Posts tagged videoblog
Bye-bye Podcasts, Hello vLogs
Mar 27th
Yeah, my AppleTV arrived Friday. Well, actually since I wasn’t home Friday I had to go and wait at the door of the FedEx office until they opened Saturday morning.
Anyway… I got it hooked up via the device’s HDMI port to the TV’s component video inputs. Running short on inputs, I had to switch my HDTV to the DVI input because I couldn’t play PS3 Tiger Woods Golf 2007 on anything less than the best quality settings.
A-M-A-Z-I-N-G!
I just told a co-worker that I’ve already deleted all of my favorite podcasts from iTunes – Slashdot, NPR Tech, podcast411.com (I’m sorry Rob, I’ll still listen on my iPod) and started scoping out video blogs.
Rocketboom looks great on the wide-screen though my wife hasn’t quite appreciated this yet. (She says it is no wonder their demographic show that only 8% of their audience are female.)
We did agree on Reuters “Odd News” videos, but that one only comes out once a week. I bet that is all about to change.
Get Social Around Video
Oct 29th
This week, Bambi Francisco wrote a wealth of information about vendors and sites working in the online video space. She interviews tool providers for connecting video users too. You have to jump back and forth between her MarketWatch column and her personal blog to put the pieces together. I’m not being critical, I realize that posting to the one probably pays more than the other! In the Marketwatch piece she states the takeaway nicely at the end of the article: “The online world is just waiting to get social around video.”
VideoBlog software for OS X
Oct 28th
One morning in late 2003 I walked in to the newsroom at Fredericksburg.com and said, “We need to use this iSight. Do something fun.”
Brian Baer and Alex Russell recorded and posted “The Baer Facts” videoblog within hours. They continued on somewhat regularly and invited in guests to comment on sports, features and weather reports. Volunteers from the FUG community, (“FredTalk Users Group“) were regulars on the show.
“The Baer Facts” was recorded on most mornings through early 2005. Someone decided that it was too much work and killed the idea. Today, the only remaining evidence I can find are a few videos which include a few classic outtakes.
We hacked together freeware for the recording and taped scripts to the side of the monitor. Just this week I was reminded of that show when I was pointed to a video recording program that would have been perfect.
If you are contemplating a simple videoblog, check out VideoCue 2 from Vara Software. There are two versions and prices. One comes with a full-screen teleprompter.
I’m downloading a copy now. I’ll let you know how it goes. Next week I’m going to walk into my office and say, “We need to use this software for something”.