Thanks for reporting on this, Schlomo. The thing I love about these events is how the activities all cross-pollinate, there's elements of past events in Vlog People and some new elements (workflow discussions) that we'll definitely use for Vlog Europe.
So here's my questions for you or anyone else in Japan who feels they can answer: What, above all else, do you think motivates people to vlog in Japan? Are there cultural barriers that the Japanese have to "get over" in order to blog? Were most of the attendees from Tokyo, or were many regions of Japan represented? Beyond the most excellent and affable Tajee, do you see any individuals or groups coming forward to bring existing videobloggers together and teaching people how to videoblog? On 28/01/2008, schlomo rabinowitz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Hey all > I just finished being a part of the first videoblogging conference/meetup > here in Tokyo, Japan-- what an amazing group of videobloggers here!! > > What was good about it is that the first day consisted of talks around how > to easily videoblog (not just youtube, but a variety of services), as well > as some of the more popular Japanese videobloggers talked about their > workflow. Some work in groups, others work solo. Some are richly edited > pieces, others are talking heads... just like the rest of us. > > A couple of the presenters: > > Megwin, one of the most popular vloggers here, does so well that MTV Japan > signed him up to do one video a day for 365 days. What I love about his > stuff is that his comedy transcends language so non-japanese folks can > understand him. Check him out: <http://megwin.com> > > Another is Tokyo Drift, which is a group travelouge type site. They all > work remotely and use Senduit to exchange files and rough edits, then use > a > private youtube account to show the final edit so they can all approve it, > then it goes live. They came to SF for MacWorld; I wish I knew that so I > could have shown them SF as they have shown me Tokyo. They are here: < > http://tokyodrift.jp/> > > And that is just two. > > Video People 2008 had about 200 people in attendance! Much larger than > they > even expected; and the group was really into learning about videoblogging; > many of them already have fledgling sites started. > > The next day, a bunch of us met up to do this Tokyo Hunt < > http://dougajin.com/tokyo_hunt/>, which was just a reason to go run around > the city and videotape whatever. (My group went to eat Fugu-- which I've > always wanted to do). Now we are all editing the footage to put up onto > the > site. Stickam.jp livecasted us. Pretty interesting. > > Anyway, I just want to shout out to Tajee for putting on an amazing > event!! > (her videoblog is here: <http://amino-tajee.com/>) She should be really > proud. > > I'm coming back for next year, definitely. > > You can see some of my quick reports from here in Tokyo on my blog. My > edited footage is coming up-- havent had time to sit and edit out here; > too > busy seeing the city! > > -- > Schlomo Rabinowitz > http://schlomolog.blogspot.com > http://hatfactory.net > AIM:schlomochat > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > > -- Jeffrey Taylor Mobile: +33625497654 Fax: +33177722734 Skype: thejeffreytaylor Googlechat/Jabber: [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://twitter.com/jeffreytaylor [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
