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2008-03-23 - Online Video

Recently Andrew Baron of Rocketboom laid some internet-smack on WebbAlert, Morgan Webb’s video show.

Webbalert may not be working because the show is not utilizing the medium properly (it’s trying to latch on to a formula and it’s not working it right) but also because it’s not adding any creative or authentic value, in my personal opinion. In discussions with my team at Rocketboom, I predicted the graph above because the show lacks creativity and authenticity and because its ineffective for a large portion of the audience it targets.

This is interesting, as there does seem to be a rush of formulaic daily video shows.

Cute Quirky Girl + Daily News = Success

It seems a bit like Baron is criticizing the genre of video blogs he helped create (note: he also lad into Wallstrip in his previous post), but there might be some truth to what he’s saying.

As an example, let’s compare Morgan Webb’s WebbAlert to a video created by Miranda July. You might say this comparison isn’t fair because Miranda has directed a movie and Morgan has hosts a video game review show on TV, but this is my comparison.

TechCrunch is also talking about this, making a long list of the female fronted shows. Check out their post Battle of the Podcasting Geek Chicks. Somehow RocketBoom isn’t on the list. Neither of Baron’s shows are on the list.


2008-03-21 - world water week

This was has been World Water Week. Over at Tap Project they have a list of restaurants that are participating in the event. It’s awareness of how important water is to other nations and how we take ours for granted. You should Check it out.


2008-03-19 - 301

I hit 300 posts on this blog yesterday. That’s pretty impressive to me considering there have been months where no updates have been made to the site. I’ve been “blogging” on the internet since 1999. You could argue that my Jason Newsted site on my AOL FTP pages constituted a blog back in 1996, but there was no RSS or comments associated with it.

In the time I’ve been blogging I started and graduated college. I’ve dated too many women I want to remember. I played in six bands and released five CDs. I met and married my wife. I had long hair, I had a shaved head, I had a mohawk, a shaved head and long hair once again. I got three dogs. I started my own company as a freelancer and then got hired as a full time producer. I went from an apartment to owning my first house to being on my way to purchasing an apartment with my wife.

So here’s to another 300 posts I suppose.


2008-03-18 - Obama’s Speech on Race

Barack Obama Delivering His Speech on Race

Normally I stay out of the politics on the internet, but this felt too big to ignore.

Barack Obama made a speech on race today that was very inspiring. Enjoy the speech.

Download the speech here.

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