Author Archive for jeffrey

Apologies, Thank You and the Monaco Media Forum

Published by jeffrey on November 11, 2008 in vlogeurope. 1 Comment .

So first, Raymond and I want to apologise for the security breach that made our site inaccessible for the past week or so. Someone thought it was a good idea to put a line of pop-up spam code in our database, and google did not like that. All is fixed, and we can assure you that you can browse safely.

The sad thing about this, is that we have been unable to publically say THANK YOU to everyone who came to Vlog Europe, who participated in the first annual Global Vlogger Flashmeeting and to Techsmith for its steadfast support.

So many contributed to the great weekend we had, but I do want to single out Joel Carner for his huge help in securing the Loft Hostel as our location. This was no small task, and I believe it is the one reason why this year’s Vlog Europe was the best ever.

We’ll continue updating you on happenings in the Vlogosphere throughout the year. I’ll start by putting up some posts about the Monaco Media Forum that I am attending this week. I was invited to represent all of us independent media makers, and I will do my best to let you know about the conversation and how I will be standing for independent media makers to take their rightful place at the global media table.

So stay tuned for more, and feel free to post more videos of the event!

More soon,

Jeffrey

1st Vlog Global Flashmeeting - Thanks for making it a success!

Published by jeffrey on October 18, 2008 in vlogeurope. 5 Comments Tags: , , , , .

Wow. Just wow.

Thanks to all who participated in the 1st ever Vlog Global Flashmeeting this evening. For those of you who could not make it, you can watch the archives by clicking here. We had more than 25 vloggers show up throughout the duration of the flashmeeting, from 4 of the 6 populated continents. People of all shapes, ages and sizes, old faces and new and all with different and equally powerful motivations for making their own media. The message was resoundingly clear: Vloggers continue to rock, have very strong convictions and is one of the most fun communities on the web when we manage to get together.

We do plan on doing this next year, making sure we get more women (we invited the same amount of women as men, but the women were really busy or not replying!), more voices from places like Africa and South America, but that we keep the same shared commitment to making our own media and showing others how to do the same.

We really hope you watch the archive. It’s worth your time.

Update: And special thanks to the infinitely helpful Markus Sandy for all of his scheduling and technical assistance.

Flashmeeting Out Takes, Part 1: Mike Moon

Published by jeffrey on October 18, 2008 in vlogeurope. 2 Comments Tags: , , .

We’re Getting Close…

Published by jeffrey on October 13, 2008 in vlogeurope. 4 Comments .

Crazy as it may seem, but the date is upon us: Vlog Europe is this coming weekend. Stay tuned to this blog and/or add it to your RSS feed reader, as we will be updating far more frequently than usual.

Here’s what’s cooking:

1. First, a big THANK YOU to TechSmith and Videoformes, our partners this year. Both organizations have given contributions that have made Vlog Europe possible, and we are most grateful.

2. Have questions about the location? Take a look at the Loft Hostel’s website and most all of your questions will be answered! Need a map and directions? Click here.

We still have a few beds left, and Vlog Europe will cover the costs of your stay for Friday and Saturday night.

3. Please add your name to the Vlog Europe 2008 Participant Wiki if you are coming, or make sure your information is up-to-date.

4. We’re very excited to conduct the first Vlog Global Flashmeeting on Saturday night, 18 October at 18:00 Budapest time. We’ll have 25 Vloggers covering every continent in the world on the Flashmeeting, with a live feed where others can watch and chat about the mayhem! Each vlogger will be given two minutes to say or play whatever they want to express to the Global Videoblogging Community, and it’s sure to be a wild ride. We’ll be posting URL’s soon, so watch this space.

5. Particpants, be ready to make your own weekend. The Flashmeeting is the only scheduled event, and the rest is up to you. We have a great communal space and the entire city of Budapest at your fingertips. What will the “collaboration vortex” create?

We’ve got people taking trains, planes and buses to Budapest from many places late in the week, and we’ll keep you well-informed as you pack up and get ready to go. Leave a comment here if you have any questions, or mail us by clicking here.

Less Than One Month Away!

Published by jeffrey on September 21, 2008 in vlogeurope. 1 Comment Tags: , , , , , , .

We’re less than one month away from the 4th edition of Vlog Europe on the 18th and 19th of October, and we would love to have you there!

This year’s meetup takes us to Budapest’s Loft Hostel , where we have 18 beds, great common areas, a huge TV for screenings and a great location in the heart of Budapest! Accomodation this year is free for up to 18 people on a first come, first served basis for the nights of October 17 and 18. At the time of this posting, we have 5 slots left.

Participants will be coming in from all over Europe on every mode of transport imaginable. And thanks to our core sponsor TechSmith, some particpants will be bus-ing and train-ing their way to Budpest and will video the entire trip!

This year, we plan on having a free form, participant-generated schedule. Think of it like a 1960’s “be in”, but less flower power and more Vlog. We’ll be doing everything from screening videos to discussing the newest and best tools available to videomakers, and much more! We’re looking at meeting up with our Vlogger friends all over the globe via Flashmeeting or other means, so please stay tuned for details.

There’s still plenty of time to plan, and we’d love to have you there. Anyone with an interest in web-based video is welcome.

To secure your slot at the hostel, or just let us know that you are coming, please click here and add your name to our wiki. If you have any questions, leave a comment on this post.

We’ll post more news as we have it. We look forward to seeing you in Budapest!

It’s Nearly April…

Published by jeffrey on March 26, 2008 in vlogeurope. 5 Comments .

Jeffrey here. It’s time for an update.

First and foremost, my visit to the Videoformes Festival in Clermont-Ferrand was fantastic. I met/saw great video artists such as Triny Prada and , a live performance from the amazing Charlie Mars and the Digital Slaves (whose video of the festival is embedded) and Loiez Deniel showed me the wonderful street video installations that made Clermont-Ferrand proud.

What did not make Clermont-Ferrand proud was their Police Department, which harassed artists and administration from Videoformes on their opening night. In a case of mistaken identity, the police roughly threw the party out of a cafe-bar while they were celebrating over a nightcap, and our dear friend Triny Prada was arrested and spent the night in jail for basically no reason. You can read up on what happened in French, English and Spanish at the webste L’affaire Triny Prada. Please stop by and leave a comment in support of her and her colleagues as they voice their grievances with authorities. What happened here was an unacceptable injustice, and supporting Triny is supporting everyone who faces dreadful situations like this.We continue with planning for the event in October, and will be bringing you further details in the coming month as we “nail things down”. We’ve been talking about the following:

  • For the Americans who want to come, a weekend may not be enough justification for a long and costly trip. In answer to that, we’re looking at creating excursions and events before and after the main event. Among the things we are discussing is a train trip from points west such as Amsterdam, Barcelona and Paris to Budapest with stops along the way in places like Munich, Vienna and Bratislava.
  • Another idea is to facilitate a Vlogging Event for women before or after Vlog Europe. We’d love to hear your ideas and would love for a woman to step up and help us make this event a reality if there is a demand for it.
  • Final determinations on the size and shape of the event itself will be made. Questions like ‘Sessions or no sessions?’, ‘Sponsors or no sponsors?’ will be answered.
  • We will secure a venue, see what we can do to make travel costs more economical through group rates and such, and will get all the vital details to you so travel planning is as clear and easy as possible.
  • Collaboration and suggestions are most welcome. Get in touch.

More soon!

Vidéoformes - Next Weekend and throughout March in Clermont-Ferrand, France

Published by jeffrey on March 8, 2008 in vlogeurope. 1 Comment .
Vidéoformes - Next Weekend and throughout March in Clermont-Ferrand, France
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Jeffrey Taylor here.

Next weekend, I’ll be heading down to Clermont-Ferrand (about 4 hours by train from Paris) for the 23rd annual Vidéoformes Festival for Video Art and New Media. Directed by videoblogger and future Vlog Europe attendee Gabriel Soucheyre with heavy involvement by the brilliant Vlog European Loiez Deniel, Vidéoformes offers video exhibits from artists-in-residence, a Nuit des Arts Electronicques (Night of Electronic Arts) event, awards the annual Bruno Mrozinski Prize for creativity in new media and much, much more. Check out the site (and their fantastic visual for this year’s event) for more information in both French and English.

Vidéoformes presents a big opportunity to bring together video artists and our community of Vlog Europeans. I’ll be filming while there and will report on this and the development of the Vlog Europe ‘08 planning when I get back.

Inthe meantime, take a look at featured Vidéoformes Artist Triny Prada’s take on Clermont-Ferrand, called “Where are you?“

Vlog Europe Update

Published by jeffrey on January 15, 2008 in vlogeurope. 1 Comment Tags: , , , , , , , , .

We let things get a bit quiet over the holiday period, but we’re back and ready to move forward with the blog!

First, we invite you join the Vlog Europe Yahoo! Group (mailing list), in which many conversations surrounding the annual event and general discussion about Videoblogging. For instance, one member let us know that a very promising event, VideoCamp Paris , is in the planning stages.

One thing we’ve been discussing over the past few months on the Vlog Europe Yahoo Group is the how and the where of Vlog Europe event for 2008. We are in the middle of compiling everything that was said, and will be putting forward a proposed plan both on the Yahoo! Group and on this blog within the next couple of weeks. We hope that the past participants and interested future participants will like the ideas we came up with based on your feedback and watching what other people are doing with their events.

Finally, we will begin curating videos here soon, and we think it’s a good idea to start by posting some of the best work we’ve seen from past Vlog Europe participants. If anyone would like a login to post some of these videos or to post about anything related to Vlog Europe, please let us know.

Stay tuned, and make sure you’re subscribed to our feed.

Welcome to the new VlogEurope blog

Published by jeffrey on December 18, 2007 in vlogeurope. 3 Comments .

VlogEurope.com was established as a site in July 2005 to convene with a European meet-up of videobloggers in Amsterdam called VlogEurope 2005.

Since then, we have had 2 more VlogEurope meet-ups: In Milan in November 2006 and in Heidelberg in September 2007. We are currently planning VlogEurope 2008, and in preparation of it we are re-launching this blog.

The VlogEurope blog will be a place for frequent showings of videoblogs from around Europe. It will basically be a curation of the different projects going on in this space across the continent, and we aim that over the course of the next months, we will be able to show the variety and depth.

Welcome!

Best,

Jeffrey Taylor and Raymond M. Kristiansen
editors, VlogEurope.com