Last year on my "Half Way Day" post, 2 people outside the US said they wished it were named "International" to reflect that we're not all in the US.
I think "videobloggingmonth2008" is good. Except the tag is so long. I also like just VloPoMo08 or VloMo08 - but not schlomo08 ;) Cheryl --- In [email protected], Rupert <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Having said all that... > > How about just plain old Videoblogging Month? > > #videobloggingmonth2008? > > Opinions please. > > Rupert > http://twittervlog.tv > > On 28-Oct-08, at 9:37 AM, Rupert 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 > > 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 <rupert@> 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] > > > > > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] >
