Internet Video Resource Center: Vlogs (Video Blogs)

Vlogs (Video Blogs)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rocketboom

Rocketboom is a popular daily video blog (vlog) produced by Andrew Baron and hosted by Amanda Congdon. The three-minute vlogs cover news, Internet culture, technology, arts and more with a humorous slant.

Vloggercon 2006 Conference

http://vloggercon.com/

Vloggercon 2006 Conference
San Francisco, CA
June 10-11, 2006
Session include political vlogging and social change, the art of storytelling, Blip.tv, Rocketboom, iMovie/FCP tricks, community vlogs, educational vlogs, recording live music, Flash in videoblogs, videoblogging as a bridge, Node 101 and the digital divide, IP commons, character building, Outh!nk, journalism in vlogging, interactive videoblogs, brainstorming the future, oral history/digital storytelling, Xolo.tv, mashups and remixing for vloggers, Yahoo!, Revver, and more.

"How to Compress for the Web from Windows..."

http://freevlog.org/text/wmm_compress_transcribe.pdf

"Freevlog Tutorial: How to Compress for the Web from Windows Movie Maker."

"How to Compress from Final Cut Pro..."

http://freevlog.org/text/FCPcompression_transcribe.pdf

"Freevlog Tutorial: How to Compress from Final Cut Pro using Compressor."

"How to Compress from iMovie with QuickTime 7"

http://freevlog.org/text/imovie_compress_transcribe.pdf

"Freevlog Tutorial: How to Compress from iMovie with QuickTime 7."

Vlogosphere News

http://wearethemedia.com/

Vlogosphere news site includes best posts, interviews, product reviews, vlog news, vlog events, vlog reviews, a vlog of the week and more.

Vlogdir Directory

http://vlogdir.com/

Vlogdir video blog (vlog) directory.

"How to Cross Post in Blip.tv"

http://freevlog.org/index.php/2006/05/08/tutorial-how-to-cross-post-in-bliptv/

Tutorial: "How to Cross Post in Blip.tv" shows you how to cross post your Blip.tv videos in your blog pages, in the Internet Archive, and more.

"Freevlog 2.5"

http://freevlog.org/tutorial/

Tutorial: "Freevlog 2.5: A Step-by-Step Guide to Setting Up Your Own Video Blog for Free," shows users how to turn a video into a vlog. Learn how to use iMovie, Final Cut Pro and Movie Maker. Also learn how to compress your video, set up a Free Blogger Blog, make a screen capture, sign up for Internet Archive & OurMedia accounts, publish your video, post your video and images on your blog, get an RSS 2.0 feed with enclosures, and more.

Set Up a Vlog

http://freevlog.org/

Set up your own video blog (vlog) for free.

Vlogging Yahoo! Group

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/videoblogging/

Vlogging group on Yahoo! Groups.

VlogMap

http://community.vlogmap.org/

VlogMap uses Google Maps to show you where each video blogger is located. Search for vloggers in your area or for specific blog posts written about a particular location.

Andrew Barron Interview

http://www.tuaw.com/2005/11/03/interview-with-andrew-baron-from-rocketboom/

Interview with Andrew Barron, producer of Rocketboom. Discusses how Rocketboom was started, how each segment is created, the equipment they use and more.

"Rocketboom's Powerful Lift-Off"

http://www.businessweek.com/magazine/content/05_36/b3949087_mz063.htm

Article: "Rocketboom's Powerful Lift-Off: The News Spoof is a Model for Video Blogs—and May Transform the Way TV is Viewed," by Business Week.

Rocketboom Vlog

http://www.rocketboom.com/vlog/

Check out the daily Rocketboom vlog or some of the archived episodes. Rocketboom is one of the most popular video blogs.

"Media Rich Versus Rich Media"

http://incsub.org/blogtalk/?page_id=74

Blog entry: "Media Rich Versus Rich Media (or Why Video in a Blog is Not the Same as a Video Blog)," by Adrian Miles of RMIT University in Australia.

Vlogs Wiki

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vlog

Wikipedia entry for vlogs (video blogs). Topics include a history of vlogs, common genres and aggregators.