What the hell was I doing on this panel with Guys from Nokia Lifeblog, talking in front of guys who started macromedia, yahoo, technorati and more. I have no idea. This is a picture of me talking at Les Blogs 2.0 this week. On the panel for video blogging and podcasting. Funny that the conversation never really got into podcasting. Is it already passe?
News from lesblog
So far at the les blogs conference:
The morning started off with me walking around Paris trying to find an open wifi point to be able to get the address for Les Blogs. Luckily I ran into someone who had the address, and I had a map. Together we were basically standing right across from the convention hall. Sweet.
Scobble started talking about his blog this morning, and how he podcasts and "video blogs" at microsoft. Question I'm gonna ask Scobble when I get a chance, what is microsoft gonna call vlogging? I'm sure it's not gonna be video podcasting. Come on that's the question on our minds right?
Now L' Oreal, IBM and Skype are talking about internal blogging. Coloboration on projects via blogs, and so forth. I really could care less about that. Lots of guys in suits talking about corporate buzz terms and linking it into blogging. Where are the cool guys? Well they do have one female on the panel of 6 here. Adriana, what a babe. Sexy geek speak! Maak me gek!
A few weeks ago Nicole Simon interviewed me for the Les Blog conference. Click here ot have a listen. She's a podcaster, so it's audio only folks. ;-)
So I arrived in Paris together with Tamara. Monday les blogs begins. I'll be speaking on tuesday, and I haven'tr a clue what I'm gonna say. Just let it come to me I guess.
No interent access at the hotel but it is cheap and has a bathtub, so I'm using a french internet cafe to post this. Hopefully tommorrow I'll be able to upload some photos and a bit of video. But stay tuned for some interviews on xolo.tv from les blogs. Damn, I just remembered I forgot to bring a good microphone. Shit. Oh well, maybe some podcaster will loan me one.:-)
Till tomorrow folks.
Gabe
The Complete Guide to Converting Video to iPod Format (Mac)
For those who want to start encoding thier videos for the iPod format, have a look at this article posted by iLonge. It is only for mac at the moment. If you want to encode video for the iPod on the PC the only software I've found is the following: PQDVD But I'm sure more are to come. Remeber though that even though it may play on an iPod doesn't mean it will play on regular PC's. There are still some quirks about it.
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For those wanting to actually know more instead of looking as far as their mouse click finger, here are two documents you can take the time to read.
The Legislation
A legal Overview
Since the posting of the video there has been an enormous reaction.
Bicycle Mark podcasted about it here, and vlogged about it.
It has been posted and commented on many blogs. (I did not spam them myselves, they posted it on their own websites. The only way I could have spamed them was by using some form of mind control. Yes the video does come into my RSS feed automatically. It's called video blogging. That's not spamming either.)
Tonight my friend and I were forcefully searched by the Dutch police walking out of a restaurant. The police had no reason or right to search as we were exhibiting no suspicious or illegal behavior.
update:
Because this film does not portray the events completly, I ask that you listen to this podcast by bicycle mark before posting.
AudioCommunique #83(mp3)
31min+, 80kbps, 17Mb+
This post would have probably been understood better had the title read, "Is Amsterdam becoming a policed state?"
It is not a major event folks, but it is a warning sign. It's not about being searched on the streets or about being Dutch or American, it's about civil rights and how much of your freedom you are willing to give away for the feeling of security? I would have gladly been searched if there was some terrorist, or illegal action taking place in the area. But there was not. I was simply walking in an open space, and EVERYONE was being frisked. There was no discrimination by the police on that point. I agree that in other countries this is MUCH worse. I always felt safe in the Netherlands, and always respected the way the Police carried themselves. Up until now. That's what this is about, nothing more, nothing less.
As far as the palbeach video that people are reffering to: It is very shocking to see what happend. The woman was speeding and was asked repeatedly to step out of her vehicle. She was breaking the law, and then resisting the officer's to step out of her car. I don't think walking out of a restuarant constitues breaking the law.
I know the footage that I filmed is not enough to give the whole picture. I wish I could have had it running the whole time, but I can't film my life 24-7, and furthermore it's not about America. Pavle says it best: "Does this put it in the same league as blacklisted torture camps? Of course not. Then again, the film is an off-the-cuff personal item and should not be seen as an intentional statement on the state of the world."
Tags: police civil+rights amsterdam mayor
So now the Dutch media is finally getting around to talking about vlogging, and of course they turn to Andrew to talk about it. Hey RTL! We're also here in Amsterdam. I feel kind of special having some of the first interviews already with Amanda and Andrew. If you haven't seen it, check out this interview I did the past summer, before the Hype got crazy. But there are a lot more shows and fun news shows that are better than rocketboom I believe. Have a look at mobuzz for instance.
This weekend was a lot of fun with Tamara, Amy, Bicycle Mark and Mindcaster. For more media content check out podcasts and pics on mindcasater and Bicycle Mark's pages and some entries from Tamara. My video is encoding and will be up in the morning.
Go get yourself a copy of the NRC Dutch newspaper if you can. I did an interview with them this morning and it's already in the paper this afternoon! Vlogging is becoming respectable I guess. For those that don't know Dutch media, the NRC is kinda like the Financial Times of Holland. We are right above the weather which is cool, which is predicting easy going mist and sun. If you can't get a hard copy, just click on the pic to read it if you hands on a hard copy. We'll have a vlog up shortly about it. Or you can look at it online: (Thanks Daniel)