{"id":524,"date":"2006-09-15T17:50:57","date_gmt":"2006-09-15T21:50:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.mathewingram.com\/work\/2006\/09\/15\/video-blogging-isnt-for-everyone\/"},"modified":"2006-09-15T17:50:57","modified_gmt":"2006-09-15T21:50:57","slug":"video-blogging-isnt-for-everyone","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mathewingram.com\/work\/2006\/09\/15\/video-blogging-isnt-for-everyone\/","title":{"rendered":"Video-blogging isn’t for everyone"},"content":{"rendered":"

Wise words from my friend Alec Saunders, the CEO of Ottawa-based “presence-based” software company iotum, who writes on his blog<\/a> about why he doesn’t do video clips or do a “vlog” as the kids say. Apparently vlogger Dina Kaplan of oneminutenews.tv talked Andy Abramson into doing a video post, but Alec says he has no intentions of following suit. Is it because he doesn’t think he’s attractive enough for video? No (although that’s probably one reason I haven’t done one — some people have a face for print, if you know what I mean).<\/p>\n

Among other things, Alec says he doesn’t find video a very good way of getting information across, which is why he doesn’t follow many vlogs — and I would agree. Video is very good for some things, but getting across concepts or information is not one of them, unless you have a whole pile of time and some really compelling speakers who are properly trained and edited. What video is<\/i> good for is entertainment<\/a> (obviously) and also for giving you a sense of someone as a person rather than as a writer. A minute of watching Andy can give you a whole different impression than you get just reading his blog, and that is arguably worthwhile too. <\/p>\n

None of this is meant to take away from the great stuff that is done by Rocketboom or my friend Amber MacArthur<\/a> or any of the other talented video journalists and vloggers out there. I am not one of those high priests of print who thinks all video is trash. I just think it’s good for some things and not for others. Alec also makes another interesting point, which is that whatever information is in a video clip can’t be indexed easily or searched or referred to easily (although Google and others are working hard on that). I think that’s an important thing.<\/p>\n

Although I have to admit it would be kind of fun to see a vlog-cast with Jeff Pulver and Alec and Andy all doing the Hawaaian shirt thing \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n

Update:<\/b><\/p>\n

Jeff — who is moving from emphasizing Voice on Net (which he pioneered) to Video on Net — has posted some thoughts<\/a> about his use of video, and Mark Evans has a response here<\/a>. Dina Kaplan has also posted a comment on Alec’s blog, which he has broken out<\/a> as a separate post. Pulver blogger Paul Kapustka<\/a> also has some points that are worth reading. And now the Scobleizer has weighed in<\/a> — but of course, podcasting and v-logging is his game now \ud83d\ude42 And Ben Metcalfe, who seems like a smart guy, makes a similar point<\/a> to Alec’s, which is that video has to be consumed in a manner and at a speed dictated by the producer, whereas text can be randomized and indexed to a far greater extent. I would also join in my friend Rob Hyndman’s plea not to turn blogging into TV<\/a>. However, Andrew Baron of Rocketboom notes that video-blogs are making their way into the top ranks of the blogosphere (at least as measured by Technorati) at an increasing rate<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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Wise words from my friend Alec Saunders, the CEO of Ottawa-based “presence-based” software company iotum, who writes on his blog about why he doesn’t do video clips or do a “vlog” as the kids say. Apparently vlogger Dina Kaplan of oneminutenews.tv talked Andy Abramson into doing a video post, but Alec says he has no … <\/p>\n

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