COMM: YouTube, new media, chat, IM, etc

[suicideking5]

I believe YouTube has been great to bring the world to your front door. Listening to other people around the world, watching interesting people. watching creativity unfold right before your eyes. You need to mix your internet life with your real life to make it worthwhile. It would be great if we had a 777 in Australia.

[guitardude340]

Interesting 'broadcast' ;). I agree with you that YT doesn't have the same sense of personal communication as talking with someone face to face, but I do feel like it's more personal than sending an email to someone, even if your broadcast isn't necessarily sent to a particular person. We get a feel of what your thoughts are better than just if you were to write em down in a blog. I think YT kinda does fall into the category of a 'personal' medium. It's video conferencing but on a larger scale.

[theIronVox]

guitardude340: well, we are getting closer to a real-time medium but I think you're right about YT being more personal than an email. Much more, since you get a feeling of vocal intonation and facial expression - so perhaps we are evolving in communication.

[AericWinter]

Online communication has fascinated me since I entered my very first IRC chatroom on compuserve. Just the thought of real time chat with people from entirely different ages, countries, and cultures just blew my mind. However, to me, IM was and remains an incomplete medium, and I rarely use it nowadays.

Web 2.0 concepts like YouTube are opening up entirely new ways of exchange.

[firedragon0030]

Awesome video. It really gets you thinking about where online communication is going as a whole, and how youtube itself will develop. We can always trust you to get us thinking.

[fourtwenty420]

As you know, I think that YT is a such a great medium, because of the way it promotes this unique interaction.. I really like the subtle changes from your normal set up in this video, in which you are talking about interaction and being more personal. Like how you don't just have a blank wall behind you, and you are sitting closer to the camera.. plus the lack of editing. It just fits so well with the tone of the video. Very cool. =)

[FreeWingz]

freestyle vlogging... I like that term. And yeah, YouTube is developing into unknown charters but in a cool way.. because of people like us who are a part of it's artistic value that makes it so fascinating. This medium is the worlds latest big thing. YT will continue to grow. Damn, I got so much to say that this box won't fit it all. Hey, well said!

[FreeWingz]

Personal video communications and expressions!

[dove95]

*added you to my AIM list*

The one thing that I like about YouTube is that the friends I've "met" here make this be a totally different subculture than any other interactive site I go on. It's great because in some ways, I feel I know people better here than if I had been reading their blogs for years. So often I've been thinking about most of the people I watch, you included, and think that I'd actually get along with you guys better because we've shared this side of ourselves. Make sense?

[rashb]

I feel you on the vibe thing. I like to vibe off people and conversation about topics. And as far as misinterpreting, it has messed me up with two girls, because I'm sarcastic and they didn't really know me yet, and they took it seriously and got mad. So it can be dangerous.

[Haynes1994]

It is very difficult to determine tone in an email or an IM. My rule is never to discuss something serious in an email, especially if you think you may be misinterpreted.

PS- Check out my latest vid, "Thank you". I give you a shout-out.

[sherryhumikowski]

I don't care how we communicate as long as we can. =) But even after I master WMM I will still like the feel of an unedited Vlog! This was really good! Sherry

[theIronVox]

sherry: great point - as we extend our communication reach. Is the drawback that we give up some of the 'humanness' through tech mediums?

"unedited vlog" - I've used the term "freestyle vlogging". However I discussed this with AericWinter today and he says he coined the term. The verdict is out...

[AericWinter]

Haha, to be honest I only coined the term to give myself all the options of doing goofy stuff on YouTube while still calling it a vlog. Yours sounds better, so you have my full support in using that term.

However, mine will still remain the ones "with a twist." (c;

[scream0]

I deffinatly agree with you on most of that there. I agree with endlessjoe, it is increasing in an alarming rate and who knows what will come next, but there is so much good out of it. It is so strange how Email/IM/Sites like youtube, google etc are taken for granted now, when as you said 10/12 years ago they where all obsolete. If you ever want to chat somtime on AIM, just message me for my screenname.

[jestergrrl]

Spot on! It would be great if youtube could offer a "video conference" option. One option for any & all like a chat lounge, and ones for small groups or personal "friend" conversations!

(gmail is the best IM 4 me though)

[theIronVox]

jestergrrl: 2010 youTube's online video conference... the largest host in the world. An interesting concept. I mean web video conferencing is getting better every day. I used to think people wouldn't like the video aspect since someone might have a "bad hair day" or something image-oriented like that. But I think people are almost used to it now. gmail? you like that IM platform?

[charmed1782]

I love your sunglasses. I didn't really listen to anything you were saying because I was mesmerized by them. Sorry about that.

[theIronVox]

charmed1782: so in essence you could put me on mute for the same effect? Hmmmm, perhaps next time I'll just send you a silent vlog. =)

[endlessjoe]

I almost live in fear of the rate at which technology is progressing. There are some places that I know it inevitably will venture, that I don't WANT it to venture. I'm already concerned for the social skills of the next generation of kids ... or MY kids (when I have them). I used to be outdoors more than in. Now, kids see that as some sort of horrible punishment. It saddens me.

[rashb]

That's even more crazy that kids would see going out doors as punishment. I used to do anything to play outdoors. Onetime at age 14 I skipped my first under the table job interview to play street football. Totally irresponsible, but again, it was an outdoors thing.

[theIronVox]

rashb: outside *pauses to remember fondly*, it's because that's where the entertainment was - outside with all your friends. I don't think kids today run around and play "freeze tag" (which is probably part of the growing childhood obesity problem). street football over job interview sounds good to me.

[dove95]

Well, I personally think that around here, kids feel safer indoors, and well, in urban areas there's not a lot to do in the streets without causing or getting into trouble. And/Or, I think kids are also becoming too lazy and bored with what the outside can offer them.

[theIronVox]

endlessjoe: well said... although the balance is that technology itself creates both societal good and societal problems. Medical technology to cure the lives of people good; technology that causes children to want to play video games more - a potential defect.

[Paperlilies]

hey you'll be glad of their fear for the outside when all the ozone is gone. and all the giant toxic waste monsters are marauding around.

[theIronVox]

paperlilies: you are such an optimist. :)