Do you video blog from your Cell Phone?

There are more than A few useless ways to entertain yourself while online...
But Video Blogging?

I have often wondered if I could be successful at video blogging. No I don't think I'm something beautiful to look at, in fact I would almost never subject you to the pain that is my portrait image without first deciding it was imperative for content. In live video that pain would surely intensify, but it seems to me that each and every one of us does something interesting throughout our day and we are usually alone or in small groups when it happens. We all have a cell phone and most have cameras built into them. It would be kinda neat when I run across interesting things if I could just take a short 12 second video.....

Uhhhh, why 12 seconds? Well I dunno the exact science behind it but it seems that short video clips are interesting to people. At least this is the consensus at http://12seconds.tv/ I knew a guy who grew up in South West Calgary named Anselm Hook from http://hook.org uber geek programmer extraordinaire. His father owned the Computer Shop of Calgary and and my brother and I played in the neighborhood with him for countless hours, doing geeky things. I remember being introduced to the PET computer in his living room and thinking "This is the coolest thing ever". Or the whacky treasure chest full of gerbels. Uhhhh, ok that was a little strange but what about the year he and my brother went trick or treating dressed up as robots in their home made costumes all lit up with LED lights, topped off by a chimmeny for a head. Andy's rich and famous now and rarely says boo to me but I find it interesting some of the things he does. He travels all over the globe and runs a company called MakerLab etc but always finds time to do some strange new thing to catch my attention. Just the other day he took a short 12 second clip, just him sitting with his kid in front of the computer... a few verbal comments, some shy response by his kid then poof it was over. And I thought... WOW it is so cool that this guy would video blog 12 seconds of his life, just enough to make me interested in it, but not enough to bore me.

And so, if I can figure out how to upload the clips directly from my phone I may start doing exactly that... You would be really surprised at the kinds of things I run into each day. Even just my screaming kids, and we all know how in demand 12 seconds of blood curdling screams by a kid can be... Or the homeless guy on the off ramp to Spadina who I give change from my car's change tray... These are things we just do without thinking, but socially they are important.

I dunno why but they just are...

Does anyone ever look at the videos that are posted on this page? I put them there because as it seems... Videos, at least short ones keep people happy... I dunno about you but I find it therapeutic to watch video clips now and again, funny ones, stupid ones, educational ones... Seems to pass those bored moments with something to do...

Have a go at some of the videos in the side bar, you'll be entertained at least for the short term and they regularily change based on the content of this page.

What are your thoughts on this???
Have a great day!