videoblogging

Videoblogging for Sun: Numbers Update

May 13, 2009

Last September I wrote Videoblogging for Sun: By the Numbers. It’s time for an update. So here’s the situation as of today: 21 months: how long I’ve been shooting video for Sun >200 hours (I stopped counting): video in the can (mostly shot by me personally) ~104 hours of video edited (mostly by me) and [...]

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SxSWi Report: Designing for the Wisdom of Crowds

May 2, 2009

NB: I have long wanted to attend SxSwi – where the cool geeks go to party – and this year had my first opportunity to do so, thanks to Sun. This conference is great bang for the buck: registration cost only $450, for four days of good, solid talks. I’ve been meaning for some time [...]

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My Upgraded Videoblogging Rig

March 9, 2009

Back in May of 2008, I wrote about the equipment I was using in my videoblogging for Sun. I’ve had a few upgrades since then: Camera: Canon Vixia HV30 ($600) – I’ve only had this since early December and haven’t used it much yet. I didn’t feel I needed HD, but it’s hard to avoid [...]

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Videoblogging: A Month in the Life

January 22, 2009

Ah, yes, my “glamorous” job… I admit it’s a lot of fun, but right now I’m mostly tired. This month is  the most intense I’ve yet had with Sun. Here’s what it’s looked like so far: Oct 23: Flew to Minneapolis. Oct 24, 27, 28: Filmed interviews with the SAM-QFS team at Sun’s Eagan, MN [...]

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When You’re in Front of the Camera

January 22, 2009

Most of the people I’ve filmed so far for Sun don’t have extensive television or other on-camera experience and, needless to say, are not professional actors. Being comfortable in front of a camera is a good skill to have in our video-driven age, but it doesn’t come naturally to most. The tips below are some [...]

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My Videoblogging Rig

January 22, 2009

One of the things I do for Sun is videoblogging. I use that term in preference to videography, filming, etc., because I don’t claim to be a video professional. Nor do I have professional equipment. I need to be light on my feet (and in my suitcase), and I often have to shoot under less [...]

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Portrait of a Videoblogger

September 28, 2008

One of the activities at the Open Storage Summit party was to have our portraits drawn by talented caricature artist Doug Shannon. I’ve been thinking lately about the differences between videoblogging and professional video.

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Professional Videography vs. Videoblogging

September 25, 2008

^ filming at the Open Storage Summit after-party I don’t claim to be a professional videographer (for one thing, I’m entirely self-taught). I do videoblogging, which is fundamentally different. From my (very limited) experience, it seems that professional corporate video is, usually: thoroughly planned (and likely scripted) in advance; involves quite a lot of large, [...]

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Bollywood, Bangalore

June 9, 2008

One of my reasons for coming to Bangalore was to work with the Sun Cluster team here on some short films. They had great ideas (no, I’m not going to tell you what they were – don’t want to spoil the fun before the films are edited and released), loads of enthusiasm, and the talent [...]

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Gallery: vlogEurope, Videobloggers Invade Bellagio

December 15, 2006

All the photos I took at and around vlogEurope in Milan and on Lake Como, November, 2006.

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vlogEurope 2006: A Horde of Vloggers Descends on Italy

December 8, 2006

my daily commutes were far more entertaining than usual! NB: The links on this page are mostly to video, of course! There are also lots of photos. Be aware that some of the language in the videos is Not Safe for Work. What did I do at vlogEurope? I barely participated in the conference, and [...]

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March 24, 2006

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Vloggercon 2005

February 9, 2005

Rossella and I had a wonderful time in New York (as expected), though I spent much of it ill with bronchitis (as usual, unfortunately). So here’s another travelogue (late, because I’ve been very busy since I got back): Getting There is Half the Fun? We arrived the afternoon of Thursday the 20th, on a direct [...]

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First Steps in Putting Video on a Website

July 19, 2004

I’m experimenting with ways to publish video on the web. To view the video, you need to have installed the Macromedia Flash Player.] This first effort was labor-intensive: I started from a video clip I recorded from TV to VCR years ago, and digitized some time later to MPEG 1, using Adaptec’s then-current VideOh! device. [...]

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