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

2007-09-17 Thread Mitch Allen
Usually when I run into a corporate policy that limits me like that, I sit down with my boss or HR and say something like I don't know about the rest of you - but I have a life outside of work. Usually the CEO has HR put in clauses like that as knee-jerk reaction. Maybe they read an article

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

2007-09-17 Thread Kenya
RSS and manually downloading the FLVs are the only way to get anything out of YouTube. So chances are 5 years of stuff would be extremely difficult to get out. Something else to think about is if your account gets closed (i.e. accused of copyright infringement too many times) you would lose

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

2007-09-17 Thread Bill Cammack
--- In videoblogging@yahoogroups.com, Kenya [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: RSS and manually downloading the FLVs are the only way to get anything out of YouTube. So chances are 5 years of stuff would be extremely difficult to get out. Something else to think about is if your account gets closed

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

2007-09-17 Thread Sull
if you uploaded it, you already have the videos. local archives. you are free to store your videos on other services, your own server, discs, hdds, tape. why worry about exporting if you already have the better quality video + raw video anyway? again, use youtube etc if you want to tap in to

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

2007-09-16 Thread Nathan Miller
Miss B... Great reply as always... I work in a med lab twice a week and everyone I work with has seen or even been in a video or two of mine. My boss has watched some and of my stuff, and even asked his boss if we could do a short documentary of an angioplasty procedure...we got the thumbs up...I

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

2007-09-16 Thread pepa_tomate
jay: --- In videoblogging@yahoogroups.com, Jay dedman [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --i expect the current popular social media nettwork to be unpopular in 5 years. It may be almost impossible to pull out old posts from that site. do you mean youtube doesn't offer a monthly archiving system, jay?

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

2007-09-16 Thread David Howell
Just wanted to follow this up and put some closure on, what this thread kinda derailed into for me. First, thank you to everyone for your words of wisdom, ideas, offerings, sympathies and opinions. It means a lot to me to hear back from all of you that have contacted me in some way shape for form

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

2007-09-16 Thread pepa
congratulations, david. On 9/16/07, David Howell [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Just wanted to follow this up and put some closure on, what this thread kinda derailed into for me. First, thank you to everyone for your words of wisdom, ideas, offerings, sympathies and opinions. It means a lot to

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

2007-09-16 Thread Brook Hinton
Fantastic news, David. Congratulations! -- ___ Brook Hinton film/video/audio art www.brookhinton.com [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]

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

2007-09-16 Thread Jay dedman
--i expect the current popular social media nettwork to be unpopular in 5 years. It may be almost impossible to pull out old posts from that site. do you mean youtube doesn't offer a monthly archiving system, jay? i wonder if it would difficult to adopt such a system right now (or

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

2007-09-16 Thread Kenya
Jay, YouTube does have RSS feeds (i.e. www.youtube.com/rss/user/[insert username here]/videos.rss) but only the descriptive information and an EMBED are contained in the feed. Miro pulls down the descriptive information AND the FLV video, however. Kenya --- In videoblogging@yahoogroups.com,

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

2007-09-16 Thread Jay dedman
YouTube does have RSS feeds (i.e. www.youtube.com/rss/user/[insert username here]/videos.rss) but only the descriptive information and an EMBED are contained in the feed. Miro pulls down the descriptive information AND the FLV video, however. Yep. Youtube has RSS feeds. Just wondering

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

2007-09-15 Thread missbhavens1969
God, is this ever disturbing. And dumb. I get that your company wouldn't want its confidential information spread around the internet; that makes perfect sense. I work in a hospital. Pretty much all patient information is on computer, and it's against the law (and morally inept) to share it,

[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: 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] 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

[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 regarded as

[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

[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 trying to

[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 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:

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] 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

[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. My

[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 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

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

2007-09-13 Thread David Howell
Hey Daryl, I couldnt agree more with you. I am at the point where I will probably shutting my site down and not bothering any more. I've spent a massive amount of time trying to promote my site to no avail. I think it's time to stop banging my head against the wall now. I think these social

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

2007-09-13 Thread Daryl Urig
thanks everyone, good comments. Three questions??? 1) Can you select a geographic are to target YouTube Videos to? Example a specific area in Cincinnati, Ohio. My thought is if it is a local event it may not be appealing to World Wide Web (WWW.) 2) Why Blip.tv over youTube? You can host your

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

2007-09-13 Thread Jan McLaughlin
Hehehe. YouTube v Blip? Read the terms of service. Blip is creator-oriented in every respect, whereas YouTube is YouTube oriented in every respect. Jan On 9/13/07, Daryl Urig [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: thanks everyone, good comments. Three questions??? 1) Can you select a geographic are to

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

2007-09-13 Thread Steve Watkins
Theres no specific geographical targeting on youtube as far as I know. Careful choice of keywords/tags and category that you publish your youtube videos under, are the way for people to find you. Youtube have started to do sites catered to specific countries, eg uk.youtube.com, but its not clear

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

2007-09-13 Thread Heath
cincinnati ohio?...that's pretty specfic, by the way, that's where I am. I have been vlogging for almost 2 years now. I use Blip 99% of the time, personal prefrance and I like to know I have control over my content (as it were). it just depends though Heath http://batmangeek.com --- In

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

2007-09-13 Thread Heath
If you close down your site, then where would I go to see those great David Howell videos then? Heath http://batmangeek.com --- In videoblogging@yahoogroups.com, David Howell [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hey Daryl, I couldnt agree more with you. I am at the point where I will probably

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

2007-09-13 Thread Mitch Allen
Well frankly I don't care if they come to my home page or not. I'm more interested in stats on how many people viewed the videos versus how many visited my home page. The home page is just a convenient landing place or starting point. These days you can even save money by tossing out hosting

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2007-09-13 Thread John Coffey
David, if you shut down your site, I will be forced to delete the link to your dead site. Please don't make me work at it anymore than I have to. I'm lazy enough. JC David Howell [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hey Daryl, I couldnt agree more with you. I am at the point where I will

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

2007-09-13 Thread Gena
Not everyone wants base level content. We have that on M$M. Part of our job is to connect with those folks who do want something different. (I'm especially talking to you David Howell!) I know this because there is TeacherTube, GodTube, a host of green and ecology videos, and people like myself

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

2007-09-13 Thread Stan Hirson, Sarah Jones
--- In videoblogging@yahoogroups.com, Jay dedman [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: A couple reasons why other people like to maintain their own site: --A blog is an artform in itself. I want to be able to design it anyway I want...with all the functionality I want. . I see many vloggers