VIDEOBLOG #16: Looking at things...

Today's video is about freaking out quietly.

I hung out with Peter and Mica today.
We talked about videoblogging.
Mica is doing  a videoblog each day.
If she keeps it up, I am in the presence of the most prolific videoblogger on the planet Earth.
Peter is going to India in August and will videoblog during his two month trip.
Never been done as far as we know. Lots of technical challenges to overcome.
He wants to teach an Indian that he meets how to videoblog, even giving this person a simple digital camera to use.
Spread it.

You know when you read something someone wrote and think, "damn, that's what I'm thinking."
I had that today.
All these ideas are by  members of our videoblogging discussion group.

"At the bottom of the chart is the flow. In my world, it reads like this: I make content. I use a variety of tools to make this content.
Then I teach people about the content I produce and the tools I use tomake all of it."
--Eric Rice

This is exactly how videoblogging will spread; those that know how must teach how.

"The author (of a blog) having posted awaits response;
in a moment, her audience becomes author;
the cycle of relating continues and the process becomes an integral element of the play."
--Aisling Kelliher

When I post a video, I want feedback. Unlike TV, videoblogging grows because it's a back and forth between the person making the video and the person watching. If you don't tell me what you think, how am I going to know if my videos are shit or not?

Q. what do you think needs to happen for videoblogging to take off?
A. "Bit more of what everyone's already doing and a drop dead easy tool that *includes* the ability to intelligently and easily link to >>other video."
--Adrian Miles

I forget that a lot of things are coming together.
People have put video in their blogs at least for the last several years, though no real community has grown up around videoblogging.
The technology is there, but only for the pros to really use.
The blog servers definitely don't encourage video postings to clog up all their bandwidth.
If we had an intuitive videoblogging tool,  everyone could essentially videoblog.
Then, we could figure out about getting videoblog servers.

Comments

[Steve Garfield]

Nice video Jay.

I'd missed that the first time you posted it. I don't know how that happened.

That's why it's cool to have a pointer from a trusted source to your video blog.

[William Blake]

VideoBlog # 16 : Is a premature classic.

To see a world in a grain of sand,
And a heaven in a wild flower,
Hold infinity in the palm of your hand,
And eternity in an hour.

[Chuck]

I missed it too... wow. She's a beaut.
Art = life = vlog

[Ian]

Woah, I really love that video. I was wondering how you did the white lights and what it could be for whole first half of the video then it turned out to be as simple as a cup of coffee. wow.

- Ian

[Michael Verdi]

That's awesome Jay. It's one that makes me go, "damn, I should have made one like that!" Please add this to my list of favorites.

[ryanne]

i just discovered this through some video search engine
i can't believe i havent seen this yet.

very nice.

[Josh Leo]

holy crap....freaking awesome! It was like someone punched me in the face (in a good way) and made me realize the world that I am in....beauty all around.

[Susan]

...you hold your hands up to your face, and you think, "woe is me, all my burdens..." but then you take your hands down, and you look around, and you see all your blessings. :)

[Anthony]

Just caught this on freevlog. Thought I'd drop in here and thank you personally. Great post! Great insight! Thank you!

[macdocman]

This great video was revlogged @ unitedvloggers.com

Kind Regards,

Michael Schaap

trackback: http://www.unitedvloggers.com/2007/02/25/looking-at-things/