Introducing BBtv vlogs! Today: Joel from BB Gadgets.
It's been a little more than two months since we launched Boing Boing tv, and we've decided that producing a daily internet show just isn't enough. Meet BBtv vlogs!
OK, seriously: starting today, we'll be releasing these additional videoblog segments in addition to the every-weekday Boing Boing tv episodes. All of it will be offered in the same RSS feed. The vlogs won't be every single day all the time, but we're going to have fun with them.
What's the difference? The BBtv vlogs will be casual, conversational stuff we mostly tape ourselves, wherever we are. They'll feature Boing Boing editors talking about things, people, ideas, places, technologies we're fascinated by. They're more like video diaries, I guess? Only less emo, no ranting about your YouTube enemies, and ffs no dance contests.
So, imagine Pesco talking with one of those artists he blogs about, or Cory wandering around in Tokyo with a handheld camera pointing out cool stuff he's seeing that day, or Joel Johnson from Boing Boing Gadgets talking about about little infrared controlled helicopters or retro-tech radios -- oh hey, wait! That's the vlog episode we're publishing today, our very first.
And Joel, if you have never *seen* him speak before, is quite a funny guy. His video diary stylee is sort of like HSN meets America's Funniest Home Videos meets Slackers*.
Oh, and: check out the fresh opening animation created by BBtv editor Laura Lopez!
-- Xeni Jardin (* Thanks for the ganked line, Jolon!)
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Very cool! Will these vlogs be coming through in the BBtv video podcast feed or somewhere else?
ScottSO: Yes, the BBtv vlog episodes will be in the same feed as the Boing Boing tv episodes!
The light on that radio was hilarious.
Thank you for the Troika review. I saw that somewhere (probably Lifehacker) and I loved it. However, the looks have to be paired with at least adequate function.
It looked like Joel had the wrong idea about the little copters - they shoot each other out of the "sky", right? So the copter has to be facing the other copter to shoot it. It doesn't have anything to do with the direction the handheld controller is pointing.
I have one of those (minus the "gun") and it is flyable, if your living room is large enough. Dogfighting would be really challenging, though.