Wired magazine: The Secret World of Lonelygirl. How a 19-year-old actress and a few struggling Web filmmakers took on TV. Plus, Bob Garfield’s witty piece, YouTube vs. Boob Tube. TV advertising is broken, putting $67 billion up for grabs. Which explains why google spent a billion and change on an online video startup.
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Online video auteurs
From the Sunday New York Times Magazine: The Online Auteurs. Excerpt: For Kent Nichols [a friend whom I spoke with at the Vloggies the other night] and Douglas Sarine, the question was, What can you do in a squalid West Hollywood apartment with one camera, two guys and a ninja? Nichols, who is 30, and […]
Photos of the Vloggies
Here are some photos of last night’s Vloggies, the first videoblogging awards to honor the top vlogs. Among those I hobnobbed with during the night: Chuck Olsen, Jonny Goldstein, Lori Erickson, Robert Scoble, Dave Toole, Morty Wiggins, Mary Hodder, Steven Starr, Colette Vogele, Steve Garfield, Scott Beale, Thomas Hawk, Irina Slutsky, Bill Streeter, Enric Teller, […]
Up for a Vloggie award
My videoblog, Real People Network, has been nominated for a Best Interviews award in the first Vloggie awards. I’m also a judge, so I won’t be voting for my site, but you’re certainly free to do so, at this address.
Using the new online video editing sites
I spent a couple of hours today experimenting with the new breed of online video editing websites. I figured this would be a good way for me to post the video clips I’ve been taking with my Nokia N-90 smart phone. Alas, the experience wasn’t what I had hoped for. (Disclaimer: I know — and […]