I don't care about the name, just where is my site badge and web ring. I WANT A WEB RING!!!:) Anyway, on a slightly different yet same note, I just read an interesting post re: how Metacafe doesn't think non-US viewers are worth as much as US viewers of online video:
< http://willvideoforfood.com/2008/10/28/non-us-viewers-arent-as-valuable-metacafe-wont-pay-for-exus-views/ > On Tue, Oct 28, 2008 at 9:37 AM, Rupert <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > 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 > -- Schlomo Rabinowitz http://schlomo.tv - finally moving to wordpress http://hatfactory.net - relaxed coworking AIM:schlomochat [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
