First Deaf Video Blogger circa 2004? A Briton?
Jared raised an interesting question on who was the first deaf vlogger or "video blogger" to hit the internet first. It could very well be a deaf Briton, Rob Wilks (blogsite no longer active but is archived in www.archive.org), who did his first video blogging on August 8, 2004. But according to comments seen on Rob Wilks blogsite it could be that Helga Stevens was the 1st (?) deaf video "blogger" when she was trying to run for the Belgian parliament back in 2004. And I believe her website preceded Rob Wilks' August 8, 2004 date based on the dates in the comment section of Wilks' and that Helga wrote down "Juni 2004" which could mean June 2004 in Belgian(or Dutch?). However, Helga's site could be seen as a website and not a "blogsite" per se, but she does have a blog within her website though. You decide on that issue.
If you read the comments in Rob Wilks' blogsite you'll see an early window of people's expectation that video blogging wasn't far behind. It was just that more people needed to have high speed internet connection and the necessary albeit free software to do their video logging or in this case vlogging.
So, what does this prove? It shows that technology moved rather quick in just ONLY two years from 2004 to 2006 when the jump on video blogging took place. Companies like YouTube and Google video made video blogging possible. And now we are seeing more and more companies getting their acts together by providing free (or cheap) subtittling software such as BubblePly. These video bloggings could not have been possible were it not for the huge number of people getting their high speed internet connection such as cable, DSL, and satellite connections.
All this proves my point even further about technology that I raised at the Gallaudet vlog/blogging conference and my recent blog about setting up a "mini-MIT" research center on the campus of Gallaudet in the place of the old library. And how technology has already benefit Deaf people when it comes to communicating and expressing ideas out to the world.
Jared raised an interesting question about the vlogging technology. Who did it first. And if you were paying attention you would see that it wasn't even that long ago that the technology for vlogging had made tremendous leaps and bounds in two years compared to blogging itself which is a product that's several years old.
All I'm saying, again, is that if you don't get in on this technology thing you WILL get left behind. It's better to try and develop a specific brand of technology, such as DeafRead for example, that caters to specific groups of people who can take such an idea/concept/technology even further. Why? Because who better to know what one want than the people on the outside who don't really understand all this and who benefit from it. Did Tayler Mayer wait for somebody else (ie hearing) to develop such a technology/service?
Comprende?
Now, apply that same motivation, zeal and focus on establishing a communication/technology/media research center on the campus of Gallaudet University. Preferably in place of the old library location with a new library building that would be the "brain center" of Gallaudet University by bringing in new ideas, concepts and lots of enthusiasm by undergrads, staff, grads, and professors who can be a part of that research and development process. Even kids from MSSD or Kendall elementary could even participate because even the freshest of mind can bring up some interesting ideas that even us adults would not have thought of before. And perhaps become involved by helping select the best building design for the future and have an input for the first time to be seriously considered by the community of Gallaudet University?
What better way to help Gallaudet University "re-invent" itself (for a lack of a better word here but I believe you do under the gist of what I'm saying)? What better way to get people excited about Gallaudet University?
Dr. Davila? Are you listening?
If you read the comments in Rob Wilks' blogsite you'll see an early window of people's expectation that video blogging wasn't far behind. It was just that more people needed to have high speed internet connection and the necessary albeit free software to do their video logging or in this case vlogging.
So, what does this prove? It shows that technology moved rather quick in just ONLY two years from 2004 to 2006 when the jump on video blogging took place. Companies like YouTube and Google video made video blogging possible. And now we are seeing more and more companies getting their acts together by providing free (or cheap) subtittling software such as BubblePly. These video bloggings could not have been possible were it not for the huge number of people getting their high speed internet connection such as cable, DSL, and satellite connections.
All this proves my point even further about technology that I raised at the Gallaudet vlog/blogging conference and my recent blog about setting up a "mini-MIT" research center on the campus of Gallaudet in the place of the old library. And how technology has already benefit Deaf people when it comes to communicating and expressing ideas out to the world.
Jared raised an interesting question about the vlogging technology. Who did it first. And if you were paying attention you would see that it wasn't even that long ago that the technology for vlogging had made tremendous leaps and bounds in two years compared to blogging itself which is a product that's several years old.
All I'm saying, again, is that if you don't get in on this technology thing you WILL get left behind. It's better to try and develop a specific brand of technology, such as DeafRead for example, that caters to specific groups of people who can take such an idea/concept/technology even further. Why? Because who better to know what one want than the people on the outside who don't really understand all this and who benefit from it. Did Tayler Mayer wait for somebody else (ie hearing) to develop such a technology/service?
Comprende?
Now, apply that same motivation, zeal and focus on establishing a communication/technology/media research center on the campus of Gallaudet University. Preferably in place of the old library location with a new library building that would be the "brain center" of Gallaudet University by bringing in new ideas, concepts and lots of enthusiasm by undergrads, staff, grads, and professors who can be a part of that research and development process. Even kids from MSSD or Kendall elementary could even participate because even the freshest of mind can bring up some interesting ideas that even us adults would not have thought of before. And perhaps become involved by helping select the best building design for the future and have an input for the first time to be seriously considered by the community of Gallaudet University?
What better way to help Gallaudet University "re-invent" itself (for a lack of a better word here but I believe you do under the gist of what I'm saying)? What better way to get people excited about Gallaudet University?
Dr. Davila? Are you listening?
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