My goal was not to write a post on “how to vblog” or “vblogging 101“. I collected a list of resources to look at when you’ve decided you want to vblog.

Good place to start from is Everything About Video Blogging, or Vblogging by Ezine @rticles, and Videoblogging PDF from CCT where they teach how to use Blogger for blogging, compress video with iMovie, and post it with Blip.tv. Decent Set to start from when one has no idea and just wants to try it.

• Books:
  

Here is a full list of books on videoblogging from Amazon. I have got Videoblogging by Jay Dedman and Joshua Paul. Great book.

• How to make good quality videos:

Excellent Video Tutorials by Israel Hyman. Israel made 2-5 minute videos about each and every aspect of video making. Excellent work by an excellent creative professional who knows his craft.

Israel Hyman is also one of the Cofounders of Glimpster where they produced video Digital Photography Tutorials and Free Spanish Lessons (maybe this will finally get me to learn Spanish?).

FreeVlog tutorials cover quite a bit related to vblogging.

• Solutions for hosting videos and displaying them on your site:

Testing Grounds has a list of 35 or so sites (!) for free video hosting, with reviews. A couple of examples:

Vlog Central is a “comprehensive audio/video solution for bloggers that is integrated into their existing blog of choice”. They host you video and let you play it on your blog.

Blip.tv is a “free videoblogging, podcasting and video sharing service. If you don’t have a blog we’ll give you one, and if you have one already we’ll make it a show.”

• Video Editing SW:

PC Magazine Product Guides and Reviews - video editing software — 90 or more products!!!

I have not used any yet, so can not comment. I know iMovie (for Mac users) has great reviews and Final Cut Studio for professional (Mac) editors. My business partner uses MyDVD (for PC users) and it works for him.

• Prominent videobloggers (to learn from):

Steve Garfield is a videographer and video blogger based in Boston, Massachusetts.
He has been experimenting with vlogging since 2002 and launched his own regular video blog on January 1, 2004. On his vlog he features Vlog Soup a regular free tour of video blogs from all over the world. Also look at his Squidoo Lens.

See more below.

• Courses (around Boston):

It appears (some) local community television stations offer classes on video editing using their equipment as well as production ($5-10/hour only!). Am going to Amherst Community Television to learn from them and grateful for the opportunity. Check your local station, see what they offer.

Cambridge Community Television (CCT) has courses on Blogosphere: Video Blogs 101, Production and Digital Editing. They have very good manuals and procedures in PDF format (for free) if you scroll the page at the link.

Boston Media Makers, an interesting group of videobloggers in Boston area, also offer classes. They get together on the first Sunday of each month see if you would like to join.

• Online knowledge resources you may want to look into:

WikiPedia on Vlog
Voxmedia on Vlogosphere
Yahoo Tech Group Videoblogging

• Videoblog award (s):

Videoblog award is new — there is been just one (Nov 4, 2006), and, of course, in San Francisco. So, if you have not gotten the first one, you still can get there.

Podtech.net (network of audio and video podcasts and current employer of famous blogger Robert Scoble where he hosts Scoble Show with geeks) organized the first Vloggies annual videoblog awards night in San Francisco featuring and nominating vloggers from all over the country, if not the world. Irina Slutsky was the idea generator and made it happen together with Podtech team.

Best videobloggers list from the Vloggies (the People’s Choices)

Favorite People’s Vlog: Ask a Ninja — I personally can not watch through even one episode of Ninja. The (very) same start for all episodes with Jumping People in Mask (aka Ninjas) bores me and makes me move on before I even get through the start (yup, am aware it is perceived as funny and cool by many). Am guessing they made it to the top for their originality.

Best videobloggers list from the Vloggies (the Judges’ choices)

• A few vblogs (the ones I bumped into):

Ryan Edit
Drive Time
Tinkernet

My V-blog is yet to come.

Those who have not started your own blog yet and happen to be reading mine, check these video Step-by-Step Blogging Tutorials created by Chris Abraham. (Not saying that everyone must or will start his/her own blog.)

For techno-phobics, these videos might be a turning point.

http://www.chrisabraham.com/2006/11/free_stepbystep.html

This is my first post to my personal blog where I will be writing about my thoughts and experiences with the world. I think a lot about things and people — what moves them, what does not. I have seen and experienced quite a bit in life. Even if only one person learns something or laughs when reading my posts, it is worth writing this blog.

Things that I have experienced:

• been on the top, been on the bottom, collected myself a number of times and kept going
• met a few people who mean the world to me — they never left me and always believe in me
• was born in a Moslem country with no human rights, let alone women rights
• was unconditionally loved by my parents — love and belief were the assets they gave me
• have moved from a Moslem country to a European country, then to the US with no financial means, rather with help of those who I met on my way
• by the age of 27, have gotten three higher educations inclusive of two MBA degrees with no debt
• have lived in environments of three major Western religions, learned different perspectives
• learned a foreign language to the extent it became the language I think and dream at
• worked for large foreign companies and corporations
• with a tech guru co-found a growing tech business
• bought, own, and manage my own house while being a single woman
• painted and varnished rooms at my place with no hired help, only with the help of my dad and mom at a time
• painted my living room with 10 coats of white to make it look as I wanted it
• ran a race; no, I was not the first one
• with the help of a wise dance partner learned dancing Salsa after feeling embarrassed on the dance floor for many years; people now ask if I am a professional dancer — sure
• played basketball for 8 years in school and traveled all over to compete
• had bulimia for 8 years after high school and overcame it — both the bulimia and the overcoming it are experiences in themselves
• had a major relationship in my life falling a part
• cared for my dear mom who became disabled within a few days and saw her passing away at a very early age
• learned to appreciate “After all, computers crash, people die, relationships fall apart. The best we can do is breath and reboot.” (Sarah Jessica Parker as Carrie Bradshaw)
• Remained sain d through all of that
• Love life with all its ups and down, love it for what we can make out of it