And Rice is not Eric.
jad
--- In videoblogging@yahoogroups.com, "Eric Rice" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
>
> You're right. It's not a vlog.
> It's video.
>
>
> Merry F'in Christmas!
>
> ER
>
>
> --- In videoblogging@yahoogroups.com, "Mike Meiser"
<groups-yahoo-com@> wrote:
> >
> > Howdy, I read through pretty much all the posts on new Amanda show on
> > ABC. Who can blame me for not reading them all there were well over
> > 100 all told.
> >
> > I started this new thread because what I have to say has nothing to do
> > with Amanda or Andrew.
> >
> > It has to do with the specific details of this new vlog, which Amanda
> > pardon me for saying this it's nothing personal, is a complete
> > disgrace, completely misses the whole point of vlogging and is pretty
> > much doomed to fail. Above all, it is not a vlog because it simply has
> > NONE, NONE of the conventions of a blog whatsoever, and it's really
> > quite a shame too because I think we ALL including Andrew on some
> > level want Amanda's new web based video show to be a success.
> >
> > My thoughts were to explosive and inflamatory to post here, so I've
> > posted them to my blog instead.
> >
> >
http://mmeiser.com/blog/2006/12/amanda-condons-new-vlog-on-abc-is-not.html
> >
> > Please note that this is not about Andrew or Amanda personally but
> > their ABC and the "platform" they've built for Amanda. I know it's
> > almost impossible but if we could refrain from any personal issues and
> > focus our discussion on the platform that is abcnews.go.com/Amanda I
> > believe we all might learn something about how NOT to put video online
> > and hopefully ABC can make some improvements.
> >
> > The ONLY thing I see ABC doing right is they have appeared to update
> > the website with a url not just to iTunes but to the actuall RSS feed.
> > Which is great because the RSS feed is the ONLY way that's even
> > remotely plausable to acces amanda's show on a regular basis. Not that
> > one would until the horrendous advertising gets fixed.
> >
> > I hope noone will mistake my bluntness for a lack of love. It's quite
> > the contrary. ABC insults us all of us as vloggers, as fans or would
> > be fands of the Amanda show, and above all Amanda. It even insults
> > Andrew and what he's done with rocketboom as it learns virtually
> > nothing from what he accomplished.
> >
> > I still get the feeling that ABC still things everything important is
> > what happens IN the video, and that how the video is accessed and
> > viewed on the web is completely inconsequential.
> >
> > Peace,
> >
> > -Mike
> > mmeiser.com/blog
> >
>
