As someone who tries to get the most out of their day but also likes to take some time and relax with a video or two every once in a while, I’ve been out of luck for a while. There’s a lot of noise out there on social networks, especially since I follow a…

One of the more useful aspects of Twitter is the ability to quickly broadcast images, videos, and other media to your followers, making it an effective “mo-blogging” (mobile blogging) platform. Twitter doesn’t have this ability built in, though; sending pictures or video clips to Twitter requires using third-party services like TwitPic. Most Twitter clients…

I started a video blog documenting my journey fighting breast cancer across America. President-elect Barack Obama started a video blog documenting how he plans to implement change in America. What do we have in common? Absolutely nothing; His vlog is way better. So if you are like me and want to video blog…

Here at Lifehack, we like to review the web apps that were released over the course of the year and see how they went — which apps stood the test of time and remained popular after the hype of their launch had subsided? In this article, we’ll look at ten apps that did particularly well…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…