http://www.vidize.com/blog Record video interviews and dialogs online Mon, 20 Jul 2009 14:51:48 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en The black statistics from Russia continue: The AP quotes Oleg Orlov, head of the Memorial rights group where Natalya Estermirova worked, as saying that witnesses saw four men force her into a car in the Chechen capital of Grozny on Wednesday. She was later found lying on a road with two ... http://www.vidize.com/blog/archives/russian-human-rights-activist-killed/ It looks like misheard lyrics are bigger on Gootube than all the shows combined (like Ask a Ninja). Don't get me wrong, I appreciate the humor - especially when it comes at the expense of Scandinavian metal bands! http://www.vidize.com/blog/archives/misheard-lyrics/ Russia remains in the spotlight as one of the most dangerous places for journalists. Anastasiya Baburova (only 25) was shot on January 19 - minutes after a press conference at the Independent Press Center. She was walking towards the Metro station with a laywer, Stanislav Markelov. Baburova apparently tried ... http://www.vidize.com/blog/archives/another-journalist-shot/ Niall Ferguson http://www.vidize.com/blog/archives/niall-ferguson-interview/ If you've never seen the Argument Clinic sketch, brace yourself. Monty Python have decided to wage war on low-quality versions of their sketches and they are creating a whole new channel with high-quality versions! http://www.vidize.com/blog/archives/monty-python-embraces-youtube/ Yes, the original song title is "Radio killed the radio star". Without going into a deep philosophical discussion, here's the video. It's certainly ironic that MTV launches their music video site sooo late. Anyway, enjoy the song. http://www.vidize.com/blog/archives/video-killed-the-blog-star/ According to BBC’s Trust, the company has overspent its new media budget by an impressive margin. It looks like Ashley Highfield got carried away with his task to move BBC beyond traditional media. According to Guardian.co.uk: A review of bbc.co.uk published today by the trust shows that the actual spend in ... http://www.vidize.com/blog/archives/bbc-website-36m-over-budget/ Now that the Vidize is in beta, I plan to go over the list of recommended equipment. I start with the absolute must-have - a Web camera. A while back, there was a discussion about USB 1.1 vs USB 2.0 web cams. This discussion is mostly obsolete now as the majority of ... http://www.vidize.com/blog/archives/vidize-beta-gear-web-camera/ Nicolas Kayser-Bril has done a review of the Vidize beta (in French). You can read it here although if French isn’t your first language, you can read a loose translation from Google. http://www.vidize.com/blog/archives/vidize-review/ Adobe has scheduled the beta test of the new Flash player 10 (codename Astro) for today. There doesn’t seem to be any substantial improvements in the video department but here’s the feature list: 3D Effects - Easily transform and animate any display object through 3D space while retaining full interactivity. Fast, ... http://www.vidize.com/blog/archives/adobe-will-test-new-flash-player-10/