Tag Archives: Videos

August 24, 2008 · 4:03 pm

12seconds.tv – video microblog

12seconds.tv – 2008 – Santa Cruz, CA

The below information is take directly from www.12seconds.tv

What is 12seconds
12seconds is the best place online for video status updates. It’s a super easy way to share what you’re doing with your friends and family using short video clips. You can use your web cam or mobile phone. Show your friends where you are, share your thoughts, or tell them how you’re doing. We are building a video status platform that will help you keep up to date with your friends 12 seconds at a time. 

Why only 12 seconds?
Because anything longer is boring. The scientists here at the 12seconds dodecaplex have conducted countless hours of research to determine the precise amount of time it takes for boredom or apathy to set in during typical Internet video viewing. Our patent pending Electro-Tear-Duct Prongers have determined that exactly 12 seconds of video is the ideal amount of time to keep anything interesting. 

 Press releases:

Techcrunch

Inquisitr

VentureBeat

CNET

Mashable

ReadWriteWeb

Face Reviews

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June 26, 2008 · 11:24 pm

Video: Understanding RSS

Video courtesy of “CommonCraft.com”, content from www.whatisrss.com

What is RSS?
RSS (Rich Site Summary) is a format for delivering regularly changing web content. Many news-related sites, weblogs and other online publishers syndicate their content as an RSS Feed to whoever wants it.

RSS solves a problem for people who regularly use the web. It allows you to easily stay informed by retrieving the latest content from the sites you are interested in. You save time by not needing to visit each site individually. You ensure your privacy, by not needing to join each site’s email newsletter.  The number of sites offering RSS feeds is growing rapidly and includes big names like Yahoo News.

What do I need to do to read an RSS Feed?
Feed Reader or News Aggregator software allow you to grab the RSS feeds from various sites and display them for you to read and use.

A variety of RSS Readers are available for different platforms. Some popular feed readers include Amphetadesk (Windows, Linux, Mac), FeedReader (Windows), and NewsGator (Windows – integrates with Outlook). There are also a number of web-based feed readers available. My Yahoo, Bloglines, and Google Reader are popular web-based feed readers.

Once you have your Feed Reader, it is a matter of finding sites that syndicate content and adding their RSS feed to the list of feeds your Feed Reader checks. Many sites display a small icon with the acronyms RSS, XML, or RDF to let you know a feed is available.

The Internet Explore browser and Firefox browser allow you to subscribe to an RSS feed in the browser.

 

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June 26, 2008 · 10:55 pm

Video: Understanding Wikis

Video courtesy of “CommonCraft.com”.

A wiki is an editable Web page. You can change what appears on the page and add to it.  It’s as easy as erasing a word and rewriting it by using an “edit” and “save” button. Wikis allow many people to contribute and collaborate together.

 

The following video is an overview of how to get started using PBWiki
-from youtube.com/watch?v=A204JcGQiY0&feature=related


 

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June 26, 2008 · 4:24 pm

Video: Podcasting Basics

Video Courtesy of “CommonCraft.com”.

In the old days, radio and TV shows were broadcast at specific times and if you weren’t there on time, you missed it. Thanks to podcasting, show times don’t matter.   When a new show is created, podcasting gives you a way to capture it and take it with you to watch or listen to later – usually for free.   It makes shows personal and available on demand – That’s what makes it different from broadcasting.

A podcast is an audio or video recording, produced on a computer. Usually a person or company produces a series of these recordings on a regular basis. You can “subscribe” to a podcast, like you would subscribe to a magazine, and receive the new recordings delivered right to your computer.

When you visit a Web site that has a podcast, you can click a button and subscribe to the podcast to receive future shows automatically. All you need is a free tool called a Podcatcher, like iTunes, that acts as a way to capture the shows.  The shows become yours to listen to or watch as much as you want, where you want and when you want for as many times as you want. 

 

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