Ideation 3.a. Videoblogging

3. Find 3 systems that allow for the capture and broadcast of people by people for people.

a. Video Blogging/Podcasting



















-Originally when investigating the two, i looked upon them both as essentially the same thing but there are slight differences tht i can see...

Videoblogging: Predominantly amateur, Sporadic, Not necessarily scripted, Download based (access it at any time)
Podcasting: Regular, Topics scripted/laid out beforehand to some extent to remain interesting, live feeds (although you can download them)

With both of these systems, they are free to access (vast majority). I have come across some criticism of video blogging, and certain surprise that it hasn't 'taken off' in the way that many people thought. However, looking at the popularity of youtube and the huge amount of what are essentially personal video 'blogs' or 'people having a complete rant about obscure things', i'd say it definately has taken off.

The crit i found is here:
http://thefuturebuzz.com/2009/09/08/video-blogging/

Examples of podcasting sites:
http://www.podhoster.com/index.php
http://www.podbean.com/start-video-blog?sourceid=goog_022s

Examples of video blogging site: http://googlevideo.blogspot.com/

I've noticed that the sites themselves seem to crossover in definition of podcasting and video blogging. Videoblogging can be used in conjunction with regular blogging: you can insert videos into your regular blog with most major blog hosters. With podcasting it seems that if you podcast, it is supplemented by very little text (like a header or links).

COMMUNITY UTILISATION:
http://www.chef2video.com/
http://activecooks.ning.com/about








These two websites are made from part-user generated content where users can upload ther own cooking videos or view videos from professionals and other users. They currently don't have huge memberships but i think it is a nice way to broadcast yourself to people with a similar interest, and make yourself 'seen'. Both sites have live updates which show the most recent videos when you access it, so you're contantly aware of other people using it. Taking this one step further, geographically mapping the location of people to show where they are when they're cooking and how long they were cooking for, and to be able to search by location/most recent would be more immersive and you'd be more aware of a mass presence. Perhaps even having small snapshots of the podcasts as they are happening on the map would be really interesting!