ffmpeg on Mac OsX

ffmpegX is a nice solution - but if you need to use ffmpeg from a script or from the shell, then yo must install ffmpeg and probably also lame. See Stephen Jungles blog.

e-learning conferences - calls for papers

IADIS INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE MOBILE LEARNING 2008

Algarve, Portugal, 11 to 13 April 2008

http://www.mlearning-conf.org/

Deadline for submissions: 16 November 2007

EISTA 2008

http://www.socioinfocyber.org/eista2008.
June 29th to July 2nd, 2008
Orlando, Florida,USA
Submissions: November 14th, 2007

INTED2008

International Technology, Education and Development Conference
http://www.iated.org/inted2008
3 to 5 March 2008
Valencia, Spain
The deadline for abstracts/proposals is 15 November 2007.

WEBIST 2008

International Conference on Web Information Systems and Technologies
http://www.webist.org
Full paper submission: November 2, 2007
Funchal, Madeira, 4 - 7 May, 2008
(has a track on e-learning)

TechCrunch40: Lots of new ideas...

Benjamin Dandoy pointed me to techcrunch40 : it's a mine of new ideas! A series of really innovative services.