Good questions, Jeffrey. I'm packing up for may last day out here; let me write a brain dump when I get back to the states.
Tajee is also on this list; maybe she can chime in with her thoughts as well! I'm soo going to move here. On Jan 29, 2008 4:20 AM, Jeffrey Taylor <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > 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 -- Schlomo Rabinowitz http://schlomolog.blogspot.com http://hatfactory.net AIM:schlomochat [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
