If you read a few blogs, you would have noticed that over the past 12 months there has been an increased tendency to include video blog posts rather then text.
Video makes sense in certain situations – like demonstrating something, or watching hilarious motorcycle crashes. In other situations, text is significantly better. Why?
- I ran read over 2x faster than you can talk.
- I can skim many times faster than I can read.
- I can cut and paste useful bits from your post.
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What you don’t like my stream of video posts!
My annoyance is RSS feeds that only send a snippet and force you to visit the site to read the whole thing.
But you make a good point my friend. Use video when it adds value. I use it for events, where you want to show the VIBE through imagery and audio.
I have also been pondering that a good textual summary of video key elements is really important, you should not have to go through a few minutes to see if you are interested in something.
Great post, be patient while a few of use video bloggers work it out. If I look at my video blogs from VMworld to Networkers there is a huge difference. Lets see what improvements can be made for vForum.
Rodos
Hey Rodos,
I’ve noticed that you’ve been video blogging as well as writing recently – you’re not the only one, and it’s also not just restricted to IT blogs – it’s everywhere! Some of my favourite bloggers now do many video posts (e.g. http://www.fourhourworkweek.com/blog/). I love the content, but just find I watch videos less than I read text. Especially in a public environment or an office. RSS feeds can be set up to syndicate the entire content (e.g. with FeedBurner), and I prefer that setup as well. Having to click through to a website can be a pain.
Yes, I have noticed the added summaries you’ve been doing on the Networkers videos over the VMworld ones. Please don’t forget us that prefer to read over watching
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Thanks for the comment,
JK.