Archives for September 2005
Interview with Karmagrrrl Zadi
Zadi got written up in the NYT today and I interviewed her about her video here in San Francisco where we’ve come to hotwire the media revolution at the Webzine 2005 conference. She’s great and even though she’s worried about a cease and decist letter, she’s super positive about making a difference in the world by doing what you have got to do to tell your story.
I’m curious about the whole copyright grey area of mashups. We live in a digital age. I’m curious about what people think about artists remix things.
Go read her vlog and watch her remix video.
Technical Note; There is a lot of shaking the camera at the beginning of this video. I’m still getting used to using the Canon sd300 to take video. It’s a teeny little stills camera and takes great video unless you shake it around like I did at the beginning of this shoot!
Published by Bre Pettis on September 25 .
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Parlez-vous Frances? Visit Podemus!
Here at WATM, we are always striving to be more international. In an attempt to further the pursuit of this goal, I came across a site that our French vlogging friends may find helpful. At Podemus.com, francophone vloggers have the opportunity to attack personal media publishing from a number of different angles using their native language. Because my French does not extend very far past “Bonjour”, I contacted Podemus co-founder and developer Mayel de Borniol in hopes that he could explain things to me in English. de Borniol created Podemus along with Oliver Vignot and Bertrand Lenotre, designer and the first French podcaster, respectively. Mayel informed me that “Podemus is, first of all, a podcast and videoblog directory, but also a search engine, aggregator (each visitor can create his personal playlist), and has an online audio/video player.” Basically, individuals have the opportunity to visit, create a free account, and get to work on making their own personal media in an environment that is geared towards French speakers. It’s exciting to think that the vlogging community is growing to include so many different cultures. It’s a true testament to the universal appeal of the medium. Mayel has high hopes for his product. He told me that his goal is “to make it possible for every person to express himself [through] independant journalism, art / music, or more personal things.” Good luck, Mayel! And whether you speak French, English, or any other language, stop by and see what Podemus has to offer.
Published by Tim on September 24 .
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Introducing Thje digiKID
Remember that post I did about kids and video blogs? Well the digiKID is a perfect example of kids getting involved. This kid has his own blog, podcast, and video blog (with an rss 2.0 feed), and he’s only nine years old! His “show” focuses on helping kids, and adults with technology. He covers a lot of stuff that deals with the Sony PSP and even has his videos encoded for to be played on it. Check it out and learn something new…This just goes to show you that you’re never too young to be a video blogger.
via [Digerati University]
Published by Josh Leo on September 24 .
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Videoblogging Video Conferences
There are two videoblogging video conferences this weekend. One on Saturday at noon Pacific time (3pm Eastern, 7pm GMT) and another on Sunday at 1pm Pacific (4pm EST, 8pm GMT).
The topics are wide open this weekend, but we are planning for some on-site reporting from Webzine 2005, where several videobloggers will be in attendance. I’m teaching a videoblogging workshop on Sunday and will be live at the big event and checking in with the video conference that day.
Here’s a link to the Saturday conference.
Here’s a link to the Sunday (Euro) conference.
Here’s a link to the conference Archives.
Published by Markus Sandy on September 24 .
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Wake Me Up When September Ends
Zadi Diaz, vlogger, and LA Rocketboom correspondent, just got a write up in the New York Times Arts section for her video remix of Green Day’s recent hit Wake Me When September Ends. The original video produced by the studio showed the story of the toll the Iraq War takes on a young couple when the man enlists. Zadi taps into the pathos of the song, but gives it a whole new spin by replacing the war story with Hurricane Katrina footage. For good measure she throws in some audio snippets from George W. Bush and his mother. It’s nice to see that vlogging has come far enough that the gist of the story is about the quality of Zadi’s work, not about the novelty of the vlog medium itself. Take a look at her
piece and tell her what you think.
Published by Jonny Goldstein on September 24 .
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Blue Tights
A couple of weeks ago, I found out Big Media has been vlogging away since at least March. At his presentation at the Tysons Corner Apple Store, Eric Eckl mentioned bluetights.net, a vlog that is trying to build interest in the next Superman movie. The site has links to a discussion forum for each video post, and lots and lots of videos. It’s one example of what a videoblog looks like with lots of money poured all over it. At first I thought they had an RSS 2.0 feed with enclosures, but then Steve Garfield set me straight. They don’t. So people can’t subscribe to the video content. I guess money isn’t everything.
Published by Jonny Goldstein on September 23 .
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Meet the Vloggers in Soho, Saturday!
Ryanne, and some other NYC vloggers will be presenting at the Soho Apple store this Saturday at seven p.m. Check out this video that she made for a little preview of what’s to come.
Head on down and get your learn on.
Published by Josh Leo on September 22 .
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Vlog Dejour & Joke Dejour
“Anyone seen any good vlogs?” is always one of the questions asked at the Videoblogging Video Conference and today was no exception. Other topics included an interesting discussion on the recent formation of a videoblogging “newbies” group and the social difficulties that new vloggers encounter, academic and scientific vlogging, VlogEurope and speedvlogging. Being the Euro conference, Anders had his Swedish joke book and translated a few more bad ones for us all. In some ways, we are all the same, and silly (and fun) joke books seems to be something universal to most languages. Above, Chris Weagle of Human Dog Labs responds to “what’s new and interesting“. He ought to know; he’s one of our favorite “professors”.
Here’s a link to the conference recording. The next conference is on Saturday at noon Pacific time, 3pm Eastern and 7pm GMT. Bookmark this page and grab our feed to stay up-to-date on future conferences.
Published by Markus Sandy on September 21 .
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Global Speed Vlogging- Markus vs. Raymond
Inspired by the WATM speed vlog challenge from this past weekend, and some talk in tonight’s video conference, Raymond Kristiansen (the creator of Speed Vlogging) challenged our very own Markus Sandy to a session of Speed Vlogging.
They chose the seven minute variety of rounds now known as “Speed Vlog 7.” They prepared themselves, and then let the challenges fly.
Round 1.
Markus gave the topic of “Spheres” and came up with an eerily abstract video involving a sunlit sphere, whereas Raymond’s video involved him discussing the spherical properties of a green balloon. Markus conceded and gave that round to Raymond
Round 2.
Raymond gave the rule that the video must consist of material that was on your blog more than three months ago. Raymond did a nice remix of some footage from a remixed archive piece and some scenes filmed from the window of a plane. Markus didn’t quite understand the rules, and created a new video of himself talking about an old video. For this accidental breaking of the rules, Markus lost that round.
Round 3.
For the final round, they both agreed on the topic of “Newbies.” Both experienced some technical difficulties (Markus pressing the record button twice, thus not recording for a few minutes, and Raymond’s screencast program freezing). But they ended up with equally interesting videos. Raymond conceded this final round but won the Speed Vlog title in the end.
Both had an amazingly fun time participating, and both gained a new understanding on how dependant they are on tools (and how frustrating it can be when they don’t work)
Markus said that he now understands why people who have participated in speedvlogging enjoy it so much. “You have to experience it to understand it,” he said. The pressure to be make a video in such a limited amount of time, really gets the adrenaline and creativity flowing. Mistakes are taken in stride and any standards are thrown to the wind. So, go out and challenge someone to a Speed Vlog, try to understand why it is so exciting!
Published by Josh Leo on September 21 .
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Video Conference Today
The videobloggers are holding another video conference. Lots of people are back from VlogEurope with stories and several vloggers are getting ready for WebZine 2005. Updates from all are expected in today’s meeting. Got a question or a topic of interest for videobloggers? Come on over and participate.
Here is the link to today’s conference (5pm pacific, 8pm eastern mid GMT).
Published by Markus Sandy on September 20 .
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