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September 16, 2006
Dina Kaplan and her Fall VON Video Blogging Challenge: “Do a Video Blog”
blip.tv’s Dina Kaplan made her presence known within the IP Communications Blogosphere with the simple challenge she presented to us during the Blogging panel at Fall 2006 VON: “Do a Video Blog.”
I thought the challenge was simple enough; why not produce a video blog?
To date, both Alec Saunders and Andy Abramson have answered the question and Matthew Ingram has shared his thoughts. [EDIT:] Dina, Paul Kapustka and Brad Templeton have joined the conversation as well. And if it was up to Luca, he would prefer it if no one were to video blog.
This all said, one thing that was never discussed was the answer to the question “what exactly constitutes a Video Blog?” I first started exploring the realities of creating, producing and hosting a video blog about a year ago. I went from “playing with video” and the beta testing of Serious Magic’s Vlog It! to investing in the creation of a TV studio set in my office, something I refer to as pulver.TV. During 2006 pulver.TV was responsible for the on-site interviews we held on-site at our VON events and has been the brand associated with the video interviews we have been known to hold with some of the great people who visit pulver.com.
There is a great opportunity for all of us to leverage this new medium and deliver a much fuller message using video. During the past year I have used my own “user generated content” as a way to communicate with people within the IP Communication sector. Leading up to Fall 2006 VON and Video on the Net, a friend of mine caught me on video talking about Vividas which I leveraged as a way to promote Fall 2006 VON / Video on the Net. The interview I did last weekend with Steve Garfield is another example of what works as a video blog. As are the interviews I did with Dina Kaplan: @VON and podcamp. And the “user generated content @ Fall VON ” video (directed by Chris Brogan) that made up the “Happy Birthday Jeff” greeting is another example of video that works.
These days it is hard for me to imagine launching new websites without at least considering how to leverage video as a core element of the site. Our VONosphere site is an example of a new pulvermedia site that includes a weekly Video blog.
Now just because I may be passionate about Video doesn’t mean that it works all the time for all the right reasons, because it just doesn’t. But Video done the right way makes the world of difference.
This all said, working with video does require some level of full-time commitment and care and is more “work” than just putting together one’s thoughts for a text blog on any given Saturday afternoon.
View from my seat; Andy, Dan York, Martin Geddes. Blocked from view is Brough Turner and Om Malik (on Andy’s Laptop). Alec Saunders is to my right.
Alec Saunders
Dina Kaplan
Dina “Do a Video Blog” Kaplan
Andy Abramson
Tags: Broadcast 2.0, disruptive broadcasting, Dina Kaplan, VON, Jeff Pulver
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Posted by jeff on September 16, 2006 06:59 PM | Permalink
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Comments
Chris
Excellent article and work.. We are all on the tip of a massive iceburg with VLOG and VON. Cheers, mike from www.videokarma.com
Posted by: mike at September 17, 2006 02:11 PM
Chris - these are all great points.
And can we all say "Scriggity!!!"
Posted by: Jeff Pulver at September 16, 2006 05:23 PM
What struck me was the response when Dina asked her question. I heard lots of variations on it having to be perfect.
That's part of my motivation behind just how "raw" the user-generated video birthday card was for you. It was unformatted, the snap sound wasn't pulled out (something weird in my digital camera), and it had the rough flaws built in.
I did that for the blogging panel to say this: sometimes, it's the message, and other times, it's the polish. People want their dinner to be nicely presented. They want their airplanes to look fresh and new.
But their news? Lots of ways across that finish line. Just ask Scriggity.
Posted by: Chris Brogan... at September 16, 2006 05:03 PM