I agree. We need to decide and avoid confusion. Videobloggingmonth2008 is too long, and i hate the word videoblogging because of the negative connotations among non-geeks.
I've created a poll here in the Yahoo Group. You can each choose one or more names. Vote! http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/videoblogging/surveys?id=2115573 Rupert http://twittervlog.tv PS We're not using the Ning site this year, Schlomo, we're going to be using a channel at Mefeedia, where we all add our feeds and sit back and watch. And comment. Or take the channel's feed and put it into Miro, or iTunes or Google Reader or whatever. So we can call it whatever we want :) On 28-Oct-08, at 11:07 AM, schlomo rabinowitz wrote: But it's not my call really. I just want an agreed upon way to facilitate the finding/viewing of the month of videos. On Tue, Oct 28, 2008 at 10:53 AM, Cheryl <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > 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] <videoblogging% 40yahoogroups.com>, > 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] <videoblogging% 40yahoogroups.com>, > 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] > > > > > -- 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] [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
