@ScottHepburn, thanks! Let me/us know when you do your first vlog, would love to check it out and see what you do.

I picked up a Flip Mino about a month ago, partly for home video, but partly with the intention of posting the occasional video blog post. Glad to see you’re making the move, too!

It’s best, probably, to treat all this kind of thing as a serious sort of playing.. Or that’s my feeling anyway..

When I’m in front of a camera, at best, I try and just be present.. if that quite makes sense. And I try not to make any judgements about it till latter… preferably when I’m not feeling too judge mental!

I can never tell in the moment, or even close to the moment, if its crap or not. Weird ticks.. and whatever, they’re telling a story.. kinda like biometrics in a lye detector test.. the question is if they are telling the right story..

I did this one recording where I talked about difficult things from my childhood, and in that context.. the ticks where expressive of the reality I thought I was failing to convey. In that context, even having trouble bringing up certain memories could be expressive.

But yeah, I think in the end being your self really is the thing.

matt

@KatFrench, Li is a great speaker and passionate about SEO and Social Media, we can all learn a great deal from her. Uh, oh. Just did the roving reporter deal…I’ll have to see how they videos turned out.

@MatthewBennett, Given what you blog about, you might want to really consider a translation of the video into text too (as well as English/Spanish, maybe??). It’s just a good practice and it’ll help with your SEO. I can’t wait to see what you come up with in 2009! Please be sure to let me know, okay?

@MattSearles, WOW! Okay. Can I just say that I loved your comment?? And thank you for putting so much time and effort into it. So, are you just saying to be myself? LOL! I feel a lot better now…especially since my office is A LOT tidier than yours and no Ozzy posters. Here’s the thing about being ‘professional’ (and maybe that’s the wrong word), I noticed that I roll my eyes…a lot. And make faces. Now I am wondering if I make them all the time…and what people must think!

@GavinHeaton, well, if it’s any consolation, Matt’s office looks like a nuclear bomb went off in it. Good luck with the clean up! I am thinking the kitchen might work better. Some pots, pans, a whisk…oh, no, wait, that’s Rachel Ray’s gig.