--- In [email protected], "Gena" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I try to limit how much crap I can stand in one day. Today, not so > good. I feel barfy. I was reading the article about Steven Bocho's > stepping into internet video and he sees it as a diversion. That's > what Bocho sees or has come to understand about Internet video. > > And how do you divert the masses quickly? According to him it is sex. > I'm not against sex. I am not against videos about sex, that included > sex or even if there is no sex at all. > > My point is that it is hard for many people to have an expanded > vision. Most people think YouTube is vlogging. That's what the news > media and a bunch of other sites that post YT videos tell people. > > There is a lot of education/information exchanging that has to take > place with the non-blogging public. Unfortunately, the news media and > others are putting there imprint on what they want to perceive as > blogs/vlogs. When I do presentations people are surprised when I show > them a variety of blogs and non YT vlogs. I hear it all the time "I > didn't know!" "How long has this been going on?" > > Another thing to consider is time is fractured. Most people tend to > allocate what time they have available with and growing set of resources. > > Good vlogs are not easy to find for novice users. You have to have the > right players on the system. Bandwidth issues. And even if you send > them the link they are too embarrassed to tell you they don't know how > to view the video. > > In closing, I hold dear that statement that Barry Diller gave as few > months ago and is buried in the archive. > > A quote from InterActiveCorp CEO Barry Diller: > > > There is not that much talent in the world, and talent always outs. > > There are very few really talented people in closets that don't get > > out. When we are talking about mass audience, which is the system of > > entertainment we have known for some time, when you are really > making a television program or a game there will be relatively few > people [able to do that] because there is simply not enough talent. > That may be a birdbrained statement, but it is mine. > > > > "People with talent and expertise at making entertainment products > are not going to be displaced by 1,800 people coming up with their > videos that they think are going to have an appeal." > > I continue to live (and blog/vlog)in defiance!
My response to Michael Eisner and Barry Diller's content that content remains king: http://tinyurl.com/2wyzjs or http://lucidmedia.cirne.com/index.php/2007/04/01/justintv-p0wns-eisner/ -- Enric > > Gena > http://outonthestoop.blogspot.com > http://pcclibtech.blogspot.com > > --- In [email protected], Rupert <rupert@> wrote: > > > > Yeah, and this weekend I listened to an extremely intelligent, well- > > respected man telling me that man-made global warming was a myth, > > presumably just because he wanted to provoke a response / have an > > iconoclastic opinion. I didn't rise to that, either. > > > > These aren't really provocative - they're shallow subjective personal > > opinions based on limited experiences, masquerading as broad > > statements of fact. > > > > I always assume that the majority of regular people think I'm weird > > (or worse) for putting videos online, because I think they probably do. > > > > Define 'failure' as stated by David Scott Lexis, when he says 'video > > blogs have been a failure'. What have they failed at? > > > > So they're not as popular or accessible as American Idol (even here, > > we're infected) but then neither is [fill in blank]. I guess [fill > > in blank] has been a failure, too. That's a really interesting > > viewpoint, David - thanks for your input. > > > > From all the scores of people that I know or have talked to about my > > videoblog in Real Life over the past 2 years, there are only 2 who > > have blogs and maybe 3 others who ever read blogs. > > > > I forward on links to vlogs to my friends and family whenever I think > > they'd be interested in a particular video - but not one has ever > > wanted to have a vlog or blog themselves or to continue to watch or > > read by themselves. > > > > The overwhelming majority of people you talk to in the UK think that > > blogs are confessional public diaries for narcissists (not that > > they've ever read one, if you ask). By this measure, 'blogs have > > been a failure' > > > > As for that other guy "Erick"s definition of entertainment... yawn. > > Some people make them. Some people watch them. Some people enjoy > > them. Some people do good and interesting things and reach audiences > > that they couldn't have reached before. What possible relevance has > > someone's subjective viewpoint of 'boring' or 'failure' got to do > > with this? My wife Kate is enjoying the new American Idol. I'd > > rather drill out my own teeth than sit through it. So what? > > > > I don't really know why I'm replying to this, because I don't think > > these opinions are worth getting bothered about. I'm just putting > > off work. Now that *is* boring. Maybe I'll just watch a few videos > > before I start. > > > > Rupert > > http://www.fatgirlinohio.org > > http://www.crowdabout.us/fatgirlinohio/myshow/ > > > > On 19 Mar 2007, at 10:43, Michael Schaap wrote: > > > > FYI > > > > In the comments on a short TechCrunch review (http://tinyurl.com/ > > 2bcqx5) about VLIP i > > read the following provocative statements: > > > > 'Erick' writes: > > > > "Unless a person is at least the slightest bit entertaining, Vlogging > > stinks. I dont want to > > look at some weirdo sitting at home/work talking into a webcam about > > their lame day or > > skill or opinion. If you arent as entertaining as Ze Frank, then you > > stink and nobody wants > > to hear/see you..." > > > > and David Scott Lexis writes: > > > > "Video blogs have been a failure, as I noted in a couple of AlwaysOn > > Network columns. > > Videos are one thing; automatically downloading video blogs (or video > > podcasts; I prefer > > "video podcasts") is too bandwidth intensive, too slow, takes up too > > much hard disk space. > > > > You want to leave your computer on all night to download video > > podcasts? Well, good for > > you but you're in the minority. How many video podcasts have been > > successful? Do any > > have over 10,000 subscribers to their feed? > > > > Compare and contrast with "standard" blogs such as this one. Matter > > of fact, are there > > any video podcasts that have even 1% of the subscribers that > > TechCrunch has? None that > > I'm aware of, and in my public blogroll I subscribe to a lot (http:// > > www.bloglines.com/ > > public/DSL). > > > > Mind you, this might be a decent idea, but until bandwidth, hard disk > > space and all sorts > > of other limitations are overcome (like the need for better and > > easier production > > techniques), it will remain a novelty for the SXSW crowd (and they're > > not early adopters, > > they're "way-too-early adopters"; in the 70's they would have been > > touting the wonders of > > AI). > > > > BTW, I still subscribe to several video podcasts for my iPod. But I > > suspect that I'm in the > > minority; I know very few people outside of the Bay area who > > subscribe to more than a few > > (if any) and I don't know anyone in China (where I currently live) > > who subscribes to any > > not even one. YouTube, thumbs up; video blogs & video podcasts, > > thumbs down (too > > early). > > > > Remember, so-called and self-anointed pioneers usually wind up with > > arrows in their > > back. Besides, how many people really have good "TV"/video presence? > > Not a lot. Good > > podcasters are a subset of good bloggers, but good vloggers are a > > subset of good > > podcasters: That's a tiny set..." > > > > > > > > > > > > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > >
