So there has been a slew of sentiment and commentary on whether or not video blogging is for everyone; whether blogging will become as vapid as TV; does video convey information as effectively as text and the debate is being waged by fine folks like:
Brad Templeton, Dina Kaplan, Alec Saunders, Luca Filigheddu, Jeff Pulver, Mathew Ingram, Paul Kapustka, Robert Scoble and Rob Hyndman among others.
so two things:
1st:
"We’re not punk, we’re not New Wave, we’re Ant Music."
— Adam Ant
Bands don’t like to be labeled and I don’t like the idea of segregating the “blogosphere” by implying that a blogger’s (I believe vloggers are bloggers) choice of medium determines the quality of his or her work. I might be a great example of what people are talking about when they talk about shoddy production values, but this blog would make even less sense if it was prose alone.
2nd:
“Are some flowers more beautiful than others? The garden is beautiful. Do I prefer brother over brother? Comparisons are part of this political world. Where there is one, there is no conflict. Where there is two or more, there is conflict. Two is the devil. Conflict begin with the devil. We count 0 to 1, then back to 0. It is a circle.”
— Peter Tosh
Maybe that quote is a bit out there but I guess I am trying to say that we all should support each other. So keep on truckin’ all you people who make (or want to make) vlogs, linklogs, photoblogs, moblogs, podcasts and tumblelogs (maybe not those fuckin’ tumblelogs).
[tags]vlog, video blogging, vloggers, video[/tags]
