David Lee King

social media | emerging trends | libraries

Videoblogging with a Treo

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treo 650 videoI’m playing with my new Treo 650 – and discovered that it takes video. So of course, what do I do when I discover that? Immediately play with it… here’s the result of my experiment.

Ok – very silly test video, I know. Nonetheless:

  • I can capture video on the go
  • It’s poor quality video, so probably not useful for “professional” consumption
  • Great if I want to share an idea, capture a quick interview, or capture an event
  • Hmm… show management a particularly successful library event?

Reading all these, I can see a way to sum it up – cheap video is capable of capturing the moment – it will capture the relevant info, so you can use it later as supplementary material (for whatever you’re doing).

Update: Gee, Dave… it helps to actually include the link to the video…

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Rocketboom linked to me

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rocketboomSome of you will get a kick out of this. I just got a mention on Rocketboom, a techie, newsie videoblog (an extremely popular one, too).

Remember those Blogging Delivered billboards I posted about a day or two ago? The Rocketboom folks also found them interesting – and included one of my pics in their January 10 videoblog! They linked to my flickr account, too.

My wife just chuckled, and accused me of blogging about a videoblog that blogged about my flickr feed blogging billboards… that I blogged about… (ahem – sorry – just a little giddy with squeamish videoblogging delight).

Integrating Video into Library Websites

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Hopefully the first of many posts on video! We have created an Emotional Health article for our library website. The article includes quick facts on stress and tips on getting organized, all found in one of our library databases. And, we also included a link to my last videocast about my messy desk. Why? It fits the article and it lends the article a bit of humor, too.

So that’s a start, anyway. What else can one do with video on a library website?

  1. Use it as support info (that’s what we did with my video)
  2. Post downloadable versions of library events, seminars, author talks
  3. Short snippets of library events for use on future event descriptions
  4. Videocast of bibliographic instruction, downloadable when a student needs it
  5. Tours of the library
  6. Showing what a meeting room looks like
  7. Directions to the library! Visual can’t hurt here…
  8. Oral histories – libraries are big on audio version of oral histories… why not capture them on video, too?
  9. From our Children’s website RFQ – short video tours of area attractions, online storytellers, kids showing off their cool collectables
  10. Something completely original… one idea: a video version of “what’s new to read” at the library

Am I leaving anything out? Let me know!

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Messy Desk (a videoblog post)

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messydeskYes, another video (third one, actually – here are links to my first [warning: “just testing” silliness] and second [warning: big file], for those extremely interested sorts). My library recently purchased a digital camcorder and video editing software with the ultimate of recording events, area attractions, etc (that is, if we actually have TIME to do any of these cool things).

But for starters, someone has to learn the equipment! When I learn new hardware/software, I like to … well … play a little.

So – here’s an exciting video of me cleaning up my office cube. Hollywood, watch out!

(nitty-gritty details: 1:35, 8mg wmv file)

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Potential Flickr-like Videoblogging Tool?

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Six Apart teams up with VideoEgg for one-stop videoblogging – the article

The FAQ

The important stuff:

“The VideoEgg publisher is a small website plug-in that makes it simple for end-users to capture, edit, encode, and post digital video online. A “universal adapter” that captures directly from hundreds of devices and reads dozens of formats, the VideoEgg Publisher allows users to painlessly publish videos that anyone can watch without worrying about player compatibilities, encoding settings, or extra software.”

And… it’s free

Now, only if Flickr would do something like this…