October 20, 2006
Ann and Dan!
Hey! It's me and Dan Drezner on Bloggingheads TV!
ADDED: I just watched it. I wish we'd coordinated our head sizes and lighting. How discordant is that for you? But I like the flow of the discussion. We start out talking about Hugo Chavez's thwarted quest for a seat on the U.N. Security Council, and then we head into the subjects of free speech on campus, virtual reality, reality TV, blogging, and the upcoming elections. It was really cool talking to Dan. I assume you read his blog, but let me point you there anyway.
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I have a question: who sets the agenda for bloggingheads? Because it certainly seems as though there is a pre-agreed list of topics to discuss, so is it decided by email beforehand, or do you just kind of get on camera and spar back and forth on the events of the week?
Daniel's point is right, by the way, that all the best blogs are idiosyncratic. His is, and so is this one. Dale - given that they briefly discuss how video is goiung to kill the blogging star, that's an amusing point. ;)
Who's wearing more make-up? Hard to tell.
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Simon: We select five or six topics beforehand and put them in order, but we feel free to bring in unplanned topics, to change the order, or to drop things. For example, in this one, it wasn't planned to talk about reality television and we moved up the subject of Stephen Bainbridge when it fit in.
Dale: I'm not actually saying I like people swearing, just that the campus environment, if it doesn't have quite a few young people swearing at each other, is not a vital enough free speech forum. I'm critical of administrators who try to create a "respectful" atmosphere.
I liked the video format. It's much easier to pick up nuances when you're able to watch facial expressions and, to some extent, body language. An mp3 would miss a lot, and a transcript even more.
The differences in volume, head size, lighting, etc, were fairly easy to ignore. The main problem I have with vlogging is that it's tough to multitask while watching.
Hmmm, I actually agreed with Drezner, especially in his comment that gridlock is better than what we have now. The GOP has forgotten why we voted for them in 1994 and will not remember until they actually have lost something. I look at it as sometimes you have to take a step back in order to move forward.
As far as my not being much of a Republican - I'm not. I'm a small government fiscal conservative, something the GOP has ceased to be. The Democrats are just as bad, but as I said gridlock should be an improvement.
Menken: My iSight camera doesn't give a crisp picture. It's more meant for casual iChats. I'm thinking of getting a separate video camera, but it's hard to figure out what to buy.
Drezner's kind of cute.
Not that you aren't, Ann, but you know where my interests lie...
I think one of the problems with the iSight is the light. Your images seem a bit washed out and overexposed- the ones from your office seem clearer and the colors more normal. Maybe try changing your lighting a bit?
About the light: in the office there's a ceiling full of fluorescents. At home, it's hard to get enough light at night to film. Normal light comes out the way Dan had it. I assembled a couple lights and tested it at different levels before I picked that.
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