Comments on: Have Money Will Vlog

By: Administrator

Administrator — Wed, 31 May 2006 20:30:03 +0000

Hey Q,
I admit that in my experiment video, without any other context, the two “credits” look very similar. There is a huge difference though. The reason for my credit is because of the nature of the Internet, I know that my video will not stay connected to the blog post. The michaelverdi.com credit at the end is an attempt to provide a link back as it were to the source document. If I was smarter about how my blogsoftware worked, I could probably put the exact permalink at the end instead of just the top level domain. I actually resent the idea brought up by many commenters on that post that it is my “brand.” That’s completely off base. I’m a human being, not a product. The person that you get to know here on my videoblog is really me. It’s not some fictionalized version of me. Some would argue that all media is abstracted from the real in some way. I say that’s true in an academic sense but not always in the practical. I’m sure that if you met me in person you’d have the same reaction I’ve had after meeting and becoming friends with many videobloggers – “he’s just like he is on his videoblog!” That’s because I’m not doing this to further my brand or promote myself. I’m documenting my life, thoughts, experiences, family, daydreams and whatever else comes to mind. It’s really just for me first and formost. Second to that, it’s a way to keep in touch with friends and family. I also, coming from a performance art background, look at it intellectually like the artifact or documentation of an ongoing private performance piece called “my life.”

By: Verdi

Verdi — Sun, 28 May 2006 14:10:16 +0000

Hey Emily, you're exactly right. That's why we started NODE101 last year. Check it out.

By: Emily Eifler

Emily Eifler — Sun, 28 May 2006 04:36:10 +0000

Hi. This is so intresting. I linked here from Wikipedia also. I dont currently have a vlog up but I am working on it. Something that I tried to find in my research was a regional collection of follow vloggers who got together to help one another out on bigger projects so that might be another idea for your project. I just graduated from Film/Theatre school and one of the things you learn early on is that people can somtimes be much more valuble than money.

By: Q

Fri, 26 May 2006 14:29:22 +0000

my camera is waiting to be bought. literally a week or so, and then you’ll see more of me, i hope.

By: Q

Fri, 26 May 2006 14:27:47 +0000

i’m here because i linked from wikipedia. while i agree with your “anarchistic” statement (as wikipedia would protray it) that we should not place a definition (as they are limiting) on what is vlogging,i take exception to your representation of your own advertisement for yourself versus your imaginary RUN “swoosh” example.though i loathe Nike’s business practices, it is false to represent your own interests as being different from theirs. though i genuinely believe that you hope for something different, the historical model is rife with corruption.

sorry.

By: Evan

Evan — Fri, 26 May 2006 04:05:09 +0000

I don’t have time to check out your site now but I think it would be awesome if the people who donate to these causes somehow get to choose which projects the site funds through polls etc. You’re probably already ahead of me on that stuff but that’s a suggestion just in case you hadn’t thought of it yet. Donating to vlogging is a much better investment than renting a movie. I can just watch vlogs instead!