On Mar 19, 2007, at 4:21 PM, Gena wrote: > I try to limit how much crap I can stand in one day. Today, not so > good. I feel barfy. I was reading the article about Steven Bocho's > stepping into internet video and he sees it as a diversion. That's > what Bocho sees or has come to understand about Internet video. > > And how do you divert the masses quickly? According to him it is sex. > I'm not against sex. I am not against videos about sex, that included > sex or even if there is no sex at all. > > My point is that it is hard for many people to have an expanded > vision. Most people think YouTube is vlogging. That's what the news > media and a bunch of other sites that post YT videos tell people. > > There is a lot of education/information exchanging that has to take > place with the non-blogging public. Unfortunately, the news media and > others are putting there imprint on what they want to perceive as > blogs/vlogs. When I do presentations people are surprised when I show > them a variety of blogs and non YT vlogs. I hear it all the time "I > didn't know!" "How long has this been going on?" > > Another thing to consider is time is fractured. Most people tend to > allocate what time they have available with and growing set of > resources. > > Good vlogs are not easy to find for novice users. You have to have the > right players on the system. Bandwidth issues. And even if you send > them the link they are too embarrassed to tell you they don't know how > to view the video. > > In closing, I hold dear that statement that Barry Diller gave as few > months ago and is buried in the archive. > > A quote from InterActiveCorp CEO Barry Diller: > > > There is not that much talent in the world, and talent always outs. > > There are very few really talented people in closets that don't get > > out. When we are talking about mass audience, which is the system of > > entertainment we have known for some time, when you are really > making a television program or a game there will be relatively few > people [able to do that] because there is simply not enough talent. > That may be a birdbrained statement, but it is mine. > > > > "People with talent and expertise at making entertainment products > are not going to be displaced by 1,800 people coming up with their > videos that they think are going to have an appeal." > > I continue to live (and blog/vlog)in defiance! > > Gena > http://outonthestoop.blogspot.com > http://pcclibtech.blogspot.com > > --- In videoblogging@yahoogroups.com, Rupert <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > Yeah, and this weekend I listened to an extremely intelligent, well- > > respected man telling me that man-made global warming was a myth, > > presumably just because he wanted to provoke a response / have an > > iconoclastic opinion. I didn't rise to that, either. > > > > These aren't really provocative - they're shallow subjective > personal > > opinions based on limited experiences, masquerading as broad > > statements of fact. > > > > I always assume that the majority of regular people think I'm weird > > (or worse) for putting videos online, because I think they probably > do. > > > > Define 'failure' as stated by David Scott Lexis, when he says 'video > > blogs have been a failure'. What have they failed at? > >
Hi Gena, I was stuck waiting for the dentist for 45 minutes and so I pulled out my phone and checked my email to bide the time. I saw your reply on this thread and my heart soared because I knew my wait would at least contain some good reading. I just wanted to take a moment and say thanks for all the great emails you write. As the groups discusses "success" in terms of viewers, I often marvel at how many folks seem to miss the myriad ways that people succeed with vlogging. Your wonderful emails are one of many. markus -- http://SpinXpress.com/Markus_Sandy http://Ourmedia.org/Markus_Sandy [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
