnt acquired by Odeo

2007-09-14 Thread jonny goldstein
Congrats to you and the rest of the FireAnt team. I know how you all busted your behinds to create it, keep developing it, and get the word out about it. Take a bow. --- In videoblogging@yahoogroups.com, "Bill Cammack" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > W00T!! Congrats! :D > > -- > Bill > http://bill

Re: [videoblogging] Themers

2007-09-14 Thread Jen Simmons
If you want to do this -- email us (Verdi / Cheryl / Jen / Jay) and get the version of K2 we are starting with + learn what we are all doing in common. (don't just start from your own version of K2) Jen On Sep 13, 2007, at 11:57 am, Jay dedman wrote: > We're doing a hackathon this weeke

Re: [videoblogging] FireAnt acquired by Odeo

2007-09-14 Thread Markus Sandy
Joshua Kinberg wrote: > Today it was announced that FireAnt's software and technology > > was acquired by > SonicMountain, a company that > also recently acquired Odeo > (see: >

[videoblogging] Re: video blogging / facebook / myspace / you tube

2007-09-14 Thread Enric
Here's the information on the EFF contact page: Contact Information For all other inquiries and information, please contact us via the appropriate e-mail address below, or by mail, fax or phone. San Francisco Main Office Address:Phone/Fax Numbers:

[videoblogging] Re: video blogging / facebook / myspace / you tube

2007-09-14 Thread Enric
Ahh, yahoo concatenates email addresses. Here's the EFF contact info with @ replaced with [at]: Contact Information For all other inquiries and information, please contact us via the appropriate e-mail address below, or by mail, fax or phone. San Francisco Main Office Address:Phone/Fax

[videoblogging] Re: video blogging / facebook / myspace / you tube

2007-09-14 Thread Heath
As I "tweeted" yesterday, I have a solution to your situation David, upload you video's to blip, I will create a site where I "showcase 'cool videos'" and your's will always be amonng them, along with contact information, etc It's not yours and you will now "own" it (wink, wink) I'm not tryi

[videoblogging] Re: FireAnt acquired by Odeo

2007-09-14 Thread Bill Cammack
W00T!! Congrats! :D -- Bill http://billcammack.com --- In videoblogging@yahoogroups.com, "Joshua Kinberg" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Today it was announced that FireAnt's software and technology > was acquired by SonicMountain, a company that > also recently acquired

[videoblogging] Re: video blogging / facebook / myspace / you tube

2007-09-14 Thread David Howell
My sites dont have anything to do with work. However the policy states that employees are not allowed to have blogs. Nothing further detailing what type of blog employees are not allowed to have. Just a blanket statement. I knew that when I signed the policy and agreed to it. My own fault. I take f

[videoblogging] Re: video blogging / facebook / myspace / you tube

2007-09-14 Thread Enric
--- In videoblogging@yahoogroups.com, "David Howell" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Gena, so very few want something different these days. Most are > content with the usual stuff (garbage) found on YouTube. > > I find it disheartening that there are so few interested in content > that may be regar

[videoblogging] Re: video blogging / facebook / myspace / you tube

2007-09-14 Thread Daryl Urig
That is the way of the internet. Come up with a good idea. Market it, get it going, then either sell it to the big dogs or let them duplicate your idea, put bucks behind it, and pass you buy. Isn't that is what is happening to the heart of video-bloging? You can have a potter custom create a coffe

[videoblogging] Re: video blogging / facebook / myspace / you tube

2007-09-14 Thread Steve Watkins
I long for the day that such corporate policies are considered a gross violation of human rights. But I dont hold my breath. Good luck, and even if you have to make a sad choice in the shortterm, I hope you get the last laugh in the end. Cheers Steve Elbows --- In videoblogging@yahoogroups.com,

[videoblogging] 4-eyed-monster on self-distribution

2007-09-14 Thread Jay dedman
Arin Crumley just posted a video about struggling to get his movie traditionally distributedand realizing that the movie was a success DESPITE the system. Independently promoting online was the key. http://arincrumley.tumblr.com/post/11705758 This video is funny because he records them being

[videoblogging] Re: video blogging / facebook / myspace / you tube

2007-09-14 Thread David Howell
Gena, so very few want something different these days. Most are content with the usual stuff (garbage) found on YouTube. I find it disheartening that there are so few interested in content that may be regarded as "alternative vlogs". Trying to reach out to those few is a lonely task. 1 hit here. 1

[videoblogging] Re: When to Let It Go...

2007-09-14 Thread stbdpittsburgh
Every season, we (my cast and I -- and primarily I) go through these same questions. Producing a show with upwards of 20 people every week is trying on the nerves, and I keep asking myself, "Do I STILL enjoy it, despite all the late nights, the 'lost' time, and the perpetual uphill battle to be 's

[videoblogging] Re: FireAnt acquired by Odeo

2007-09-14 Thread Rob Parrish
Josh, I've been a loyal fireant user for nearly two years now. I still love it. I'll miss my cute orange ant!! Best of luck with Odeo! Rob --- In videoblogging@yahoogroups.com, "Joshua Kinberg" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Before I forget to mention it: > > I also wanted to send a VERY hear

Re: [videoblogging] FireAnt acquired by Odeo

2007-09-14 Thread Joshua Kinberg
Before I forget to mention it: I also wanted to send a VERY heartfelt thank you to Jennifer Myronuk, who took the last 8 months off to help me find a good home for FireAnt's software and really supported me, even when things were tough. Jen's a citizen journalist/documentary video enthusiast who

[videoblogging] Re: FireAnt acquired by Odeo

2007-09-14 Thread Steve Watkins
Its a good thing the deal for Amergence to buy SonicMountain fell through, as Amergence were the company that created that Sony DRM software that lead to a huge debacle. Plenty of speculation on the internet as to what happened, and a lawsuit between Jack Roken and SonicMountain, ooh the mystery,

Re: [videoblogging] FireAnt acquired by Odeo

2007-09-14 Thread Steve Garfield
Ah memories. It was an amazing time. being able to watch everyone else's video back then. Every... single... video... that everyone else made. Working with Daniel Salber on FireAnt for the Mac was a great experience. New features and bug fixes that I suggested were always implemented quic

Re: [videoblogging] FireAnt acquired by Odeo

2007-09-14 Thread RANDY MANN
wow congratlations On 9/14/07, Joshua Kinberg <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Today it was announced that FireAnt's software and technology > was acquired by SonicMountain, a company that > also recently acquired Odeo (see: >

Re: [videoblogging] FireAnt acquired by Odeo

2007-09-14 Thread jay
Bigtime congrats! I've used Odeo quite a bit, and this sounds like a great match. -Jay Smooth WBAI / illdoctrine.com --- Joshua Kinberg <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Today it was announced that FireAnt's software and > technology > was acquired by > SonicMountain, a comp

[videoblogging] FireAnt acquired by Odeo

2007-09-14 Thread Joshua Kinberg
Today it was announced that FireAnt's software and technology was acquired by SonicMountain, a company that also recently acquired Odeo (see: ). I've been asked to join the new team, serving as VP of Product Development, and will

Re: [videoblogging] Season Five of Something to Be Desired Has Begun!

2007-09-14 Thread Roxanne Darling
Bring it on Justin - and keep it up! xorox On 9/12/07, Irina <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > thanks justin! > congratulations on 5 years > that's awsome! > > On 9/13/07, stbdpittsburgh <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > Hey folks; > > > > I always feel awkward mentioning Something to Be