BBtv: Introducing BBtv vlogs! Today, Joel from BB Gadgets.
It's been a little more than two months since we launched Boing Boing tv, and we've decided that producing a daily internet show just isn't enough. Meet BBtv vlogs!
OK, seriously: starting today, we'll be releasing these additional videoblog segments in addition to the every-weekday Boing Boing tv episodes. All of it will be offered in the same RSS feed. The vlogs won't be every single day all the time, but we're going to have fun with them.
What's the difference? The BBtv vlogs will be casual, conversational stuff we mostly tape ourselves, wherever we are. They'll feature Boing Boing editors talking about things, people, ideas, places, technologies we're fascinated by. They're more like video diaries, I guess? Only less emo, no ranting about your YouTube enemies, and ffs no dance contests.
So, imagine Pesco talking with one of those artists he blogs about, or Cory wandering around in Tokyo with a handheld camera pointing out cool stuff he's seeing that day, or Joel Johnson from Boing Boing Gadgets talking about about little infrared controlled helicopters or retro-tech radios -- oh hey, wait! That's the vlog episode we're publishing today, our very first.
And Joel, if you have never seen him speak before, is quite a funny guy. His video diary stylee is sort of like HSN meets America's Funniest Home Videos meets Slackers*.
Oh, and: check out the fresh opening animation created by BBtv editor Laura Lopez!
-- Xeni Jardin
(* thanks for the ganked line, Jolon!)
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joel, dude, you're like my age. what the fuck? i thought you were old as rock like the rest of these fucking editors.
in any case, those planes are fucking bomb ass. let's duel motha' fucka'
I love the "point out cool thing" moments. I hate living on the outskirts of a city and the closest retail locations in walking distance are standard generic stripmalls. Once you see something cool in walmart, chances are it's going to sit there for five years and be restocked plenty of times.
That was great--Joel is funny and smart, and entertaining to watch. His analysis of the products was good, and I was especially glad to hear him address the features and prices of these items.
This is an excellent idea. I'm looking forward to seeing more of these videoblogs from all of you.
He's a sucker for wood.
Lulz.
WHO IS THIS GORGEOUS MAN WITH THE GORGEOUS MOM JEANS?!?!
I am secretly wearing mom jeans RIGHT NOW.
Joel is, in a word, DA BOMB! Wait, that's two words.
More! More!
Xeni in Mom Jeans (with free appliqué vest). Oh, now I'm REALLY turned on.
"This holiday, give her something that says: I'm not a woman anymore. I'm a mom!"
Will you be podcasting these as well? How about a download option?
@sasquatch, these are all available via the main BBtv RSS feed:
http://feeds.boingboing.net/boingboing/tv
and each episode is downloadable! there's a li'l button right there in the castfire interface.
OMG! Joel is so very cute and I would like an introduction to him. Please tell me where I can find more Joel videos?
Xeni and others:
The more boingboing the better. Thanks!
It would be great to have separate feeds for these, along with the combined feed that already exists, and here's why: I instruct my podcatcher to keep only the most recent episode of a podcast. This works well for daily/weekly podcasts. I'm sure I'm not the only one who does this, and I'm slightly less sure, but I believe, that's the default setting in some podcatchers.
I'm afraid that with them all mixed together, I'll miss something if a vlog and a regular daily boingboingtv are released on the same day.
you make good telly, joel!
Nice shirt, does it come in Hetero?
...i got nothin'
hi joel,
i think you should make a theremin out of that swanky little radio. it would totally work, and be awesome.
love simonemarie
There is this weird sort of self inflating narcissim that is going on with BBtv and now this one. You know, when you guys were just writing posts and blogging using ASCII and images it was ok. You went multi-media and something sort of smug creeped in.
Loose the smug, embrace the joy of weirdness like you used to.
And this is coming from someone who bought the paper version, been following boingboing for ever.