Now THAT was an introduction and invitation if ever I saw one. Whoot. Jan
On 4/2/07, Rupert <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Mark, you rock. Nice plug. > > > On 1 Apr 2007, at 23:14, Steve Watkins wrote: > > I'll thank you too much as I see youve posted a whole video about the > week now: > > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qF-X7lNsaOU > > So... > > thank you, thank you, thank you, thank you, thank you, thank you, > thank you, thank you, thank you, thank you, thank you and thank you! > > Steve Elbows > > --- In [email protected], "Mark Day" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: > > > > Well, don't thank me too much... I plugged it in passing at the > end of a > > video about something else entirely. > > > > I'm at a wedding this weekend and am missing all the meet up fun - > oh well. > > > > If anyone wants to make a "note to self" for '08 (cough, splutter, > yes....) > > I would say that, of the people on YouTube who post personal vlog- > style > > content (and putting aside anyone's feelings about the people who > post > > skateboarding dogs and or leave angry comments...) I suspect that > few of > > them are particularly invested in the idea of pushing forward > personal-video > > as a medium, so much as simply getting their personal opinons out > there > > (compare, say, people who just get on with using their operating > system > > versus people who actively advocate for Linux). > > > > There is, for example, a fairly robust back and forth on YouTube > at the > > moment between aethists and - ahem - faith-based video makers. A > much more > > lively video conversation than you might imagine if you can't see > past the > > skateboarding dogs..... > > > > That being the case, I'm not sure myself what the "point" of > > videobloggingweek is *to* someone on YouTube. And I'm not saying > that in a > > negative way, just in a "well, what's in it for them..." > thinking-out-loud > > sort of way... The best I can come up with off the top of my head is > "get > > your stuff seen by more people...." (which is, for sure, something a > lot of > > YouTube users can relate to....). > > > > Given that YouTube is an effective platform for the people who use > it, > > what's the elevator pitch for '08? > > > > Just pondering... > > > > Cheers > > > > MD > > http://markdaycomedy.blip.tv > > http://www.youtube.com/markdaycomedy > > > > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > > > > > > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > > > > Yahoo! Groups Links > > > > -- The Faux Press - better than real http://fauxpress.blogspot.com [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
