Load Up Your iPods With The 2006 Vloggies
The 2006 Vloggies were Saturday night in San Francisco, and my iPod is brimming with new content. Now if I only had an extra 40 hours this week to consume it all.
If you are currently vlogging — or even thinking about it — it’s worth spending some time looking at these shows to learn what makes them great. You can find them all in iTunes. Thanks to Robert Scoble for posting this list (I added a few notes):
Favorite Male videoblog: Ze Frank — this guy is talented and unique and worth a watch.
Best Community Vlog: Chuck Olsen. Minnesota Stories.
Best Cooking Vlog: Freshtopia.
Favorite kids and teens videoblog: Jetset Show.
Favorite news vlog: Rocketboom — honestly, I don’t get it. I’ve never been a fan, but they have a large audience.
Best Female Vlogger. Ryanne Hodson.
Favorite Tech Vlog: Bleeding Edge TV.
Entertainment Vlog: Chasing Windmills.
Controversial Vlog: Josh Wolf — this guy is currently in jail for refusing to turn over his videos.
Videoblogging Book: Secrets of Videoblogging.
Green Vlog: Treehugger TV
Vlog directory: Mefeedia
Best Vloggervangelist: Michael Verdi for his work on Node 101.
Comedy Vlog: Ask a Ninja.
Diary Vlog: Josh Leo.
Entertainment Vlog (non Fiction). LoFi St Louis
Favorite entertaiment vlog (fiction): chasing windmills
Video Hosting: BlipTV
Site Design: It’s Jerry Time
Experimental Vlog: Pouringdown TV
Insirational/Spirtual: Beachwalks.
Vlog Collaboration: Bottom Union, Carp Caviar
Best Vlog: Alive in Baghdad
Best Group Vlog: Alive in Baghdad.
Best Political Vlog: Alive in Baghdad.
Favorite interview vlog: alive in baghdad
Favorite Corporate Organization vlog: netsquared
Favorite Travel Vlog: travelvlog.org
Favorite video production tool: enric’s vpip
Favorite viral video: singing woodchuck
Favorite Special Effects: Galacticast
Favorite documentary vlog: american king
Favorite educational vlog: freevlog
Favorite editing : stutterframes
Favorite site design: itsjerrytime
The Best Vlog and three other awards went to Alive In Baghdad, a vlog in which Iraqis share their experiences first-hand. I started watching this vlog the day an Army doctor sent me a link to their “Baghdad Hospital Children’s Ward” episode. Honestly, it took me two or three tries to make it through this vlog. It’s an eye opener and an emotional roller coaster. I’ve watched every episode since and if my son was old enough he’d be watching, too. You can learn more about what’s really happening in Iraq (and war) by watching these weekly, 5-mnute videos than a whole week’s worth of Katie Couric news reports.
Netsquared, an NPO consultancy, won the Best Corporate Vlog award. I’m new to this one, but the content is timely and the interview subjects are top-notch. Actually, they use a “turn-on-the-camera-and-go” format and there is no host or interviewer in the episodes I’ve watched. Subtle branding. Not overly produced. Overall, nice job. It also shows enterprise vlogging has a long way to go in my view.
There are a lot of nice sponsorship opportunities on this list for enterprising enterprises. Most of these shows appear to be generating revenue from ads served up by Google.
Here are some photo of the event from Thomas Hawk (check out his company Zoomr while you are there). Podtech posted video hightlights, too.
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