Saturday, September 24, 2005

Vlog Spotting 1: Videos from the Net


Am trying to find time to continue blogging / vlogging. While I finish editing my 2nd video to post here, thought I'd share a few videos from others around the Net that are worth checking out.


A Million Ways from the band OK Go was posted on several blogs - it's a fun homemade style video. This is a QuickTime file @ 300 Kbps - other formats and download speeds are on their website.


The Mirror World (from Lean Back Vids - the guys behind Vlogmap.org) is an awesome post that combines Seattle video footage with screen captures using Google Earth. From their site..."GeoVlogging is the process of associating a geographic location to a video blog post. In our first virtual voyage, you’ll be able to watch time pass over Lake Union and share in some of our Seattle experiences." This is an embedded QuickTime file (not sure of the download speed - it was downloading a bit slow before, probably due to high traffic).

The E-Band's Jam #2 via Maximilian's Vlog (note: vlog site isn't up anymore - but the video is still available via the Internet Archives) is a video created so that others can collaboratively add to it. These are earlier and later versions of the E-Band's Jam #1 after others had contributed. From the site...."To join the e-Band just remix this video by contributing some original video/audio material. For example if you play a musical instrument, video yourself playing something that fits in....and mix the two together, if you don't make music it doesn't matter, just shout, scream, sing put anything in there, then post it so hopefully someone else will remix your efforts and so on and so forth." Note - all files are QuickTime.

Number 14 Bus uses some very cool video effects (via Big Time TV). This is also a QuickTime file.
UPDATE: QT file no longer seems to exist, but the video has been uploaded to YouTube - which is now linked to via this post.