Archive for September 1st, 2006

thanks scoble nice observations on google..

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jimmoore - September 1, 2006 @ 5:33 pm · Economics and cybenetics

a good culture post, on google, by scoble..here.

Nemo Karow Free Music Blogs at OPML Workstation. Thanks Nemo!

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jimmoore - September 1, 2006 @ 12:47 pm · Economics and cybenetics

Nemo Karow just put up this terrific music blog outline at OPML Workstation, and made it public.  Check it out here:

http://opmlworkstation.com/browse/FreeMusicBlogs/

News flash: Free hosted OPML combined/mashed up with free hosted video. The result is a citizen journalists’ dream

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jimmoore - September 1, 2006 @ 12:37 pm · Economics and cybenetics

I just fired this note off to Dan Gillmor (with copy to Lisa Williams), sharing my enthusiasm:

Hi Dan,

You truly inspired me at the Berkman-hosted Wikimania 2006 conference recently. 

Lisa Williams and I have been talking excitedly about citizen
journalism initiatives lately, and I want to share this simple mashup
of free hosted OPML and free hosted video.

The revolutionary think is how quickly these sites can be created, that they are hosted for free, and that they can be continually updated and modified, and that the editing can be done by an individual or a group or the public.  Here is a simple demo, not much except an introduction to the concept, and a basic how-to.  But I think you will immediately see the potential.


 

http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/jim/2006/09/01#a1241

I may post a version of this note itself next, because in writing it I’ve had a few more ideas.

Be well, peace,

Jim

OPML/Google Video: Mashup of OPML and Google Video, using OPML Workstation

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jimmoore - September 1, 2006 @ 11:35 am · Economics and cybenetics

OPML Workstation eats own dogfood!

I decided to make an introductory presentation using Google Video and OPML.  Click here to view the mashup!

The good news?  The combo of OPML and Video rocks!

More good news?  Making this site was one of the most fun and easiest things I have done in blogging..

The mashup recipe

I.  Cook up some simple Video

I made some short videos with my trusty (old, 3.2 megapixel) Cannon Elph, AVI files mostly. The first video I made was only 18 seconds short,
and was done in the middle of the night.  I am whispering because I
don’t want to wake the house up.  What I love is that the sound quality
is good on this video, and the image color is warm, and–heck–it only
took 18 seconds to make!

I uploaded files to Google Video.  Fast and free.

This got kind of addictive, and I started experimenting with more
videos. The best one’s I didn’t edit–though I did mess around with
Microsoft Movie Maker, ’cause I had it at hand.  This future-oriented video on “Why OPML?” (one minute) kind of made me look like a clown, so I used Movie Maker to cut out the worst parts.

My most cheesy video showed how to put the Buffalo Jills Cheerleader
video into an OPML mini-site.  Google is still “processing” that video,
which I think means that it is has been censored.

In any case, OPML Workstation is free, and the mashup that I made of the Jills video in OPML is available here.

II.  Mashup with OPML

I used Google Video’s link generator to make embedable HTML of the videos that became available for publication on Google.

I then opened up a new set of slides in OPML Workstation, and plugged in one Google Video embed per slide.  Here is a three-minute how-to video.  Play within a play.

Automatic hosting at OPML Workstation, with display, yields this resulting mashup, which combines video with the immense potential of OPML.

You can also display OPML/Google Video mashups with other OPML viewers..

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