Many posters here have a mindset favoring all of
life to be chopped up into one to four minute segments. I've seen several
stunning interviews on the Internet that completely held my attention for twenty
or thirty minutes. Steve Garfield's interview with David Pogue, the author
of "Missing Manuals" for Macs, was not only fast paced, politically-incorrect
and entertaining, it lead me to get the first two computer manual I've actually
been able to get into and understand.
Beating up on Jay Dedman because
you know everything he is talking about is
self-centered and pompous. I videotaped one of the presentations at the
SoHo Apple store. It only lasted an hour. I wish it had gone on for
an hour more.
These presentations are not for fickle
"entertain-me" viewers with five second attention spans. They will only be
of interest to those seriously interested in this subject. Maybe, the
various vlogs could have been broken up with links and verbal descriptions so
the viewer could pick and choose. (Hey, why don't they do that on network
news? I could avoid seeing George Bush ever again!)
I know some of those attacking "long videos" (like
Jay's) have been great with sharing their knowledge and contributing to this
forum. However, Jay took the time and energy to make it possible for
uninformed vloggers-to-be who are stuck in God-knows-where to share an
experience, dare I say "commune" with other vloggers.
Sometimes, sharp attacks are warranted. That
woman wanting "video reviews" of products was just a slick operator hoping to
tap into a lot of "free creativity" for her personal gain. Stomp her
face!
But lets not be so hard on well-intentioned
do-gooders working their butts off for free!
I'll dazzle you with all kinds of kinky videos like
http://blip.tv/file/2175.
But, that's because I intend to prove through vlogging that I'm a great
entertainer and good interviewer. I've wasted too much of my life working
for things I believed in and receiving nothing but ridicule for it.
Randolfe (Randy) Wicker
Videographer, Writer, ActivistAdvisor: The
Immortality InstituteHoboken, NJ
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