Yeah Deirdré, I saw that (and you all can see it as well at ( http://www.leledainesi.com/archives/2006/12/12/a-new-movement-will-burn-tomorrow-from-leweb3/), and I think it's great and will participate. It's too bad that there hasn't been much more done but a parked domain name (which also speaks to the major hype that Loic purveyed), but watch this space: http://www.bloggersforbetterworld.com/ I hope that there will be functionality for videobloggers there. Perhaps Mike Hudak and the fantastic folks from Blip.tv can offer Yossi Vardi, who is organizing the effort, his assistance in making the site vlogger-friendly. I just wish that this was the big headline from the conference, instead of coming off as being too little, too late in the face of what had happened earlier in the day.
Loic is indeed a hoax, and is proof positive that the biggest problem among these Web 2.0 zealots is that they arrogantly assume that what they want is what audiences as small as attendees of Le Web 3 and as large as the general web-using public want. Le Meur's defense, saying he would take the same risks again, is feeble and a disservice. I'll be blogging about that on thegayexpat.com later today. Above all, I am saddened that this debacle further legitimizes the notion that Silicon Valley as the center of all things tech, and furthers the notion that Europe is behind, out of touch, and follows trends for the US. Solving the problems of this perception could have been a great running theme of the conference, but instead the running theme was "Loic and friends shoot the shit about the web". It was an embarassment for France and an embarrassment for Europe. I hope better conferences emerge in Europe as a result. We did indeed have a lot more fun at Vlog Europe, and there was far more substance achieved in far less time. On 12/13/06, Deirdre Straughan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Some of the Italian commentators are impressed by the "blogging to save > the > world" initiative announced at the end, and seem to feel this is somehow > tied in with the presence of Shimon Peres. What was your impression on > that? > > I guess I'm not so pissed after all that I didn't get to go. > > And thanks again for letting me know Gabe talked about us. That was the > only > bright point in an otherwise thoroughly shitty day. > > > On 12/12/06, Jeffrey Taylor <[EMAIL PROTECTED]<thejeffreytaylor%40gmail.com>> > wrote: > > > > Loic Le Meur screws up LeWeb3 by putting his political ambitions above > > the > > speakers (the videoblogging speakers sections were cut in half), the > > audience, and just about everyone else but himself and the politicians. > > > > Get the full skinny here: http://crueltobekind.org/ > > > > Further Outrage Here: http://technorati.com/search/leweb3 > > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > > > > > > > -- > best regards, > Deirdré Straughan > > www.beginningwithi.com (personal) > www.tvblob.com (work) > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
