I was curious to know if there are any AGSers out there who video blog on Youtube?
I do! ;)
http://www.youtube.com/profile?user=lovelymaiden
Your Frizz Blog is a really good thing to watch while stoned
I use YouTube as a video-curriculum of public domain songs...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Ur0thndbKo
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PAkqVZFu5I8
I'm not proud of either of my entries so far, but I've got loads of time. I'm only 21, fer chrissake.
Wow.. Even though you talk about absolutely nothing, I find watching you talk captivating. I want to date a girl like you, because you could talk for hours and I wouldn't have to say anything... lol, I like it that way. I love to listen.
I've thought about doing a VBlog but I'm not really that interesting or beautiful.
[lgm], I happen to know of the perfect girl for you. :P The woman never stops.
Quote from: [lgm] on Sat 10/03/2007 22:05:34
I've thought about doing a VBlog but I'm not really that interesting or beautiful.
Fishing for pity will get you nowhere ;)
You have a good radio-voice and you're at least very passionate about the stuff you do, which is interesting enough for many people, I'd say. Actually, go start one right now, I dare you.
Oh and in order not to hi-jack the thread....good job, Coffee Lady. And you look a bit like Avril Lavigne, but with more make-up.
I guess I myself prefer blogs which are more "themed", so to speak, with more defined topics and not just ramblings. But I guess it can be a good outlet when you feel a bit down and blase, or just crazy.
Coffee lady you look quite lovely. And your cute little danced touched me so much, that I had to post there. :)
Thanks :)
Yay :P so cute daughter you got :P.
Looks like she like the wrapping paper? :P.
So does my nephew its so cute ;D.
What is that song called? on the one where you dances?
Peder Johnsen.
You know, I rather read blogs than listen to them. And writing stuff gives a more intellectual feeling than just, you know, saying stuff. I mean, when I write, I never use things like "you know, like, I mean, you know, like like stuff" etc etc, because I watch what I write, but I doubt anyone would make a videojournal by reading from a paper...
Aw, you guys, thanks for the comments! If you keep this up you're going to make my husband jealous. ;) Blogging is actually a great outlet to vent or just talk about stuff you feel strongly about - I would definately recommend it to anyone. On another note, I was pleasently surprised to find the Quest for Glory II remake preview video by AGD Interactive on Youtube - I really can't wait to play that game!! :D
The videos look neat :)
I actually prefer writing for my blogpage than making video blogs; but I had recorded some journal intended videos while I was in holiday to take photos for my game (which was using photos as backgrounds and I gave up developing). They were in English -not my mothertongue-, I was intending to broadcast that journal videos on net after releasing that game (in order to prepare a Making Of ... stuff).
I think I will upload them anyway...
I don't use words not video when i blog, i draw. Personally i find it to be a better way to express myself, as I rarely have anything interesting to say, and getting through with comics is a lot easier. For those of you interested: http://inthehurf.blogspot.com/
I don't want to offend anyone, but I've always thought of life-blogging as very selfish and self-centered. I've never read personal blogs and I hope I never have to. I understand that for some people it acts as a diary and a way to vent, as you said, but I just find the whole culture of self-advertising so self-obsessive and attention-seeking.
However, for me it's a completely different thing when what you're saying has relevence to the lives of other people or has societal value, or when you're creating something with each post that is valuable to others. So, basically when an important person has a blog, I don't have a problem with it, unless of course he or she is speaking about something totally irrelevent to his or her field. In contrast, I love art and sketch blogs, because I get very much out of them, and at least I know the author has put some effort into them.
Of course, there are different variables of value to different people. Someone may get satisfaction and comfort from some emo kid blogging about his miserable life, but that's my point. It comes down to what value the 'diary' has to other people. I guess what I'm saying is that when the public blog's importance exceeds personal pandering, it's ok in my book :). I still think people today are way too self-obsessed and self-important :D.
You know, I kind of agree. I hardly tend to write my own diary. I mean, people should have their own lifes, not some other guys. And I couldn't really find someone else's diary interesting unless it was about me. So when I blog I hardly ever write about my daily routines unless there's something for everyone there. Like the fact that I wrote about my trip to Hungary, but basically in the way of describing Hungary, not my every move...
*drool*
Fallout 2 loving girl?
*drool*
:o
Coffee Lady, that latest videoblog of yours /"Blues"/ seems quite surreal to me, I can picture it with Badalamenti music in the background.
Quote from: Vel on Sun 11/03/2007 22:26:18
Coffee Lady, that latest videoblog of yours /"Blues"/ seems quite surreal to me, I can picture it with Badalamenti music in the background.
Lol, sorry about that... that was yesterday and I was in one of those moods... Thank God I wasn't listening to Badalamenti while doing the video, I would have been sobbing the whole time. Pregnancy hormones sure are a pain. ::)
Quote from: voh on Sun 11/03/2007 22:08:34
*drool*
Fallout 2 loving girl?
*drool*
:o
Fallout is awesome!! The first two are by far the best, I wish they would make more! :'(
Fallout 3 is supposed to be produced by Bethesda (the Elder Scrolls guys) and Interplay (the guys with the corporate website with comic sans as their font *scowl*) are supposed to create a Fallout MMORPG, which is going to suck.
We'll just have to accept that Fallout 1 and 2 are what we're going to have to hold other CRPG's to, and just enjoy them as they are.
Also, video blogging? Not my cup of tea, but I've gotta say you've got a charming way with words. Keep it up, a lot of people seem to enjoy it so you've found your audience :)
Andail: I don't need no stinkin' pity parties! :-p But consider your dare accepted. I'll get back to you in a few days time.
Coffee Lady: Is it your intent to come off as a spokeswoman in your blogs? lol, it seems like in every blog you advertise something... Whether it's bubble bath, curling irons, or terrible movies :) It doesn't bother me, but it's something I noticed.
QuoteI don't want to offend anyone, but I've always thought of life-blogging as very selfish and self-centered. I've never read personal blogs and I hope I never have to. I understand that for some people it acts as a diary and a way to vent, as you said, but I just find the whole culture of self-advertising so self-obsessive and attention-seeking.
Not offended, though I'd provide my viewpoint.
I have much respect for people that are capable of pouring out their unconscious without fear of retaliation.
I could never do personal video blogs that dealt with things I really cared about and placed them on display them for the world, I am still far too self-conscious and rely often in public on my crafted ego-shell which includes things like taste in music, movies etc, which I don't really consider a part of my identity anymore but merely of playing a role.
I'd love to explore the innermost crevices of my mind, and it seems that recording a video of the process of delving into the unconscious, exposing one's center, examining it and picking it apart could be a liberating and enlightening process, but I don't know if I could ever show it to anyone or even dare to watch it myself.
So I mainly do introspection through writing, which requires more thought and conscious effort, and therefore my unconscious mediates through the constructed role-ego-identity and is filtered by it.
This way, I guess my writings do not reveal as much of me as a video would, but it is a less dramatic (and longer) process of bringing together the unconscious and the public identity act.
Personal blogging is IMO a very important thing, a "spiritual" journey, and the good thing with personal blogging is probably that it challenges the observers to begin a journey of self-discovery of their own which they can reject by holding on to their constructed identities and attacking and ridiculing the poster.
Sure, in the beginning, those videos might only show the conscious self that is displayed in public, and seem self-obsessive or attention seeking, but such a process of pouring out one's heart to the world will hopefully lead to connecting the ugly unconscious as a part of the public identity, free the bloggers to be flawed but fuller individuals. Maybe at some point, everything of importance has been said and the blogging stops. Then those people have probably gained satisfactory knowledge of themselves.
All self-expression (art, music, writing) gives glimpses from the unconscious, this just might be the most dramatic option available.
voh - there's still a F3 in development? I thought it had been cancelled a long time ago.
Quote from: voh on Mon 12/03/2007 00:54:51
Also, video blogging? Not my cup of tea, but I've gotta say you've got a charming way with words. Keep it up, a lot of people seem to enjoy it so you've found your audience :)
Thank you, I appreciate your support, Voh! :)
Quote from: [lgm] on Mon 12/03/2007 07:10:07
Coffee Lady: Is it your intent to come off as a spokeswoman in your blogs? lol, it seems like in every blog you advertise something... Whether it's bubble bath, curling irons, or terrible movies :) It doesn't bother me, but it's something I noticed.
That wasn't really my intent, lol! I try to make my blogs interesting and show things that are important to me in my daily life. Isin't it better than getting attention by showing off my boobs? ;D
biothlebop, great post. I hadn't considered that angle of the matter.
Quote from: biothlebop on Mon 12/03/2007 11:15:09
QuoteI don't want to offend anyone, but I've always thought of life-blogging as very selfish and self-centered. I've never read personal blogs and I hope I never have to. I understand that for some people it acts as a diary and a way to vent, as you said, but I just find the whole culture of self-advertising so self-obsessive and attention-seeking.
Not offended, though I'd provide my viewpoint.
I have much respect for people that are capable of pouring out their unconscious without fear of retaliation.
I could never do personal video blogs that dealt with things I really cared about and placed them on display them for the world, I am still far too self-conscious and rely often in public on my crafted ego-shell which includes things like taste in music, movies etc, which I don't really consider a part of my identity anymore but merely of playing a role.
I'd love to explore the innermost crevices of my mind, and it seems that recording a video of the process of delving into the unconscious, exposing one's center, examining it and picking it apart could be a liberating and enlightening process, but I don't know if I could ever show it to anyone or even dare to watch it myself.
So I mainly do introspection through writing, which requires more thought and conscious effort, and therefore my unconscious mediates through the constructed role-ego-identity and is filtered by it.
This way, I guess my writings do not reveal as much of me as a video would, but it is a less dramatic (and longer) process of bringing together the unconscious and the public identity act.
Personal blogging is IMO a very important thing, a "spiritual" journey, and the good thing with personal blogging is probably that it challenges the observers to begin a journey of self-discovery of their own which they can reject by holding on to their constructed identities and attacking and ridiculing the poster.
Sure, in the beginning, those videos might only show the conscious self that is displayed in public, and seem self-obsessive or attention seeking, but such a process of pouring out one's heart to the world will hopefully lead to connecting the ugly unconscious as a part of the public identity, free the bloggers to be flawed but fuller individuals. Maybe at some point, everything of importance has been said and the blogging stops. Then those people have probably gained satisfactory knowledge of themselves.
All self-expression (art, music, writing) gives glimpses from the unconscious, this just might be the most dramatic option available.
Quote from: Helm on Mon 12/03/2007 14:36:06
biothlebop, great post. I hadn't considered that angle of the matter.
I couldn't agree more!
Which isn't to say I would ever put videos of myself talking about whatever online. I think you'd get the effect bio is talking about just by watching them back yourself after, perhaps a few select people too. I too find the 'broadcast yourself' mentality of the recent internet age to be a bit of a turn-off.
I see it more as a video portfolio of one's self, whatever video you put on your page is like writing on a clean slate, showing who you are and what you are about - even if it's just to add your favorite videos you fell upon. At first I wasn't inclined to make video blogs, I was afraid of criticism and judgement. But after posting a few videos I noticed that it brings me a feeling of satisfaction, pride and accomplishment. I know that in most of my videos, I'm just rambling away about boring everyday stuff but to me it's important and that's why I'm video blogging to start with - I'm doing it for me.
I'm certain it does it for you on some levels you describe for you to keep doing it. I just wouldn't feel well doing it personally because my set of ethics (which I didn't choose but rather adopt and mutate over time naturally) would make me feel bad if I 'broadcasted myself'. So it isn't so much a judgement over what you're doing being bad according to your standards, but just according to mine.
Quote from: Coffee Lady on Mon 12/03/2007 15:54:42
...but to me it's important and that's why I'm video blogging to start with - I'm doing it for me.
Yes, but in this case, why make it public?
If it is just for you as you say (which is perfectly resonable and respected, and do remember that I enjoyed your videoblogs), then why post it? Why let others know of this?
Of course in a simmilar way, I post too much on most forums and let everyone know about myself and my family etc... (which can ge irretating... :p) but still I do it, because exactly I want others to know...
:-\
You guys are looking way too much into this, lol!
I broadcast my videos because it's a large community and enables me to make friends and communicate with them, as well as express how I'm feeling. I respect that there are some of you out there who don't necessarily agree with what I'm doing... I just want to make it clear that I'm not trying to force video blogging on anyone. ;)
I think video blogging for some people is like a mirror (except without the natural distortion of a mirror), due to the automaticism of cameras. In essense, making a video of yourself allows "you" to become the "other". That's what mirrors are all about, right? Simulating a view of ourselves from the eyes of another. It all has to do with the disjunct between our mind and our body--who we think we are, and who others perceive us to be.
Yeah, good point, Geoffkhan.
In essence I think many types of communities cater for the same needs. Whether you share your artwork, your photos, your texts or poems etc; what you actually pursue is simply to be a part of a context, a piece of the great puzzle. That's why all those communities are primarily about friends-making and returning favours. People have their own centers/homepages, and it's all about gathering comments and guestbook entries. That's why comments are seldom sincere, elaborate criticism, they are just meant to say "I have seen you. You're now a part of my world. Now you need to head over to my page and see me."
In extension, blogs are just another medium for this, cutting some middle activity; now what you create is the pure you, about you, nothing else than you. The videoblog becomes the prime example of this jigsaw piece. You don't need to produce something any longer, you don't need to come up with something original, it can be only you doing nothing, but it won't matter, people won't be less inclined to comment or give guestbook entries. You've just made life easier for them, for now they don't have to pretend that they actually read all that goth-poetry or appreciated those 32 manga-sketches you published in your gallery, now they can cut to the chase and honestly say: "I've seen you now."
QuoteLol, sorry about that... that was yesterday and I was in one of those moods... Thank God I wasn't listening to Badalamenti while doing the video, I would have been sobbing the whole time. Pregnancy hormones sure are a pain.
I actually meant that as a good thing, I am quite a fan of surrealism and Badalamenti in particular. It wasn't just the sobbing, but the contrast between your sad countenance and the seemingly incoherent things you were talking about/first about a movie you thought was crappy,then about your cat... I kind of lost the connection/.
I played that clip again with the "Fire Walk With Me" theme in the background and it actually turned out rather peculiar.
Quote from: Coffee Lady on Mon 12/03/2007 14:19:37
I try to make my blogs interesting and show things that are important to me in my daily life. Isin't it better than getting attention by showing off my boobs? ;D
Depends on how nice your boobs are.
Video-blogging (and the process of releasing those for public scrutiny) involves the positives that Geoffkhan and Andail mentioned (gaining verification of one's identity through the acceptance of others), but it stretches onto a larger scale and will hopefully change our societal values toward more humane/loving ones.
I think that this "broadcast yourself" attitude is kind of refreshing.
Normal "boring" people come out and tell their stories and suddenly people realize that we do not have to be Nobel prize winners to be interesting or accepted parts of our societies anymore.
I think it's better than worshipping the images that centered one-way communication (television, movies, magazines, advertising) sends us.
Regular people become the heroes of their own lives, we don't always have to look up to the stars and celebrities and live our "pathetic" lives envious of P.Diddy who is probably on a yacht enjoying fine caviar, champagne and hundreds of loose young women.
So the "broadcast yourself" thing is an excellent development, if it can change attitudes toward the realization that the life of an ordinary person is worth living;
That it will contain more than enough of happiness and sorrow for one lifetime.
Just don't forget that many people take too wide steps into this public domain, and may not at first realise what it means to be "official", to spill your guts in front of a thousand anonymous viewers.
To share your life is to hand out portions of it, bits and pieces that may not regain control of. I don't mean that you'll necessarily end up with people stalking you and giving you mysterious phonecalls in the middle of the night, but I do think that it's not always beneficial to release so much of your private life without carefully thinking it over. It will change who you are, and it will radically change the way you regard yourself.
Unlike Helm, I don't have issues with ethics that would 'make me feel bad' if I wrote a blog, I just simply don't have an interest in it and find existence just fine without broadcasting the doldrums of everyday life to other people.
I personally find all blogs (written, video, audio) boring since I don't know or really care about the people posting this stuff. Is this harsh? I don't think so, just honest. That isn't to say I think it's wrong for people to make blogs or find them flawed in some way, but realistically I don't want to read about how your day went or what happened when you spilled coffee on your dog -- and by you I mean generally, not you personally Coffee Lady.
QuoteSo the "broadcast yourself" thing is an excellent development, if it can change attitudes toward the realization that the life of an ordinary person is worth living;
But then again it's not innocent. Some people manipulate this desire of people to 'broadcast themselves' and make money and shape culture with that desire.
What you're saying about the everyman becoming more of a rolemodel is correct, and it's been happening for a while. It's the 'loser revenge', the knee-jerk from the high expectations we've been forced to deal with for lots of decades. Get in a great school, get a great job, get a great wife, make great kids, have a great house and all that.
So now the couch potato is fighting back for his right to be unsuccessful, and that's a healthy reaction. But.
The people that benefit from selling things to humans, will just find a different way to sell their things using the shifted paradigm. They will make a coorporation out of human expression, and they'll steer it subtly, perhaps not-so-subtly in the direction they want it to go. The 'nobody revolution' is a sham, because it's politically correct. You can do nothing and be nothing and share that with people in Big Brother, a videoblog, wherever just as long as you don't overstep any bounds. As long as you don't question authority, you don't have any radical views, you don't say anything you shouldn't say. If you do anything you shouldn't do, this process spits you out like the nothing you are. This revolution is televised, and it is controlled.
The great secret here is that they've let the dumb nothings make idols out of each other. Just as long as they remain oblivious to why they're nothings and how they could change that. It's like a little slave-colony where one of the slaves every week gets featured in the media of the colony, and all the other slaves look up to him or what to be him. It increases productivity and keeps everybody occupied. It's a difusion tactic while a few people who are not nothings are persuing their power plan.
Helm:
Yes, you are right in this, probably expressed it better than I could.
I still hope that as the mass of nobodies communicating grows, it becomes increasingly difficult for corporations
and governments to monitor and control opinion forming.
Hopefully the internet retains a wild west edge, if not on Youtube, then on hundreds of small servers in basements
spewing out conspiracy theories and revolutionaries onto forums, message boards, other video blogs etc.
I don't think Youtube has much revolutionary capability for anything than the mentioned keeping people happy and living their insignificant lives, but I guess I would be more than satisfied with that (merely being happy and oblivious, living comfortably).
So, I still think it does more good than bad and is a step in the right direction.
An example regarding Andail's post (i.e. bloggers beware):
http://www.somethingawful.com/d/feature-articles/new-media-hell.php
You might be featured on such a site, blogging might even become the next emo-phenomenom, suffer a backlash worse than Vanilla Ice (This is one of the reasons I try not to release much of my personal information to the public). Opening up and recieving positive feedback might be a therapeutic experience, but you might also be picked out at random and follow the Star Wars Kid's footsteps.
Yep, Bio, this is the worst scenario. Then again, we don't need videoblogs to take part of random people's lack of self realization, just switch American Idol and you'll see an introverted teen with some sort of artifically inflated self-esteem make a fool of herself while the respected "norms" of the jury make sure to roll their eyes to the camera and squeeze out every drop of comedy this humiliation can produce.
We probably all remember the jedi-kid who taped himself while he had some make-believe fencing session with an imaginary light-sabre, several years ago.
But why do we remember him? Because back then, they weren't so plenty. They were some unfortunate souls who preceded the huge blog-bubble and thus caught the attention of basically everyone who browsed the web at that time. They were the prenatal victims of the nobody-revolution.
Now people can massacre their dignity much worse without reaching a fraction of that attention. So what I'm saying is basically that if everyone keeps humiliating themselves like this, there will be little room to expose the individual.
It will eventually become acutely apparent that there's a swarm of nobodies humiliating themselves, and that they can do nothing but humiliate themselves because they aren't really interesting for anything else. Will there be a top (or bottom to be more precise) to where this humuliation will lead before the next cultural phenomena occurs and diverts the public attention, or is this really the face of the new culture and new media for the next 50 years? People showing off their new bracers in youtube and somebody lighting their fart?
I did get some sort of backlash when I posted this video response...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uuCN6sRp2zQ
You wouldn't believe the flames and degrading comments I received - the first few days I spent sitting in front of my chair, deleting comments. Now, I just couldn't care less - I wanted to voice my opinion and to hell with whoever that dosen't agree.
Some people even posted my video on their boards or blog:
http://www.thescoreboards.com/forums/showthread.php?t=18322&page=6
http://britneyspearssecrets.blogspot.com/2007/03/re-britney-attacks-paparazzi-with_09.html
There's always goods and bads in any type of situation, online or not.
Let's just not start debating Britney now :)
Let's just say that you've learnt your first lesson about what it means to vent oppinions publically.
Also, it's interesting that you say "to hell with those who don't agree"...it pretty much underlines that you don't intend to take part of a debate, you just want to get your message across.
But you chose a medium which revolves around the commenting system, and not a particularly moderated or overly polite such. Something to ponder over.
I agree with what you're saying. I guess I was just curious about the whole video blogging phenomena and wanted to take part in it. I'm probably not going to vblog very long, but so long as it's entertaining and not too painful, I will continue posting.
Well if you ask around here, people will prefer that you work with that highly promising game of yours, rather than discuss Britney Spears on youtube :)
And to continue in the Britney Spears topic,. why not make a game about her to make your point of view even clearer. ;D
Aw come on, a little sympathy for the preggo woman. Stop poking fun at me, already! ;)
QuotePeople showing off their new bracers in youtube and somebody lighting their fart?
Already happened. Hell, it even has a page devoted to fart lighting videos.
http://www.yesbutnobutyes.com/archives/2006/05/top_ten_fart_li.html