Comments on: Rant

By: ben sargent

ben sargent — Tue, 07 Mar 2006 19:59:28 +0000

Hey All,

I am living in NYC. I am wondering if you have an idea as to someone I might take on to help me with my first vlog. I think I am one of those people who lives, walks, talks a lifestyle people would like to know more about. Who can help? -ben

hurricanehopeful.com

By: Levois

Levois — Fri, 16 Dec 2005 07:19:12 +0000

I’m with you there. I think if this is how you make some money then you should go for it. I wish I had found this earlier. I’ve been an admirer of the blog/vlog but this is my first comment here. I wish you luck.

By: bottomunion

bottomunion — Fri, 26 Aug 2005 21:49:37 +0000

Nothing wrong with making some cheese.
I wish you wealth/health and the time to enjoy both.

By: richard

richard — Tue, 23 Aug 2005 16:54:54 +0000

Though Clint’s communication style on this video is not, exactly, the one I would use, I basically agree … doing something you love for food and shelter is ideal, and who can blame anyone for trying to figure that one out … in fact, I’m trying to figure out how to make it work with my professor job as we speak … one thing, though, is that I think that Clint is a little bitter since losing all the royalties on the question mark, and it comes out the video …

By: Doug Bradley

Doug Bradley — Sun, 21 Aug 2005 23:37:11 +0000

I with you Clint. As far as I’m concerned the whole videoblogging group on Yahoo has gotten out of hand. There is too much flaming going on, too much criticizing, too many peoiple wanting to tell others whats wrong with their view of videoblogging. Fuck’em. You go man, if you can make money doing this… DO IT!

By: Jan

Jan — Wed, 17 Aug 2005 16:32:06 +0000

Love that, “Sustain the cream.”

Oh do.

Let’s.

By: chuck-o

chuck-o — Tue, 16 Aug 2005 05:17:28 +0000

i like fucking Clint. i fucking like Clint. fuck. yay!

i’ve been without the 8-5 job all year, playing in vlog-land with a few freelance gigs to make ends meet. now i’m doing Minnesota Stories, which feels like my dream job. this is what i should be doing with my time and creativity and life. but right now there’s no money coming in. and it makes me sad and frustrated, so i’m trying to get some HTML drone job ASAP to make the house and car payment. which means i’ll have even less time for doing what i love… i think this is the price early adopters pay.

of COURSE we should be able to make some money at this, and obviously we don’t need to feel guilty or feel like sellouts. i am so 100% spiritually cool with making money doing what i love – i know Verdi would agree. i think it’s fine to rant against people coming in now trying to cash in — there are lots of them and it’s only just begun.

the cream, we hope, will rise to the top.

sustain the cream.

By: adam

adam — Tue, 16 Aug 2005 01:49:46 +0000

I love “fuck”. Thank you for screaming it at me.

By: Jan

Jan — Mon, 15 Aug 2005 17:09:22 +0000

Apologies for implying motive to Steve’s placement of the ad. Consider this a retraction of the idea that Steve is in any way embarassed by advertising or money. Fact is, I know he’s not, which is why his vlog was the perfect place to buy an advertisement: to learn by closer association from his example.

What I mean to say is I think a lot of artists ARE embarassed / shy / reluctant – for whatever reasons of insecurity – to be paid for their work. In most creative endeavors I feel some of those things. It’s only in the creative sphere of mixing sound that I feel I absolutely should be paid, and handsomely, too.

What’s with THAT?

In closing, it seems we definitely need to consider ad placement as part of the process of buying / selling ads.

By: Clint Sharp

Clint Sharp — Sun, 14 Aug 2005 20:24:52 +0000

I think that would be obvious based on the fact that I’ve been doing this for free since I started. Still continue doing it for free, and will continue doing it for free. I’m not (nor are many people) likely to get paid for doing my content, so the actual act of videoblogging will likely remain a free endeavor indefinitely. More likely scenario is that I will either start or become involved in a company that offers software or services related to Internet video.