Archives for April 2006
Videoblogging Survey
I just filled out Andreas Haugstrup’s videoblogging survey and would urge all videobloggers to do the same. Andreas is using this information as part of a Master’s thesis and will also be making the results available to all who participate. Here is what Andreas has to say about the project:
As a part of my work I want to document just who these videobloggers and their viewers are. This website will serve as a hub for the 2-3 projects I am planning. The first is online right now. It is a survey of videobloggers and viewers of videoblogs. If you are either I hope you will take 15 minutes out of your day to fill out the questionaire.
It only took me 10 minutes.
To participate click Remediate Survey
Published by Graham Walker on April 11 .
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Movies at the Maker’s Faire
Get your video cameras rolling and submit your movie to the Maker’s Faire.
The due date for submissions is this Wednesday the 12th. That is very soon, so comb through your archives and submit your favorite howto, documentary, or demonstrate that rocking home-made washtub bass you’ve just made!
Here’s the link to learn more and submit your movies . Now get out there and get your Make on!
Disclosure: I’m helping with this.
Published by Bre Pettis on April 10 .
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Vloggers of Videoblogging Week 2006!
Bethany McKenney, a student in her final year of undergraduate film studies in Philadelphia, compiles a video of Vloggers of Videoblogging week 2006!
Lots of creativity happened this week!
Published by Steve Garfield on April 10 .
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A New Democracy
While vloggers worldwide are busy discussing Veoh’s questionable policies, Participatory Culture, a non-profit organization based in Massachusetts released a new version of the Democracy Player (formerly known as DTV). The timing and name are curiously appropos to today’s vibrant discussion! Democracy player is quite similar to the Veoh stand alone application, where users subscribe to “channels” which then download episodes using a bittorrent-like system. But the big difference is that Democracy is open source, commercial-free, and doesn’t transcode videos. It also appears that the channels need to be submitted individually by the creators. (Check their FAQ on submitting a channel…)
According to their press release, “We’re wicked pumped to announce the newest version of Democracy Player today! Version 0.8.2 is faster, more responsive, easy-to-use, stable, and looks well-organized, intuitive, obvious, and cleaner. We have been aggressively testing this new version for the past week, worked out a bunch of bugs, and now find Democracy Player at a point that is undeniably satisfying.” Sounds like the old version was really really lame!
Participatory Culture also brought the net video world VideoBomb (for sharing and tagging favorite videos), BroadcastMachine (for publishing channels of video from your website), and ChannelGuide, a listing of internet TV channels, vlogs, and podcast, which boasts over 400 channels of internet TV. So if you’re looking for a non-commercial vlogger-friendly respite from the flames of online video growing pains, you may want to try good old-fashioned Democracy.
Published by Clark Saturn on April 10 .
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Veoh’s Open Letter To Videobloggers
Dear Video Bloggers,
Please let me apologize for any confusion and distress Veoh’s broadcasting of unclaimed RSS feeds has caused. It was in no way deliberate.
I would like to thank you for your passion, your harsh constructive criticism, and your patience while we continue to strive to make Veoh a service that can dramatically impact the video blogging, and television worlds. For those of you who have expressed support and a
desire to work with us, I look forward to meeting you and working together.
As I have stated in previous messages, Veoh’s intent has never been to be a place where publisher’s rights are (more…)
Published by Bre Pettis on April 10 .
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The Pentagon Channel? No, please make it go away!
My worst fears are being realised. The Pentagon channel is no hoax. A vlog being done by the Pentagon containing a line-up of, among others:
* “Around the Services in Brief,” the daily military news and information show;
* “RECON,” an in-depth look at real-world military operations, missions and events; and
* “Around the Services Reloaded,” a weekly round-up of news and information important to servicemembers stationed around the world.
“We work hard to communicate with the men and women of the department around the world,” Secretary of Defense Donald H. Rumsfeld said. “I am pleased that we are using video casting and other increasingly important technologies to reach our global audience with all the news and information available on the Pentagon Channel.” Right. Information that has been properly certified by the U.S. military. They’ve invaded our news networks, now they are invading our feeds. I prefer the vlogs and podcasts from the soldiers out on the field giving the REAL stories, and not the pentagon P.R. train.
Hey Veoh, fireant and other aggregators, how about hijacking their feeds and giving them insanefilms.com enclosures instead? Now that would be awesome.
Published by GabeMac on April 10 .
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Veoh Update
Vloggers worldwide are watching this conversation with anticipation. Vloggers are a passionate group who share themselves with the internet and when we percieve that we are being wronged, we make sure that it gets put right.
We here at WATM want to report on this fairly. A WATM reporter is attemptinng to get an interview with Dmitri of Veoh. We as a community look forward to his company’s responses to the community’s concerns regarding content and requests to remove unclaimed content and feeds from Veoh.
Published by Bre Pettis on April 10 .
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What’s going on with Veoh?
The Yahoo Videoblogging Group is all a-buzz with activity today around the subject of video-hijacking. A company named Veoh, which calls itself “The First Internet Television Peercasting Network,” has been collecting video from all over the Web, copying it to their servers and serving it up as Veoh “shows” without giving credit to the original content creator.
Videobloggers put blood, sweat and tears into their (more…)
Published by Collaborative Effort on April 8 .
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Intel Spanish Contest Winners
Intel decided to announce the winners of their contest Thursday night with a huge fiesta to celebrate videoblogging. According to the report, the party was a huge success with many representatives from the media. It was a great step forward for videoblogging in the world! Here are the winners:
First Place:
Juan Falla - http://viviendoconfallas.blogspot.com
Second Place:
Toni Francois - http://www.toni.com.mx
Third Place:
Juan Luis Casañas - http://www.envideo.blogspot.com
Honorable Mention (Popular Vote):
Ivanov Marmolejo - http://logiatvblog.blogspot.com
Honorable Mention (Judges):
Aníbal Benítez - http://lectersblog.blogspot.com
Published by Dennis on April 8 .
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Andy Carvin’s New PBS Blog: Learning Now
At a recent Boston Media Makers meeting, Andy Carvin let it spill that he was going to be authoring a blog for PBS about learning, technology, and culture called “Learning Now.” He wanted to call it “Appetite for Construction” but I guess that was a little too edgy for PBS. The site should go live in mid-April. Andy will explore how the educational establishment grapples with new social media phenomena like Wikipedia, videobloggging, and MySpace. As someone who works with technology in public schools, I think a blog like this, with the kind of national exposure PBS will bring, is long overdue. It is time for people to start talking about the good, the bad, and the ugly of the way that the education world integrates, or gets swamped by, the new technology currents swirling around it. So, whatever your “Appetite for Construction,” I hope you are ready for “Learning Now.”
Published by Jonny Goldstein on April 5 .
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