Podcast Pickle is a great site. There’s no argument there.
One vidcast in particular that I like is Kidcast.tv – Free Children’s IPTV Network. They do things that I have often wanted to do, like take apart a cell phone. It is much less cost-prohibitive to watch this vidcast than to do it yourself. 
I am, by no stretch of the imagination, a liberal. I do, however, have a basic respect for the environment and being a responsible human in general. The flagship show on ViroPop is Taproot and it is quite well done, even by my exceedingly high right-wing standards.
—- Watch it in my VodPod ———->
I thought it was funny, well thought out, and the graphic presentation is very hip. I would like to make one slightly demeaning comparison. The host of Taproot did remind me of a certain overly-perky vidcast host of a certain show called Geek Brief. Which happens to annoy me enough that I won’t watch Geek Brief anymore, even if it did have good information once in a while. I can only take so much of watching a grown woman act like a three year old. Boy, am I going to get some flyback on this posting…
The social video thingy is bad enough, now it has to be live streaming? Can any good come of this?
Ustream.tv is LIVE INTERACTIVE VIDEO FOR EVERYONE. Ustream.tv quickly and easily allows anyone with a camera to broadcast to the world.
I only have a couple things to say about this. First, I don’t think that the majority of the population should be streaming video, for reasons that are quite apparent. Most streams end up a snorefest or stupid-palooza. Second, this could be quite useful with some technological improvements, which inherently means that it will end up serving those with nefarious motives. People will need to learn to set up decent lighting and sound before this will become a popular thing to do. With video, you can edit and/or re shoot if it didn’t turn out. But you’ll not get that margin with live streaming.
Freetube has an outstanding 50+ assortment of channels.
Free it is and while they do not address the legality of the site, they are quick to point out that they are experimenting with social networking, multimedia and technology. Which, in my mind says that they don’t know and don’t care to find out, or are in denial.
My experience there was pretty good. They had just done some upgrades, and although the picture wasn’t HD, it was watchable at a desk, for instance. The link I have here is the family-friendly-filtered version, because that is just me. Seems they have a good handle on everything except how to get a better video in there, which I am sure they have limited control over anyway.
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All opinions, criticisms, and foolish statements herein contained are my own, although I am temporarily insane, so I cannot accept responsibility for any negitivity that might arise from them. (In other words, sometimes I am quite harsh in my criticisms, but it is only because I care so much.)
