Wednesday, April 30, 2008

Week 7 - Podcasts and Online Hosted Video

Well, this was a disappointing week for me. Everything needed to be done at home, and even then, some things didn't work as planned. I have already been subscribing to podcasts, so this wasn't new for me., but I knew nothing about Podcast Alley or podcast.net. They were both a little overwhelming, but I'm glad to know they exist. I was unable to get Odeo to work from work or home.

YouTube has lots of interesting things on it - I've been on that site before, but it's getting more and more difficult to find the "good stuff" when there's so much duplication as well as "uninteresting" material posted.

I decided to create my own video and post it to my facebook account. But, it was 2 minutes and 1 second, which made it 1 second too long to post. I then tried to post a YouTube video to my blog, as a separate page element. But, it didn't seem to allow for a URL. When I typed in the keywords of the YouTube video, it found 4 separate versions, and posted all four. I was unable to delete 3 of them. So, I found another video and added that. The only way I was able to post my own video (from my camera), was to post it as a blog entry. It seems like there should have been a better way... Also, when I showed my husband the YouTube video I posted, he asked if it violated copyright, since it's a video of a live performance. Well, whose responsible for that? The person who posted to YouTube, or me?

So, all in all, I have more questions than answers this week. But, YouTube is blocked at work, as is most audio streaming - at least for now. So, I think I don't have to worry about this technology at this time.

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