Academic Aesthetic 160: Flickr Video

http://academicaesthetic.com/2008/05/13/academic-aesthetic-160-flickr-video/

Wow, 160 … that’s almost a milestone, isn’t it? I suppose I should take the time to try out something new then, huh?In any case, here’s a quick rundown on my opinions concerning Flickr’s decision to host videos: * Flickr’s video hosting is to most online videos as Twitter is to most blog posts. * 90 seconds is very short. * If you edit well, 90 seconds can be enough. (Remember, most commercials are 60 seconds or less.) * The first time I tried to cut one of my ramblings down to a minute and a half, it wasn’t easy. * I say in the video that I cut 10 minutes of footage out to make it fit. I was exaggerating. * It wasn’t more than 8 minutes. Honest. * Still, editing out everything except the core points took much longer than I thought it would. * Flickr Video ≠ YouTube * Flickr Video = Neat little toy * You can supposedly embed the videos as easily as the photos. * “Supposedly,” because copy/pasting the provided HTML code did nothing but place a blank, black box in my blog entry.

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