Comments on: Link: Vanderbilt newscasts http://www.hypercrit.net/2009/06/09/link-vanderbilt-newscasts/ Michael Becker writes about journalism, new media and digital culture in general. Tue, 02 Mar 2010 02:32:08 +0000 hourly 1 By: Melynda http://www.hypercrit.net/2009/06/09/link-vanderbilt-newscasts/comment-page-1/#comment-871 Melynda Tue, 09 Jun 2009 17:05:44 +0000 http://www.news.hypercrit.net/?p=235#comment-871 I've also found that if a video is too long I stop watching it, even if it is good. Everyone is so busy these days that we can only handle a few minutes of something before our attention is drawn to the next thing on the to-do list. It's kind of too bad. I’ve also found that if a video is too long I stop watching it, even if it is good. Everyone is so busy these days that we can only handle a few minutes of something before our attention is drawn to the next thing on the to-do list. It’s kind of too bad.

]]> By: becker http://www.hypercrit.net/2009/06/09/link-vanderbilt-newscasts/comment-page-1/#comment-870 becker Tue, 09 Jun 2009 15:46:46 +0000 http://www.news.hypercrit.net/?p=235#comment-870 Good point about the length of the video, Carol. I watched about half of it before I discovered that I had other things that needed doing. Web videos should be shorter than that. On the plus side, at least Vanderbilt allows its site's visitors to embed videos on their own Web pages -- something that I think we'll need to make happen when our time for uploading videos comes. However, it appears that Vanderbilt's embed code is invalid, making it unlikely that the video will play in many people's browser windows. That's something we can learn from too: make your code valid if you expect people to use it! Good point about the length of the video, Carol. I watched about half of it before I discovered that I had other things that needed doing. Web videos should be shorter than that.

On the plus side, at least Vanderbilt allows its site’s visitors to embed videos on their own Web pages — something that I think we’ll need to make happen when our time for uploading videos comes. However, it appears that Vanderbilt’s embed code is invalid, making it unlikely that the video will play in many people’s browser windows. That’s something we can learn from too: make your code valid if you expect people to use it!

]]>