- The Flip and Kodak Zi8 – A Good-bye To Our Favorite Pocket Camcorders Last week we found out that the two pocket camcorders most used by WITNESS and our partners, the Flip and Kodak Zi8 (the Zi8), have been discontinued. First, blow-out sales prompted us to notice that the Zi8 is officially discontinued. Then, Cisco announced that the entire Flip company will be closed. As we say good-bye, here is a look back on how we used these successful products in our work, some alternative models we considered and the features we like and hope to see in future models.
- Guest post: Eric Tars' Latest Dispatch from Geneva Eric Tars is a staff attorney at the National Law Center for Homelessness and Poverty (NLCHP), which works to prevent and end homelessness by serving as the legal arm of the US movement to end homelessness. Tars is in Geneva for the United Nations Committee on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination (CERD). […]
- Reviewing how NGOs use vlogs and videosharing sites Beth Kanter has an excellent overview of recent discussions on how nonprofits and NGOs, mainly in the US, are using online video sharing sites, and also experimenting with their own vlogs documenting their activities. Most examples so far seem promotional or fundraising-driven rather than advocacy-driven, and its not yet clear how traffic is being driven […]
