Today's Bon Bon: Why Blog When You Can Vlog?

One of the remarkable and cool and downright fun things about teaching Mass Comm 101 is that I get a box seat (OK, maybe Loge Level, but still pretty darn good) at the media revolution. And a lot of the gadgets the revolutionaries are using are available to the average student, or even their teachers.

A few months ago I went to the Apple Store at the Grove on L.A.'s Westside (I was probably the un-hippest person there, which was fun in an odd sort of way) for an event called "Meet the Vloggers." I was introduced to the concept of vlogging, or video blogging. The vloggers were a remarkable group: creative, energetic, and filled with the sense that they were pioneering a new kind of online communication that the big media companies hadn't yet sunk their accountants into. Take a look at FreeVlog for a glimpse into vlogging's soul.

It was a terrific evening. I learned a lot. The Apple Store at the Grove is having another "Meet the Vloggers" (why does that remind me of a movie?) event, coming up soon. Here's the scoop straight from the Apple's, um, core:

Special Event
Meet the Vloggers
Saturday, April 8, at 7 p.m.
Learn what video podcasting is and how to create, distribute, and subscribe to digital video feeds using a variety of Apple technologies.

The event is free and all are welcome to attend. When I went, nobody made me buy anything or say anything bad about Microsquish. And if you want to do an extra credit project on vlogging, hit me with a proposal before this event.