You may have noticed that it has taken an unexpectedly long time for some of your videos to process today. We’ve fixed the issue (on Easter Sunday no less!) and are now working to process the back-log of videos. Things should be normal within the hour (approx by 10pm PT).
There’s so much to catch you up on since the last email we sent. Features, upgrades, new faces, and more - there’s a lot happening at Viddyou all the time!
Viddyou is all new and more better than ever! Today we bring you awesome new features that continue to make Viddyou the best and most private home for your treasured memories captured in video. Point your browser to www.viddyou.com and explore the latest enhancements to the best personal video service available.
Some quick highlights of the new goodness that Viddyou is bringing to you.
For less than $3.00 per month you can add great new features to your account that you can’t get anywhere else. We take secure payments from all major credit cards, but can likely be bribed with microbrewed beer, heaps of Mexican food or other unique offers. For more information about Premium Services head over to www.viddyou.com/upgrade for the double dose of details.
Come meet with the founders and see demos of Viddyou at San Francisco’s premiere tech gathering on April 1st at SF Beta 2.3 @ 111 Minna Gallery. The event runs 6-9pm and we’ll be demoing from 7:30-9:00 in the front room. More information about SFBeta can be found online at http://www.sfbeta.com.
Legend Magazine posted a message on their website about the Show and Tell Community on Viddyou.
Here’s a snippit of what they said: “Yes there is Youtube and a bunch of other sites that help you with video, but what makes Viddyou great is the community. There is an active community of vloggers all sharing their thoughts on everything.”
If you’re from Northern California you should definitely make the effort to pick up a copy of Legend Magazine (it’s free too).
With the Viddyou iPhone application you will now be able to carry all of your personal videos with you in your pocket. Never again will you need to be near a computer to share beautiful video from birthdays, weddings, vacations, college, or a night out. With an iPhone or iPod Touch and Viddyou you’ll be able to share your videos wherever you go!
You can upload videos from your computer, mobile phone, or record straight from your iSight webcam, and in just a few moments the videos will be ready for viewing on your iPhone.
If you like, we provide comprehensive privacy controls so you can specify exactly who you want to see the videos you post. Friends, family, or everyone, you’re in full control of everything.
I’ve been using Tumblr for my personal blog for several months now, and I love it! It facilitates communication without getting in the way. It’s simple, elegant, and effective (goals that we aspire to ourselves). Previously, we were using Wordpress, but it offered too many features we didn’t need, and lacked in a few other critical areas. So I am excited to announce the transition to our new blog made possible by: Tumblr + Disqus.
It’s my hope that with this new format we’ll be able to become closer with our community of users and improve our overall bi-directional communication.
I’m still investigating a way to port over the old blog entries to Tumblr, but in the mean time you can still read the old blog here.
