hi Jenna, to further Rupert's point, are you looking at the videoblogging projects as well as the in-person-conferences? as I think these have been quite successful over the years and have participants from different countries & videoblogging styles. eg the vb-weeks, Vlomo (Navlopomo), Verdi's 24/24, Rupert's recent vlomo 30/30/30, carp caviar, Jay & Ryanne's Have Money Will Vlog, etc. others can prob remember more
2009/12/6 RANDY MANN <themaddm...@gmail.com> > > > vlogger con 3 boston march 2010 > > > On Sat, Dec 5, 2009 at 3:08 PM, Rupert > <rup...@twittervlog.tv<rupert%40twittervlog.tv>> > wrote: > > > This goes to the heart of what videoblogging is, I think. > > > > - What is the content? > > - Why do people do it? > > - Where do they do it? > > - How many of them are there? > > - What do they have in common with each other? > > > > The truth is that people are making wildly different types of content > > and have massively different interests and reasons for doing this. > > But back in the early days, we all had this huge thing in common, > > which was that we were early adopters, imagining what the future would > > look like and how the tech would work. I think that made up the main > > part of what people would talk about when they met in groups, right? > > And because there were just a few people around the world, it felt > > like a special mission, deserving of extraordinary expense and time. > > Now that future is here and most of the unknowns are pretty much > > known, that's one massive incentive to meet up that's been removed. > > The rest of what we do is done online, so travelling hundreds or > > thousands of miles to hang out and chat in person just doesn't have > > the same pull. > > > > But meeting up to either work on projects or screen things might be > > different. > > > > Still, I notice that most conferences are very local - city- > > specific. Attracting a larger base of people mostly interested in > > commercial applications of technology so they can justify taking the > > day off and expensing the conference fee... > > > > So if we were to do more of these kind of things, I think they'd have > > to be local. (i'm sure this is why VlogEurope has kept going for 5 > > years). > > > > Rupert > > http://twittervlog.tv > > > > > > > > > > > > On 5 Dec 2009, at 19:51, Michael Verdi wrote: > > > > > Maybe another part of another not happening is that I think there were > > > two big motivations (figure stuff out and meet each other in person) > > > and there's really not a lot of urgency behind them anymore. There's > > > only so many conferences on the figuring the tech stuff out that you > > > can have. The information has been pretty well disseminated. I > > > recently went to a local brown bag coworking session and a few people > > > were doing a presentation on videoblogging. It was really strange > > > because it was almost an exact replica of a demo I've given over and > > > over yet, nobody there had any idea who I was (not that they should). > > > So it feels like, especially for this group, that that part has been > > > taken care of. As for the meeting in person aspect, that still happens > > > but just on a smaller scale at other conferences. I live an hour down > > > the road from SXSW and a few times in recent years I've just gone up > > > there to meet people for lunch and dinner. The Open Video Conference > > > was cool this last summer - a good sized group of us hung out there. > > > > > > -Verdi > > > > > > -- > > > Michael Verdi > > > http://michaelverdi.com > > > http://talkbot.tv > > > > > > > > > > > > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > > > > > > > ------------------------------------ > > > > Yahoo! Groups Links > > > > > > > > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > > -- http://www.aliak.com http://www.brisbanedancepartiesarchive.com [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] ------------------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/videoblogging/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/videoblogging/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: videoblogging-dig...@yahoogroups.com videoblogging-fullfeatu...@yahoogroups.com <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: videoblogging-unsubscr...@yahoogroups.com <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
