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So I posted to few email lists I belong to that anyone was welcome to come to a free videoblog workshop on I’m helping teach this coming Sunday, May 1. This one guy emails me back suspiciously wanting to know our credentials.

So I emailed him back; OK we’ve got Michael Verdi, respected video educator, and creator of freevlog which has become the blueprint of countless vlogs. We’ve got Ryanne Hodson, former editor for Zoom, who just put together a vlog screening at Anthology Film Archives and produces a very popular videoblog. Then we’ve got Jay Dedman, education coordinator for what has to be one of the biggest community television operations on earth. He is one of the creators of ANT vlog subscription software, which he recently presented at the 2005 TED conference. And then there is little ol’ me, Jonny Goldstein.

So basically, I told the guy, we are up to the task. In fact if someone had $50,000 to find the best videoblogging teachers in the world, I don’t think they’d come up with a better crew. Then he emails me that he has no laptop, but can he do the workshop anyway? Hahahahaha! Hilarious this guy.

OK, so I was being a little obnoxious, but I have never felt like I have taught something with a better qualified group of people. The analogy would be like taking golf lessons from Tiger Woods. But how was this guy supposed to know this? So I guess his question was fair enough.

Anyway, if you have a video camera, have a laptop that can connect to the internet via wifi, and can get video off that camera and into your laptop, you too can learn how to make your own free videoblog this Sunday, May 1 from 1-3PM at Flux Factory in Long Island City, Queens. Directions here. We would love to have you.