Re: [videoblogging] Youtube / vbweek07

2007-03-31 Thread Rupert
Hi Pat, Sorry you thought I was adopting an anti-Youtube stance. The whole point of my email was the opposite of that. I was posting my reaction to a conversation on Twitter in which it was suggested that this group discriminated against Youtube, and I tried to make clear that I thought

Re: [videoblogging] Youtube / vbweek07

2007-03-30 Thread Patrick Cook
Hi everyone: On 25 Mar 2007 16:21:13 -0700, Rupert [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: So I just interrupted an interesting conversation on Twitter about whether this group is discriminating against the millions of YouTubers - are we informing them about videobloggingweek07? I can post a message on the

Re: [videoblogging] Youtube / vbweek07

2007-03-30 Thread Josh Leo
Ok... um Pat... settle down after reading Ruperts email and your reply to it, it seems like you are taking offense where none needs to be taken. let's just discuss the ideas presented without the use of such inflammatory language... On 3/30/07, Patrick Cook [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi

Re: [videoblogging] Youtube / vbweek07

2007-03-30 Thread sull
Seriously. Your track record here is less than acceptable in my opinion. Tone it down, relax, think. Or just enjoy your youtube group. sull On 3/30/07, Josh Leo [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Ok... um Pat... settle down after reading Ruperts email and your reply to it, it seems like you are

Re: [videoblogging] Youtube / vbweek07

2007-03-26 Thread Jan McLaughlin
What's sometimes difficult to understand in the digital group dynamic is that you can always step up and fill in the gaps. Just do it. No one needs blessings or permission. That said, feedback is often good. In this case there's room and opportunity for YouTube ambassadors to reach out. Do it!

Re: [videoblogging] Youtube / vbweek07

2007-03-26 Thread Rupert
I agree - i try to remember that if you suggest something here then you should try to see if you can do it yourself before asking other people. like you do, jan. but in this case, I don't have a YouTube audience - and the effort would be more efficiently spent by people who do, given the

Re: [videoblogging] Youtube / vbweek07

2007-03-26 Thread Jan McLaughlin
Nor do I have much of a YouTube presence. A great investment of energy would be required. Great energy begins with one step, then anotherthen another. Having made so many steps here, I haven't enough for the second step there. Somebody must... Jan On 3/26/07, Rupert [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: [videoblogging] Youtube / vbweek07

2007-03-26 Thread Josh Leo
the only reason I was a youtube hero was because HR block paid for me to be on the front page to let people know that the vidoe existed.. if anyone who is a youtube hero on this list, it is Mark Day... On 3/26/07, Jan McLaughlin [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Nor do I have much of a YouTube

[videoblogging] Youtube / vbweek07

2007-03-25 Thread Rupert
So I just interrupted an interesting conversation on Twitter about whether this group is discriminating against the millions of YouTubers - are we informing them about videobloggingweek07? Obviously, they can tag their videos, but do any of them even know about it? The thrust of the

Re: [videoblogging] Youtube / vbweek07

2007-03-25 Thread Jay dedman
when we have an event like vbloggingweek, surely the onus is on those who know about it to market it to those who don't, rather than on them to break their habits and come beyond their walls. that way we will get more varied responses from the minority of YT users to whom it would