Re: [videoblogging] Reminder: Open Video Conference in June

2009-05-16 Thread sizemore
Hi folks, I probably won't make the conference itself but I am in NYC that week so if there's a bar you'll be frequenting do let me know :) Mike On Fri, May 15, 2009 at 9:40 PM, Michael Verdi michaelve...@gmail.com wrote: I'm going! - Verdi On Fri, May 15, 2009 at 2:33 PM, Rupert

Re: [videoblogging] Reminder: Open Video Conference in June

2009-05-16 Thread trine bjørkmann berry
i am trying REALLY hard to get this one sorted. Rupert, I think Virgin are doing affordable flights... Trine On 5/16/09, sizemore mikesizem...@gmail.com wrote: Hi folks, I probably won't make the conference itself but I am in NYC that week so if there's a bar you'll be frequenting do let me

[videoblogging] Serving up videos globally brings tough choices

2009-05-16 Thread Jay dedman
Following up on the thread about Youtube losing money, this article paints a broader picture of all social networks trying to have a global community. http://www.nytimes.com/2009/04/27/technology/start-ups/27global.html Web entrepreneurs like Mr. Shapiro of Veoh, still struggling with his

[videoblogging] TOS showdown

2009-05-16 Thread Jay dedman
This site offers summaries of the Terms Of Service for popular free video hosting services. He asks: 1. Which rights of my work I would have to give away, 2. what usage rights I could assign to my viewers, 3. what level of privacy I could expect in terms of disclosure of my data,

Re: [videoblogging] Serving up videos globally brings tough choices

2009-05-16 Thread Michael Sullivan
This is a huge argument for decentralization. http://www.littleshoot.org/ On Sat, May 16, 2009 at 6:14 A M, Jay dedman jay.ded...@gmail.com wrote: Following up on the thread about Youtube losing money, this article paints a broader picture of all social networks trying to have a global

[videoblogging] Re: Blog World Expo and New Media Conference [ Vloggercon 2009? ]

2009-05-16 Thread Gena
I agree with a lot of what Jeffrey wrote. So this is just my additional perspective as a member of the 2004/5 class of vloggers. I don't know if I would feel welcomed at BWE and NMC. The reality is that the two merged for the financial realities of the day. This is a for profit business. This

Re: [videoblogging] Serving up videos globally brings tough choices

2009-05-16 Thread WWWhatsup
Another factor is the avoiding of copyright liabilities in foreign jurisdictions - e.g see Tim Windergren in http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=REdIEs01tVs (FFwd to 36mins in) talking about why Pandora blocks non-us IP's. j At 06:14 AM 5/16/2009, you wrote: Following up on the thread about

Re: [videoblogging] Shadow World

2009-05-16 Thread Jay dedman
David Kessler, who makes one of my favourite videoblogs - Shadow World, which used to be at undertheel.blogspot.com - has been posting again this year. He shoots interviews with people who live and work under the el in Philadelphia - and combines them with lots of cinematography of the

Re: [videoblogging] Shadow World

2009-05-16 Thread Kath O'Donnell
these are great Rupert - thanks for the links. I seem to recall a location project that was really cool, on 24hours24artists - Nick Slie in new orleans the central city i-witness project http://www.mondobizarro.org/blog 2009/5/17 Jay dedman jay.ded...@gmail.com David Kessler, who makes one

Re: [videoblogging] Re: Blog World Expo and New Media Conference [ Vloggercon 2009? ]

2009-05-16 Thread Roxanne Darling
Hi Jim. Rupert, Jeffrey, Gena, et al - I have been to both events - Vloggercon, where I was able to meet the cool grassroots videobloggers in person (even posted a video of me and Lexi swimming there - remember Marcus?) and I have been a speaker at New Media Expo and BlogWorld. And I am a member

Re: [videoblogging] Re: Blog World Expo and New Media Conference [ Vloggercon 2009? ]

2009-05-16 Thread Kath O'Donnell
fwiw I really liked the 24hours24artists concept so people could tune in from different locations broadcast from different locations. it's not face2face meetup which is the best part about conferences (for me anyway), but there is the chat aspect, and archives later to watch. I wonder if a

[videoblogging] The continuing story of Ogg/Theora, the open source codec

2009-05-16 Thread Jay dedman
The video codec geeks (yes, they exist) are deep into improving the image of the .OGV file. Chris Blizzard at Mozilla points to this update: http://www.0xdeadbeef.com/weblog/?p=1300 Monty posted another update on the work that’s been going on to improve the Theora encoder. It’s worth re-posting

[videoblogging] VideoPress for WordPress.com

2009-05-16 Thread Roxanne Darling
This is a newly released paid upgrade for those on WordPress.com - fully featured and very cool for people to now have a true video podcast with easy support at WP.com http://videopress.com/ How does it work? With VideoPress, just upload a video, we’ll “crunch” it into several different formats

[videoblogging] Re: The continuing story of Ogg/Theora, the open source codec

2009-05-16 Thread tom_a_sparks
--- In videoblogging@yahoogroups.com, Jay dedman jay.ded...@... wrote: The video codec geeks (yes, they exist) are deep into improving the image of the .OGV file. Chris Blizzard at Mozilla points to this update: http://www.0xdeadbeef.com/weblog/?p=1300 snip Jay I have been using theora for