Monkeynotions

Vlogging Ways
I went to the video blogging seminar and met Ryanne Hodson and Zadi Diaz. I’d have to say the videoblogging portions was the highlight of Blogher for me. I was so impressed by the passion and openess of the vlogging community, (probably because the community of vloggers are still small but growing).

Here’s a video I made of scenes from Blogher (mainly the first day, because my camera crapped out…ah technology)… Renee Blodgett so kindly struck a pose for me (as with many other folks), but it’s worth checking out in the context of video (this links to blip.tv, I couldn’t embed it =( ), with music provided by iTunes =)!

Podcasting Days
When I interviewed Zadi in the podcast she said “media literacy is just as important as reading and writing”. This was interesting as I mulled over what made media literacy so special; this is what I came up with:

• Unlike traditional literacy and computer literacy, consuming the medium does not mean you can produce it (e.g. if you can read, you can write)
• Number of consumers far outweighs the producers (Broadcast now)
• Such skewed ratios of producers to consumers will bring about a *mystification* and us vs. them dichotomy

Anyone have anymore?

To stretch my media literacy, I put together a podcast from Blogher for AOL. I chatted with:

• Stowe Boyd , Blogger & Consultant
• Elizabeth Perry, Artist
• Zadi Diaz, Producer of JetSetShow and correspondent to Rocketboom
• Ryanne Hodson, Co-author of The Secrets of Videoblogging
• Dee McCrorey, Coach
• Smashcast, Bay Area Teenage Podcasters

There’s so much more I’d write, but I learned, who likes long posts anyways????

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