Vimeo

Thanks to my friend Kirsten, I learned about a new video sharing site called vimeo found at, you guessed it, vimeo.com which seems to have alot of functions.

The first category is video sharing. According to their site "Vimeo makes it easy for you to upload any kind of video you make. You get 500 megabytes of storage every week, and we keep the original files so you (or others) can download them at anytime. We really pride ourselves with our video quality so your videos will always look the best on Vimeo. We even support High Definition. Yeah, that's right, HD." It also allows you to share that video or an "album of videos" with whomever you choose. It looks like they have set privacy regulations so that's good too. It also allows you to post directly to other hot spots like facebook, digger, myspace and flickr.

The next category is groups. According to the website, "groups allow you to create mini communities within Vimeo around the things you like. Share and discuss videos, photos, music, and events with other people that enjoy the same stuff. There are currently6135 Groups to view or you can create a new group right now."

Next up...channels. "Vimeo Channels are an easy way for anyone to showcase videos around a common theme. Do you rock-out in a band? Do you have a small production company? Make a Channel for your videos, or videos you find on Vimeo. There are currently 13597 Channels to watch or you can create a new channel "

Projects appears to be an area of vimeo where you can work together or challenge other members to post videos. I only explored it for a few minutes but some of the more recent postings were challenges like "post five 5-second vignettes" and "make it interesting" which encourages people to take one subject (i.e. a mailbox) and by using different camera angles, panning, music and other effects create something visually fun to watch even though it is the same subject. There also appears to be spots where you can post questions or get technical help from each other like camera choices and preferences.

And the last category I'll talk about is vimeos widget creater. Here's what they say, "Widgets make it easy to publish or watch Vimeo videos on other web sites. You can customize a widget for your blog, social network profile or anywhere else that supports embed code. When you upload a new video to Vimeo, your widget will update automatically"

So I think this site has alot of potential. Thanks Kirsten for the tip!