Posts Tagged ‘video’

The Ten Videos to Change How You View the World

I believe that a sign of good information is that it makes you think. If reading a book, listening to a lecture or watching a video doesn’t change how you think, it probably isn’t that important. But if you encounter something that forces you to change your views, even if you don’t completely agree with it, you’ve found something valuable.

The problem is where do you find these… » Continue

October 16 2007 | By Scott H | Tagged: games, happiness, humor, inspiration, linguistics, marketing, poverty, reality, Technology, video | 105 comments»

Lessons in making a vote for me video

Ever do a truly crappy job at something you cared about? That was me a month ago when I put together my first YouTube video. I did it - God forgive me for my sins - because the organizer of the Business of Software Conference in a fit of Pure Evil decided the only way for speakers to get on was to do a vote for… » Continue

October 5 2007 | By Bob | Tagged: software, video, youtube | 9 comments»

Edit Online Video Online

Online video has gotten massive during the last few years, partly due to the ability to embed video from one source to another.

This is a great concept for writers and anyone who wants to share videos. However, it’d be nice to be able to cut down and edit such video so you’re sharing exactly what you want to.

Particularly useful, and something I haven’t yet seen outside of… » Continue

May 17 2007 | By Craig | Tagged: video, videoblogging, videoonthenet, videos, youtube | 3 comments»

5min How To Videos

If you find that some of your favorite YouTube videos are HowTo’s, then you should check out 5min.com, a video sharing site dedicated to short tutorials.
The vision behind 5min is a very simple one: any solution can be visually explained in no more than 5 minutes. Our aim is to create the first communal Life Videopedia allowing users from all over the globe to contribute their knowledge by sharing… » Continue

April 20 2007 | By Craig | Tagged: howto, howtos, video, videoblogging | 6 comments»

Five Ways YOU Could Use Video

In the US at least, this appears to be the year of the Internet Presidency, and this trend got me thinking about ways that that you might use Internet video to improve you universe.

Post A Video Resume- There’s something powerful of matching a face to a name, but it’s even stronger if you can come off decent on camera. Get your video camera or your digital camera out

» Continue

January 23 2007 | By Chris | Tagged: blip.tv, internettv, video, videoblogging, youtube | 8 comments»

Learn Science Through Videos

MAKE Magazine, a source of endless interesting projects and ideas, posted a link to a science video podcast done by a high school teacher in Indiana and his students. You can learn about thermodynamics, and boiling and more.

Any way to get information into our heads in a non-traditional way ends up being a great way to learn, because the experience adds to our ability to remember the information.

Check… » Continue

August 22 2006 | By Chris | Tagged: learning, MAKE, Podcast, science, video | 1 comment»

Videoblogging and Vodcasting for Education

Schools aren’t just about books, football, and flirting any more. In fact, it’s pretty darned hard to get past that glazed look and penetrate the constant iPod haze. The site WWWTools for Education has a big list of resources on how to use podcasting technology to introduce interactive elements to the education experience.

(And yes, I know I was being really stereotypical).

Videoblogging and VodCasting for Education - [WWWTools for… » Continue

July 4 2006 | By Chris | Tagged: education, multimedia, newmedia, video, videoblogging, vlogging, vodcasting | 1 comment»

Podcasts from Podcast Academy 2 in Boston

Podcast Academy 2 wrapped up in Boston on Saturday with a reminder that the next Podcast Academy will be hosted by Yahoo! in Santa Clara, California shortly. One great thing about the hosts of THIS session, Boston University, was that their crack team of AV people had the podcasts and presentations up on the web in almost no time. Counting the live streaming media that was made available, it brought… » Continue

May 1 2006 | By Chris | Tagged: audio, Communication, creativity, Podcast, presentation, video | no comments»

Podcasting for Sharing

I’m all about the idea of creating content versus just consuming content. This morning, I listened to Richard Lucic and Zach Pogue from Duke University. They talked about how podcasting really boosted the value of information given BACK by the students. So, instead of a student turning in a five page paper full of garbage, the peer effect of putting out an audio podcast that the entire class would hear… » Continue

April 30 2006 | By Chris | Tagged: audio, education, learning, Podcast, portable, presentation, video | 2 comments»

Convert Flash Video (.flv) to AVI (.avi) or MPEG (.mpg)

Hitrec at VideoHelp forum introduces a software called RivaFLVencoder which able you to convert .flv files (Flash Video) into avi and mpg files. This is extremely useful when you download youtube or google videos and you don’t like it play in flv player. With this conversion, you can play google videos in many systems, such as iPod Video. One catch: Most of the time, audio can be transcoded… » Continue

January 9 2006 | By Leon | Tagged: software, tips, video | 19 comments»