Everyone is doing it….(video that is)

2007 is the Year of Video  and it seems with YouTube catapulting to the top of everyone’s lists.  But that’s not the only way to get all those quirky you-would-never-know-people-would-be-interested-in-THAT videos online.  If you have a blog or website, one of the quickest ways to post a video clip is using a neat little service from Hellodeo. 

All you need is an internet connection and a webcam with Hellodeo.  Simply click to start recording, stop recording and then submit.  Instantly, your video clip is avialable for viewing and posting online.  They give you the HTML code you can copy/paste to your blog or any webpage.

Here’s the sample code snippet that’s generated after recording a clip:

http://odeo.com/flash/hellodeo_player.swf” flashvars=”external_url=http://
media.odeo.com//files/4/3/3/3051433.flv&thumb_url=http://images.odeo.com/
7/3/9/8757763.jpeg&audio_id=8757763&audio_duration=60.049″ quality=”high”
bgcolor=”#ffffff” width=”230″ height=”140″ name=”hellodeo_player” align=”middle”
allowScriptAccess=”always” wmode=”transparent” type=”application/x-shockwave-flash”
pluginspage=”http://www.macromedia.com/go/getflashplayer” /> 

One note is that certain platforms will need a < / embed> closing tag at the end of that code to make it work – like if you’re using Blogger.com 

And this is what you get when you put that html code into a web page or blog post.

Neat, huh?  The instantanousness + the fact that it’s so easy makes it soooo appealing.  So go on, give us a hellodeo right now!