> I wonder if the videoblogging world is better off with one centralized > leader who has streamlined the videoblogging process or more smaller > companies competing and doing the same thing? If you could design or > set up the world of videoblogging, what would work best for your needs > and the needs of the community? Also, does anyone have insight into a > site that you think will take on that roll? Youtube seems to be the > most popular at the moment. Will it stay that way?
hey niko-- i think its easier answering these kinds of questions if you explain from what angle are you coming from? you work for some business and this is research? youre just wondering phiosophically? you want to create a site? on the web, centralization is not the way it works. there will/are lots of different sites, hosting services, blogging platforms, aggregators, etc. you no longer need to be a huge company to create any of these things. its now a level playing field. >I guess I just keep hoping that the application will change from an >art form to a media form where we will see more video footage from >3rd world countries and more video that the established powers don't >want us to see. yep, many artists have come to the table first. i also would love to start seeing video recorded in parts of the world that are unseen. this group tried for a little while to sponsor a couple people...sent a camera to nepal etc....but i think it'll work out by itself. the best thing to do is to keep educating in the way you think is best. the information is spreading. the people who want to share their lives will figure out the way with the resources they have availble. broadband and access to computer/cameras...is different everywhere. i also find that some cultures are not as quick to post themselves online like the crazy americans. >It seems like this type of footage could reach the >masses easier if everyone knew one place where to find it. ah, you are correct...but the video does not need to be stored in one place. its easier just to create a site that LINKS to video from the devloping world. you could do that yourself. just make a blog...and link to videos you feel are important. then i subscribe to your blog...and see video of places i may never go. and you can add plenty of text to help me understand why these videos are important. make sense? the question is: do these videos currently exists? if not, what can you do to make it happen? for me, the real challenge is getting people to record their world. look how Freevlog.org is being translated into multiple languages. and vlogmap.org is starting to fill out beyond just the US and europe. blogging, especially with video, may actually be the thing that helps connect us all. Jay -- Adventures in Videoblogging <http://www.momentshowing.net> <http://getFireAnt.com> <http://node101.org> 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/
