Friday, February 09, 2007
Cable Conference 2007 #3
The backdrop for this years Conference is the Five Star Okura Hotel in Amsterdam.
Tuesday, February 06, 2007
Cable Conference 2007 Amsterdam #2
I had a peek at the effort and precision it takes to keep 600 Cable Network bosses happy and networking in a Five Star Hotel.
Sunday, February 04, 2007
Wednesday, January 31, 2007
Digital VlogFlu
Ten minutes ago this vlog was half a page of mixed up source code of the CSS flavor. The digital spirits are obviously punishing me for placing the DutchBloggies badge proudly in the sidebar, an operation I have performed in a similar form a thousand times with satisfactory outcome.
BUT NOW DUTCHVLOG HAS BEEN NOMINATED FOR A DUTCHBLOGGIE the digital spirits have decided to tease me. Yep when I republished the blog - I got the dreaded Blogger >>> A Serious error has occurred <<< message. I can often click out of these potentially disastrous events and wipe my brow when all is well, but not this time. Yes - I know I should have saved a copy of the template but I didn't.
The only way to save the posts and comments was to transfer to Blogger Beta and choose a new template.
So Dutchvlog ain't lookin the way it usually does right now - its got Digital Vlog Flu.
Hopefully the paroxysm will only last a few days - so keep watchin while I Pimp my new (and empty) Blogger Beta Vlog
BUT NOW DUTCHVLOG HAS BEEN NOMINATED FOR A DUTCHBLOGGIE the digital spirits have decided to tease me. Yep when I republished the blog - I got the dreaded Blogger >>> A Serious error has occurred <<< message. I can often click out of these potentially disastrous events and wipe my brow when all is well, but not this time. Yes - I know I should have saved a copy of the template but I didn't.
The only way to save the posts and comments was to transfer to Blogger Beta and choose a new template.
So Dutchvlog ain't lookin the way it usually does right now - its got Digital Vlog Flu.
Hopefully the paroxysm will only last a few days - so keep watchin while I Pimp my new (and empty) Blogger Beta Vlog
Friday, December 22, 2006
Dutchvlog - Bravo blip
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I have been happily using blip.tv as a video host for a year now and it never ceases to amaze me.
Having an aversion for anything "mass" my primary impulse was to avoid places like YouTube despite its world wide exposure and mythical success. The same also goes for DailyMotion. Furthermore perusal of the Terms of Use of both hosting services reveals a horrifying commercial reality. By agreeing to the aforesaid you grant the host permission to do whatever they like to your carefully sculpted visual creations - to cram it full of commercial messages of their choosing should they see fit.
Naturally the money for the hosting servers has to come from somewhere but the appeal of internet video is that you were able to escape the ineffective TV commercials that are crammed down your throat as frequently as is practicably tolerable. This overtly commercial foundation will eventually be the catalyst to its decline.
blip.tv maintains a more sustainable philosophy. You as author of your video material remain the boss. Commercial messages will only be attached to your clip if you grant permission. This also means effectively that you are not bombarded with commercials whilst browsing the UGC of others. Furthermore as UGC becomes more intricate and creative the prospect of it being defaced with commercial crap becomes even more unattractive. Nevertheless, unmistakably aroused by the sound of $1,5 billion dollars, the value that Google attached to YouTube, YouTube clones are popping up all over internet as is to be expected. In a year you will be able to buy them on e-bay for some loose change with a failing commercial TV channel thrown in for free.
Blip frequently update and improve their service and each time it is a pleasure to see how creatively they accommodate the needs of the serious videoblogger.
They have introduced a Show Page on which you may present your cinematic wares including a trailer for your Show. If anyone has a handle on the future of internet video it's blip.
Not having the patience to develop a custom trailer I have cooked up a Dutchvlog collage for the meantime. Click on the collage.
Having an aversion for anything "mass" my primary impulse was to avoid places like YouTube despite its world wide exposure and mythical success. The same also goes for DailyMotion. Furthermore perusal of the Terms of Use of both hosting services reveals a horrifying commercial reality. By agreeing to the aforesaid you grant the host permission to do whatever they like to your carefully sculpted visual creations - to cram it full of commercial messages of their choosing should they see fit.
Naturally the money for the hosting servers has to come from somewhere but the appeal of internet video is that you were able to escape the ineffective TV commercials that are crammed down your throat as frequently as is practicably tolerable. This overtly commercial foundation will eventually be the catalyst to its decline.
blip.tv maintains a more sustainable philosophy. You as author of your video material remain the boss. Commercial messages will only be attached to your clip if you grant permission. This also means effectively that you are not bombarded with commercials whilst browsing the UGC of others. Furthermore as UGC becomes more intricate and creative the prospect of it being defaced with commercial crap becomes even more unattractive. Nevertheless, unmistakably aroused by the sound of $1,5 billion dollars, the value that Google attached to YouTube, YouTube clones are popping up all over internet as is to be expected. In a year you will be able to buy them on e-bay for some loose change with a failing commercial TV channel thrown in for free.
Blip frequently update and improve their service and each time it is a pleasure to see how creatively they accommodate the needs of the serious videoblogger.
They have introduced a Show Page on which you may present your cinematic wares including a trailer for your Show. If anyone has a handle on the future of internet video it's blip.
Not having the patience to develop a custom trailer I have cooked up a Dutchvlog collage for the meantime. Click on the collage.
Saturday, November 25, 2006
Dutchvlog in Africa
Whatch the video. The images speak for themselves! Meanwhile the media coaches laugh all the way to the bank and Dutchland gets the democracy it deserves.
Formats available: Quicktime (.mov), MPEG-4 Video (protected) (.m4v), Flash Video (.flv)
Comments welcome!
Comments welcome!
Wednesday, November 15, 2006
Politicized #1
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Whilst I type, the Dutch TV exudes more political debate between primary candidates of the major parties. It is more of the same appalling and meaningless "€10 this way" - "€20 that way" ;-"Yes you did" - "No I didn't" provincial pre election bla bla spiced up unintelligible statistics having ultimately a marginal influence on the real quality of life.
I certainly heard no mention of a report published this week by leading marine biologists concluding that with the present rate of deterioration of marine life there will be virtually no fish left in the seas by the year 2050. Integration; presently the country's most pressing issue has been demoted to an empty sociological buzzword. Nor have they mentioned how they aim to tackle the deepening international divide between east and west. The concept of culture, as in the arts, has certainly no place in these Dutch pre election battles, nor the pending European reliance on unstable Russian energy sources.
Of all the wasted hours of Dutch pre election BS I have witnessed in the last weeks the governments Foreign Policy was not mentioned once and I would have to go to great lengths to recollect mention of an issue such as Global Warming. Nor even the fact that Nation of China undoes all the annual environmentally friendly measures taken by the EU collectively in a mere 84 days....or even the passionate romance flowering between Africa and China....or the fact that Global Warming is warming Africa the most.
Since the murders of Pim Fortyn and Theo van Gogh Holland has become hopelessly lost, polarised and politically fragmented in every conceivable political hue and the politicians scramble - as if in the most undignified way they possibly can - to secure, if not kidnap the votes of an undecided segment which has never been so large, confused and volatile……so without any sign of visionary leadership on the flat Dutch horizon I wish them goodnight…….and good luck.
Meanwhile the Dutch media coaches laugh all the way to the bank and Holland gets the politics it deserves!
Formats available: Quicktime (.mov), MPEG-4 Video (iPod)/(.m4v)
Thursday, November 09, 2006
The Vloggies - Awards
If you weren't able to make it to the Vloggies this past weekend in San Francisco, then you can experience the magic in this super condensed version of the awards festivities. Irina Slutsky along with Daniel McVicar hosted this seminal event in front of a crowd of over 300 screaming vlog fans. Enjoy!
Episode links: The Vloggies, Laughing Squid Photos, Podtech, Dan McVicar
Cross posted from Geek Entertainment TV
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