With vlogging (as it was with HTML and Flash) there was the initial "aha" moment when I realized that everything was changing. Then an era when all these people around me realized that we are culturally on the crest of something...significant. "The people" had just received a huge amount of power via technology.
At first the tech is hard to use and filled with limitations. At first you used 6 different sites and 9 pieces of software. There is no book…just experimentation and online gurus. And you feel an excitement (and camaraderie with fellow explorers) just by DOING IT.
But then it becomes clear that the rapid flow of ideas in my head was moving WAY faster the world around me. It will be a while before people are gonna adopt the technology…if EVER in the ways I envisioned it.
Then the next era is a more technical "white paper era." Where tons of energy is spent with testing and building easier to use technologies so that grandfolks and non-techies can use it. (I still can't get my enclosures formatted right in my feed.)
I think we are in a period where big systems are being built and awareness is spreading slowly. It is still VERY exciting, but lacks the initial rush.
Not sure if that answered the questions… just stuff I was thinking about. J
-Halcyon
Hey Vloggers and Vloggettes,
At the risk of going out on a limb here personally, and as something of an attempt to start a conversation about the more psycho-social aspects of videoblogging, I thought I would talk to you all about feelings. You know, touchy-feely kinda stuff. As a counselor, I excel at that sort of thing, so gather round on the green shag carpet, turn up your listening ears, and hear my story. I'm hoping some of you out there may have experienced what I am going to call the highs and lows of personal media publishing. When I started vlogging back in May, I had been looking for something new and innovative to funnel my creative energy into. Being introduced to this community was the start of an awesome time of discovery for me. Hell, I didn't even know I had video editing software on my computer, let alone how to use it! I swore that this was finally it. I had found my niche. I've learned so much since then. I was tired of simply blogging, and vlogging was the next level. Why hadn't I found this place earlier? For the last several months I have made videos about all types of things. I've grown more and more comfortable in front of the camera, all while dealing with my own personal privacy issues. I've been acting as a reporter for We Are The Media for the last two months, and that totally legitamized what I was doing. I felt accepted. I even got a digital videocam as a wedding present from my wife! The point is, right now I am experiencing my personal vlogging "low". Even after all that self-discovery, I'm losing it. I'm having a hard time turning on the camera. I am finding it difficult to edit footage that I would have jumped at not that long ago. I'm not even watching vlogs as much as I used to. My poor FireANT is getting all backed up. I guess I'm having a hard time figuring out why I've lost that....oomph. Maybe it's pressure to perform, to put out great content, meaningful content. What is meaningful anyway? I feel like it has been only 5 short months, and I'm already losing it. I'm feeling this squeeze, and I'm starting to walk the other way. Perhaps it vlog overload. Then I have to ask myself, am I taking this too seriously? Or maybe I'm not taking it seriuosly enough. Am I cut out to be part of the early stages of a movement? That is what this is, afterall. You know that, right? So many questions with so many different answers, I suppose. I'm hoping one or two of you out there have experienced this before. After blogging for about 2.5 years, I just decided one day that I was through, and I ripped my whole site down, archives and all. Vlogging was my "re-birth", if you will. Now I'm feeling that same pointlessness all over again. I feel very disconnected, and I'm thinking about entering the cocoon phase again (don't worry...I won't emerge as Wilford Brimley...at least I hope not).
Listen...I'm not a dramatic person, but I was encouraged to throw this out there to the group to inspire some discussion. I think the list has been very technical lately, and it's good to mix it up a bit. That's what I'm doing. Mixing it up. Take it as you will, and vlog on.
Tim
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