New York in November

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I haven't posted anything recently so I just gathered all my clips and some pictures of friends that have visited New York from California or Thanksgiving Break in California and put it together. Hopefully, for my next post I'll have something a little more...planned.

Triathlon

These are some clips of my weekend. I can't begin to explain the triathlon or the music in this video, but there are reasons for everything....

Hammerstein Ballroom - BECK!!

Last night I went to see Beck in concert at the Hammerstein Ballroom in New York City. They put on a great show; we had a lot of fun. I got as close as I could without getting hit by people and took some video clips...if your a Beck fan watch this...it was amazing!!

New York in September

This is a video of a few clips and pictures I've taken over the last couple of weeks here in New York...

Red Sox

Last minute I decided to go to the Red Sox/Yankees game at Yankees Stadium. It was a great game...even though the Red Sox should've won. I took some pictures and clips so..here it is!

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Outhink Recap

I'm Rachel Toole and I started working for Outhink in June. I immediately began working with Markus Sandy, creator of Apperceptions. Markus had been vidoeblogging since May and since then has become an important part of the videoblogging community. He sent me to look at popular and innovative videobloggers such as Ryanne Hodson, Michael Verdi, and Jay Dedman. After being inspired by various videos, I was given an assignment to set up a blog.

I went to www.blogspot.com in order to create a blogger account and it was incredibly simple. After following three quick steps I had my own blog, www.summerspin.blogspot.com. I then began to look at programs such as flickr, which allows people to upload, organize, and post pictures onto blogs. It's a great site because you can also check out how many people have viewed your photos and receive comments.

After a few posts it was time to post my first video online for the Outhink website. After filming Dave Toole, CEO of Outhink, I uploaded the video and edited it using iMovie. I was then recommended to check out freevlog created by Ryanne Hodson and Michael Verdi. It is a great site that provides video tutorials on setting up a blog, creating Internet Archive and OurMedia accounts, posting video online, becoming a part of the videoblogging community and more...

Finally, Spinflow is what brought all of these components together. Spinflow is the fine art of moving digital media; its directed towards creative professionals who spend time focusing on their passions. I was able to use SpinXpress to share files with other videobloggers and watched as they used SpinXpress to collaborate on projects. The whole point of SpinXpress is to cater to creative professionals and open a new range of collaborative resources.

Hopefully this video will help people who are interested in setting up a blog or want to become a part of the videoblogging community. Work has ended and I am back in New York for school, but I am constantly looking out for new videos and hope to continue publishing myself. This community is rapidly growing and the videos truly are incredible...so I encourage everyone to at least check it out...I assure you will be inspired!

Leaving California

Summer is over...I just set up my place in New York, on the opposite side of the country, and I'm getting ready for sophmore year. Spending the summer at home in California was amazing; I put together some pictures and short clips of the past few months just so I will always have the memories. Hopefully, I will have the time to post vlogs while I'm here in New York, until then....enjoy!

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