"(NECN) is unveiling on Monday NECN Anywhere, an initiative to reach viewers with video-on-demand, podcast, and eventually cellphone versions of some of its news and talk shows. NECN is also upgrading its website so that users of Apple computers can access the video available there."Congratulations on supporting the Macintosh.
"Well, it finally arrived, my contract. I have been in contact now with Carson Daly productions mtv2 for about a month on and off and i finally have a contract here from them in my posession and i am more than 90% sure that this is it i am going to go with this."If Brookers really has a contract with MTV2, I'm happy for her.
"We got used to 500 channels of nothing on, and upped the ante to billions of constantly-updating websites. There's more information floating around than we could possibly ever consume, so we surf, we skim, we take in the best and let the rest float by. And we're really good at it."
"This time on Vlog Soup, FISH JOKES, Ill Wil takes a vacation in Second Life, Jack Selby, Steve Sutt, Cooking with Kids, A Collection of Rare Music Videos featuring Depeche Mode and zefrank's Summer Jamz."
PodPolitic’s John Furrier sits down with Steve Forbes in his office to talk about flat tax, politics, world economics, blogs, podcasts, and social media.Steve Forbes' Flat Tax talk seems to make sense.
Bob Frankston has an extended and brilliant piece that wonders what strolling on a sidewalk would be like if it were managed with the same logic the telcos use to justify Net discrimination.
"I'm sorry, but I fail to see the difference between the incident in Haditha and the retaliatory measures against Iraq following September 11."
"Chat rooms monitored. Blogs deleted. Websites blocked. Search engines restricted. People imprisoned for simply posting and sharing information.
The Internet is a new frontier in the struggle for human rights. Governments %u2013 with the help of some of the biggest IT companies in the world %u2013 are cracking down on freedom of expression.
Amnesty International, with the support of The Observer, is launching a campaign to show that online or offline the human voice and human rights are impossible to repress."
"The CBC's pop culture specialist Jian Ghomeshi ponders the fate of mass media and asks whether we are nearing a world without television, radio or print in THE END, a three-part series airing on CBC Newsworld."We're not.
"The interview between Jimmy Kimmel and Hugh McIntyre, Communictions Director The Hanso Foundation, on ABC's 'Jimmy Kimmel Live'."Lost is unreal. ;-)
Over at the Chestnut Hill Mall today I saw a stark reminder that Filene's is gone from our retail landscape.
Bloomingdales has fenced off the area and has started demolishing walls. They are going to be combining the two Chestnut Hill locations into the former Filene's space.
For the first time, we see the “outside world.” It’s still there. And people are looking for this island. What this means for Season Three boggles the mind.
The button was real, the hatch was important, but both seem to have both come and gone this season. If the electromagnetic properties were what kept the island off the grid, though, and if the “fail safe” blew it all to smithereens, is the island visible again? And will weird things stop happening?
This is from fundable.org.NOTE:
This means that between 51-75% of the $1,000 Chris needs has been pledged.
If he doesn't reach this goal in 28 days....he gets none of the money.
This is to make sure the community as a whole supports it.
It's a clever way to make sure you only fund a winner.
Right now, we've gotten $740 pledged.
We're almost there.
http://havemoneywillvlog.com
This will pay for a month so Chris can edit a new series.American King is a new documentary videoblog series from Human Dog Productions. It follows Garrett Lambert (video, video) convicted of embezzlement at 19, through the end of his probation, and out of reality. I found that Garrett's apathetic attitude to life epitomized my generation's approach to life. I also found him very funny. American King will be a video blog series with 1-2 videos posted per week, each running between 2-10 minutes. The goal is to end up with between 30-40 videos total. Your donation will allow me to devote a month to editing the first section of American King and get a head start on posting them.Chris' video proposal.
"The medium isn't the message; the message is the message. With the right medium providing the needed amplification."I'm studying up for my panel at the Media Giraffe Summit that's happening out at UMass, June 29-July 1.
"... online reporters and bloggers are entitled to the same protections as traditional journalists."
"A tip for driver's regarding setting the side view mirrors... Most people set them so the driver can see cars in the rear, but if you move them outwards, so you only see cars as they exit the rear view mirror, you can actually get rid of that blind spot and see with '365 degrees of awareness' Try it!"I hope that most of you already know how to set your side view mirrors to remove your blind spot.
"We've released our very unofficial Windows Movie Maker support. There's an installer on the tools page. Download it, Install it, and use the Send to the Web feature of Windows Movie Maker to send your video to directly blip.tv or monique.blip.tv. How cool is that?"That is cool. Now all we need is something like that for iMovie HD.
"As early as Friday, Google Inc. will be letting anyone -- from Coke, General Motors, to your local plumber, physician, and you -- create an advertisement no longer than two-minutes and upload it onto the search engine's site. You must become a Google AdWords client (takes minutes to sign up) before you can submit a video ad by uploading it onto Google. As an advertiser, you can then bid to be placed across online publications -- like niche blogs -- that might find your video relevant."
"Last night at Cannes, FOX — our little old 20th Century FOX — presented a stealth screening of the funniest, lewdest, coarsest and potentially most gigantic hit of the year.via [ Best Week Ever ]
The title is “Borat,” and if this 88-minute comedy manages to get an R-rating, the world as we know it may never be the same."
"Watch Dick deliver a compelling and dynamic introduction on Identity 2.0 and how the concept of digital identity is evolving."
"I am lucky to live just a few blocks from Forest Hills. I contacted them and discovered that cremation at Forest Hills will set me back a thrifty $280. You can’t beat that!"via [ Universal Hub ] the best place to find the best of Boston blog posts.
Joshua has a friend join into our three way iChat making it a foursome.
"We still have little bugs to work out, as soon as the bugs are out of there, you can log in and request a new password if needed. Try logging in again in three days."Ha Ha Ha. LOL. Three days. This is a huge disaster to US Airways/America West.
Sonia shows me her new Fuji 6x7 camera that looks like a toy.
I took this photo with my Razr phone, but the attachment was too big to send by mail, so I had to figure out how to sync my Bluetooth phone with my MacBook Pro.
On the Razr, you have to go into Settings, then option 8. Connections, 2. Bluetooh, Setup.
Then you click on "Find Me".
After that you have a 60 second race against time to get Bluetooth Setup Assistant on the MacBook to find your phone.
After it finds it, you get a number that you key into your Razr and the phone is then paired with your MacBook.
Now you can use the Bluetooth menu bar 'Browse Device' option to move files from your Razr to your MacBook.
Whole Seedless Watermelons for $3.99 each, Hummus 10 for $10, 10 pack of Hermits for $1.99, Bumble Bee Tuna for .77, a dozen eggs for .88!Lots of excitement over at Roche Bros. I suggest heading over there before all the watermelons are gone.
"David and Alice Tames take a trip to Plum Island, Massachusetts."Got a video story from New England that you want to have shown on New England Stories, let me know.
"In this article and forthcoming episodes I will attempt to explore these podcasts and give you an impression of just how dangerous they are. I'm also going to talk about our new petition; a way that concerned readers and parents can put a stop to the podcast problem forever."
"Photo-sharing site/app Tabblo believes several inspiringly reasonable things"Here's a Tabblo example: Break 2006. Models?
"Metavid is a project which seeks to capture, stream, archive and facilitate real-time collective [re]mediation of government proceedings."via [ unmediated ]
Hi Steve,This is maddening!
While your legislature has passed the favorable laws, the regulating agencies in MA have yet to produce the necessary paperwork and forms for us to complete. Also, they have many tax/excise requirements which may eventually make shipping to MA prohibitively costly for us.
Hopefully these issues will be resolved, but we are not sure when that might happen.
Best,
Peter Manetta
Bonny Doon Vineyard
"V-blog aficionado Steve Garfield shared his experiences working on Boston City Councilor John Tobin's '06 campaign. Garfield convinced the candidate to create short video clips for his site -- stuff featuring him at local events promoting initiatives, at a council meeting, in the public square, that sort of thing. Evidently, Tobin was so taken with the potential for video blogging and his site he had all his bumper stickers and lawn signs changed to read, 'VoteJohnTobin.com' -- that's it. The candidate created a new video for each of the 9 days leading up to the city election."The Personal Democracy Forum was a fun experience!
Fake TV News: Widespread and Undisclosed A multimedia report on television newsrooms' use of material provided by PR firms on behalf of paying clien.Who knew?
"I finally met the famous Steve Garfield at a Speaker's reception for the Personal Democracy Forum. Steve actually did my favorite videoblog of all time: his mother's 'I can't open that' about all the difficult things to open - shampoo, aspirin, etc. So funny I laughed out loud. Anyway, if you're in NY catch up tomorrow at the PDF that should be pretty interesting...."Technorati tag: pdf2006
Personal Democracy Forum speaker party at Tai Ping Carpets in Union Square, NYC.
This is a very cool place for a party. When the waiter came by and offered me salmon on a "couch", I grabbed one. I thought that was the funniest name I'd ever heard.
I misheard him.
Technorati tag: pdf2006
I'm in New York City to participate in the Personal Democracy Forum.
"Despite the rain a good number of vloggers gathered for coffee on Sunday May 14th at 10AM, at Sweet Finnish in Jamaica Plain, MA"
"'This is an opportunity to reflect on our lives and our loved ones. We will elicit recollections and acknowledge the values of past memories, deep relationships and life experiences.'"
"Music, Film and Video that empowers you to think differently and think BIG about your ability to change the world"
"Using a powerful desktop tool, regular people are finding the best blogs, podcasts, videos, and photos and remixing them into their own live published playlists."
"'Should be read by anyone interested in understanding the future' - Times Literary Supplement"
"Why is Google a $100 billion company? GGirl decided to investigate. She discovered that advertisers are willing to pay Google to buy special keywords."via Kenyatta
"Shooting basic video capture in Second Life is as simple as selecting the proper pulldown menu command (File - Start/Stop Movie to Disk)-- or via hotkeys, Ctrl Shift A. When you hit this command, an interface menu will ask you to choose a resolution and a file type."Standby.
"The Hipcast.com Conference and Expo Centre bears the design signature of Endira Udal and Rez Menoptra of Rezzust (formerly Kush Design Lab), and represents their most jaw-dropping work to date."
Where am I really?
I'm in real life and in Second Life.
I'm in Second Life watching real life.
Panelists are speaking and we are listening.
In Second Life and IRC, we are talking about what the speakers are talking about.
Sitting in Austin Hall, at Beyond Broadcast, watching the events unfold in both real life and Second Life.
I'm at Austin Hall early to get a good seat for Beyond Broadcast at Harvard.
It'll take a little while longer for my physical body to arrive.
"This video provides explains how the media fits into political and social change and specifically addresses the following questions:
* How is the Press supposed to Work?
* How and why does the Press act like an Echo Chamber?
* How is media changing?
* What does it mean that the 'news is becoming a conversation'?
* Will these new media changes affect the nature of politics?
* How does The Echo Chamber Project fit into all of this?"
Spin Martin just met me in Second Life and said, "Follow Me." He bought me a nice suit off the back of a truck and then took me on a tour of Slackstreet. Whoa!
This reminds me of the first experience I ever had meeting someone online, in real time, in a multiplayer game. I told the story to Jason Scott for his BBS Documentary.
Steve Garfield interview from BBS Documentary: The first time that I encountered someone online.
It's Deja Vu.
Standard procedure at a blog, podcast, videoblog meeting is to take pictures, record audio and video, and post it to the web.
That's life.
"A couple of months ago, a man with the screen name x-amount logged on to Recidivism.org , the blog he maintains with a few of his friends, and made a pronouncement. “YouTube’s obviously blowing up. We’re living in that Napster-like magic moment where you simply can’t believe the kinds of historic stuff available to you with just a simple search. Which means of course that it’s all gonna get shut down ANY MINUTE.”"Mike Miliard might just be the greated writer in the history of the Boston Phoenix.
A search for vlog in Yahoo! Video yields a few thousand entries. But are people willing to watch amateur talking faces for very long? I suspect not. I'll guess the continuing audience for amateur vlogs (excluding amateur porn) is another order of magnitude smaller than for podcasts, partly because it's just plain harder to do a satisfactory video.Dave Winer says:
"Amateur is not below professional. It's just another way of doing [media]. The root of the word amateur is love, and someone who does something for love is an amateur.The problem is that a quick search on Yahoo! video doesn't bring up any kind of search result based on a trusted source.
