Provocative?!....please...everyday there is someone saying 'vlogging' is a failure or who wants to watch people talk to cameras....2 guys leave a comment on a TechCrunch blog, who cares? does anyone on this list care what some guy named "Erik" and some guy whose company helps you "outsourse" your business thinks? (btw, someone should tell Mr. David Scott Lewis, that "outsourcing" is soooo 2005, the term is "smart sourcing" takes the "sting" out of losing your job and makes it sound better to shareholders, you didn't outsorce, you smart sourced, see?)
I vlog cause I wanna vlog, watch if you want, don't if you don't....If I was worried about numbers, I'd dress in a biniki and do the news..... ;) Heath http://batmangeek7.blogspot.com --- In videoblogging@yahoogroups.com, "Jan McLaughlin" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Oh, the nasty kids are in the playground again... > > Tut-tut. > > Jan > > On 3/19/07, Michael Schaap <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > FYI > > > > In the comments on a short TechCrunch review (http://tinyurl.com/2bcqx5) > > about VLIP i > > read the following provocative statements: > > > > 'Erick' writes: > > > > "Unless a person is at least the slightest bit entertaining, Vlogging > > stinks. I dont want to > > look at some weirdo sitting at home/work talking into a webcam about their > > lame day or > > skill or opinion. If you arent as entertaining as Ze Frank, then you stink > > and nobody wants > > to hear/see you..." > > > > and David Scott Lexis writes: > > > > "Video blogs have been a failure, as I noted in a couple of AlwaysOn > > Network columns. > > Videos are one thing; automatically downloading video blogs (or video > > podcasts; I prefer > > "video podcasts") is too bandwidth intensive, too slow, takes up too much > > hard disk space. > > > > You want to leave your computer on all night to download video podcasts? > > Well, good for > > you but you're in the minority. How many video podcasts have been > > successful? Do any > > have over 10,000 subscribers to their feed? > > > > Compare and contrast with "standard" blogs such as this one. Matter of > > fact, are there > > any video podcasts that have even 1% of the subscribers that TechCrunch > > has? None that > > I'm aware of, and in my public blogroll I subscribe to a lot ( > > http://www.bloglines.com/ > > public/DSL). > > > > Mind you, this might be a decent idea, but until bandwidth, hard disk > > space and all sorts > > of other limitations are overcome (like the need for better and easier > > production > > techniques), it will remain a novelty for the SXSW crowd (and they're not > > early adopters, > > they're "way-too-early adopters"; in the 70's they would have been touting > > the wonders of > > AI). > > > > BTW, I still subscribe to several video podcasts for my iPod. But I > > suspect that I'm in the > > minority; I know very few people outside of the Bay area who subscribe to > > more than a few > > (if any) and I don't know anyone in China (where I currently live) who > > subscribes to any > > not even one. YouTube, thumbs up; video blogs & video podcasts, thumbs > > down (too > > early). > > > > Remember, so-called and self-anointed pioneers usually wind up with arrows > > in their > > back. Besides, how many people really have good "TV"/video presence? Not a > > lot. Good > > podcasters are a subset of good bloggers, but good vloggers are a subset > > of good > > podcasters: That's a tiny set..." > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Yahoo! Groups Links > > > > > > > > > > > -- > The Faux Press - better than real > http://fauxpress.blogspot.com > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] >
