ConvergeSouth is held in a black college and the city that hosts the event is Greensboro, North Carolina, home of many of the Civil Rights Movements' protests - including the lunch counter sit ins at the Woolworth's there. http://www.sitins.com/
So, you can understand the touchiness they might have when it comes to race issues. Robert Scoble ### From: [email protected] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Irina Sent: Friday, August 24, 2007 1:36 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [videoblogging] Re: Unrealistic Expectations Of Social Media did any of you watch NationalBanana? anyone? On 8/22/07, schlomo rabinowitz <[EMAIL PROTECTED] <mailto:schlomo%40gmail.com> > wrote: > > True; this has all happened since I made the initial post to the group. > The > web moves fast!! > > To the group, who may not read all those emails, ConvergeSouth took away > his > spot but later offered him a slot to discuss what must be earth-shattering > issues that pertain directly to Feldman. > > The conference felt that his How To session would be overshadowed by > Feldman's controversy... which may have happened, but honestly, I don't > think it would have... but what do I know. > > Feldman is still declining the offer, thinking that he would just be > walking > into some sort of trap. > > So basically, Feldman and ConvergeSouth have agreed to disagree. > > Like sand in the hourglass, these are the days of our lives. > > Schlomo > http://schlomolog.blogspot.com > http://weknowhow.tv > http://winkshow.com > http://hatfactory.net > > On 8/22/07, Jeffrey Taylor <[EMAIL PROTECTED] <mailto:thejeffreytaylor%40gmail.com> <thejeffreytaylor%40gmail.com>> > wrote: > > > > Read the comments. All of them. Converge South, in the end, IS inviting > > Feldman, but to lead a session about the controversy itself. Organizer > Ed > > Cone says that they want the focus on the videoblogging session to be on > > teaching people to videoblog, and not be sidetracked by the issues > > surrounding Feldman. > > > > http://www.1938media.com/convergesouth/ > > > > On 22/08/07, Enric <[EMAIL PROTECTED] <mailto:enric%40cirne.com> <enric%40cirne.com><enric%40cirne.com>> wrote: > > > > > > --- In [email protected] <mailto:videoblogging%40yahoogroups.com> <videoblogging%40yahoogroups.com><videoblogging%40yahoogroups.com><videoblog ging%40yahoogroups.com>, > > > "bordercollieaustralianshepherd" > > > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > > > http://www.human-dog.com Hope they create a test pattern. Heck I may > > > > create a test pattern. Anything with Dog can't be all bad. I have a > > > > soft spot for tongue in snout humor. > > > > > > > > Funny. Kinda Hitchcock in the delivery. Anyone with Sir starting > their > > > > name garners my attention. I would pay to see this guy fighting > > > > indecency on the big screen. Does he have a sidekick? Live in a cave > > > > (dumb question, people don't use Venetian Blinds in a cave). Does he > > > > travel the world or only the web? So many questions. Cape or Spandex > > > > or both? What is he vulnerable to? Tea and Beggin Strips Dog Treats? > > > > > > > > Group Moderator, could you put this video clip > > > > <http://www.dltq.org/human-dog/dltq-intros/decencylogo.mov> > > > > > > Ha! I think that's the original source from Raymond. > > > > > > ;) > > > > > > >on the > > > > Home page of this group, even just for a day? Can a "Video of the > Day" > > > > be a feature of this site? > > > > > > > > Just a idea. > > > > > > > > Sir Dave > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > --- In [email protected] <mailto:videoblogging%40yahoogroups.com> <videoblogging%40yahoogroups.com><videoblogging%40yahoogroups.com><videoblog ging%40yahoogroups.com>, > > > "Enric" <enric@> wrote: > > > > > > > > > > Yes, I was tempted to say during the Loren discussion that the > > League > > > > > of Decent Vloggers has come into being: > > > > > > > > > > http://www.human-dog.com/lab/?p=147 > > > > > http://www.zudfunck.com/zudfunck/files/SirEdmundTwott.mov > > > > > > > > > > -- Enric > > > > > -======- > > > > > http://cirne.com > > > > > > > > > > --- In [email protected] <mailto:videoblogging%40yahoogroups.com> <videoblogging%40yahoogroups.com> > <videoblogging%40yahoogroups.com><videoblogging%40yahoogroups.com>, > > > > > > "schlomo rabinowitz" > > > > > <schlomo@> wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > It's interesting that this list is sooo into Loren. You lambast > > > > > Podtech for > > > > > > his TechNigga sketch, but nobody brings up the racist crap on > > > National > > > > > > Banana: > > > > > > > > > > > > <http://nationalbanana.com/video/8> > > > > > > > > > > > > At least Loren is trying to make a point; The Sands Of Passion > > > > > doesn't even > > > > > > try to do that. It just rolls out old racist cliches and leaves > it > > > > > at that. > > > > > > > > > > > > Now, ConvergeSouth <http://convergesouth.com>, a tech > > > conference, has > > > > > > dropped Loren from speaking-- and all he was going to do is > teach > > > > > people how > > > > > > to put video on the web and "find interesting videos"! > > > > > > > > > > > > <http://www.1938media.com/convergesouth/> > > > > > > > > > > > > This reminds me of when we were putting together the last > > vloggercon > > > > > and I > > > > > > wanted Tim Street (FrenchMaid TV) to be on one of the panels. > This > > > > > became a > > > > > > big deal internally as some of the other organizers could not > > > > > understand why > > > > > > I would want this very popular videoblogger to speak. Even one > > > of the > > > > > > panelists threatened to not come if Tim was on the panel. > > > > > > > > > > > > REDICULOUS!!!!! Its a very short-sighted view to think that just > > > > > because > > > > > > you don't like someones content, that the creator also does not > > have > > > > > > anything of value to say. Where I come from, there is something > to > > > > > learn > > > > > > from prolific artists despite what they make. I want to learn > > their > > > > > > workflow; their toolset; their way of coming up with the ideas > > > > that they > > > > > > enable. > > > > > > > > > > > > Anyway, just wanted to rant at my disappointment with the world > > > > > being so... > > > > > > so...damn typical and unchanging. > > > > > > > > > > > > On another note: I wasn't quite sure of what I wanted to talk > > about > > > > > tonight > > > > > > on Jonny Goldstein's live Par-tay this evening. Now I know! I > > > > > invite you > > > > > > to come rant with us. The details of tonights show can be found > > > here: > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > < > > > > > > http://schlomolog.blogspot.com/2007/08/come-join-me-at-jonnys-par-tay.html > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Schlomo > > > > > > http://schlomolog.blogspot.com > > > > > > http://weknowhow.tv > > > > > > http://winkshow.com > > > > > > http://hatfactory.net > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > Jeffrey Taylor > > President/COO, Kinooga > > http://kinooga.com > > Mobile: +33625497654 > > Skype: thejeffreytaylor > > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > > > > > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > > -- http://geekentertainment.tv [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
