WTTO's HR Video News: iFractal & Vimeo

My last blog entry that featured LL Cool J had been floating around in draft stage since the last week of 2009. I attempted to film it as a v-log for use in the HR Carnival. None of the productions were up to my standard. So I scrapped it and let it come to life in other ways that I'm OK with.

Meanwhile, I have been thinking for the past several weeks about the company Vimeo that three years ago recorded something that is now commonly known as a Lip Dub. Several staff members in a very well choreographed single-shot video lip synced to the Harvey Danger song, "Flagpole Sitta." At that time, it was noted that it was done for fun. But as it spread through the internet, the video was viewed by some as a recruiting tool for Vimeo. Heck it made me wish I worked there. If anything I was trying to come up with ideas for my workplace to co-opt the idea. In the present day, I was wondering if they were still that fun bunch of kids and if they still used that video.

All that said, I thought as HR bloggers venture into new territory with v-logs (BTW thank you Bill Boorman for a wonderful HR Carnival last month & still rolling) maybe its time for a video news correspondent.

So without further ado:

WTTO's HR VIDEO NEWS

Yesterday, my new Old City neighbor, Frank Roche at iFractal a.k.a. KnowHR Blog posted this amazing video. I have read a large volume of blog entries over the years. No offense to any of you. But nothing ever posted before actually made me jealous until I saw this. Dare I say, this one just set the bar for each of us in the new year.

Second, on December 10, 2009, Capital Records put into motion a civil suit against the above mentioned Vimeo claiming copyright infringement. Vimeo claims to have two million members, some of which pay $59.95 a year. Capital Records claims that Vimeo copies & distributes their copyrighted work to members without authorization from Capital. Furthermore Capital claims Vimeo's use of their copyrighted material is integral to the website's success. More on that posted here.

And finally, Mike VanDervort at Human Race Horses is recording v-logs in his car while driving to work. Dude, seriously, you are probably going to wreck your car. It's all fun & games, until airbags are deployed.

I'm Paul Smith and that is the WTTO's HR Video News.