Make a Community Videoblog

Since Ryanne and I now live in San Francisco, we thought we'd make a community videoblog.
Introducing Ryanishungry.com.

(Yeah, the name is weird and that's how we like it. The fun is you making sense of it.)

We take our inspiration from Minnesota Stories by Chuck Olsen and his friends.
The idea is, of course, very simple. Post video about your city on a specific blog. Interview cool people. Attend events. Make announcements. In this way, your community videoblog could become a real source of info for people who live near you.

For our community videoblog, we plan to cover what is appropriate to San Francisco and our interests:
interview with tech geeks and green geeks, cool happenings, and more.
People can even "suggest a story".

You want to be locally famous? Post videos about other people. You know how excited people get when they are on the local news? (which usually only includes them when something bad happens)
You can do the same on a videoblog. Start documenting the people who are doing cool things. It makes people feel appreciated and important. You also begin to create an archive, a memory, of where you live which will be gold to the future.

So keep your own personal videoblog, but make one for your city. What balls you'll have. Maybe you'll even collaborate with others. Maybe you'll even get ocal advertising? But, in the end, don't stress about schedules and deadlines. Just record and post videos as they happen. Unlike ephemeral TV shows, these videoblogs are here to stay.

Comments

[David]

Chucks friends? Hmm...I dont think too many of us who have had video on MNStories actually know Chuck much less each other.

I am surprised that there hasnt been more sites like this in SF. Good job on getting one going. I agree. We need more sites like this. Hell, even Minnesota could/should have more than just one site showing local vloggers work.

[Tara Karleen]

We've also recently started a community videoblog--on the East Coast in Berks County PA. We're new to the area (although originally only from 1.5 hours away) and it's been a great way for us to start to get connected to the community and to learn more about it. We'll be watching Ryan is Hungry--we're big fans of the Bay Area!

[jonny goldstein]

Yep. Great idea. I have a friend who lives in Balboa park who was toying with starting a vlog called Balboaist...Probably won't happen, but it was fun talking about it with him.

I kind of mix in local posts with all my other stuff, but I think it makes sense to consciously make a local vlog.