Damn, that was fun!

So after Mary left, Cindie stopped by. We chatted with Jan, Jen, David and the Ojai vloggers in a flash meeting. Great discussion. Too bad we didn’t get to hear the CreativeCommons stuff from San Francisco, but we had a lot of fun anyway. Then Cindie edited and I accidentally deleted the small amount of footage I shot during the day. D’oh! Hopefully Chris retained his and will share. Meanwhile you have to be content with my Flickr photoset.

I’m tired. Gotta go to bed so I’m fresh to start videobloggingweek2007 tomorrow!

First, Chris Baker stopped by around 10:30 a.m. He shot some video but I never managed to get my camera out. We had great conversation and talked about collaborating on a documentary.

Then Mary turned up. She’s one of my vlogging students at Phoenix College. She had been up until all hours of the night creating a new blog for her friend Margaret who found out yesterday that she has four weeks to live due to severe leukemia. Margaret’s immune system is so compromised that she must limit visitors, and so Mary thought a blog would be a great way for friends and family to send love and support, and for Margaret to tell everyone how she’s doing if she feels so inclined. So Mary ran over to SuperHappyVlogHouse for a little tech support and RSS feed troubleshooting, and we got everything working. Check out what she made over at Pier344. She’ll be adding video at every opportunity. No one can tell me vlogging isn’t a powerful medium after today.

As announced by Josh Leo, Videoblogging Week takes place April 1 – 7. The challenge is to post at least one video every day of the week. Can you handle it, Phoenix?

The only other requirement to participate is that you tag your videos with videobloggingweek2007 on Technorati. Instructions: Tagging with Technorati.

Since we recently had a media makers meeting here in Phoenix, I’m hoping someone local will want to join me for Videoblogging Week, maybe even collaborate. I’m in. Who’s joining me?

Have a look at Dreamhost’s Flash Image Rotator and Flash Media Player here. They’ve got decent Flash Media Player documentation in their wiki. And signing up for Dreamhost via this link will kick back a referral fee to Node101 Phoenix to help pay for hosting this site.

Blip.tv on PBS,
originally uploaded by hummingcrow.

I photographed my TV screen. You gotta hand it to Bill Moyers – his producers are hip. Blip.tv showed up on this laptop screen for ten seconds about a half hour into the October 18, 2006 airing of Moyers on America: The Net at Risk. Go watch the episode at PBS.org (or go straight to Chapter 3 about 9 minutes 10 seconds in to see the Blip.tv logo on air). And then go tell your U.S. Senator and Representative and the FCC (fcc.gov) to protect Net Neutrality.

• What: NODE101::PHOENIX Videoblogging Workshop
• Where: Live and Let Live Cafe, 4711 N. 7^th Street, Phoenix
• When: Sunday, August 13, 10am – 2pm
• Why: All the cool kids are videoblogging!

Want to get started videoblogging? We’ll show you what you need to know to get your videos up on the web. We’ll cover: making your own blog, video compression, free video hosting, and creating RSS feeds so people can subscribe to your videos. We can also help you out with shooting video, editing your video, customizing and troubleshooting your vlog. Or we’ll just geek out and talk vlogging.

Come down to the Live and Let Live Cafe on Sunday, August 13 between 10am and 2pm. Bring your video camera, laptop, or just yourself and your videoblogging questions. We’ll hang out and get your video blog up and running.

Click the map to get directions.

Please RSVP using the form below if you plan to come.

WiFi at the cafe,
originally uploaded by Natashalatrasha.

Check out the Live and Let Live Cafe on 7th Street just south of Camelback. [map] This will be the location of the first NODE101 event in Phoenix. Look for workshops beginning in mid-July on Sundays.