If it weren't for my dad living in Rolla too... I may not have become a vlogger much less had one locally to hang out with... (does it still count even if the vlogger is your dad?)
I LOVE the idea of a meetup when we travel. I may be going to Colorado (Denver area for Opus Fest) and Ohio, and I'm definitely headed out to LA area (Torrance) In September of this year.... We really should try and do something like that to increase some closer relationships amongst and betwixt our fellow vloggers... Very cool indeed! Too bad nobody ever wants to travel to the midwest though.... Rolla would be a very cool place to have a "Meet the Vloggers" Vlog On!! Lisa --- In videoblogging@yahoogroups.com, "Ms. Kitka" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > When it comes to meeting other vloggers, I think I've met a total of > one, Brett from Etherworks. What I want to do, though, is everytime I > go on vacation to a major city, try and set up some kind of metup > (preferably karaoke with the vloggers or something about as fun... I > put on a hell of an air guitar show). I'll probably go to New York, > LA and perhaps Edinburgh this year, so I'll post a notice probably a > month before just to see if anyone else is interested. I also hope to > attend conferences this year (something I totally missed out on last > year since I was/am a newbie). > > Don't worry, Susan, you'll meet us all someday. Have you tried to > build a community in your area? Why not put an ad out saying you'll > help anyone out who is interested in starting to vlog? > > Yours, > Kitka > > > --- In videoblogging@yahoogroups.com, "Steve Watkins" steve@ wrote: > > > > A chronic lack of suitable public spaces that are not controlled by > > entities with their own agendas, is one thing that upsets me in todays > > world. > > > > I was hoping that virtual spaces on the net would be a good > > alternative, but its going slow and there are a multitude of reasons > > why physical space and physically meeting people still dominates. > > > > As someone who believes in peak oil & serious energy crisis is the > > theme of our times, I was hoping videoblogging would be a good part of > > the solution. So I get a little phased when I think that videoblogging > > has actually increased peoples desire to travel around for hours in > > cars. Well I guess I was thinking wrong, people are only going to > > reduce travel and use virtual meetings more when they are compelled to > > by circumstance. > > > > Steve of Elbows > > > > --- In videoblogging@yahoogroups.com, Joshua Kinberg <jkinberg@> wrote: > > > > > > I tend to find Mac bias in the world of podcasting/vlogging is a > > > little frustrating too. > > > I don't appreciate being used as a marketing tool for Apple. I use > > > their products sometimes, but I also use a PC a lot and I don't really > > > think that open media should be "owned" by a single hardware platform. > > > > > > Of course, the Apple Store events provide a nice venue for > > > presentations, I just wish there was a more agnostic alternative. > > > > > > -Josh > > > > > > > > > On 2/3/06, Susan <kitykity@> wrote: > > > > Actually, I was presenting on a mac physically--I would burn my > > > > powerpoint presentation onto a CD and bring it there to show on > their > > > > desktop mac--but I don't have the mac-specific knowledge I guess > they > > > > want. > > > > > > > > A recharge sounds nice... > > > > > > > > Susan > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > --- In videoblogging@yahoogroups.com, "Bill Streeter" <bill@> wrote: > > > > > > > > > > Damn Susan, that really sucks. I can see Apple getting a little > > > > > weird about you presenting on a PC and the whole new iLife thing > > > > > they have is kinda geared towards personal media publishing and I > > > > > can see how they might want to start pushing that. They're > trying to > > > > > sell their stuff not necessarily get people publishing. So > maybe you > > > > > can seek out some other places to do presentations. Coffee shops? > > > > > Libraries? I dunno there are other places to do meet-ups and > stuff. > > > > > And there are other orgs that are interested in teaching media > > > > > literacy and vlogging fits right in with this. > > > > > > > > > > I hope you get your camera/fixed replaced soon. Maybe take > some time > > > > > for a break and recharge creatively until you can get vlogging > > > > > again. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Bill Streeter > > > > > LO-FI SAINT LOUIS > > > > > www.lofistl.com > > > > > > > > > > --- In videoblogging@yahoogroups.com, "Susan" <kitykity@> wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > I've been meaning to make this post for a week or two, I > suppose, > > > > > and > > > > > > I'm not even sure who cares... but I wanted to post a > paragraph or > > > > > two > > > > > > about what's been up with me lately in relation to > videoblogging. > > > > > > > > > > > > My downward slide started with my most recent videoblogging > > > > > > presentation at the apple store. The girl before me teaches > > > > > iTunes, > > > > > > and last time they gave me a pretty good lead-in... she had > about > > > > > > twenty people standing around listening to her, and instead of a > > > > > > lead-in, when she was done she said "thanks for coming" and > > > > > basically > > > > > > walked away. Everyone left. After that, I suppose I wasn't > > > > > > interesting enough to attract more than one or two random people > > > > > that > > > > > > were walking through the store. Afterwards she apologized > to me-- > > > > > she > > > > > > said she didn't realize I was up next--but it didn't matter. > For > > > > > some > > > > > > stupid reason, I let that day crush me almost to the point of > > > > > tears. > > > > > > > > > > > > They had said they wanted to videoblogging thing to be a once-a- > > > > > month > > > > > > gig--great, no problem. Then I got an email saying that > February > > > > > was > > > > > > pushed away from me because of some special presentation on my > > > > > > Saturday. Then I got an email a couple weeks ago saying the > > > > > manager > > > > > > wanted to make my class half iLife--fine, I can learn that, or > > > > > someone > > > > > > else can teach it. Then I got another email this week > saying they > > > > > > want me to run my presentation pretty much just on the Mac > > > > > platform. > > > > > > My fault, I guess, for thinking I belonged in an Apple store. I > > > > > > haven't replied to their email, and don't think I will either. > > > > > > > > > > > > Videoblogging has been a love-hate thing with me. I love to > > do it, > > > > > > but I hate the fact that it's hard to find people in my area > > that I > > > > > > can hang out with, that I can discuss videoblogging with. > They're > > > > > > just not here. Sure--I have my new friend Greta--and she's > having > > > > > fun > > > > > > with it, making maybe a post a week--but the "passion"s not > there, > > > > > > know what I mean? Plus--she's on a Mac. It's like Spain > Spanish > > > > > and > > > > > > Mexican Spanish. We share a similar interest, but not a similar > > > > > platform. > > > > > > > > > > > > Then I decided to sell my Sony M1 camera on ebay. I upgrade my > > > > > camera > > > > > > about once a year--but this was the first time I ever decided to > > > > > take > > > > > > the leap into the miniDV realm. My cam sold for about $100 less > > > > > than > > > > > > I hoped--which is pretty much my fault, I guess--and I bought a > > > > > Canon > > > > > > ZR600, which at first glance was a great improvement... until > > my PC > > > > > > crashed, and crashed, and crashed. From reformatting my hard > > drive > > > > > > and rebuilding windows, to swapping out firewire cards and hard > > > > > > drives, we'd tried just about everything... then last night, my > > > > > > three-day-old camcorder's screen turned black with white > lines and > > > > > > ceased to work. Today my husband's bringing the thing back > to the > > > > > > store for a refund. > > > > > > > > > > > > So that leaves me where I am today--a little crushed inside, > > > > > without a > > > > > > camcorder to vlog with at all, and with a vlog that I truly love > > > > > but > > > > > > don't have the means to update, not counting old home movies I > > > > > have. > > > > > > > > > > > > Thanks for letting me rant, guys... I just seriously need some > > > > > kind of > > > > > > pick-me-up right now. > > > > > > > > > > > > Susan > > > > > > http://vlog.kitykity.com > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Yahoo! 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