January 3, 2006
News Bytes From The Web
Happy New Year!
Jim Edwards here with the first update of 2006 
This article (below) will hit my newspaper column tomorrow,
but you get “the scoop” today!
It’s a “grab bag” of several interesting stories, including
how you can now do “video conferencing” through the Web.
By the way…
In case you haven’t heard, I start taping my new TV show (a
REAL TV show, NOT cable access) later on this month!
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Have a great week!
Jim
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News Bytes From The Web
- by Jim Edwards
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http://www.thenetreporter.com
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* Sony Offers “VoIP” *
Electronics giant, Sony, jumped on the VoIP (Voice over IP)
bandwagon recently to offer long distance calls through the
Internet.
They join a long list of providers competing for your
Internet phone call business, including: Skype, Google, and
AOL.
Sony claims their service includes a video component that
rates superior to all other offerings.
Their IVE (Internet Video Everywhere) can also make video
calls to video enabled mobile phones, telephones and other
devices intended for video conferencing.
In fact, the IVE “Meeting Room” enables you to hold video
conference calls with up to six users just as you would a
regular telephone conference call.
Users also receive a unique “video phone number” which other
users can call and, if you don’t answer, leave you a video
message.
The basic plan comes free of charge and goes as high as $20
a month for the group calling and video “meeting” room
features.
* Camtasia Alternative *
Camtasia software rates as the 800-lb. gorilla of the
screen-capture software market.
It enables you to capture your screen, narrate the action,
and publish your videos in multiple formats (including
publishing to FLASH for streaming on the Web).
Unfortunately, Camtasia comes with a stiff $300 price tag
which often inhibits the casual user from getting the
software.
A less expensive alternative can be found at
www.AimOneSoft.com which publishes the Aim One Screen
Recorder.
This software captures either the full screen, window, or a
fixed region of your screen as an AVI or WMV video file.
This type of software can make the creation of software
tutorials and other computer training a breeze.
The one drawback to the software is that it does not convert
to flash, so that limits your video delivery over the Web to
the WMV file format (which will exclude MAC users).
* Urban Legends Reference Page *
Log on to www.Snopes.com and find a wealth of just the type
of information that nobody should pass along to anyone else.
Bill Gates giving away a million dollars if you forward this
email to 12 people?
AOL offering free housing to all Web designers?
Yahoo and Google founders set for a mud-wrestling match next
Saturday with a live simulcast on both sites?
Do you need to drink 8 glasses of water per day to avoid
dehydration?
The Web makes it almost too easy to create and pass along
rumors, legends and outright falsehood (along with
destructive “info-viruses” that cause people to delete
important files from their computers and encourage unwitting
friends to do the same).
The next time you hear something that sounds odd (such as
Microsoft is preparing to market the “iLoo”, and Internet
capable toilet), you should log on to Snopes.com and check
it out before taking it as “truth.”
A few keywords in the search box will let you track down any
errant stories and check your facts before passing along the
message to your friends.
The site also offers a free update by email service so you
can stay current on all the latest gossip and nonsense
floating around online.
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8 Comments »
January 10, 2006
Mike :
Great article. I’d be interested in how you weigh in on the issue of net neutrality and the telecoms idea of establishing tollgates on the internet. As someone who advocates the growth of video online, bandwidth issues should be high on your list of concerns. It is going to be up to the net community to pressure the US gov’t to maintain net neutrality in any future changes to the Telecommunications Act of 1996 which is currently under review.
January 14, 2006
Donna :
Hi Jim,
Your google video tutorial on using an audio button to increase sales was great. Well worth watching.
I am planning a major move to video and audio tutorials on my own site. I appreciate your help
and advice.
Donna Robinson
GRAHAM DAVIES :
Great presentation — it certainly something I am going to try when I get my mini-sites up and running.
Thanks!
Carol :
As with every communication I have seen/received from you Jim, truly wonderful. The formula was well stated; well executed by example, demonstration and review. Enticing and informative.
Dan :
Just got my Mini sites home course and I’m all fired up about it, looking forward to where I’ll be a year from now. That aside, I have watched a few of your latest video promos, nicely done, you are a natural on camera, good presence, easy to watch, seem very relaxed and the production is excellent, good transitions and cut a ways. Once you get comfortable :-)), the only suggestion I would make to you is try to develope the concept to take it national, the time is ripe for it
January 15, 2006
Terry Ackroyd :
Hi Jim
Great Video which put your points over beautifully.
The only concerns I have, with video content in particular, is that where you can scim written content, you can’t with video.Plus,you have to wait for the video to download.-It can slow up the whole information trail.
When more and more people use video content, reading emails, going to the website link and watching the video will be a slow process. Unless you are very good at it, potential clients who don’t know you, will not bother to go through the process and you could loose potential customers, as well as gain them. It needs to be used with discretion. Like home slides and movies it could go from a novelty to a bore very quickly.
January 16, 2006
Wes Hopper :
Great tutorial, Jim. It was clear, specific and to the point. Anyone who knows their product’s benefits will be able to write a killer audio script by following your formula. Thanks for sharing it!
January 17, 2006
Stephen :
Jim, I just wanted to tell you that the videos that you’re doing are good, however they do tend to be repetitive. People with limited bandwidth will not appreciate you repeating a point a number of times!
Maybe, it’s so as to get your point across and I’m sure you do it for our benefit, but as you can appreciate, bandwidth does cost a bit of money. It’s seems to cost more for people like myself who have not, as yet, made any money online and can’t afford anything cos I’m flat broke – know the feeling Jim!!
Appreciating ALL the help I can get.
Stephen