To train our new-to-web-authoring we use Lynda.com's series of excellent
screencasts on all things WP 2.7.

The underlined one's here are free.
http://www.lynda.com/home/DisplayCourse.aspx?lpk2=750

--
~ Caleb Clark
~ Wk: http://gradcenter.marlboro.edu/academics/mat/faculty
~ Hm: http://www.plocktau.com
~ "The problem with communication is the assumption it has been
accomplished." - G. B. Shaw.


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I disagree. Nokia started down this path with their Internet Tablets, the 770
and 800, which pre-date the iphone. So they've had their toes in the water for a
while, including opensource. I had an N800, it had some real nice features but
it suffered from the usual problem when compared to the iphone: clunky, and not
enough polished apps = not as much fun.

Open source is not the be all and end all, developers may care more about having
a feature-rich platform to build on and which offers good opportunities for
monetizing their work. Open source certainly has its advantages, everything
Apple have done wrong with app store and approving apps and being control freaks
reminds people of the benefits of being opensource, and stops us from blindly
swapping nightmares involving the mobile phone networks being gatekeepers, for
nightmares where the device manufacturer is the gatekeeper. But the open source
movement has its own woes and downsides, to date I only really consider it a
massive success with certain webapps, eg wordpress, and probably a few desktop
apps but not many really. And the Apple app store also opens eyeballs by
demonstrating that people are still quite prepared to pay for apps if the
experience is deemed good enough.

Open standards and interoperability fascinate me more than open source apps. On
the web I have to rely on many services that are provided by corporations, and
the same is true for most hardware. But at least if some commons standards are
used with this stuff, it gives us some flexibility and freedom. With the
exception of Internet Explorer, Im very happy with where the web and browsers
have been going in regards to standards, HTML5 and friends will hopefully
eventually give us a pretty comprehensive multimedia experience that will be
common across platforms and will allow people to buy slightly locked-down
hardware without all of the associated pain.

Cheers

Steve Elbows
--- In videoblogging@yahoogroups.com, Rupert Howe <rupert@...> wrote:
>
> Nokia has been closed up until now.  The N900 using an open source OS
> is a radical departure for them - they've been a traditional,
> hierarchical closed company.  Thus many fewer apps.  Also the apps are
> more functional, less fun for straight mobile phones.  The moment you
> bring in a touch screen with a large screen surface area and good
> resolution, the more things you can do with it.  And then add the
> financial and career incentive of creating a successful app for the
> world's most popular mobile computer.
>
> I think you're right, though - Nokia have had to raise their game
> massively because of the iPhone, and the N900 is definitely a
> desperate reaction to the iPhone and their subsequent drop in market
> share.  Making it open and using a slightly different technology for
> the touch screen is a gamble, but I think it might pay off.  I'm
> already scheming video apps for it.
>
>
> On 29-Sep-09, at 4:21 PM, Jay dedman wrote:
>
> > > So Rupert.... given your experience with Nokia and Apple, I would
> > love to
> > > read your more elaborate thoughts on the two options for mobile
> > smart phone
> > > puters. Are you leaning towards iPhone?
> >
> > I was a Nokia user for a long time...but without being a fanboy, I got
> > to say how awesome the iPhone is. The fact that you can figure out how
> > to do things without instructions is amazing. Hopefully, other
> > companies will follow this model.
> >
> > It's strange to me that Nokia is open and Apple is closed, but
> > developers have created many more applications for Apple than Nokia.
> > Being a big fan of Open Source, it's just an example that usability
> > will always win.
> >
> > As far as the camera on the iPhone 3GS, it's not something right home
> > about. The image is pretty poor. Little control. Bad mic. BUT BUT BUT
> > it is extremely easy to take a video and post it online. So easy.
> >
> > Hopefully, Apple with all their developers and design sense will just
> > set the expectation for how all phones should be, open source
> > included.
> >
> > Jay
> >
> > --
> > http://ryanishungry.com
> > http://jaydedman.com
> > http://twitter.com/jaydedman
> > 917 371 6790
> >
> >
>
>
>
> [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
>

Funny isnt it?

Ive tried all sorts of windows mobiles, other smartphones, windows-based tablet
computers over the years, and oh my how they sucked when looking at the overall
experience.

When looking at what makes the iphone great, it does seem strange that nobody
has come close to copying it effectively yet, even if we rule out other factors
such as how well known the iphoe is, critical mas of users, journalists frindly
towards apple etc.

An intuitive interface & gestures, a touchscreen that feels nice and responds
properly, hardware-accellerated graphics to make everything flow quickly and
smoothly. Not rocket science, although there are many good reasons why its not
been so easy for others to copy these effectively, ranging from the touch
technology used to the difficulty in ripping off the essence of a UI without
completely copying it.

I guess it just goes to show that quality design is still a rare skill, and that
making things easy is difficult. I also blame some generalised failings of the
sorts of minds that tend to get into development, myself included, it seems we
often do not have strong instincts about making the interface/experience
anywhere near as fun and smooth as it should be.

A decade of the microsoft way nearly destroyed this natural born geeks love of
computers, though I remain very uncomfortable that only one corporation, Apple,
has saved my love from further erosion. I have high hopes for the Apple tablet
but I would be far happier if other companies were really getting somewhere,
joining what should be a new golden age where many technologies have evolved to
the point where they live up to their promise. In nearly every other area
technology is still failing me and depressing me,  with the exception of quite a
lot of music creation software and hardware, of which some very lovely products
have emerged in recent years. Oh and certain aspects of the web, although Im
just about to start another post ranting about that so I'll not dwell on that
further here.

Cheers

Steve Elbows
--- In videoblogging@yahoogroups.com, "hpbatman7" <heathparks@...> wrote:
> So I will give props to Apple for the iphone....it does make you wonder though
why these other handset makers are having such a hard time making an Iphone
"clone"....I mean it can't be that hard, can it?
>
> Heath
> http://heathparks.com (site under construction)

Google Wave interests me. On face value its just googles answer to twitter,
social networks, forums, email & blog comments, but the way they are doing it
makes me interested. For as well as the usual APIs that will allow developers to
add functionality to the platform, and the now standard ability for users to
embed this stuff in their own sites, they are also releasing full details on the
protocol used to make the service work, as well as example code which
demonstrates how to make your own clients and servers. If adopted by people,
this means we dont have to worry about Google having complete control over this
stuff and it all being centralised in the usual way.

So has anybody looked at it in detail? At this stage its one of those annoying
invitation-based betas so I havent had the opportunity to try it myself, though
the developers stuff I mention is available and Im starting to read more detail
about it.

Im interested in it from the point of view of solving stuff we talked about here
over the years: aggregating content and conversations in a more sophisticated
way, whilst still retaining control of the data and not ending up in a walled
gardem that al the API's from the likes of facebook have not really torn down,
they just added more gates to the wall.

What significant developments have happened on the web in recent years,
especially pertaining to vlogging? I took my eyes off the ball for a while after
getting tired with the hype filled web 2.0 stuff once it reached the silly
greedy commercial stage and then started to vanish up its own backside, whats
occuring apart from the obvious like facebook and twitter? How have the video
hosting services evolved, or have they just been treading water and trying to
survive in recent times?

Are there any interesting projects that people are throwing themselves into?
There is a hole in my life where once I used to be able to have dreams inspired
by the likes of fireant, mefeedia, showinabox, and all sorts of other things
whose names now escape me. Wow, I cant even remember the name of the video
hosting site that used archive.org and never quite lived up to its potential.

Cheers

Steve Elbows

One thing I noticed about that N900 is that it's really thick and
brick shaped. It's like 2 iphones stuck together. Won't really slide
into the pants pocket so nicely. Also, I see this with every phone
that my kids use - physical keyboards break when you use them a lot.
We've already replaced multiple phones because of that. On the other
hand my original iphone (my wife is using it) is still going strong at
almost 2 years old - in fact it's better now because it has a newer os
and apps.

- Verdi

--
Michael Verdi
http://milkweedmediadesign.com
http://michaelverdi.com

Yeah, having held it, it doesn't feel too huge, though - it's slightly
shorter and not as wide as the iphone, and 18mm thick versus 12mm.
Which is half as thick again, but about as thick as the other candybar
smartphones I have had.  Am such a N900 fanboy on this thread, sorry.

On 1-Oct-09, at 6:06 PM, Michael Verdi wrote:

> One thing I noticed about that N900 is that it's really thick and
> brick shaped. It's like 2 iphones stuck together. Won't really slide
> into the pants pocket so nicely. Also, I see this with every phone
> that my kids use - physical keyboards break when you use them a lot.
> We've already replaced multiple phones because of that. On the other
> hand my original iphone (my wife is using it) is still going strong at
> almost 2 years old - in fact it's better now because it has a newer os
> and apps.
>
> - Verdi
>
> --
> Michael Verdi
> http://milkweedmediadesign.com
> http://michaelverdi.com
>
>



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comparable pics here in this thorough review:
http://my-symbian.com/other/preview_n900.php

doesnt seem much bigger than standrad devices besdeis the very sleek iphone.

-
sull
http://vocal.ly


On Thu, Oct 1, 2009 at 1:06 PM, Michael Verdi <michaelverdi@...>wrote:

>
>
> One thing I noticed about that N900 is that it's really thick and
> brick shaped. It's like 2 iphones stuck together. Won't really slide
> into the pants pocket so nicely. Also, I see this with every phone
> that my kids use - physical keyboards break when you use them a lot.
> We've already replaced multiple phones because of that. On the other
> hand my original iphone (my wife is using it) is still going strong at
> almost 2 years old - in fact it's better now because it has a newer os
> and apps.
>
> - Verdi
>
> --
> Michael Verdi
> http://milkweedmediadesign.com
> http://michaelverdi.com
>
>


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Here is an intro video about wave, looks like I missed wiki and instant
messaging when trying to list the sorts of things its inspired by/designed to
replace.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p6pgxLaDdQw

And I finally remembered the name of the video host of old: ourmedia. Ive just
been catching up with where this and some other sites have ended up, they are
still alive but not exactly bursting with momentum or giving us much to talk
about. Speaking of which, are some of the conversations that used to happen on
this group now taking place on twitter or friendfeed or peoples blogs or other
communities, or are they not happening much at all now? Its nice to see this
group busier of late, and Im just a wondering how to get a sense of the state of
things, everything is so fragmented and based on popularity or social
connections these days, Im a bit lost.

Cheers

Steve Elbows

--- In videoblogging@yahoogroups.com, "elbowsofdeath" <steve@...> wrote:
>
> Google Wave interests me. On face value its just googles answer to twitter,
social networks, forums, email & blog comments, but the way they are doing it
makes me interested. For as well as the usual APIs that will allow developers to
add functionality to the platform, and the now standard ability for users to
embed this stuff in their own sites, they are also releasing full details on the
protocol used to make the service work, as well as example code which
demonstrates how to make your own clients and servers. If adopted by people,
this means we dont have to worry about Google having complete control over this
stuff and it all being centralised in the usual way.
>
> So has anybody looked at it in detail? At this stage its one of those annoying
invitation-based betas so I havent had the opportunity to try it myself, though
the developers stuff I mention is available and Im starting to read more detail
about it.
>
> Im interested in it from the point of view of solving stuff we talked about
here over the years: aggregating content and conversations in a more
sophisticated way, whilst still retaining control of the data and not ending up
in a walled gardem that al the API's from the likes of facebook have not really
torn down, they just added more gates to the wall.
>
> What significant developments have happened on the web in recent years,
especially pertaining to vlogging? I took my eyes off the ball for a while after
getting tired with the hype filled web 2.0 stuff once it reached the silly
greedy commercial stage and then started to vanish up its own backside, whats
occuring apart from the obvious like facebook and twitter? How have the video
hosting services evolved, or have they just been treading water and trying to
survive in recent times?
>
> Are there any interesting projects that people are throwing themselves into?
There is a hole in my life where once I used to be able to have dreams inspired
by the likes of fireant, mefeedia, showinabox, and all sorts of other things
whose names now escape me. Wow, I cant even remember the name of the video
hosting site that used archive.org and never quite lived up to its potential.
>
> Cheers
>
> Steve Elbows
>

The only problem I have found with pixelpipe is that sometimes it takes ages to
crunch you video. Say you set pixelpipe to tweet your content, folk click the
link in twitter, pixelpipe shows you nothing as it is still crunching.

As for the iPhone 3GS for vlogging the only pain is that when you are pointing
the camera at yourself and you finish vlogging trying to hit stop, well it's
like when you were a kid trying to unhook a bra for the first time. Lots of
fumbling and looking like a fool. But it does take beautiful images (well in
good light) :)

--- In videoblogging@yahoogroups.com, Michael Sullivan <sulleleven@...> wrote:
>
> comparable pics here in this thorough review:
> http://my-symbian.com/other/preview_n900.php
>
> doesnt seem much bigger than standrad devices besdeis the very sleek iphone.
>
> -
> sull
> http://vocal.ly
>
>
> On Thu, Oct 1, 2009 at 1:06 PM, Michael Verdi <michaelverdi@...>wrote:
>
> >
> >
> > One thing I noticed about that N900 is that it's really thick and
> > brick shaped. It's like 2 iphones stuck together. Won't really slide
> > into the pants pocket so nicely. Also, I see this with every phone
> > that my kids use - physical keyboards break when you use them a lot.
> > We've already replaced multiple phones because of that. On the other
> > hand my original iphone (my wife is using it) is still going strong at
> > almost 2 years old - in fact it's better now because it has a newer os
> > and apps.
> >
> > - Verdi
> >
> > --
> > Michael Verdi
> > http://milkweedmediadesign.com
> > http://michaelverdi.com
> >
> >
>
>
> [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
>

What? unhooking a bra for the first time = beautiful images?
Welcome to the group!
Ernmander vlogs here...
http://www.ernmander.com/

I don't get Pixelpipe to tweet, for that reason.  Instead, I use the
Tweet function in the services that Pixelpipe distributing to.
Sometimes I have used Pixelpipe to distribute to my blog, via Blip.tv
which has an auto blog posting feature, in which case I use
Twitterfeed to tweet from my blog's feed, when it's finished receiving
& processing.


On 1-Oct-09, at 8:44 PM, ernmander wrote:

> The only problem I have found with pixelpipe is that sometimes it
> takes ages to crunch you video. Say you set pixelpipe to tweet your
> content, folk click the link in twitter, pixelpipe shows you nothing
> as it is still crunching.
>
> As for the iPhone 3GS for vlogging the only pain is that when you
> are pointing the camera at yourself and you finish vlogging trying
> to hit stop, well it's like when you were a kid trying to unhook a
> bra for the first time. Lots of fumbling and looking like a fool.
> But it does take beautiful images (well in good light) :)
>
> --- In videoblogging@yahoogroups.com, Michael Sullivan
> <sulleleven@...> wrote:
> >
> > comparable pics here in this thorough review:
> > http://my-symbian.com/other/preview_n900.php
> >
> > doesnt seem much bigger than standrad devices besdeis the very
> sleek iphone.
> >
> > -
> > sull
> > http://vocal.ly
> >
> >
> > On Thu, Oct 1, 2009 at 1:06 PM, Michael Verdi
> <michaelverdi@...>wrote:
> >
> > >
> > >
> > > One thing I noticed about that N900 is that it's really thick and
> > > brick shaped. It's like 2 iphones stuck together. Won't really
> slide
> > > into the pants pocket so nicely. Also, I see this with every phone
> > > that my kids use - physical keyboards break when you use them a
> lot.
> > > We've already replaced multiple phones because of that. On the
> other
> > > hand my original iphone (my wife is using it) is still going
> strong at
> > > almost 2 years old - in fact it's better now because it has a
> newer os
> > > and apps.
> > >
> > > - Verdi
> > >
> > > --
> > > Michael Verdi
> > > http://milkweedmediadesign.com
> > > http://michaelverdi.com
> > >
> > >
> >
> >
> > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
> >
>
>
>



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Steve,

On 1-Oct-09, at 5:19 PM, elbowsofdeath wrote:
What significant developments have happened on the web in recent
years, especially pertaining to vlogging?
How have the video hosting services evolved, or have they just been
treading water and trying to survive in recent times?
Are there any interesting projects that people are throwing themselves
into?

Check out the Artists in the Cloud group:
http://groups.google.com/group/artists-in-the-cloud/
where people are discussing this stuff and circling the kind of video
projects they're considering throwing themselves into.

hehe mmm bra, erm sorry. Thank you Rupert for the very kind welcome.

i must head off and check blips auto blog feature. I am trying to get a way of
posting vids direct to my blog without having to open Wordpress and do the embed
thing. Hence I changed the blog template, it is now minimalist so the content is
the focus and not the blog template (as was the case up until yesterday) :)

I also use Twitterfeed to notify Twitter of new blog posts. I am going to do
some testing today and see if the WordPress app will let me upload vids direct
from iPhone 3GS into posts. If it can my blog will be a true mobile almost live
living thing. Vlogging direct to blog from the street, well subject to O2's
crappy coverage.

--- In videoblogging@yahoogroups.com, Rupert Howe <rupert@...> wrote:
>
> What? unhooking a bra for the first time = beautiful images?
> Welcome to the group!
> Ernmander vlogs here...
> http://www.ernmander.com/
>
> I don't get Pixelpipe to tweet, for that reason.  Instead, I use the
> Tweet function in the services that Pixelpipe distributing to.
> Sometimes I have used Pixelpipe to distribute to my blog, via Blip.tv
> which has an auto blog posting feature, in which case I use
> Twitterfeed to tweet from my blog's feed, when it's finished receiving
> & processing.
>
>
> On 1-Oct-09, at 8:44 PM, ernmander wrote:
>
> > The only problem I have found with pixelpipe is that sometimes it
> > takes ages to crunch you video. Say you set pixelpipe to tweet your
> > content, folk click the link in twitter, pixelpipe shows you nothing
> > as it is still crunching.
> >
> > As for the iPhone 3GS for vlogging the only pain is that when you
> > are pointing the camera at yourself and you finish vlogging trying
> > to hit stop, well it's like when you were a kid trying to unhook a
> > bra for the first time. Lots of fumbling and looking like a fool.
> > But it does take beautiful images (well in good light) :)
> >
> > --- In videoblogging@yahoogroups.com, Michael Sullivan
> > <sulleleven@> wrote:
> > >
> > > comparable pics here in this thorough review:
> > > http://my-symbian.com/other/preview_n900.php
> > >
> > > doesnt seem much bigger than standrad devices besdeis the very
> > sleek iphone.
> > >
> > > -
> > > sull
> > > http://vocal.ly
> > >
> > >
> > > On Thu, Oct 1, 2009 at 1:06 PM, Michael Verdi
> > <michaelverdi@>wrote:
> > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > One thing I noticed about that N900 is that it's really thick and
> > > > brick shaped. It's like 2 iphones stuck together. Won't really
> > slide
> > > > into the pants pocket so nicely. Also, I see this with every phone
> > > > that my kids use - physical keyboards break when you use them a
> > lot.
> > > > We've already replaced multiple phones because of that. On the
> > other
> > > > hand my original iphone (my wife is using it) is still going
> > strong at
> > > > almost 2 years old - in fact it's better now because it has a
> > newer os
> > > > and apps.
> > > >
> > > > - Verdi
> > > >
> > > > --
> > > > Michael Verdi
> > > > http://milkweedmediadesign.com
> > > > http://michaelverdi.com
> > > >
> > > >
> > >
> > >
> > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
> > >
> >
> >
> >
>
>
>
> [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
>

Yeah, Blip's new navigation is quite confusing.  You need to click
Distribution in the list of links in the Footer, not in the main
navigation bar (the distribution link there takes you to somewhere
where you can't change any settings).
Then click External Blogs in the links on the left hand side - set up
your Wordpress blog there.
Then click Autocrosspost, directly below External Blogs in the left
hand sidebar - set it up.
Then when you post to Blip from Pixelpipe, your video will
autocrosspost to your blog.

Rupert
http://twittervlog.tv


On 2-Oct-09, at 9:58 AM, ernmander wrote:

> hehe mmm bra, erm sorry. Thank you Rupert for the very kind welcome.
>
> i must head off and check blips auto blog feature. I am trying to
> get a way of posting vids direct to my blog without having to open
> Wordpress and do the embed thing. Hence I changed the blog template,
> it is now minimalist so the content is the focus and not the blog
> template (as was the case up until yesterday) :)
>
> I also use Twitterfeed to notify Twitter of new blog posts. I am
> going to do some testing today and see if the WordPress app will let
> me upload vids direct from iPhone 3GS into posts. If it can my blog
> will be a true mobile almost live living thing. Vlogging direct to
> blog from the street, well subject to O2's crappy coverage.
>
> --- In videoblogging@yahoogroups.com, Rupert Howe <rupert@...> wrote:
> >
> > What? unhooking a bra for the first time = beautiful images?
> > Welcome to the group!
> > Ernmander vlogs here...
> > http://www.ernmander.com/
> >
> > I don't get Pixelpipe to tweet, for that reason. Instead, I use the
> > Tweet function in the services that Pixelpipe distributing to.
> > Sometimes I have used Pixelpipe to distribute to my blog, via
> Blip.tv
> > which has an auto blog posting feature, in which case I use
> > Twitterfeed to tweet from my blog's feed, when it's finished
> receiving
> > & processing.
> >
> >
> > On 1-Oct-09, at 8:44 PM, ernmander wrote:
> >
> > > The only problem I have found with pixelpipe is that sometimes it
> > > takes ages to crunch you video. Say you set pixelpipe to tweet
> your
> > > content, folk click the link in twitter, pixelpipe shows you
> nothing
> > > as it is still crunching.
> > >
> > > As for the iPhone 3GS for vlogging the only pain is that when you
> > > are pointing the camera at yourself and you finish vlogging trying
> > > to hit stop, well it's like when you were a kid trying to unhook a
> > > bra for the first time. Lots of fumbling and looking like a fool.
> > > But it does take beautiful images (well in good light) :)
> > >
> > > --- In videoblogging@yahoogroups.com, Michael Sullivan
> > > <sulleleven@> wrote:
> > > >
> > > > comparable pics here in this thorough review:
> > > > http://my-symbian.com/other/preview_n900.php
> > > >
> > > > doesnt seem much bigger than standrad devices besdeis the very
> > > sleek iphone.
> > > >
> > > > -
> > > > sull
> > > > http://vocal.ly
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > On Thu, Oct 1, 2009 at 1:06 PM, Michael Verdi
> > > <michaelverdi@>wrote:
> > > >
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > > One thing I noticed about that N900 is that it's really
> thick and
> > > > > brick shaped. It's like 2 iphones stuck together. Won't really
> > > slide
> > > > > into the pants pocket so nicely. Also, I see this with every
> phone
> > > > > that my kids use - physical keyboards break when you use
> them a
> > > lot.
> > > > > We've already replaced multiple phones because of that. On the
> > > other
> > > > > hand my original iphone (my wife is using it) is still going
> > > strong at
> > > > > almost 2 years old - in fact it's better now because it has a
> > > newer os
> > > > > and apps.
> > > > >
> > > > > - Verdi
> > > > >
> > > > > --
> > > > > Michael Verdi
> > > > > http://milkweedmediadesign.com
> > > > > http://michaelverdi.com
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
> > > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> >
> >
> >
> > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
> >
>
>
>



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I may be a little out of the loop on small town newspapers but I'd suspect
that they're now evolving to be complete well rounded little media companies
doing video and audio and even social media and social networking, in
addition to their traditional photo and written word.  Anything to get their
message across.
I just stumbled on this superb quote from Marshal McLuhan.

"The old medium is always the content of the new medium. As movies tend to
be the content of tv and as books tend to be the content of movies."


It pretty much perfectly sums up the web. It started by gobling up tv,
radio, movies, music etc., but since some of these media companies wholesale
boycotted it a black market of goods spring up as well as leaving a
tremendous opportunity for innovative media makers... i.e. the world of
videoblogging and youtube among others.

We've progressed in this latest media revolution on the web beyond the web
page and deconstructed old media forms into more granular base elements.
We've done the piping in the form of RSS and we've made media move fluidly
around the web... a large part of this was the value of search, not
aggregation, the true success of RSS.

The question is always though... what else?  Where else is this going.

It's impossible and indeed foolish to think that in the fifteen or so years
since the web went commercial and mainstream that it doesn't have some major
evolution yet ahead of it.

-Mike
mmeiser.com/blog
flickr.com/photos/mmeiser2
On Tue, Sep 29, 2009 at 12:03 PM, Michael Sullivan <sulleleven@...>wrote:

> The other night I had guests over and we were talkiing about the struggles
> of the print industry and in particular the newspapers.  I pointed out that
> though technology advancements have caused this struggle, it will also be
> their saving grace... as we see these advanced networked mobile touch
> screen
> tablet devices come to the market.  And content is still king.  Soon, the
> tech influence will balance and the live or die scenarios will circle back
> home to the content that each publisher pumps out.   No more excuses.
>
> As for the ease of a networked camera... check out this n900 + pixelpipe
> video:
>
> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fxD-MmSVohg
>
> sull
>
> On Tue, Sep 29, 2009 at 11:22 AM, Rupert Howe <rupert@...>
> wrote:
>
> >
> >
> > No. I realised the only reason I wanted an iPhone/iPod Touch this
> > week - the *only* reason - is for a job next week where the client
> > wants me to do audioboos.
> > Otherwise, I've been saving up for an N900. I'll find another way
> > around the live audio posting. The Audioboo iPhone app is an elegant
> > solution, but there must be other ways.
> >
> > Nokia rumors are that they will come out with a competing device to
> > the iPad next year, running Maemo. No prizes for guessing which I'll
> > be buying.
> >
> > I think these devices will change the way we read books, newspapers,
> > magazines and watch films. If the big media companies have any sense,
> > they're wetting their pants in anticipation of proper multifunction
> > media players and e-readers. Small independent media companies should
> > be doing the same.
> >
> > Rupert
> > http://twittervlog.tv
> >
> >
> > On 29-Sep-09, at 4:05 PM, Michael Sullivan wrote:
> >
> > > So Rupert.... given your experience with Nokia and Apple, I would
> > > love to
> > > read your more elaborate thoughts on the two options for mobile
> > > smart phone
> > > puters. Are you leaning towards iPhone?
> > >
> > > side note...
> > > latest iPad rumor has it coming out in May/June and will run iphone
> > > OS with
> > > a 3g and non-3g version.
> > >
> > >
> >
>
http://www.ilounge.com/index.php/backstage/comments/ten-new-details-on-the-apple\
-tablet/
> > >
> > > On Tue, Sep 29, 2009 at 6:52 AM, Rupert Howe <rupert@...
> <rupert%40twittervlog.tv>>
> >
> > > wrote:
> > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > I must have subconsciously absorbed this news from the internets.
> > > > Apple have just ditched exclusivity with O2 in the UK and have
> > > signed
> > > > deals with Orange and Vodafone.
> > > > AT&T exclusivity ends in 2010 - if the UK trial goes well for Apple,
> > > > perhaps they will then open things up more in the US too.
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > On 28-Sep-09, at 11:05 PM, Rupert Howe wrote:
> > > >
> > > > > Yeah, I too thought of a black market iPhone, but imagined it'd be
> > > > > hard to get hold of a 3GS at this early stage. I hope they ditch
> > > > > these ridiculous exclusivity contracts soon. Am not feeling very
> > > > > Apple fanboyish at the moment, however nice this MBP is to use.
> > > > >
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i finally found the autopost feature. Must admit I was put off by the wording
"we will try to keep your blog log in details safe" Try! hehehe

Blip is not clear about what it offers in the way of HD either.

Ernie

--- In videoblogging@yahoogroups.com, Rupert Howe <rupert@...> wrote:
>
> Yeah, Blip's new navigation is quite confusing.  You need to click
> Distribution in the list of links in the Footer, not in the main
> navigation bar (the distribution link there takes you to somewhere
> where you can't change any settings).
> Then click External Blogs in the links on the left hand side - set up
> your Wordpress blog there.
> Then click Autocrosspost, directly below External Blogs in the left
> hand sidebar - set it up.
> Then when you post to Blip from Pixelpipe, your video will
> autocrosspost to your blog.
>
> Rupert
> http://twittervlog.tv
>
>
> On 2-Oct-09, at 9:58 AM, ernmander wrote:
>
> > hehe mmm bra, erm sorry. Thank you Rupert for the very kind welcome.
> >
> > i must head off and check blips auto blog feature. I am trying to
> > get a way of posting vids direct to my blog without having to open
> > Wordpress and do the embed thing. Hence I changed the blog template,
> > it is now minimalist so the content is the focus and not the blog
> > template (as was the case up until yesterday) :)
> >
> > I also use Twitterfeed to notify Twitter of new blog posts. I am
> > going to do some testing today and see if the WordPress app will let
> > me upload vids direct from iPhone 3GS into posts. If it can my blog
> > will be a true mobile almost live living thing. Vlogging direct to
> > blog from the street, well subject to O2's crappy coverage.
> >
> > --- In videoblogging@yahoogroups.com, Rupert Howe <rupert@> wrote:
> > >
> > > What? unhooking a bra for the first time = beautiful images?
> > > Welcome to the group!
> > > Ernmander vlogs here...
> > > http://www.ernmander.com/
> > >
> > > I don't get Pixelpipe to tweet, for that reason. Instead, I use the
> > > Tweet function in the services that Pixelpipe distributing to.
> > > Sometimes I have used Pixelpipe to distribute to my blog, via
> > Blip.tv
> > > which has an auto blog posting feature, in which case I use
> > > Twitterfeed to tweet from my blog's feed, when it's finished
> > receiving
> > > & processing.
> > >
> > >
> > > On 1-Oct-09, at 8:44 PM, ernmander wrote:
> > >
> > > > The only problem I have found with pixelpipe is that sometimes it
> > > > takes ages to crunch you video. Say you set pixelpipe to tweet
> > your
> > > > content, folk click the link in twitter, pixelpipe shows you
> > nothing
> > > > as it is still crunching.
> > > >
> > > > As for the iPhone 3GS for vlogging the only pain is that when you
> > > > are pointing the camera at yourself and you finish vlogging trying
> > > > to hit stop, well it's like when you were a kid trying to unhook a
> > > > bra for the first time. Lots of fumbling and looking like a fool.
> > > > But it does take beautiful images (well in good light) :)
> > > >
> > > > --- In videoblogging@yahoogroups.com, Michael Sullivan
> > > > <sulleleven@> wrote:
> > > > >
> > > > > comparable pics here in this thorough review:
> > > > > http://my-symbian.com/other/preview_n900.php
> > > > >
> > > > > doesnt seem much bigger than standrad devices besdeis the very
> > > > sleek iphone.
> > > > >
> > > > > -
> > > > > sull
> > > > > http://vocal.ly
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > > On Thu, Oct 1, 2009 at 1:06 PM, Michael Verdi
> > > > <michaelverdi@>wrote:
> > > > >
> > > > > >
> > > > > >
> > > > > > One thing I noticed about that N900 is that it's really
> > thick and
> > > > > > brick shaped. It's like 2 iphones stuck together. Won't really
> > > > slide
> > > > > > into the pants pocket so nicely. Also, I see this with every
> > phone
> > > > > > that my kids use - physical keyboards break when you use
> > them a
> > > > lot.
> > > > > > We've already replaced multiple phones because of that. On the
> > > > other
> > > > > > hand my original iphone (my wife is using it) is still going
> > > > strong at
> > > > > > almost 2 years old - in fact it's better now because it has a
> > > > newer os
> > > > > > and apps.
> > > > > >
> > > > > > - Verdi
> > > > > >
> > > > > > --
> > > > > > Michael Verdi
> > > > > > http://milkweedmediadesign.com
> > > > > > http://michaelverdi.com
> > > > > >
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On Tue, Sep 29, 2009 at 11:21 AM, Jay dedman <jay.dedman@...> wrote:

>
> It's strange to me that Nokia is open and Apple is closed, but
> developers have created many more applications for Apple than Nokia.
> Being a big fan of Open Source, it's just an example that usability
> will always win.
>

I'd like to second that sentiment. Usability is everything. I love that it's
central to apple's brand / marketing / advertising. In other words people
buy the iphone because they know from past experience that they'll be able
to use it.

Meanwhile the number of people who've bought other smartphones that don't
use but one or two features on a regular basis is extremely high.
(Particularly important because while in the top ten of features video is
just not impost people's central three or four features.)

To put it another way It's just to tedious to learn how to "set the clock on
the old vcr". We need features that are easy to use the first time... or
even once a year if that's all we need to use them. We don't have time to
relearn them when news is happening right under our noses.

Problem is when most people write a hard to use feature out of their
workflow on a smart phone it's usually permanent and they never go back to
it.

However, don't count open source out. It's primary accomplishments are it's
ability to aggregate market share like crazy... i.e. Android is already
becoming the primary tool in the fight of EVERYONE else vs. Apple. ...  and
in it's ability to extremely quickly integrate the innovations (read
usability) of leading software... including innovations maybe NOT made by
apple.

This last is key because Apple is constantly shooting itself in the foot
playing market share games.  The latest I heard was apple has bought up a
map company and thus will likely be cutting google out of it's core mapping
features. But more common examples are the obvious denial of applications
from the apple store that compete with Apple. Also the fact that it's
completely incompatible with every other piece of hardware.

Apple has gotten better but they still do have a habit of winning battles
and then loosing the war.

To reiterate, don't count open source out. Rome wasn't created in a day and
it's still relatively young on mobile seen and will be picking up more and
more developer, corporate and consumer marketshare as mobile computing
becomes the primary computing platform by which the other 99% of the world
experiences the technology and the web.  And when I say other 99% you might
be saying "heh more then 1% of the world has computers", but I say 15 years
from now kids in high school will laugh at the idea that we use to have
computers that sat permanently on desks. It's not just the developing world
I'm talking about it's the next generation too.

There's tremendous opportunity for growth of the mobile computing market as
a whole (darn near infinite) and thus tremendous hope for Android to quickly
change the game.

I'd bend over backward to use it, but right now it doesn't have easy to use
video, photo, etc.

Just not quite there and the iphone is already there.

Counterpoint... Open source is there on the netbook front... whereas apple
is flailing there.

-Mike

As far as the camera on the iPhone 3GS, it's not something right home
> about. The image is pretty poor. Little control. Bad mic. BUT BUT BUT
> it is extremely easy to take a video and post it online. So easy.
>
> Hopefully, Apple with all their developers and design sense will just
> set the expectation for how all phones should be, open source
> included.
>
> Jay
>
>
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greetings everyone!

I'm looking for a product that may or may not exist.

Basically I want to turn my iMac into an "electronic kiosk."  I looking for
"kiosk software" that plays or displays specific files on my Mac, at random.  My
goal is to select 25 video files (.mov), 400 still photos (.jpg) and 50 music
files (,mp3) and let the software randomly display or play each file....no user
input required.

Anyone ever heard of such a thing?  I suppose there are scripting tools that
might allow me to do it myself, but I'm looking for a software app that makes it
easy.

I appreciate your comments and suggestions

-Warren

Hi Warren,

What you need is a custom application built in Flash or Director. I suppose you
could do the same using web technology - HTML, CSS etc but you then have to
worry about rendering it all in a browser, not the most reliable method, nor the
prettiest.

I've made dozens of this kind of presentation for all kinds of trade shows,
almost always in  Flash. I haven't seen or heard of an 'out of the box' app that
does just this, but I suppose its not inconceivable.

-adam


--- In videoblogging@yahoogroups.com, "quietleader" <warren@...> wrote:
>
> greetings everyone!
>
> I'm looking for a product that may or may not exist.
>
> Basically I want to turn my iMac into an "electronic kiosk."  I looking for
"kiosk software" that plays or displays specific files on my Mac, at random.  My
goal is to select 25 video files (.mov), 400 still photos (.jpg) and 50 music
files (,mp3) and let the software randomly display or play each file....no user
input required.
>
> Anyone ever heard of such a thing?  I suppose there are scripting tools that
might allow me to do it myself, but I'm looking for a software app that makes it
easy.
>
> I appreciate your comments and suggestions
>
> -Warren
>

On Oct 2, 2009, at 5:31 PM, quietleader wrote:

> Basically I want to turn my iMac into an "electronic kiosk." I
> looking for "kiosk software" that plays or displays specific files
> on my Mac, at random. My goal is to select 25 video files (.mov),
> 400 still photos (.jpg) and 50 music files (,mp3) and let the
> software randomly display or play each file....no user input required.
>
> Anyone ever heard of such a thing? I suppose there are scripting
> tools that might allow me to do it myself, but I'm looking for a
> software app that makes it easy.

hi,

some browsers have a kiosk mode

if not hooked to the net, you could access local files

http://www.opera.com/support/mastering/kiosk/

markus
http://twitter.com/apperceptions


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> I'm looking for a product that may or may not exist.
> Basically I want to turn my iMac into an "electronic kiosk." I looking for
"kiosk software" that plays or displays specific files on my Mac, at random. My
goal is to select 25 video files (.mov), 400 still photos (.jpg) and 50 music
files (,mp3) and let the software randomly display or play each file....no user
input required.
> Anyone ever heard of such a thing? I suppose there are scripting tools that
might allow me to do it myself, but I'm looking for a software app that makes it
easy.

This isnt really what you want, but I ran across this guy over the summer:
http://www.perpetualartmachine.com/content/view/46/53/lang,en/
It's a system to let people submit videos that would then play
publicly. I believe its open source using Joomla.

Jay




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On Oct 2, 2009, at 5:52 PM, adammercado@... wrote:

>  I suppose you could do the same using web technology - HTML, CSS
> etc but you then have to worry about rendering it all in a browser

it's a kiosk

flash compatibility is not an issue

can use any browser you like

no inputs. no need for kbd or mouse

I worked with one years & years ago for use in fitness centers

just an old IBM PS2 (remember those?)

all done in IE4 and HTML

in a big kiosk style box

later we added touch screens for choices

markus
http://apperceive.net


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On Oct 2, 2009, at 5:51 PM, Markus Sandy wrote:

>  Anyone ever heard of such a thing? I suppose there are scripting
> > tools that might allow me to do it myself, but I'm looking for a
> > software app that makes it easy.


one more link for firefox

http://blogs.sun.com/ThinkThin/entry/kiosk_mode_browser

markus
http://videocampsf.com




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I tried this once on a thin client machine that i have....

http://webconverger.com

Might be worth a shot.

Also have used this product:
http://www.screentime.com

Sull


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Jay, that is very cool.


-
sull
http://vocal.ly


On Fri, Oct 2, 2009 at 8:46 PM, Jay dedman <jay.dedman@...> wrote:

>
>
> > I'm looking for a product that may or may not exist.
> > Basically I want to turn my iMac into an "electronic kiosk." I looking
> for "kiosk software" that plays or displays specific files on my Mac, at
> random. My goal is to select 25 video files (.mov), 400 still photos (.jpg)
> and 50 music files (,mp3) and let the software randomly display or play each
> file....no user input required.
> > Anyone ever heard of such a thing? I suppose there are scripting tools
> that might allow me to do it myself, but I'm looking for a software app that
> makes it easy.
>
> This isnt really what you want, but I ran across this guy over the summer:
> http://www.perpetualartmachine.com/content/view/46/53/lang,en/
> It's a system to let people submit videos that would then play
> publicly. I believe its open source using Joomla.
>
> Jay
>
> --
> http://ryanishungry.com
> http://jaydedman.com
> http://twitter.com/jaydedman
> 917 371 6790
>
>


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> And I finally remembered the name of the video host of old: ourmedia. Ive
just been catching up with where this and some other sites have ended up,
they are still alive but not exactly bursting with momentum or giving us
much to talk about. Speaking of which, are some of the conversations that
used to happen on this group now taking place on twitter or friendfeed or
peoples blogs or other communities, or are they not happening much at all
now? Its nice to see this group busier of late, and Im just a wondering how
to get a sense of the state of things, everything is so fragmented and based
on popularity or social connections >these days, Im a bit lost.

It comes and goes. As you say, there are a lot more places where
conversations are happening. Videoblogging has also become more and more
ubiquitous.

I still think we're in the new phase that is two-pronged:

    - Now that we have this great distribution mechanism for video, what
    video did we wanted to make in the first place? After three generations
    sucked in by broadcast TV, what do we want to say to each other now?
    - Much of online video is still based on the TV/film model (ie edited
    stories). Can we tell stories in different ways online?

It's a pretty exciting time if you avoid getting overwhelmed. Anything you
do could be the first time its been done.

Jay


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Just found this gorup at Vimeo: http://vimeo.com/groups/thepicturesdontmove
Similar kind of rules/philosophy to http://videoblogging.info/lumiere/
(http://videoblogging.info/).

Jay

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"Anything you do could be the first time its been done." - Jay Dedman,
October 2009


On Sun, Oct 4, 2009 at 10:13 AM, Jay dedman <jay.dedman@...> wrote:

>
>
> > And I finally remembered the name of the video host of old: ourmedia. Ive
> just been catching up with where this and some other sites have ended up,
> they are still alive but not exactly bursting with momentum or giving us
> much to talk about. Speaking of which, are some of the conversations that
> used to happen on this group now taking place on twitter or friendfeed or
> peoples blogs or other communities, or are they not happening much at all
> now? Its nice to see this group busier of late, and Im just a wondering how
> to get a sense of the state of things, everything is so fragmented and
> based
> on popularity or social connections >these days, Im a bit lost.
>
> It comes and goes. As you say, there are a lot more places where
> conversations are happening. Videoblogging has also become more and more
> ubiquitous.
>
> I still think we're in the new phase that is two-pronged:
>
> - Now that we have this great distribution mechanism for video, what
> video did we wanted to make in the first place? After three generations
> sucked in by broadcast TV, what do we want to say to each other now?
> - Much of online video is still based on the TV/film model (ie edited
> stories). Can we tell stories in different ways online?
>
> It's a pretty exciting time if you avoid getting overwhelmed. Anything you
> do could be the first time its been done.
>
> Jay
>
> --
> http://ryanishungry.com
> http://jaydedman.com
> http://twitter.com/jaydedman
> 917 371 6790
>
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>
>
>


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I have a wee Wordpress challenge I'm trying to get my head around.

In Admin, under Reading I can tell WordPress how many posts I want to show on
the Front page. This option applies to all the pages... ie, search results, tag
lookups etc.
Originally I had it set to 10 posts per page. This works out great for all the
search results, but I only want _one_ article on the index page.

I did see there was a plugin to do this... but it was sorta shady, so I passed.
I'm thinking there must be a way to accomplish this.

Thanks,

Mike
http://vlog.mikemoon.net

On the RyanisHungry.com site, we did this with a plugin called "Custom Query
String." It's one of those where the original developer stopped supporting it
and it seems to have been passed around a few times with different developers
taking up the torch. The latest version of it I could find is called "Custom
Query String Reloaded" and it's here:
http://moshublog.com/2007/10/30/custom-query-string-reloaded-for-wordpress-23-wi\
th-tag-support/

It looks like the original CQS stopped working with WP 2.3 when WordPress added
tag support in addition to categories. CQS Reloaded was updated to work
with/support WordPress tags.

So, I haven't tried it, but the old CQS did *exactly* what we were after, no
more, no less. So you might try the updated version.

Cheryl Colan

--- In videoblogging@yahoogroups.com, "mgmoon" <mgmoon@...> wrote:
>
> I have a wee Wordpress challenge I'm trying to get my head around.
>
> In Admin, under Reading I can tell WordPress how many posts I want to show on
the Front page. This option applies to all the pages... ie, search results, tag
lookups etc.
> Originally I had it set to 10 posts per page. This works out great for all the
search results, but I only want _one_ article on the index page.
>
> I did see there was a plugin to do this... but it was sorta shady, so I
passed.
> I'm thinking there must be a way to accomplish this.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Mike
> http://vlog.mikemoon.net
>

Cheryl, you rock. That's exactly what I was looking for.
Works like a charm under WP 2.8.4

Mike
http://vlog.mikemoon.net

--- In videoblogging@yahoogroups.com, "cherylcolan" <cherylcolan@...> wrote:
>
> On the RyanisHungry.com site, we did this with a plugin called "Custom Query
String." It's one of those where the original developer stopped supporting it
and it seems to have been passed around a few times with different developers
taking up the torch. The latest version of it I could find is called "Custom
Query String Reloaded" and it's here:
>
http://moshublog.com/2007/10/30/custom-query-string-reloaded-for-wordpress-23-wi\
th-tag-support/
>
> It looks like the original CQS stopped working with WP 2.3 when WordPress
added tag support in addition to categories. CQS Reloaded was updated to work
with/support WordPress tags.
>
> So, I haven't tried it, but the old CQS did *exactly* what we were after, no
more, no less. So you might try the updated version.
>
> Cheryl Colan
>
> --- In videoblogging@yahoogroups.com, "mgmoon" <mgmoon@> wrote:
> >
> > I have a wee Wordpress challenge I'm trying to get my head around.
> >
> > In Admin, under Reading I can tell WordPress how many posts I want to show
on the Front page. This option applies to all the pages... ie, search results,
tag lookups etc.
> > Originally I had it set to 10 posts per page. This works out great for all
the search results, but I only want _one_ article on the index page.
> >
> > I did see there was a plugin to do this... but it was sorta shady, so I
passed.
> > I'm thinking there must be a way to accomplish this.
> >
> > Thanks,
> >
> > Mike
> > http://vlog.mikemoon.net
> >
>