And it got me thinking about how irrelevant that distinction has become thanks to free distribution.

It was obvious that she was doing it professionally. She looked like a model and she had a crew and their equipment was fancy. But I didn’t know who she was. And it’s a safe bet that her videos receive less hits than the Tuber she was interviewing.

Being a “hobbyist” no longer means that your stuff is only seen by a few other hobbyists. And being a “professional” doesn’t mean that everybody cares about what you’re doing.

I love it.

but i started videoblogging (very recently, actually) just because i love to make videos and i love to let people see what i do all day.

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I don’t want to worry about production value some days (most days?). I just want to get it done. I want to make whatever I want. So I do.

I do think people should be more transparent about money. Some folks do make money doing this stuff, and those kinds of conversations, publicly, are nothing but good for a “community”. There’s no reason to not put that on the table. It only serves to help everyone. We aren’t the competition for one another, or at least we don’t act like we are in any other way. So why not break down that last remaining barrier?

But that said, I’m also at the point where I doubt I’ll try to make any of this a legitimate job. I’m content, for now, to teach it and go to lo-fi conferences & tell folks that most techies overlook, “This is doable”.

I’ve been employed through love before, passion for money, and it tended to end badly. I’d end up hating whatever had meant so much to me. I’m trying to remember that so I don’t fuck this up either because I too just want to ROCK. Always.

Time is money.

If you have money, you can spend your time NOT making money because you’re already covered. This is why you want to make money as quickly as possible. You can do that, as you said, by using the skills you’ve developed in learning how to videoblog and CONSULTING for people that don’t have the time (and in some cases, don’t have the ability) to learn what you’ve spent months or years ‘perfecting’.

Get your money fast, because making a show and depending on cost-per-click advertising makes money slooooowwwwww. Spend your ‘extra’ time doing what you love to do and applying your skills towards filmmaking or whatever floats your boat.

Sounds like you’re right on track. Makes perfect sense to me.

Good luck with that!

Videoblogger allows me to unload my emotional, mental baggage and even good stuff and in turn people can comment, remark and just generally out of the blue surprise you how many people actually have passion for a process.

I realised that it is no longer about the technology but the people that utilize it to their advantage and those of us like myself that have the geekery background should just share it instead of holing it up like a bedroom dj because in the long run it comes back full circle.

To me videoblogging now is like the ultimate friend filter – those people that like me, my stuff or my ideals are the best friends a person could get without awkward arguments and general bad feeling. Those that want to be near me are and those that dont like me stay away. It’s like a digital online assessment and i’m fine with that.

Saves years of wasted time on fruitless relationship be it business or personal.

Anyway. As always, insightful rupert. hope you’ll help out with podcamp uk in some format.

no really, this is the kind of stuff that gets me excited. clarity. i crave it.