Doogie Howser Did It, So Why Not Me?

Playground Games

This post is a response (in sorts) to a little video posted by Barrett Garese (@syptap).  He has since written a followup article and David Nett has also chimed in on the discussion.  Taryn O’Neill had also posted her own thoughts about the state of web video content creation here.  Please watch the above mentioned video first. UPDATE: Zadi Diaz has added her thoughts here. (I’m sure there will be more to add too).  UPDATE: A TubeFilter article and a blog post by Ben Brusell and a great podcast called New Mediacracy did an episode called “Episode 18: The One About “IndieTV” Versus “Immersive Entertainment””

…hold the phone, there's more

If the shoe doesn’t fit…

PREFACE:

I have a huge deal of respect for Tubefilter and the IAWTV, each and everyone who was nominated for awards and even those who didn’t get nominated at last night’s Streamy Awards. I myself, feel that for better or worse (for my bank acct) I can proudly say I make a living off of being a part of the web video community.

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There already has been much discussion about everything that happened at last night’s Streamy awards, I’ll just assume you’ve read an article or two about the show itself.  I am almost hesitant to write anything at all, but I most of all want to be a contributing member of the community, and I feel to stay silent would not be the appropriate course of action.

…hold the phone, there's more