Sorry, bad url. The proper url is http://mmeiser.com/blog/2006/12/amanda-congdons-new-vlog-on-abc-is-not.html
On 12/22/06, Mike Meiser <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Howdy, I read through pretty much all the posts on new Amanda show on > ABC. Who can blame me for not reading them all there were well over > 100 all told. > > I started this new thread because what I have to say has nothing to do > with Amanda or Andrew. > > It has to do with the specific details of this new vlog, which Amanda > pardon me for saying this it's nothing personal, is a complete > disgrace, completely misses the whole point of vlogging and is pretty > much doomed to fail. Above all, it is not a vlog because it simply has > NONE, NONE of the conventions of a blog whatsoever, and it's really > quite a shame too because I think we ALL including Andrew on some > level want Amanda's new web based video show to be a success. > > My thoughts were to explosive and inflamatory to post here, so I've > posted them to my blog instead. > > http://mmeiser.com/blog/2006/12/amanda-congdons-new-vlog-on-abc-is-not.html > > Please note that this is not about Andrew or Amanda personally but > their ABC and the "platform" they've built for Amanda. I know it's > almost impossible but if we could refrain from any personal issues and > focus our discussion on the platform that is abcnews.go.com/Amanda I > believe we all might learn something about how NOT to put video online > and hopefully ABC can make some improvements. > > The ONLY thing I see ABC doing right is they have appeared to update > the website with a url not just to iTunes but to the actuall RSS feed. > Which is great because the RSS feed is the ONLY way that's even > remotely plausable to acces amanda's show on a regular basis. Not that > one would until the horrendous advertising gets fixed. > > I hope noone will mistake my bluntness for a lack of love. It's quite > the contrary. ABC insults us all of us as vloggers, as fans or would > be fands of the Amanda show, and above all Amanda. It even insults > Andrew and what he's done with rocketboom as it learns virtually > nothing from what he accomplished. > > I still get the feeling that ABC still things everything important is > what happens IN the video, and that how the video is accessed and > viewed on the web is completely inconsequential. > > Peace, > > -Mike > mmeiser.com/blog >
