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French Constitutional Council vs. Citizen Journalism

How backwards is this? France bans citizen journalists from reporting violence Law could lead to imprisonment of amateur videographers and Web site operators who publish their images By Peter Sayer, IDG News Service March 06, ...READ»

Technology: Livecasting

My excellent friend ActionGirl hung out with me today. We did a dual-channel livecast using ustream.tv. Livecasting, if you're not familiar, is one of the newest internet fads, but it's also NOT new. Technology has advanced to the ...READ»

Technology: Do NOT Tamper With Your Comments!

I told my ex-girlfriend not to lie to me... I mean, she was still my girlfriend at the time, and now she isn't. The reason I told her that was that I was catching her in small, seemingly insignificant lies. VERY VERY small lies... ...READ»

Lighting for Digital Video

How you light your video is one of the most important aspects of a shoot. This is especially true if the end result is going to be a compressed and encoded video to be shown on computers or the internet or even recorded back onto ...READ»

Monetizing Digital Video

A lot of people video blog just because they feel like it. What IS a video blog? or a videoblog or a vlog or.... don't ask! :D There are as many definitions for a video blog as there are _names_ for video blogs. Some people ...READ»

The NY Video 2.0 Group

Last night, I attended the NY Video 2.0 Group "meetup". The focus of the event wasn't the _making_ of digital video, but the business surrounding putting video on the internet. I found the presentations to be interesting as well as ...READ»

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Technology: Sharing Breakfast

Yesterday was a fantastic day. :D I got to meet Kfir Pravda, who was here for a few hours in NYC Friday morning awaiting his connecting flight to Israel. I was familiar with Kfir from blogging as well as our involvement with the ...READ»

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Technology: Sharing Breakfast

Yesterday was a fantastic day. :D I got to meet Kfir Pravda, who was here for a few hours in NYC Friday morning awaiting his connecting flight to Israel. I was familiar with Kfir from blogging as well as our involvement with the ...READ»

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New Joost Version Available

Calling all Beta-Testers... The latest version of Joost (version 0.9) is now available to download. Channels include Warner Brothers, IndyCar Series, Lazy TV, National Geographic, MTV, Comedy Central, Gamestar TV, Indieflix Premier ...READ»

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Digital Video Data Rate

First of all, I'd like to thank Lynne D. Johnson for the opportunity to blog as a Fast Company Expert. There are many reasons a particular digital video might not run well, or at all, on your computer. You might not have enough ...READ»

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Technology: Network-Quality Series Developed For The Internet

Chuck Barney, of the Contra Costa Times posted an interesting article on freep.com today, entitled "'Quarterlife' ready for Internet debut". According to the article, "Quarterlife", a series by Marshall Herskovitz and Edward Zwick ...READ»

Technology: How Social is "Social" Media?

Jonny Goldstein interviewed me back in August 2007 on his show Jonny's Par-Tay [link]. Looking at the countdown timer to the end of the show, around -18:00 he asks me "So... Did you feel a little lonely before you got into all the ...READ»

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Microsoft May Acquire Yahoo?

According to Mashable: This deal will be huge if it goes ahead: Microsoft has reacted to Google’s purchase of DoubleClick by stepping up talks with Yahoo about a possible acquisition/merger. Estimated pricetag for Yahoo? $50 ...READ»

Does Social Media Make You Less Social

Just as I was thinking that this Social Media phenomena was actually making me more social, along came this post by Bill Cammack over on FastCompany's new website, which I am liking a lot .. but a post is forthcoming on that soon. ...READ»

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PodCamp NYC Starts Today!

PodCamp NYC starts today, Friday April 6th. There are lots of sessions to attend on Saturday at The New Yorker Hotel (481 8th Avenue at 34th St). Hi everyone, Eric Skiff here. We’re having a bit of trouble with our email service, ...READ»

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Turn Up the Heat This Sunday

I recently co-edited a special one-hour episode of "Turn Up the Heat with G. Garvin" @ Ron Thompson's RIOT Productions. "Turn Up the Heat: From Miss to Mrs." will be airing this Sunday [Feb 11, 2007] @ 8pm on the TV One broadcast ...READ»

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Join The Vlog Deathmatch!

The Vlog Deathmatch Music Video Challenge ( VlogDeathmatch.com ) is going on right now. Deadline for entries is May 14th. After that, site visitors will have a week to vote for their favorite music video, and YOU could be crowned ...READ»

Citizen Journalism

PBS' "Frontline" is doing a series called "News War: What's Happening to the News". Part 3 aired last night @ 9pm, but you can watch it online. Segment 19 in part 3 is of particular interest to those of us involved in ...READ»

Technology: Are You A Tech Elitist?

Are *you* a Tech Elitist? If so, how's that workin' for ya? As it's now Christmas, and we think of The Grinch sitting high on the hill, looking down on all the little people of the village with contempt... Let's consider our own ...READ»

2007 Broadband Emmy Awards

NATAS + MySpace = 2007 Broadband Emmy Awards National Television Academy press release LOS ANGELES – January 8, 2007 – MySpace, the world’s leading lifestyle portal, and the National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences, ...READ»

Technology: Dude... Where's My Twitter Link?

As I reported back on June 28, 2007, Twitter 'ruined my life' [link]. I realize _now_ that there's something that I left out. Today, Charles Hope twittered... Yes, "twittered"... There's no such thing as a "tweet" or else the app ...READ»

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Joost for Mac build pulled

The Joost for Mac build was pulled today [link: 19/02/07: Mac build pulled]. Fortunately, I already have mine. :D Basically, the idea behind Joost is video on demand with extras like widgets for a clock, jabber chat, chat with ...READ»

Download New Joost 0.9.2 Beta

New Joost beta-test version out today. Here's the information and the link: Apologies to all - but we've got a new Joost version 0.9.2 ready for you - as your old 0.9.1 is no longer working (with a very unfriendly error message as ...READ»

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CBS Signs With Joost

According to Yvette Alberdingkthijm of the Joost blog, CBS has signed with Joost: http://www.joost.com/blog/2007/04/cbs-has-its-eye-on-joost.html CBS has signed a deal with Joost to make top current and classic programming available ...READ»

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Viacom Sues YouTube

NewTeeVee.com reports that Viacom sued YouTube and Google today over the display of copyrighted materials. Of course, this makes sense with all the pirated material on YouTube.... Another NewTeeVee article may shed extra light on ...READ»