These people who "just like TV" will start getting more into it when RSS feeds can be read via a common set-top box and they don't have to get off their lazy butt to download them. ;)
My 2c Susan http://vlog.kitykity.com --- In videoblogging@yahoogroups.com, "Bill Streeter" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I got the same thing when I got my first MP3 player (pre-ipod). People > were like WTF? Who cares? Then this summer my dad (who says he hates > computers and technology) got excited about MP3's and went out and > bought a portable CD player that handles MP3's. He had no idea that > there are other options, like iPods and was fascinated when I showed > him mine. So we just have to realize that concepts of what media is > and how it should be are pretty deeply embedded in the culture. It's > will change, it just takes time. I have another friend who helps me > shoot for my video blog occasionally and seems to really enjoy it and > he likes my vlog, and I was telling him about how video blogging is > great and about the different aggregators etc. stc. blah blah and he > just looked at me and said, "not me." I was like, what do you mean? He > just said, "I can't see getting into it, I like TV." But then I > remembered how it was when I first started using the Internet in the > early 90's. Most of my friends then thought it was at the least kinda > geeky and at worst kinda stupid. People change. > > So yeah there are some cultural barriers. It's to be expected I guess. > People don't like things to change too much too fast. But I think like > the Internet itself people will eventually catch on. It just takes > awhile. > > Bill Streeter > LO-FI SAINT LOUIS > www.lofistl.com > > --- In videoblogging@yahoogroups.com, "Dave Huth" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > Spent the day pretty excited about the new iPod and (especially) > iTunes. Tonight I was > > trying to explain to a friend how groovy it feels to have my vlog > listed in iTunes and even > > featured in one of the "video podcasts" sliders on the store. > > > > He didn't get it and couldn't understand why any of this made any > sense beyond a small > > curiosity or geeky fetish. After 30 minutes of instant messaging i > realized that he simply > > likes TV. He's fine with it the way it is. He was fine with the > public discourse around the > > election last year. He doesn't _want_ to join the conversation. in > his words, "I just want to > > go to work, make my car payments" (yes it is an SUV) "and watch my > Desperate > > Housewives." > > > > I had reached an impenetrable wall. Of course I have no response for > this. It was really > > weird to realize that this thing I am very passionate about > (cultural change around the way > > we communicate and exchange ideas) was completely off my friend's radar. > > > > I've been trying to write something about why I think this is > important in my new blog > > ( > http://vlognik.blogspot.com/2005/10/ready-for-mantime-soon-we-will- all-be.html > ). > > Of course this isn't really about why the iPod specifically is cool. > That's just a shiny new > > tool that is an exciting point of departure for a bigger idea. > > > > I'm curious if other folks who might be excited like I am meet many > blank stares from > > friends and family who don't get what the big deal is. > > > > Dave > > http://davemedia.blogspot.com > > http://vlognik.blogspot.com > > > ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> Most low income households are not online. Help bridge the digital divide today! http://us.click.yahoo.com/cd_AJB/QnQLAA/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/
