Archives for April 2006
Vloggers Participating in Videoblogging Week 2006
I’ve updated the Videoblogging Week 2006 blog with a post about watching everyone’s videos.
Vloggers Participating in Videoblogging Week 2006.
It gives visitors a way to see everyone who is participating.
Please use the comments section over there to post any other ways that you use to keep track of the new videos.
This project has made it clear to me that there needs to be better ways for groups like this to keep track of new videos.
The videobloggingweek2006 Technorati tag is a filter, a trusted filter that we all want to use to be able to see new videos, but the distribution mechanism isn’t quite yet up to par.
Hopefully we can figure something out…
Published by Steve Garfield on April 5 .
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Vlogging the Taboo: Mortality
As Videoblogging Week 2006 rolls on, I find myself re-entering the vlogging world after a break with an unexpected exuberance for everything video. I have been watching posts of my old favorites, and I have also been discovering new gems here and there. One vlogger has captured my attention with his approach to this annual event. I have watched Dave Huth of 90 Seconds of Dave many times previous, but I don’t think I have ever been so moved as I have been by how he has chosen to spotlight Vlogging Week.
The title of his entries, “People I Know: Mortality”, only tells part of the story. Yes, his videos are about death, but they are about so much more. They are about an integral portion of the human experience. In our culture death is taboo. People don’t like to talk about it, and if they must they do so in hushed tones as if it were listening and might come for a visit. That is unfortunate. As a counselor, I believe that it is extremely important for us to discuss all aspects of life. Death is a natural part of living. If anything, it helps us to see just how precious our relationships are. Yes, death is hard to discuss and uncomfortable to think about, but Dave shines a strong light of dignity on those he spotlights. The feelings that he creates through images of elderly parents who have lost their son, and a young mother holding her child help to further personalize his posts. Everyone experiences death in a different way. Dave opens the viewer’s eyes to the humanity of our mortality, and I applaud him for his originality. Check out his first two entires here (Day 1) and here (Day 2).
Published by Tim on April 4 .
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We The Media Panel in Germany at the Digital Lifestyle Day 2006
This post is a little late, but I thought it was good to show what people are talking about. Last month I attended the Digital Lifestyle Day 2006 as a speaker for the “We The Media” panel along with Dan Gillmor (A-List Blogger), Loic Le Meur (Vice President Six-Apart France) and Anina (the fashion blogger). I talked about video blogging at the end of the panel which starts at around 50 min. into the video. I feel that Dan, Luc and Anina have some very interesting things to say, and felt this should be shared. One thing is sure is that we are on the brink of a revolution in both social revolution and art collaboration.
There are some more conferences I am attending in the coming months, and I’ll be posting my thoughts on what comes out of them. One thing I heard at the DLD, apparently web 3.0 is upon us. I guess I need to upgrade my system again.
Your Bad Mother Vlogger, Gabe Mac
Published by GabeMac on April 3 .
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Watching Downloaded FLV video files
Reading the last post I thought I’d give a little tip for how to watch those flv video files you download. The answer is FIREANT. Just download fireant, (if you haven’t got it already). Then drag the FLV file you downloaded onto fireant and press play. This is what I use on the Mac version, but I’m not 100% sure it does work on the Windows version.
-Gabe Mac
Published by GabeMac on April 3 .
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Getting Sponsored
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Gabe Bauer, Thomas Gigold and myself (Gabe McIntyre) are being sponsored to blog and vlog for Mini at the Auto Motive International show this week in LEipsig, Germany. What’s amazing about this, beyond getting paid to actually VLOG!, is the fact that we are being given complete freedom to vlog about whatever we want. We don’t have to talk about cars at all! This is a HUGE step for the vlogging community that such a big company is embrassing this stuff. If you want us to play promos, just send us an e-mail with a link to promo[at]xolo.tv.
The website is vlogbymini.de
Published by GabeMac on April 3 .
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We Are The Media Schwag
Don’t arrive to vloggercon without one of these! Go to the We Are The Media Store and get one ASAP! If there is something from Cafepress that you’d like to see with our logo, drop a comment and I’ll design it!
Published by Bre Pettis on April 2 .
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Tips And Tricks For An Interview
I’m going to be doing some interviews next week with a camera operator and editor. This is an upgrade from my usual routine of shooting everything by myself and pointing the camera back and forth and so I went to the yahoo videoblogging list to ask for advice.
Published by Bre Pettis on April 1 .
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