There’s nothing I like more than a good blog-o-spheric brouhaha, and we have one right now. At an internet media industry event known as VON, Dina Kaplan of Blip.TV challenged text bloggers to become video bloggers. One of them, Andy Abramson, took on the challenge and posted his first video. Alec Saunders, who was less than impressed with Andy’s maiden effort, wrote a post addressed to Dina about why he doesn’t plan to vlog. Various others have chimed in and I thought I would too, but in video form. Will Alec Saunders vlog? I don’t know, but even if I don’t persuade him, I enjoyed the wasabi peanuts I ate while shooting this. And that is a nose flute by the way.
Update—Now Dina Kaplan has made her own video about why Alec Saunders should vlog.
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8 responses so far ↓
Verdi // Sep 17, 2006 at 3:05 pm
Awesome!
Devlon // Sep 17, 2006 at 3:13 pm
I totally agree with you Jonny. The examples you cite would require a lot of people loosen the hell up and show themselves…that’s not something everyone is that eager to do.
And that is why videoblogging is so special to some people. The people that do open up and show themselves really connect.
Paris Marashi // Sep 17, 2006 at 6:51 pm
Yay! This was so great! and funny! love it!
ryanne // Sep 17, 2006 at 7:43 pm
nice rebuttal
glitch p-udding // Sep 18, 2006 at 1:16 pm
very funny.
and damn convincing.
randy // Sep 19, 2006 at 4:54 am
hows it going i havent checke out your blog in a while.cool video, when they were talking aubot low production vaule, they were probly talking aubot my vlog.
randy
MGU // Sep 19, 2006 at 2:15 pm
Dear Jonny, Your message to Alec is a perfect argument against vlogging. You used a lot of space and time to say very little, and did it badly. A competent blogger could have made all your points in, at most, three lines. Furthermore, a reader would have been spared your inarticulate antics.
Member of the Great Unwashed
Jonny Goldstein // Sep 19, 2006 at 6:23 pm
Dear Member of the Great Unwashed,
Different strokes for different folks! Thanks for stopping by, come again, no soap required.
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