Geoff Livingston and I are planning Washington DC's premiere Unconference (more definitions here and here). Naturally, it's called BlogPotomac.
Update: why are we doing this? DC has a large but fragmented community of social media experts, practitioners, entrepreneurs, VCs, etc. We want to pull this community together and learn from each other. Plus, in Geoff's words, "We don’t want to fly out to Silicon Valley all the time."
Here's our unscripted kick-off at a local Starbucks. We're both Georgetown alums (Geoff is a CCT alum; I'm an IEMBA grad) so we're hoping we can use Georgetown University as a venue. Tentative date: April 2008. Stay tuned!
Anyone have tips on uploading a .mov video file to YouTube??
P.S. The quality above is terrible. Maybe someone can help. I used my new Flip camcorder, which I love. The playback on the camera itself is incredibly sharp.
I uploaded the video to my MacBook Pro which automatically turns the file into a .mov. Tried repeatedly but couldn't upload the .mov to YouTube. It "failed." (This might have something to do with QuickTime version 7.2.0 - ?)
Then found a free app called MPEG Streamclip which converted the .mov file into a .mpeg. That uploaded fine to YouTube but compromised the quality. Any tips??
Previous Comments
John Whiteside said on September 21, 2007 at 03:12 PM
Yay, the perfect excuse for a trip to DC - and deductible! Be sure to keep us posted.
But I’m scratching my head trying to figure out which Starbucks that is - I thought Dupont Circle at first but I just can’t tell.
Kami Huyse said on September 24, 2007 at 01:18 PM
Okay, I am so there, if only to help you guys with your video crisis ;-) I am thinking you are in Georgetown here. The alums catching up near the mother ship? It sounds exciting!
Qui Diaz said on September 24, 2007 at 11:13 PM
Yay! People who actually follow through on great ideas!
This is terrific. I have been chatting with a few tech/social media/marketing/PR pals about how there needs to be a group which meets to intersect all those areas. Sign me up for whatever I ca help with.
Simon Heseltine said on September 26, 2007 at 08:59 PM
Well, if there’s any way I can help out, let me know. I currently run the Virginia Search Marketing Meetup Group, which tends to meet inside the beltway, so there’s definitely going to be overlap there. :)
Dan Schawbel said on September 27, 2007 at 03:28 PM
You need a .mov to .wmv converter. Looks like you had a great time.
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