Re: [videoblogging] Can vloggers hack mountains

[Soumyadeep Paul]

Sorry... after writing this, I feel its out of context... but maybe not! When the early blogging revolution, it swiftly took a variety of forms that affected the world in ways never before imagined. For instance, I still remember the Salam Pax times... the kind of notice it got and the insight it gave to the readers. In our part of the world, Fadereu and some of us who created CSF, which was the first time anyone had attempted to republish text messages coming from Tsunami-torn Sri Lankan relief workers/friends as blog entries. The turn around time of the news was faster than any news agency could have managed, and it was sheer genius of Fadereu's brain. There are several other instances where blogging helped turn the wheel of events towards a more logical and sensible one.  Enter videoblogging. The original motive (and perhaps still) was to reform Media (in a bigger sense of the word), to make it more personal, human, to rid it of its blockages, impurities... to create a direct channel from the creator to the audience. This revolution saw several bright spots in its short span as well. Take the Tsunami videos, or the other water-disasters... Unfortunately (and perhaps its my dark state of mind from listening to too many Opeth songs today), it never really ended up evolving into a tool that would be taken notice by the powers that rule. Instead, it took a natural course (entertainment, sex, comedy), and even though there were some interesting voices that could be heard from around, the collective "tag-chatter" (which is completely go along with pop-culture) now manages to suppress anything "uninteresting" to the popular mass. And of course, "uninteresting" has nothing to do with "unimportant" or "irrelevant". Am I wrong?  For instance, let's take the Iran Nuclear issue that has resurfaced again... where is it going? Is it another conflict down the road? Shouldn't we wonder about the inclinations of the political machine? Or is it too sensitive an issue? Will Vlogging elevate to the level of strength that blogging garnered once?  Feeling dark again. Perhaps I will just return to my Porcupine Tree album (In Absentia) and just exist....! Cheers, Desoumal http://csfvlog.blogspot.com http://www.afilmonthreewheels.com http://lilithsmirrors.blogspot.com  On 21-Apr-06, at 6:24 PM, Michael Sullivan wrote: Great message, Robert. Maybe it's time to reignite http://vlogathon.org/ ? Sull On 4/20/06, robert a/k/a r <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Hey all, The press appears to be cubbying peeps who make video (i.e., personal, documentary, comedy, etc.) and vlog it into types, which is not necessarily good or bad. I'm wondering if vloggers can leverage this tendency. Also, as you know, I'm particularly interested in education and humanitarian projects and am curious how many vloggers have set their focus on such projects. More, I tried to drum up support earlier this week for Jon's Nata Village <http://natavillage.org> endeavour, and I don't believe a lot of vloggers have yet blogged about or re-vlogged the project though I did notice a few. Certainly a bit of press for such projects, not only Nata Village, has the potential to improve the finances, and in the Nata case that money, per the blog, goes fully to the village. If I'm wrong and a lot of you have participated by vlogging or directly donating I'll stand corrected, which I would certainly prefer. Does anyone have insight into how many vloggers have focused in on and working towards a particular educational or humanitarian topics, I think it would be cool to help the press see that category, not only from the perspective of those in the category but for vloggers in general. Wasn't vlogging going to be a tool to help change / improve the world? Wouldn't it help differentiate vloggers from those, who happen to be of great number, who just post entertaining video (not that I have anything against that, I attempt to do a bit of it myself)? And speaking of saving the world, or at least the Internet, have a look at this, is there a possibility it can help? <http://pulver.com/savethenet/> Perhaps it's the fine weather here in NYC today, I'm feeling there's an opportunity to hack a few mountains out there. Can we make a list of those vlogging towards a non-entertainment goal, a new category for the press and for us? </rambling> cheers r Deconstructing the status quo, collaboratively my vlog: http://r.24x7.com reliable hosting: http://foo.24x7.com -- Sull http://vlogdir.com http://SpreadTheMedia.org YAHOO! GROUPS LINKS  Visit your group "videoblogging" on the web.    To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to:  [EMAIL PROTECTED]    Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to the Yahoo! Terms of Service. SPONSORED LINKS Fireant Individual Use YAHOO! GROUPS LINKS  Visit your group "videoblogging" on the web.    To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to:  [EMAIL PROTECTED]    Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to the Yahoo! Terms of Service.