This is what I’m talking about.
Alexander from England is making videos that he doesnt record himself.
Instead he dives into the treasure trove called the Internet Archive.
Hundreds of hours of video is free for you to use..all licensed either under Public Domain or Creative Commons.
(Please educate yourself.)
Alexander has shown what a talented dude can do with open media.
Imagine what will happen when news and poltical video is easy to access.
It’s just the first step.
Check out this video.
You will see Clint SHOW you what he does day to day.
You’ll hear him tell you what’s going on.
In my book, whether you think it’s dull or amazing…says a lot about the viewer.
Choose wisely.
Clint Sharp is a new videoblogger who jumped into this world feet first.
Along with his wife, Mel, we are getting know who they are..as they live their life in Redmond, WA.
These are people you will not see on TV.
With dignity and humor, they translate their reality for us.
When I first starting videoblogging, this was my dream.
I could go online…and watch video that people have made about their lives.
I honestly never thought it’d be this good…and happen so fast.
A strong community has developed full of people from around the world with incredible experience and knowledge willing to help anyone learn to post video to the web.
Just watch this video…multiply it by a million…imagine every region in the world represented.
What will happen when we can show each other our lives with nothing between us?
Suddenly the rules change.
Here’s what a Videoblogging Workshop looks like.
We met from 1-3pm on two sundays.
The first sunday we went over making a blog, smaking a video, uploading a video to the web, and posting the video to the blog.
The next sunday we did troubleshooting, got everyone a feed, and showed them how to subscribe and watch other people’s work.
Basically we followed Freevlog.org
Here are the new videoblogs that came out of it.
Get ANT and subscribe to these feeds.
http://dlxx.blogspot.com
feed:http://feeds.feedburner.com
http://fluxfactory.blogspot
feed:http://feeds.feedburner.com
http://katzenroehrl.blogspot
feed:http://feeds.feedburner.com
http://vdemuth.blogspot.com
feed:http://feeds.feedburner.com
http://drinkingwithbob.blogspo
feed: http://feeds.feedburner.com/WhatsNextWhatsNextWhatsNext
I am proud that Videoblogging is organizing itself.
Videobloggers seem to intuitively understand that we need to spread far and wide.
why?
because when you start making and watching videoblogs you begin to feel more connected.
You want others to make videos…so you start teaching.
anyone who says "who cares what people say?"….confuses the hell out of me.
Some people are taught to really love their cage.
This Sunday, April 17th, Ryan Hodson, Michael Verdi, Jonny Goldstein and I are another Videoblogging Workshop.
It’ll be from 1-3pm at the Flux Factory.
We’ll hold another workshop at the same place on Sunday, May 1st.
Ryan made a video:
So did Jonny:
It’s not hard to get a workshop together.
Most art spaces, schools, community centers, cafes, etc love to host these classes.
Just ask any of the wi-fi places in your area.
After you get the space, get the word out.
All people need to bring is a laptop and camera.
You then basically show the videos you like, talk about the concepts and people, and jump into "how to make a videoblog" by following Michael Verdi’s Freevlog.
If you need help setting up a workshop in your town…send me a comment.
I can send you some of our documentation and videos we use.
Josh Leo out of Michigan started videoblogging about a month ago.
He found the Videoblogging group, followed the instructions, made a videoblog, and started posting.
But he seemed to feel that he missed the boat.
In January of 2004, Steve Garfield was the guy who made the battle cry.
Somtehig must of been in the air because a group of us started actively videoblogging since that summer…a time when no one was regularly posting video. It was a technically possible but overlooked part of blogging.
We grew to know each other well…eventhough we live around the world…because the richness of video has brought us close….and we chose to get personal and honest.
Since the ridiculously underplanned and highly successful Vloggercon in late January of 2005, Videoblogging has grown by leaps and bounds.
But because Josh felt an A-list was forming, he decided to make this video.
haha I love this.
What a classic video.
The last thing I want to hear is that Videoblogging is a cool club that excludes outsiders.
Videoblogging is simply a method of easily posting and distributing video to the web.
Communities will form…but I think we’re in a very open, naive period.
Like the summer of ‘67.
Things will change and we’ll all laugh at this time.
I guess "videoblogging" is still so new that it seems like a cool club.
It’s like when "skateboarding" started….it was only the freaks.
My dream is that one day there are so many people adding videos to their blogs that the Videoblogging Group is forgotten.
Posting video to the web will be as normal as sending email.
And we’ll all know so much more about each other and the world around us, but who started it all won’t matter.
Who started email?
Who cares.
So Josh, the newest person is the most important.
Each of us has the responsibility to teach someone else.
You arent new anymore so you better be welcoming those new comers so they dont feel left out.
Keep helping us crush the cool clubs.
Over the past couple months, Ive spent much of my time teaching videoblogging to people who don’t know much about blogging in general. In this context, blogging is simply a delivery system for short videos. It’s all about the video.
But on Saturday May 7th, I am leading a discussion on videoblogging at BlogNashville…a regional blogging conference.
Since it’s a discussion, I’ll be doing a lot of listening.
I’m curious to see how these pro bloggers see how video fits into the current blogsphere.
Most of them seem to be doing just fine with text.
Ryan and I will begin by SHOWING plenty of good examples of videoblogs from the past 6 months when videobloging really started taking off.
The work is so varied and rich.
Then we are going to briefly layout how experienced bloggers can add video to their existing blogs.
I know I’m going to get a good education out of this session.
I’m open to suggestions from anyone on what I should do.
Just leave a comment.
You know we’ll be videoblogging our experience in Nashville.
Jeff Jarvis spreads his "exploding TV" meme.
(he’s the guy who used Visual Communicator to make a couple videos.)
He’s more of a thinker/writer than a videoblogger.
Hear his interview on NPR’s "On the Media".
(about 7 minutes)
Nothing really new…but nice to hear the magic of videoblogging reach into traditional media.
Wish people would talk about RSS and subscribing to feeds.
I find this is the newest and most confusing concept for people to grog.
Meet Renegade out of San Francisco.
For Videoblogging Week 2005, she did the best series of videos I’ve seen lately.
(VB 2005 was where a whole crew of videobloggers from around the world posted a video a day for seven days.) In 7 days, she showed us how to make homemade silkscreens…and then made a T-shirt series for Videoblogging Week itself.
Such skill and flawless talent.
Do people understand what’s going on here?
she made this whole thing out of her house, just for other people.
Its sick.
She must be mentally ill.
why would anyone do this?
she did it for other people.
Following all seven videos…you could actually figure out how to make your own silkscreen.
Do me a favor…buy a T-shirt from her in honor of Videoblogging Week 2005.
Ive just ordered mine.
Chuck Olsen is a huge inspiration for me.
Not becasue he has a great blog.
or because he directd, shot, edited, and produced a great documentary.
But becasue of this single video.
Never have a seen a person create such a clear document on why copyright laws are so ridiculous.
He does it with such fun and integrity and fuck you.
mommy, i have hope in the future.
i think we can do it.
we dont have to be stupid and sad and caging ourselves.
(or if we do at least we can record it on our videoblogs for our grandkids to see).
thanks chuck for welcoming me to the future.
It’s official.
Steve Garfield has gotten his local city councilman to get a videoblog.
holy cow.
Imagine a time when all politicians have their own videoblogs.
Yes, some will be typical: slick, engineered….like present political TV commercials.
They will suck and no one will watch them.
I can also imagine a person wanting to run for local office.
He/she doesnt have the big money…but uses a videoblog to talk directly to the people.
Through comments on the blog, a dialogue can begin.
In this way, traditonal TV and newspapers can no longer determine who it is we listen to.
It will be more difficult for the two major parties to control the conversation.
I always balk out how everthing is strictlky black and white in public discourse.
Wider conversations in videolbogs could be a reality IF people step up and use it.
A local politician carries a little digital camera with him/her and records moments along the way.
Looks into the camera when ideas strike him/her and records them.
Posts them to their videoblog.
Who has the courage?
Anyway, here is John Tobin’s video feed that you can subscribe to in ANT or mefeedia.
Good job Steve.