Archives for January 2006
Node 101 Meets BAAP At MacWorld
While cruising the MacWorld Exhibition with Schlomo, we spoke with Debbie of the Bay Area Alterative Press. We had a lot in common and might be able to help each other out. She was in one of the small booths in the back, next to the EFF. I think there’s more interesting folks back there in the ‘cheap’ seats as most of the main floor was mainly just iPod accessories.
Published by Markus Sandy on January 11 .
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Flip 4 Mac 4 Free
Microsoft announced today that anyone can download Flip 4 Mac for free. The program allows Mac users to play .wmv and .wma files in the quicktime player. The videos are way more managable this way, making scrubbing through the video as easy as any other quicktime file. If you install this program on your Mac, all the video blogs that are distributed in .wmv form will play perfectly. No more waiting for the video to start, and no more usless controls. The pro version of the software (which you still have to pay for) allows users to import and export wmv files in any editing program. This announcement will help balance the windows video-format problems that have been plagueing Mac users since day one.
via: TUAW
Update: There is a compatibility issue with QuickTime v 7.0.4. Please download Flip4Mac WMV v2.0.1 here. This version resolves the compatibility issue with QuickTime v7.0
Published by Josh Leo on January 11 .
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UK Videobloggers Unite!
It’s no secret that videoblogging is spreading across the globe at a pretty fast pace. Vlogs are popping up in Europe, Africa, and even the Middle East. Turn around too quickly, and you might bump into one of us on the street. As a result of a growing need to collaborate with each other, members of the vlogging community are beginning to create their own groups which are so much more than just your everyday listserv. These are places to debate, explore, and learn about the medium of videoblogging. Recently Paul Knight, a vlogger in Nottingham, UK, decided to take matters into his own hands and establish a UK Videoblogging Group. I spoke to Paul about what drove him to do this, and he had this to say: “Quite simply, video blogging is growing in numbers over here, but we have no national identity. I have looked on Vlogmap, and they say there is only 35 videobloggers in the UK. Well let me assure you there are many others who…have gone out on their own. We are not pulling away, we are merely pulling together.”
There you have it. If you are a videoblogger who lives in the UK, and you have been searching for a way to connect on a more personal level with other videobloggers in your area, here’s your chance. Join up, participate, and make some movies!
Published by Tim on January 6 .
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Joe Chapuis Thinks Big
For less than $2,000, Joe Chapuis has built a mini-studio at home where he produces his new video newsletter for entrepreneurs and small business owners, The HotBizz Report. His topics include ecommerce, internet marketing and inspirational success stories.
“It’s amazing. Just a few years ago, this would have been nearly impossible,” he says. “Now, anyone with a decent camera and the right software can brodcast digital-quality video to millions of people around the world.”
His recent report, Think Big: Alex Tew and The Million Dollar Home Page, shows how a ‘talking head’ can be interesting and entertaining.
Chapuis uses a green screen and creative transitions to move the story along, but most importantly it’s Chapuis who keeps me subscribed.
His video blogs posts have a beginning a middle and an end. They also usually have a bit of humor to them.
With a lot of mainstream media being repurposed into RSS feeds, it’s refreshing to find an authentic voice out there.
I subscribe to people.
Published by Steve Garfield on January 6 .
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I Feel Like I Know You
In The Talking Head argument, Jay Dedman shares two videos that he and Ryanne Hodson made for each other a year ago. They were privately sharing their lives with each other through videoblogging.:
“When we met online a year ago, she lived in Boston and I lived in Manhattan. After she commented on one of my videos, we started watching each other’s work. One day Ryanne asked if I wanted to ‘collaborate’…so we set up our own private videoblog.
Almost every day we posted videos about our lives, where we worked, things we did, what we thought. These are two videos when Ryanne and I told each other how we felt about each other. Together, they are about 10 minutes long.
They are extremely hard for us to watch because we are so vunerable. It’s that moment when you take a chance and say, you mean a lot to me.”
There’s a lot more going on here than just posting video on a web page.
Published by Steve Garfield on January 3 .
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