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bunnI'm so sorry 2013. I'm afraid I still hate informational web video.
Video on the web is great for entertainment, to show off things that are visually spectacular or comic in a physical way. But PLEASE! How much of my life must I spend sitting through:
"Click. click. Great! Sooooo, ahhhhhhh, welcome, everyone.
Um, um, this is a showcase of [thing that I have already read on the screen six times while you have been umming]
I'm going to be shooooooooooooowing you [description of thing I am now already bored of] aaaaaaaaand ...[click] let me just start with some introductions. I am [name I ALREADY READ ON THE SODDING SCREEN, OK???] and I hold [job I already know about BECAUSE IT'S ON THE SCREEN] and also joining us are [people whose names I've read and I don't CARE about because how long do I have to wait for some actual informational content around here???]"
Grrrrrrrrr. Just put your notes on the web in text form! Honestly, my eyes are so much quicker than your voice!
ETA : it has just occurred to me that the word 'Showcase' in internet terms means 'Superficial and uninformative'.
Video on the web is great for entertainment, to show off things that are visually spectacular or comic in a physical way. But PLEASE! How much of my life must I spend sitting through:
"Click. click. Great! Sooooo, ahhhhhhh, welcome, everyone.
Um, um, this is a showcase of [thing that I have already read on the screen six times while you have been umming]
I'm going to be shooooooooooooowing you [description of thing I am now already bored of] aaaaaaaaand ...[click] let me just start with some introductions. I am [name I ALREADY READ ON THE SODDING SCREEN, OK???] and I hold [job I already know about BECAUSE IT'S ON THE SCREEN] and also joining us are [people whose names I've read and I don't CARE about because how long do I have to wait for some actual informational content around here???]"
Grrrrrrrrr. Just put your notes on the web in text form! Honestly, my eyes are so much quicker than your voice!
ETA : it has just occurred to me that the word 'Showcase' in internet terms means 'Superficial and uninformative'.
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Date: 2013-03-19 05:21 pm (UTC)I wish more places would do transcripts.