[videoblogging] Re: Great piece on Gawker: The End of Television as We Know It

2009-05-25 Thread Enric
While this excerpt goes into aspects of technology, it is not discerning. The main thing it's missing is that while there's a dropping of technological limitations in producing content. The human limitations have not changed. On the viewing end, people still have only so much time and

Re: [videoblogging] Re: Great piece on Gawker: The End of Television as We Know It

2009-05-25 Thread Jeffrey Taylor
See below. On Sun, May 24, 2009 at 11:57 PM, Enric en...@cirne.com wrote: While this excerpt goes into aspects of technology, it is not discerning. The main thing it's missing is that while there's a dropping of technological limitations in producing content. The human limitations have not

Re: [videoblogging] Re: Reminder: Open Video Conference in June

2009-05-25 Thread Jeffrey Taylor
Subject to change, but as of now I'm planning on staying at the Gershwin. On Sun, May 24, 2009 at 9:37 AM, Lauren Galanter lgalan...@gmail.comwrote: Anyone else planning on staying at the conference hotel? Just curious as I booked a room for the sake of logistics ease... Lauren Galanter

[videoblogging] Artists and Healthcare

2009-05-25 Thread Jeffrey Taylor
This morning, I tweeted a link to a Diary from the Daily Kos ( http://www.dailykos.com/storyonly/2009/5/25/735194/-R.I.P.-Jay-Bennett ) about the death of Jay Bennett, known for his collaborations with Wilco and the subsequent lawsuit he was filing. Here's an interesting quote from the diary:

Re: [videoblogging] Artists and Healthcare

2009-05-25 Thread Adrian Miles
http://www.nybooks.com/articles/18802 (all you need to know) as someone who lives in a country with universal health care I remain shocked and bemused that the world's richest nation can't get their head around something as basic as this. On 26/05/2009, at 11:13 AM, Jeffrey Taylor wrote:

Re: [videoblogging] Artists and Healthcare

2009-05-25 Thread Kath O'Donnell
maybe you need to talk to the unions or start one (not just videobloggers - all citizens). and get them to negotiate proper conditions. I also find it crazy there's no national healthcare system in America. I think Australians would down tools and go on strike if the govt ever considered getting

Re: [videoblogging] Artists and Healthcare

2009-05-25 Thread Jay dedman
I don't want to get into political discussion about healthcare, but I was wondering if anyone out there knows if there's a way under the current system for people like us to bundle together and get lower rates on health insurance, or if there's any truly good, truly economical policy that