The Viddler Video View Surprise

I can recall uploading the 2011 Coverage of the Knights Of Columbus Int'l Free Throw Basketball Championship to Viddler. In the beginning only 5 Views occurred.
Within the last 10 Days, views grew to 40 Views. It is encouraging. Viddler is technologically excellent.
More of a presence outside of You Tube for the Knights Of Columbus, is a good thing. The Councils of The Order must make more of a Video Web Presence & not have to depend on one source.
You Tube is NOT The ONLY Show In Town.
Diversify & the Order will gain a greater presence on the web.
M

The Irish Country Music Podcast From Babylon, NY

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From Babylon, NY, a periodic podcast, featuring the Tobin School of Irish Language Musicians.
Available for iTunes Download from the Lansdowne126-MMD Productions Show Page on Blip.

Do New Media Really Separate Us More?

In the current time, do we really take the time to get to know people? Is this communication revolution revolting because of a lack of Human Closeness? Or do we know people more?
In 2005 at an Irish Public House called "The Hairy Monk", themed in Honour of my rather-beloved Boston Red Sox, an Irish Expatriate needed to contact a friend in Eire. SMS, also called Text Messaging, is a way for Irish Expatriates to contact one's Homeland, without paying exorbitant rates for a Mobile Telephone Call. The Irish Lass had a Verizon Wireless Phone, which could not be used for Cross Ocean Text Messaging. I had AT&T Wireless, so a "Cross Pond" Text was sent to a Mobile Phone in Ireland. Many Irish Expatriates have Mobiles From T-Mobile, which is well known in Europe. Many are only learning about AT&T.
I did receive a text, thanking me, from The Irish Lass, in regards to allowing her to text back home. I have not seen her since that time.
A passing amica called Nancy, originally from Maine, she like I, an Aficionado of the Boston Red Sox, had a real conversation with me about how Americans socialize, often by Pub visits on weekends, laced with over imbibing. She made an observation that a Pub is like the Town Gathering Place for socializing, often over a pint or two, the most being 3 Pints, of Ale, Stout, Porter or Beer, done moderately all during the week as well as on weekends. Perhaps, & I do concur with Nancy on this. Yanks, I do find, imbibe like the Hollywood Stereotypes, rather than like the people from the Ancestral Land who they purport to represent. It was a great conversation, something which FaceBook, Twitter, et cetera, cannot replicate.
I shall raise a Half Litre of my Favourite Adult Beverage to that.
An Irish Expatriate from Belfast, N. I., is not fond of the American Misinterpretation of St. Patrick's Day Celebrations, as an Exercise in Inebriation. He did mention to me that the Yanks do give a Bad Misrepresentation of the Holiday, by their excessive ingestion of beverages on the day, including those they usually do not partake of.
So much for "The Digital Revolution!" We need to meet & talk more.
M

Viddler Is Only For Business, Not Social

When Your Viddlore App is not allowing you to upload a video from your mobile device, it means that the service has either changed the TOS, or is no longer viable.
Viddler is Business Oriented. It is not social like Vimeo, DailyMotion, nor You Tube.
Hence, uploads to Viddler, are out of the question for social style users.
But, I will keep the videos up on Viddler.
My Home Video Base is Vimeo.
M

YouTube Is Too Crowded

For one thing, You Tube is way too big. Your video may have a view number, namely Zero for quite awhile. You may think that by going to You Tube, that you're famous just by going there, but you will be sorely disappointed.
The "For Dummies" Books represent "The Conventional Wisdom", when in reality like Television at the End of World War II & the 1950s, was in an Exciting Stage of Experimentation & Originality, was going through growing pains. Much of Television was live & in New York.
This is the same with web video. Of the Big 4 Video Services, Three are in New York. The 1st of The Big Four comes from across the street from Chelsea Piers, staying close to its' Independent Roots, Vimeo, which began in November, 2004.
DailyMotion began in January, 2005 & registered their domain in March, 2005. You Tube began in Beta in February, 2005.
Blip also began in 2005. Blip concentrates on Series Video.
Vimeo, an anagram of Movie, started in Manhattan. Ditto, Blip, DailyMotion began in Paris, France. North American(US) is based in Union Square. You Tube started in The San Francisco Bay Area, currently owned by Google, now in San Bruno, a San Francisco Suburb.
You Tube is populist in that anything can be seen there. How many Piano Playing Cats can you watch?
Vimeo is more artistically oriented. DailyMotion is a Via Media between You Tube & Vimeo, but is more like a larger Vimeo.
I took production of the Knights Of Columbus Int'l Free Throw Basketball Championship 2011, to DailyMotion, Blip & Vimeo, using the Wall To Wall Coverage, which no one has ever done, before or since. It was on You Tube, but between the assorted a--h-l-s commenting & whiny "I want Justin Bieber Like View #s" Parents & Contestants, I made the decision to pull the You Tube Coverage, especially upon discovery that this event did thrive outside of You Tube. The Blip Coverage has an iTunes Download. Vimeo was Lead Network for Long Island Final Coverage, outdrawing You Tube 8/1. DailyMotion was similar at 7 1/2 to 1 over You Tube.
Even in the Council Coverage, You Tube was outdrawn by the Blip Coverage, 2/1.
These networks are smaller, but it means greater opportunity for recognition for your videos.
You Tube=OVERRATED!
M