Welcome to Vloggertising™℠.

I know full well I am going to take a few hits of criticism for titling my vlog "Vloggertising". I can take it. I have been working towards this day all along.

So where is the video? It's coming. I have to figure out how to use what I have, a old iMac (new hard drive but within week CRT began to fail), my cameras, a mac-mini, a old powerbook (the center of my video universe) then make them work together. While I work out some of the minor "technical difficulties" associated with updating to a new OS, I'll tell you how this name came about. I like the idea of community involvement. Blogging is great for folks that can write. Me. I am a visual dreamer-upper. I can imagine a lot more then I could ever put to words. I enjoy helping people and good causes. My background is entertainment. I am not content to just be interested in one thing and do it well. I like to try a bunch of things. Do them as best I can and look for new opportunities. Some things I have just not grown tired of trying. When I look back I have been accumulating everything I need to be happy. I now need to implement that accumulated pile of knowledge I call my life into a resource. Al Gore, thanks for the internet. I know you had no idea you were laying pipe for the next generations. Patiently I have followed (and I mean I couldn't afford to own a server, or the computer that I really wanted, needed) anticipating the day when I could easily make video and internet one. And then the "one" day came as I watched c-span I could be putting my video in the tubes of the internet. The coolest thing since the invention of ... mentos !!! A.nd that is what this whole site is about.

Mixing it up. Experimentation. Collaboration. Recognition.

I am a lucky member of the Yahoo group Videoblogging. A great group of the absolute friendliest and helpful people from around the world.

This past week I followed a thread of real interest to me. In a nutshell, how to be a vlogger and sell or not sell out to advertising. I don't think there is a debate here. Vlogging is personal. It is up to the individual whether or not use advertising for revenue or to make a purchase decision. I believe that the power of advertising and the future of Vlogging are interconnected. Some of you may really hate me now. I have had this floating in my head for a long time. A symmetrical thing. A real tele vision. A way to use video and mass communication, word of mouth style.

Video + Blogging+Advertising=Vloggertising

So that is it in brief. I had to start somewhere and sticking my neck out tonight seemed like as good a time as any.

I hope you enjoyed this rather mundane vlog entry. I will have taken a little more time on my next post and with any luck have a video or two.

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¶ 6:13 PM