The thing is, it's not Navlopomo in isolation. It springs from NaBloPoMo, which itself springs from NaNoWriMo. Both those things have been going on for years in a very international way, but haven't changed their names. Once something gets shortened, I don't think it matters what it stands for - it's the aims that count. I don't think any of the non-US vloggers minded it being NaVloPoMo last year.
And more than anything, I think it'd be confusing to change names at this point. Although if we did, I'd prefer a total change to something that doesn't sound so stupid. All my non-geek friends last year thought that the name was dumb, and got in the way of describing what it is. I mean, if you're going to have an acronym, make it a nice sounding short one, and make the name itself punchy. National Blog Posting Month or National Novel Writing Month just sound lame, let alone their shortened versions. If I could do it all again, I'd choose International Month of Online Video - IMOV. Unless there's a big weight of opinion on Twitter or here for one particular name, though, let's keep it as Navlopomo. If you feel strongly about doing otherwise, get petitioning! Rupert http://twittervlog.tv On 28-Oct-08, at 12:26 AM, Cheryl wrote: Last year there were several comments that it should be called International Vlog Posting Month (InVloPoMo) or International Vlogging Month (InVloMo). Because so many participants are outside the U.S. Not trying to start trouble - just pointing out there's still time to rechristen it so the name is more inclusive (and possibly easier to pronounce). And I'm SO in. Cheryl --- In [email protected], Rupert <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Last year, we had around 60 people signed up, and around 30-40 people > posted videos regularly. By the end of the month, we'd made over > 1000 videos. > > It was a last minute suggestion, that seemed like insanity, but it > turned out to be an incredible month of inspired collaborative fun. > > Not everybody managed all 30 days - I did 23, I think - but it didn't > matter. We all committed to the intention, and then watched each > other's videos every day, commented and made video responses. > > One video per day, every day in November... that's all you have to do :) > > It can be any type of video. Nothing is too small. In fact, the key > is to stop yourself from being too ambitious. > > Details to follow of how we're setting it up at Mefeedia. > > NOW - WHO'S IN? > > Rupert > http://twittervlog.tv > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
