Viddling Around™

Hellodeo - an offshoot of Odeo - is offering video postcards that you can easily capture & create webcam images. It uploads them, transcodes them to Flash, and then outputs the HTML code necessary for you to paste into your blog, an email, whatever. Ultra-simple little utility — very few controls or settings to muck with.

Video email has never taken off due in large part to the issue of file sizes, blocked embedded controls such as ActiveX, and more. This makes it incredibly simple for the layperson. I’d suggest that given the target they appear to be shooting at (no pun intended), they should offer a simple email function in the UI to get people over that hump.