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I have had this post in my pile of drafts for a few days now, so I guess I will go meta with it instead.

The basic point of the draft was

1) Point to this interesting interview with Michael Wesch (yes, the creator of that web 2.0 video). I especially liked the exchange in the comments.

2) Write a bit about blogging in the academic world, and how I wish more professors and staff members (and students!) would put their work out there, in the (viral) networks. Putting it on google video in chunks of 60-minute lecture talks might work for some, but the media is awful to handle then.

3) Write something about the powers of screencasting, something I earlier obsessed a lot over, but which I have not done a lot lately. Mr. Wesch’s video reminded me. [I wanted to write a bit about workflow with screencasting. Wesch mentioned that he uses CamStudio himself. Me, I either use Camtasia Studio or BB Flashback - both are good for their use. While Camtasia Studio records to .avi (which goes well with editing in Sony Vegas), BB Flashback is a much quicker recording/encoding process. Basically, I can use BB Flashback for making a video, showing something specific, and the whole production time could be a few minutes (like with speedvlogging) ]

4) This reminds me of something Mr. Wesch wrote:

The best tools are those that are flexible enough to be used beyond that for which they were intended. The more a web service can build this kind of flexibility in, the better, as it can tap into the collective intelligence of those using the service to extend its possibilities.

(my use of colour)

And with screencasting, we can show each other how we do these things on-screen, like we with videoblogging can show each other how we change 4 tires in 8 minutes.

Basically, that was what I wanted to convey, but I got lost in all the threads. (Now, I need to find different ways to share information along with tidbits of my own commentary. Asides might work, but then again, I am not really a fan of asides. Maybe they will work for me if I work on my template a bit more (I use the brilliant K2). Using del.icio.us might work, but then again del.icio.us is very text-centric. What if I wanted to give a comment through juxtaposing something with a different image or a 3-second video clip? workflow, workflow)