I was directed to this by a LinkedIn discussion – a video about video blogging. This seems like an interesting trend – as it may make blogging with your customers more interesting – as they get to see you face to face. For some people video may be more natural than typing – so they may be more effective communicators. I can also see how you could use this for more than just talking about something – you could show it. If you are working on a project you could show intermediate progress – or a prototype of a product.
Cisco: ‘Why vlogging is better than blogging’ from JD Lasica on Vimeo.
Where are the comments?
I realized that social media today has changed how I view most web pages now – as I expect comments. Sometimes when reading a Techcrunch article I enjoy reading the comments as much as the article. So today when I was reading some web pages I scrolled down out of habit to the comments – and there were none. It’s like I expect all web pages now to allow comments…
Maybe this is something about the web today – that I don’t just want to be told – but I want to interact. That’s one of the nice things about a WordPress blog like this – in that it supports comments out of the box (not that I get a lot). There’s a power in dynamic content -but a weakness too. Typing in a post like this limits the layout I can do – simple things like putting pictures in a certain way become frustrating. So most of the website I work are not dynamic – but are mostly static html. That said, I do put in a lot of photo galleries and forums – as they work well for their function. Also having a Facebook FAN page can also add some interactive content to a company – just in a different way.
So the web is changing before my eyes – and I’m a part of that in what I expect now…