Flatterer!! Thanks for the nice words, really. Even after a year though, RB still sucks, I think.
On Oct 12, 2005, at 11:13 AM, Mat Wall-Smith wrote: > Probably misunderstanding as I was lazy in not explaining completely. > RB is innovative in format, content, production...etc. But there is a > subtlety and depth to that innovation - you write with the medium > and it > never seems the other way round. I didn't really mean 'follows' in > terms of > your intent. Having watched the show from the very early days I > know that > this has never been your modus operandi. I would still suggest that > the > shows potential lies in the fact that the format plays on/off a > mode that > most viewers will recognize and feel comfortable with - so my > interpretation > is not that you pander to some normative standard but that the > viewer will > most likely adopt a format that they feel some familiarity with, > and perhaps > this also evokes a kind of confidence in the RB voice as well. The > fact that > RB play so intelligently off that format is (in my opinion) what > makes it > work so well....it marks video blogging as a departure from the > normative.. > > I hope this makes sense as I really did not intend to diss the RB > team. > I've RB in both writing and production classes and see it as an > important > innovator in the 'field'.....this seems like a paradox but I don't > think it > is.. > > > > > On 13/10/05 12:32 AM, "andrew michael baron" > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > >> >> On Oct 12, 2005, at 8:33 AM, Mat Wall-Smith wrote: >> >> >>> Rocketboom . . . follows the 'theory of minimum innovation'- >>> >> >> I could easily be offended by this part but maybe you don't >> understand what we have been up to or maybe I am misunderstanding >> your angle. Either way, no biggie, just couldn't let that one slip >> by. Even if you would argue that we are not innovative, as a matter >> of fact we are not following a theory of minimum innovation. >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> Yahoo! Groups Links >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> > > > > > ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor -------------------- > ~--> > Fair play? Video games influencing politics. Click and talk back! > http://us.click.yahoo.com/T8sf5C/tzNLAA/TtwFAA/lBLqlB/TM > -------------------------------------------------------------------- > ~-> > > > Yahoo! Groups Links > > > > > > > > ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> Fair play? Video games influencing politics. Click and talk back! http://us.click.yahoo.com/T8sf5C/tzNLAA/TtwFAA/lBLqlB/TM --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/videoblogging/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
