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Episode 6: Adele McAlear on Video

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Welcome to episode six!
Run time: 18:49
Community Divas on iTunes
A podcast about communities and social media tools
In this episode:
- An interview with Adele McAlear about video tools
- Discussion by Eden and Connie about the interview with Adele
- Community News
Adele McAlear is the principal at McAlear Marketing and she blogs at Marketing Monster - http://www.adelemcalear.com/. Adele was in town recently and organized a Tweet-up, a real-life get together for some of her twitter friends. After the tweet-up, the three of us went to a nearby restaurant and recorded the interview so please excuse the background noise.
00:01 Intro by Jay Moonah
00:09 Eden Spodek and Connie Crosby
00:15 Summary of today’s episode
00:21 Introducing this week's guest, Adele McAlear
01:08 Introducing Adele
01:24 What video tools Adele is using?
01:41 Seesmic has just hit the 100,000 user mark with 5,000 active users currently
02:14 Seesmic going through a "belt-tightening" period
02:24 They are about to release a new version. Currently they have a "black version" http://seesmic.com which is a flash-based site and a "white version" http://seesmic.com/home which is easier to run but has less functionality.
04:03 She is also using 12seconds.tv; what can you say in 12 seconds?
04:49 She is using 12seconds to tell stories from her life
05:20 Phreadz.com is in closed beta - see also podcamp.phreadz.com - only 200 people in the community so far
07:20 Phreadz is distinguished from other video tools because you can have channels by topic, or your own branded channel.
07:50 What is the barrier to entry in using Phreadz? How difficult is it to use?
08:47 Is it the same group of earlier adopters across the various platforms?
10:05 Are these tools being used to build community above and beyond the community of early adopters?
11:40 Would these tools be useful to libraries?
12:41 Adele discusses Utterli and YouTube.
13:48 Wrapping up the talk with Adele.
14:03 Eden and Connie discuss the communities that have sprung up around the video tools.
17:19 We would like to hear from listeners about using video tools for building community.
17:30 Community News: Podcamp Toronto - Feb. 21 & 22 at Rogers Communications Centre at Ryerson University, sign up on the wiki at http://podcamptoronto.org
18:05 Connie wraps up the episode.
Our cool theme music “Get Out of My Face” is by Uncle Seth and is from the Podsafe Music Network.
We hope to hear from you! Send your comments to [email protected] or post them on the blog at communitydivas.com. Follow us on Twitter, our Facebook page or our FriendFeed room. Some registration may be required.
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Welcome to episode six!
Run time: 18:49
Community Divas on iTunes
A podcast about communities and social media tools
In this episode:
- An interview with Adele McAlear about video tools
- Discussion by Eden and Connie about the interview with Adele
- Community News
Adele McAlear is the principal at McAlear Marketing and she blogs at Marketing Monster - http://www.adelemcalear.com/. Adele was in town recently and organized a Tweet-up, a real-life get together for some of her twitter friends. After the tweet-up, the three of us went to a nearby restaurant and recorded the interview so please excuse the background noise.
00:01 Intro by Jay Moonah
00:09 Eden Spodek and Connie Crosby
00:15 Summary of today’s episode
00:21 Introducing this week's guest, Adele McAlear
01:08 Introducing Adele
01:24 What video tools Adele is using?
01:41 Seesmic has just hit the 100,000 user mark with 5,000 active users currently
02:14 Seesmic going through a "belt-tightening" period
02:24 They are about to release a new version. Currently they have a "black version" http://seesmic.com which is a flash-based site and a "white version" http://seesmic.com/home which is easier to run but has less functionality.
04:03 She is also using 12seconds.tv; what can you say in 12 seconds?
04:49 She is using 12seconds to tell stories from her life
05:20 Phreadz.com is in closed beta - see also podcamp.phreadz.com - only 200 people in the community so far
07:20 Phreadz is distinguished from other video tools because you can have channels by topic, or your own branded channel.
07:50 What is the barrier to entry in using Phreadz? How difficult is it to use?
08:47 Is it the same group of earlier adopters across the various platforms?
10:05 Are these tools being used to build community above and beyond the community of early adopters?
11:40 Would these tools be useful to libraries?
12:41 Adele discusses Utterli and YouTube.
13:48 Wrapping up the talk with Adele.
14:03 Eden and Connie discuss the communities that have sprung up around the video tools.
17:19 We would like to hear from listeners about using video tools for building community.
17:30 Community News: Podcamp Toronto - Feb. 21 & 22 at Rogers Communications Centre at Ryerson University, sign up on the wiki at http://podcamptoronto.org
18:05 Connie wraps up the episode.
Our cool theme music “Get Out of My Face” is by Uncle Seth and is from the Podsafe Music Network.
We hope to hear from you! Send your comments to [email protected] or post them on the blog at communitydivas.com. Follow us on Twitter, our Facebook page or our FriendFeed room. Some registration may be required.
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