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This article could NOT have come at a better time. I am writing a research paper for my visual rhetoric class about Vlogs! This New York Times article of course, made it in my paper.

TV Stardom on $20 a Day

AMANDA CONGDON is a big star on really small screens - like the 4½- inch window she appears in on computer monitors every weekday morning or the 2½ inches she has to work with on the new video iPod. Ms. Congdon, you see, is the anchor of a daily, three-minute, mock TV news report shot on a camcorder, edited on a laptop and posted on a blog called Rocketboom, which now reaches more than 100,000 fans a day.

Steve Garfield has an interesting snippet from Amanda Cogden, from Rocketboom.com on vlogs. Amanda makes some very important points about the idea behind her successful vlog, Rocketboom.com that I think is important to citizen journalism.

Here is the link to her statement about Rocketboom.com and citizen journalism.
Amanda Congdon at the Corante SSA

And the Emmy for best actor on iPods goes to …

LOS ANGELES–The newest award in broadcasting excellence gives new meaning to the line Gloria Swanson made famous in “Sunset Boulevard”: “I am big. It’s the pictures that got small.”

The National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences, best known for handing out the Daytime Emmy Awards, is expected to announce on Tuesday that it has created an award category to recognize original video content for computers, cell phones and other handheld devices, like the video iPod and PlayStation Portable.

Paris 2005: Part II

Here is only a part of what I saw at the Louvre. I also kept taking video of the ceiling which you’ll see towards the end. The ceiling in the Louvre is just as striking as the art on the walls. The place is amazing and there really is no way to capture the emotions I felt when I roamed the Louvre’s halls.

The song used is Paris from Faith Hill’s newest CD: Fireflies

Donna and Janet on a London Streetcorner near the Holbert Underground station. I have NO idea why we were just standing there. Here’s a little background: It was our FIRST full day in London. We were really tired and we were giddy. That same night we thought we should go see the broadway show Mary Poppins. Boy, were we in for a surprise when Mary Poppins was NOT a spoonful of sugar, but more like a doseful of Ambien. This video shows Donna and me on a street corner, why, I’m not quite sure. Enjoy! More Europe is to come as I sort through our video.

Part I of The Louvre in Paris: Venus and Mona.

Song: Theme from Elvira Madigan (Piano Concerto No. 21 in C Major) Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

Meet my brother! His new commercial is out. If you live in Delaware, you might see it on cable. His commercial will be on USA, FOX and Disney.

Bob Johnson’s Computer Stuff