One outcome in the Italian blogosphere was a desire to have a good conference here. I am, of course, pressing for the vlogEurope model. We need to find somebody big to sponsor and organize it.
Language will always be a problem, especially in Italy. Doesn't prove much about France's internationalism and tech-savvy to have a guy who speaks English perfectly well to insist on speaking French to an English-speaking audience! On 12/13/06, Jeffrey Taylor <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > 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]<deirdre.straughan%40gmail.com>> > 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> > <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] > > > -- best regards, Deirdré Straughan www.beginningwithi.com (personal) www.tvblob.com (work) [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
