I don't know if it lacks historical perspective, but I am talking about a moment in time and yes there are lots of things that can happen, but given the recent price YT fetched and now that Google is behind it.....I don't think it is going away anytime soon....
Heath http://batmangeek7.blogspot.com And just for the record, I am not saying YT is better or that it is the only way, I am talking about my perspective on an event, that makes me feel a certain way. Personaly I use blip because I think it's better for me to do so, my choice, my opinion and I hope that blip is successful because I happen to like the guys and gals at blip.... --- In videoblogging@yahoogroups.com, Mike Hudack <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > There was a time when, for a great many people, the Internet was Yahoo. > This conversation lacks historical perspective. Yes, we may be in a > time right now when someone thinks "Internet video" and then things > "YouTube." That won't last forever, and the lifespans of such things > get shorter every iteration. > > Scott Lockman wrote: > > > > You know it's the real deal when it gets transformed from a noun to a verb > > ala Rocketboom, "Man, they Rocketboomed my video - I'm famous." Or Google, > > as in, "Jimmy's chances of getting the job evaporated the moment the > > head of > > HR googled his name." > > > > Such was also the case when FOX's Jane Skinner said that everyone would > > YouTube her when she had so much trouble saying, "Top Cop" on the air > > recently. She was right! They YouTubed her with a vengeance. > > > > Linguistically, the iPod seems to be precluded from such grammatical > > shenanigans. The pronoun I at the front makes it very difficult for > > iPod to > > ever be more than a clause or a simple sentence. It doesn't seem to be > > able > > to work as a verb in the same way as google, rocketboom or youtube do. > > > > Many have tried. Who can ever forget when Robin said, "Holy homophone, I > > can't believe I pecked and I pawed my way out of the slums of Gotham > > just to > > wear these leotards, mask and boots" to Batman? Though sounding like > > iPod as > > a verb, it just isn't gonna work. > > > > Zune it appears to have a far better chance of being used as a verb > > the iPod > > ever will. And it has Minesweeper, too. End of discussion! > > > > Thank you, > > Scott > > http://tokyocalling.org <http://tokyocalling.org> > > > > On 12/5/06, Josh Leo <[EMAIL PROTECTED] <mailto:joshleo%40gmail.com>> > > wrote: > > > > > > I was in a coffee shop the other day waiting to film the tree lighting > > > downtown and a news crew was there talking to people about the cities > > > wireless internet plan. he asked me if they could interview me, and > > I said > > > yes. He noticed that I had some experience in terms of knowing about the > > > lavaliere mic. etc... but when I told him that I have a video blog and > > > that > > > was why i was downtown he responded "so you got videos on youtube" ...to > > > which I responded with "no they are on my own site..." he was one of > > these > > > guys who only waited for his turn to talk instead of listening (bad > > > quality > > > for a journalist)... > > > > > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > > > >
