First an apology to my huge list of readers
. I mentioned a part II to my previous post, and it just is NOT happening … YET. It is summer, people are everywhere, it’s hot, and my brain is a little fried.
Just throwing out a question to You - curious what you think…
How much of a product of the WEB 2.0 environment are YOU??
I have made some videos and anticipate immersing myself more into this newest trend. If you told me 2 years ago, that I would be making these videos and subjecting myself to public opinion, ridicule, etc.. there is NO WAY I would believe you.
I dont think anyone understands where all those videos from YouTube came from?? Who ARE those people who uploaded clip after clip and what were they thinking?? How did they know?
Sure I head over to YouTube when I am in the mood for some nostalgia or to check out a favorite scene from an old sitcom/movie.. but when you come across something like this, you have to wonder:
WHO created WHO??
and how about this - would these prisoners in the Phillipines have done this (this is one of many videos) if there was NO audience??:
I am compelled to ask..
What came first?
The BLOG or The BLOGGER?
Blogging has given me, amongst countless others, the chance to re-develop writing skills shelved since College, create online conversations with colleagues, earn a little money (if you will it..), and again.. put myself OUT THERE.. an additional contribution towards our ‘audition’ to the world..
since isnt that what it has all become about??
WEB 2.0 = ONLINE AUDITIONING.
Trying to get discovered in some way.. from Google, other bloggers, future clients, future advertisers.
Can you be a shy blogger who sits in the corner with your nose in a book, doesnt make friends easily, even if you are a Geek, and understand computers, and be successful?
hmm - a little all over the place today!
You were saying??
~~ andrea
this was contributed by Andrea. She has been created by her blog. Or perhaps she created her Blog. Either way, leave the poor confused girl a comment and let her know what you think??
George (August 1st, 2007 at 4:48 pm )
What in the world????
That first video is crazy. I think web 2.0 created his current life. Hmmm… I am going to have to rethink this whole blogging thing
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Andrea (August 2nd, 2007 at 10:21 am )
Hey George,
I LOVE that first video.. but he needs a tag that says Made by YouTube, since his livelihood has now come from videos like this..
if you cant beat them, join them!
Dawud Miracle (August 2nd, 2007 at 12:28 pm )
Thanks for the link love. I enjoyed your post.
I think the blogger came first. But of course, they were called bloggers before blogging.
Andrea (August 2nd, 2007 at 6:53 pm )
Dawud,
Thanks for stopping by.. and I KNEW you were going to go with the individual over the software
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Jeremy (August 3rd, 2007 at 1:07 am )
without the blog you couldn’t have bloggers… so…
The blog came first?
Ya.. way to get all philosophical on us. Time to start posting about garbage like I’m doing… READERS BE DAMNED! :-p
Dawud Miracle (August 3rd, 2007 at 6:01 pm )
Andrea…how could I not when I focus so much on people and relationships?
Amanda (August 6th, 2007 at 9:04 pm )
The world around us are the product of people. People with personalities they thought eccentric enough to display on a website where people were marketing on the idea that people like to embarrass themselves. I believe it was the same wavelength with bloggers. People who felt their ideas, thoughts, opinions, and the like were something worth reading and the same thoughts that others could identify, agree, or disagree with. New and emerging writers, poets, and authors who clung to a platform until the online journal turned into the blog turned into the blogosphere. And what a (for the most point) lovely turn out it had.
Andrea (August 6th, 2007 at 11:28 pm )
Amanda,
WOW.. You are a busy working chick and you managed to come on over here to comment. I invited you into the next post.. I hope you will stay. Also, I love your style above.. you write in a way which makes blogging work for YOU! I have to work hard to keep my personality while trying to hope others understand, and it seems you pulled that off remarkably and probably spend a lot less time on it as a result..
You are right that this turned out to be so great, but the funny thing is that my old diaries would probably bore me.. why does someone else’s online diary facinate me?
youtube blogger (June 26th, 2008 at 11:01 am )
the blogger is defntly first in row. and even if one of the others came first, now we rule
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