This is from early 2005. My first video was posted on December 11th, 2004. I’ve been making stupid videos and posting them to the Internet for around 4 years now. I’m still not sure why.
I started a job yesterday at a new startup company in NYC. I’m employee #2. I can’t say much about it yet, but will say that it’s going to be fun work, and lots of it. I’m confident in the idea, and the CEO. We’re going to change the world. Or at least make a bunch of money.
The protagonist, Alonso Quixano, is a country gentleman who has read so many stories of chivalry that he descends into fantasy and becomes convinced he is a knight errant. Together with his earthy squire Sancho Panza, the self-styled “Don Quixote de la Mancha” sets out in search of adventure. The “lady” for whom Quixote seeks to toil is Dulcinea del Toboso, an imaginary object crafted from a neighbouring farmgirl (her real name is Aldonza Lorenzo) by the illusion-struck “knight” to be the object of his courtly love. “Dulcinea” is totally unaware of Quixote’s feelings for her and does not actually appear in the novel.
My session title for PodcampNYC this year is “Podcasting Television”: Why are the majority of video podcasters using television paradigms, self-censoring, and dumbing down their material? I’ll make a case for doing the opposite.
I’m going to make notes here on this post and try to arrange it into something coherent in the next couple weeks.
What are the rules of television shows? Why is it different on the web?
Freedom of creativity in Broadcast vs Cable vs HBO vs Internet
Purpose of the Internet
What does self-censorship do to a video?
Why do producers censor their own work?
Youtube vs The Internet; walled gardens;
Who is your audience? Are they smart?
Why do producers resort to l.c.d. methods and fodder?
Mouth-breathers
Putting television lessons to good use.
True ease in writing comes from art, not chance. As those move easiest who have learned to dance.
Videos, music, images, and words by 