The VPRO is making a great series called “century of the city”. I’ve wached it with great interest and I’ve learned a great deal. Being a multi-media series. There is also a website that gives you the ability to find more information about the subject and view the series from the comfort of your computer instead of your tv.
Recently they announced that the series is available for download on a creative commons license! With series like these that share a lot of information that is of interest of a potential big audience it’s a beautiful initiative that should be followed by other makers of documentaries. And the should look into the possibilities of crowdsourcing. This will bring the statement / story of the maker to a a bigger and more involved and active audience.

The VPRO has been and still is the front-runner in the dutch television business when it comes to internet. So they have been doing this more. But most of the time it’s not possible to do so because other parties involved are not willing to leave the path called copyright. I’m delighted to see that it was possible for this great series.

• eeuwvandestad.nl
• to the VPRO and all kinds of great content (music being one of the great examples)
• the list of people who made this possible
• creative commons

Like the message and the way it’s done. Nothing hi-tech. Just a man in a street using his voice and reason the let people hear his thoughts.
This video registration (done by friends of the speaker) was being tweeted in the early morning by @rvhooijdonk and I was “sold”. I wasn’t the only one. Lot’s of people retweeted that video in the dutch twittersphere. And so his voice reaches not only the people at the mall that day but an additional 150.000. The power of video + good message + internet = OK!

• speaker on video: Cvietch (see more)
• link to the video on Youtube: Jonathan Zittrain: The Web as random acts of kindness
• montage posted on 26th of September 2009 by: Back Burner News

The talk by Jonathan Zittrain show us that internet (only) works on random acts of kindness.
I’ve been active on the net from 2000 and that was one of the things that struck me almost immediately. I first had the impression that because the medium was still young it had to do with the front-runners and that it will die out when the masses will come. They are here now and there are loads of examples telling that my fear will not become true.
When internet stays by the people and for the people, we as a people will do what morally is right. And internet will become what we all dream it can be. If not, “it’s just 45 minutes away from disaster” as Jonathan puts it speaking about Wikipedia.
The examples that Jonathan Zittrain shows us are just a few but they speak out very lively. Enjoy

• permalink to the video: The Web as random acts of kindness
• speaker: Jonathan Zittrain
• made by: TED
• website name: ted.com
• link to the video on TED: Jonathan Zittrain: The Web as random acts of kindness
• filmed in July 2009 posted on September 2009

Watching “Google Creative Lab Presentation – 87 Cool Things” teaches me that people are:
- never done
- creative
- loving
- innovative
- opportunity driven
- impossible to keep up with
- loving (live)
- blessed with rhythm and soul
- creating an enormous amount of stuff

• permalink to the video: tru-you
• made by Kutiman
• website name thru-you.com
• posted on March 7, 2009
• link to the video on youtube: Kutiman-Thru-you – 01 – Mother of All Funk Chords

After watching I just stared at the blackness and listened to the silence. Contemplating what just happened to me. And then I knew. I was just in New York around Christmas 2008 and now I’m home again in Amsterdam september 2009. That’s big.
And he does that to me most of the time.

• permalink to the original post: 9
• made by Daniel Liss
• website name pouringdown.tv
• filmed and posted on December 31, 2008
• direct link to the movie: [vPIP class="hVlogTarget" type="video/quicktime" onclick="vPIPPlay(this, 'width=640, height=480, autostart=true', '', 'active=true'); return false;"]9

This is great. A new theory as where we evolutionary came from. Now I know why I’m so drawn to water. It would be a great thing to experience. A total shift from one theory to another. Science can’t really cope with that idea yet.

• permalink to the original post: Elaine Morgan says we evolved from aquatic apes
• talk by Elaine Morgan
• website name ted.com
• filmed and posted on July 2009

This is rocked my boat. Everytime I wonder across something Jan made I’m struck by the warmth and love she transmists. And now she tells a story about life I will show my kids when the are older. Thanks Jan for sharing the love.

• permalink to the original post: Where Are the Poets on This Bus? A Story
• made by Isen Robbins
• website name fauxpress
• posted on November 30, 2008

This is one of the video I saw some time ago. But after the recommendation by @twittervlog I thought lets look agian, and here it is. One for the treasure chest.

• permalink to the original post: Crazy Arms
• made by Jay Dedman
• website name momentshowing.net
• direct [vPIP class="hVlogTarget" type="video/quicktime" onclick="vPIPPlay(this, 'width=480, height=320, autostart=true', '', 'active=true'); return false;"]link to the movie
• posted on April 4, 2007

I thought I have seen all vids of Jay Dedman (< twice) but I missed this one. Getting all emotional here. Just beautiful

• permalink to the original post: Stutter Frames
• made by Jay Dedman
• website name momentshowing.net
• direct link to the movie
• posted on June 29, 2006

It just blew me away. So personal, so close and without one spoken word. a few words on paper, such a strong message

permalink to the original post: Evangelicals
made by Kerry Brogan and Dave Huth
website name davehuth.com
direct [vPIP class="hVlogTarget" type="video/quicktime" onclick="vPIPPlay(this, 'width=640, height=480, autostart=true', '', 'active=true'); return false;"]link to the movie
posted on October 30, 2008