Staff Blog

by Blake Whitman
December 13th, 2008

Howdy all.

So, I'm curious. What is everyone doing right now?!

Tell us in a video!

Tag it with 'me right now' and then add it to the Me Right Now group.

And if you aren't doing anything right now, just make something up! That's cool too.

Hope everyone is having a swell weekend.

Blake

by Andrew Pile
December 4th, 2008

You can now link your Facebook and Vimeo accounts together using Facebook Connect! To do it, go to your settings page and click the connect button on the bottom right. Once connected, you can sign into Vimeo using your Facebook username and password, and your likes and uploads will be automatically pushed to your Facebook news feed (you can turn that off on your extending Vimeo settings page).

Enjoy!

Update:
After connecting, go to http://www.facebook.com/editapps.php and click Edit Settings for the Vimeo Connect app. On that pop-up screen...select "Allow Vimeo Connect to publish specific story sizes automatically without prompting." and then select "Short". This will let Vimeo automatically post a Short story, versus a one line story. Short stories include your videos title and a thumbnail image which can be clicked and turned into a Vimeo embed player!

by Blake Whitman
November 26th, 2008

Thanksgiving. Its that glorious day when an entire population overdoses on tryptophan and stuffing and falls asleep by 8 o'clock. But besides gorging on delicious food, Thanksgiving is a time to celebrate the things in your life that you are thankful for. And although its a holiday primarily celebrated in the U.S.A., its still a wonderful time to really step back from life's chaotic moments and give thanks for the things you cherish in life.

So what are you thankful for? Is it your family? The weather? Your HBO subscription? Or maybe it's the little things like a favorite dish, or that fact that your noisy neighbors finally moved out. Big or minuscule, serious or funny, make a video showing us what you are thankful for and add it to the Giving Thanks Group.

As always, please only post videos that you make for this specific project and remember to have fun and be creative.


Happy Thanksgiving everyone!

by Blake Whitman
November 13th, 2008

Howdy Folks,

We're teaming up with the band Justice to promote a new video contest - HOW WERE YOU GREAT IN 2008?

Drawing from this past year, they want to see what you did that was GREAT. Whether you were filming, recording, playing, listening, drawing, snapping photos, writing, traveling, touring, blogging, promoting something you love, voting, or just being good at being you?

Get more info - www.vimeo.com/justiceforall or www.industreate.com/contest

To enter, videos must be between 30 seconds and 3 minutes and must be tagged with 'jst4all' AND from the blog/site that referred you to the contest - if you weren't referred, just pick a blog that you like from the OFFICIAL LIST HERE. Videos will be automatically added to the contest channel from the tags.

There are over $6000.00 in prizes which include a trip to hang out with 2008's Grammy nominated electronic duo, Justice & Ed Banger mate and art director, So Me on New Year's Eve in Chicago, at Revolution Number 9, as well as limited edition custom merch and a whole lot of street cred.

Submissions will be accepted till the end of November and the finalists will be determined by the video that receives the most likes.

Check it out!

by dalas verdugo
November 7th, 2008

For this weekend's project, we want you to go on an adventure.

If there is a magical forest, (safe) abandoned building, hidden hangout, or other secret spot near where you live, put on your pith helmet and check it out for us!

Your video should capture the mystery and excitement of experiencing something off the beaten path. You don't have to parachute into the jungle, just show us a place most people haven't seen. Although, if you do parachute into a jungle, that would be pretty cool.

As always, don't repost old videos. Make something new for the project. And make sure you add them to The Weekend Project Group.

We will accept submissions until Monday night, and the boldest, most daring, most interesting video will win 100 MB of extra upload space for its creator.

Have fun!

*UPDATE* The winner is Andris!

Thanks to everyone for some really great entries. I loved seeing the rock climbing and subway exploring and all the adventures!

by Blake Whitman
November 3rd, 2008

If you are a US citizen and over the age of 18, then you are going to vote today. Right? Right! Seriously, please vote...

Anyway, we want to see and hear about your experience! Film yourself waiting in line, talking to fellow Americans, leaving the polling place after you've voted -- whatever experiences you would like to share with everyone.

Add your videos to the Vimeo Exit Poll Group and lets watch Democracy in action.

If you don't live in the US, then check out the Group anyway to see how it all goes down here on election day.

by Andrea Allen
October 31st, 2008

It's Halloween and as darkness descends over the land, ghosts, ghouls, zombies, bogeymen and vimians will stalk the streets, searching for victims.

Your only hope of survival is to capture the spooky evening on your cameras and upload them to our new Halloween Group.
Are you going trick-or-treating? Wearing a crazy costume? Attending a Halloween party? Planning a monster lipdub?

Add only your scariest, most gruesome videos to the group.

Muahhh-ahhhhh-ahhhhhhhhhh

by Blake Whitman
October 30th, 2008

I have good news. Flash 10 now works with our uploaders!

We were caught a little off guard when Flash 10 was released and rendered our uploader completely useless. Booo! So our superstar developer Casey "The Flash" Pugh worked tirelessly over the last week or so to completely rewrite the uploader! Woo!

You are all free to upgrade to Flash 10 which should help with flash performance on Vimeo.

As always, if you experience any issues with the new uploader, please email them to help at vimeo.com