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[Deborah Taylor-Pearce]

Jose,

> If you want to have some
> more visit http://www.vizthink.com/blog/2008/03/18/246/
> and watch Dan Roam's
> "videopodcasting".
> I think that VizThink's
> blog style of interview-
> presentation is very good.

Sorry to take so long to respond, but I've only just now had a
chance to check this out.

FWIW, I agree.

VizThink did a very nice job of this (and gave me plenty to think
about ... ;-).


On a related note: I just stumbled across an alternative model of
video podcast interviewing at "Big Think - We Are What You Think"

< http://www.bigthink.com/ >.

Ordinarily, I don't watch video podcasts (even with my new fast
Internet connection, I can probably still count the total number
of Web-based videos I've viewed on both hands!) but I was
intrigued enough by Ari Melber's description of Big Think as a
"YouTube for the Harvard set"

< http://www.thenation.com/doc/20080414/melber >

to actually visit and see for myself.

In my judgment, the Big Think format has real limitations when it
comes to transmitting "Big Ideas": I found the community
environment unappealing, and the discourse too fragmented and
somewhat superficial.

I expect my prejudices are showing here (video is not my
preferred medium for philosophizing), but I do wonder if the Big
Think Web 3.0 model is at fault, too.

Deborah
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Deborah Taylor-Pearce
dtp at she-philosopher.com