Hey dear Richard and Heath and everyone, Your posts really got to me in a visceral way. Great questions; ones that deserve an evening at a bar over ancient single malt.
There WAS a HUGE long thread about this issue. http://tinyurl.com/yqvgmm Well, not that huge... Give me a call, Richard :) Note new phone # Fond / warm regards, Jan On 8/23/07, Heath <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > That's an interesting question Richard. One I struggled with to be > honest. > > At first I really didn't want people to know a lot about me. Part of > the reason I adopted the persona of "The Batman Geek" was for that > reason. Now to be honest part of the reason for the "Batman Geek" > was one, I really do like Batman and two, I was trying to create > a "hook" for my batman geek "show". I had this silly notion that I > could create a show and talk about geeky toy things and become a huge > star. (no, I do not take drugs, although I can understand why some > may think I do.) > > But a funny thing happened, I really started enjoying the very > personal nature of videoblogging. And I started to get to know > people and I became less worried about people finding out who I > really am. Yes there are risks, and to be honest there is still a > ton people DON'T know about me. As I am sure is the case with most. > Maybe not on this list but I venture to guess that outside the list > it is very true. > > What are the risks? employeers seeing me run in the street with > scissors or talk about my depression and go. "No, thanks" Some > stranger showing up at my house and cleaning me out. And so on and > so on. > > But the other side is that I get to meet some really cool people and > make real world connections that I otherwise would never have. I > mean if I had met Jay, or Michael or Ryann or a few others on the > street randomly....I would have been like "no way" but through > vlogging I got to know the people and the people are pretty cool. > Don't always have to like or agree, but hey I love my wife and we > fight so.... > > Honestly now I wish I was not the "batman geek" I wish I was just > Heath, because to be honest sometime I think people see "batman geek" > and go, "who the $%&* is this guy?" But I can't control that so, I > just try to be myself and let the chips fall where they may. > > So do I care about privacy, sure I do, there are some things I keep > to myself, like the thing with my family, although I did share a bit > about my Dad, I took down the post a week later because well.....it > was personal and private and should stay that way for now. some > conversations and dialogue are best suited face to face or with close > friends, not everyone. > > But do I care you know I live in Cincinnati, that I like Batman, that > I love to have conversation, that I believe in God, that I love my > wife and kids and that I have some of the most amazing friends on the > planet and that my world has been turned upside down the minute I > fould freevlog on the web? Not at all....... > > Heath > http://batmangeek.com > > This post probably was all over and lord knows I am sure I misspled a > lot of stuff but just speaking from my heart, so.. ;) > > --- In videoblogging@yahoogroups.com, "Richard (Show) Hall" > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > Disclosure: This post is part of my on-going attempt to relate my > research, > > which is a big part of what I do for a living, with my passion > (which is, of > > course is vlogging), so, if you answer this post, you will be > influencing > > on-going discussions about my student's thesis project. > > > > Having said that, we're talking about this broad issue of privacy, > and how, > > as you know, there are a lot of people who are afraid to put like > anything > > on the web. And, of course, there are many frightening anecdotes > going > > around (true and not) about privacy issues and the web. > > > > So, as we're discussing this fundamental issue, relating to the > web, I'm > > wondering why I've never worried about this. Of course I plaster my > own face > > all over my videos, and my wife's and even my children and grand > children > > are in some of my videos, and I'm sure it wouldn't be hard to get > my home > > address somewhere in my web sites etc ... so I'm wondering what's > odd about > > me (with regard to lack of privacy concerns - not all the other odd > stuff > > about me :) > > > > And I note that the "culture" on this list seems to be very open - > for > > example, I often find cell phone numbers on some of the most active > list > > participants on their sites, or even in email signatures ... as a > group, it > > seems to me that we are very open in that way. I remember, in one > video, Jay > > Dedman showing his new apartment, and commenting that the extra > room was for > > anyone watching who needed an extra room when they were in New York > > > > I don't remember any very lengthy/serious thread in more than two > years on > > the list where anyone discussed the issue of dangers associated > with posting > > videos of yourself on the web. > > > > I had never given this much thought in the past, but as I think > about it, I > > guess, the main reasons *I* don't seem to care about privacy are: > > > > 1) Nothing bad has happened to me so far, for posting my stuff all > over the > > web, with the exception that there have been a few times that it > was sort of > > professionally awkward, when one of my academic colleagues finds > videos of > > me, with my fat belly hanging out, jumping into cold water. > > > > ... When my 83 year old mother first saw any of my videos, she was > concerned > > that people at the National Science Foundation, who often fund my > research, > > would see these videos and quit funding any of my work. My response > to her > > was that, if they quite giving money for projects that they think > are worthy > > of funding, because one of the investigators has video of > themselves doing > > silly things on the web, then I'm really worried about the National > Science > > Foundation, not me. > > > > 2) I feel a strong sense of openness within the vlog group and the > web > > culture in general, so that we take advantage of all the things this > > openness can afford (like me bugging Michael Verdi with a mac > question > > because I can find his cell phone number on the web), or, more > importantly, > > I can get to know people by watching their own videos etc ... > > > > ... I'm wondering if the nature of video bloggers is that we are at > the > > farthest open end of this dimension, because we are people who > wanted to put > > videos of ourselves on the web, and then I wonder is this just a > > characteristic of those hams, like me, who do put lots of video of > ourselves > > on the web, whereas I know a lot of my video blogging friends who > actually, > > rarely, show themselves on camera ... > > > > ... Anyway, I would love to hear any of your thoughts on this topic. > > > > ... Richard > > > > -- > > Richard > > http://richardhhall.org > > Shows > > http://richardshow.org > > http://inspiredhealing.tv > > > > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > > > > > > > Yahoo! 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