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Two Articles about Social Networking Sites for Change
In all the hubbub about video on the hub, we seem to be forgetting that a big, if not bigger, consideration should be the hub’s social networking capabilities. If people can’t connect, interact, and organize as a community, how will the hub be anything more than a bunch of videos tagged as being “human rights […]
WITNESS
February 7, 2007
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Mobile Phone Video Exposes Abuse in Russia
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/6319439.stm
WITNESS
February 2, 2007
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Potential Problems of Community Sites
From unmediated: When the value of a website is completely dependent upon the participation of its user community, changes made to the site that upset that community can have a very negative affect on the website. From the full article: …the relationship between users and empty vessel web services [i.e. flickr, Facebook, YouTube]is unique in […]
WITNESS
February 1, 2007
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Txt Power tells public to take pics of election fraud in the Philippines
CAPITALIZING on the popularity of camera-equip cellphones, a consumer watchdog group on Monday appealed to the populace to lend their hand in ensuring a credible and honest election this May by taking photographs of any violation of election laws using their phones. Read more at The Sun In a country where political sms messages are […]
WITNESS
January 31, 2007
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Drupal as a Tool for Citizen Journalism
Here’s another article I came across from the Unmediated feed. Drupal is a leading contender as the platform for development of the hub, this article from newassignment.net talks about how Drupal is being used by sites like Ourmedia, and the Onion.
WITNESS
January 30, 2007
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Google announces overhaul of Google Video strategy, plans for YouTube’s future
In a somewhat timely turn of events relative to my last post about Google Video, Google has just announced that Google Video will become a search engine for video content posted anywhere online. Users now get search results from YouTube in addition to Google Video. Here’s a full article from Arstechnica.
WITNESS
January 25, 2007
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Best practices when aggregating videos
Re-Remediated (again) from unmediated, who got it from JD at Social Media. Our friend from blip.tv, Mike Hudack, wrote an article with some handy guidelines at Video Vertigo: • Aggregators should always identify the individual show, videoblog or video podcast in their index, and include a link to the appropriate site for that show. When […]
WITNESS
January 23, 2007
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NYC 911 and Cellphone Videos
By now most of you have already heard that Mayor Bloomberg has announced a program that will allow people who call 911 to also send images and videos from their cellphones. It was also mentioned on SNL’s Weekend Update last night.
WITNESS
January 21, 2007
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Obama on Brightcove
Barack Obama announced his potential run for president last Tuesday, but not on any of the major media outlets, rather on Brightcove, a sort of YouTube for business. This article from LostRemote explains.
WITNESS
January 18, 2007
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Google Video: Link to specific points in a video
Despite some other things that Google has done in the past, they are still make a lot of useful tools. The latest one I came across might be really good for allowing people to discuss videos posted to the hub. The Google Video “Permalink” allows you to create a link to a specific point in […]
WITNESS
January 18, 2007
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WITNESS named as one of 59 Smartest Nonprofits Online for Hub Pilot
This award is a joint effort established by Squidoo.com, NetSquared, and GetActive, designed to recognize nonprofits who are setting new standards in savvy Internet marketing. We were nominated for the Hub Pilot and web 2.0 smarts.
WITNESS
January 17, 2007
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Caught On Camera: Human Rights Videos on GV [via GV/WITNESS]
[Originally published here as part of WITNESS’s collaboration with Global Voices Online] You’d be forgiven for thinking it’s been Saddam, Saddam, Saddam, in recent weeks, but GV has covered other human rights videos that deserve a bit of limelight – so, in this regular new feature, I’m going to round up the best of those […]
WITNESS
January 16, 2007
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HRW’s essay: Technology as a Restraint: Internet Censorship and Surveillance
If you have been following the developments of the Hub (no longer Video Hub) over the past months, you will know that safety and security of users and the people portrayed in the media is a very big concern of ours. It is one of the main reasons if not THE reason why we did […]
WITNESS
January 12, 2007
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Saddam execution video re-ignites death penalty debates worldwide [via GV/WITNESS]
[Originally published here as part of WITNESS‘s collaboration with Global Voices Online] Over the past four months, we’ve tried to feature and contextualise videos we felt should be seen and debated by a wider audience. Today’s featured human rights video is something completely new. You may be one of the millions who have sought it […]
WITNESS
January 7, 2007
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Panopticon Catches a Killer
Happy New Year. It’s been awhile since the last entry, but better late than never I guess. A lot has happened in the last year with user generated content culminating with Time Magazine’s Person of the Year being “You.” In particular, video from camera phones has gotten a lot of press attention with the notable […]
WITNESS
January 3, 2007
