While I don’t have a video podcast, I watch a whole bunch of them. Over the weekend, a major uproar has brewed up, namely between Robert Scoble and the rest of the tech blogs on the web. Scoble interviewed Intel senior fellow Mark Bohr and scooped the gadget blogs about the 45 nanometer processor breakthroughs.
When the gadget blogs finally broke the stories, Scoble divulged that he had an video interview and when the gadget blogs didn’t really pay any attention, Scoble got pissed. He ranted, which I would have done too, but when you are essentially blogger #1, you really have to watch what you say.
TDavid at MakeYouGoHmm.com makes a very accurate not about the entire problem that Scoble has: He needs to edit!
I’m probably echoing what TDavid’s intent was, if Scoble would edit his shows, change camera angles, or just make them more interesting, I would still be a subscriber. When Scoble announced that he was making a video podcast, I signed up right away, but after episode 2, I started watching them on a very, very casual basis. Finally when my hard drive was filling up with the high def video podcasts, I had to make a decision. I watched two episodes, trying to see if I could get back in the swing, but after watching 30 minutes of Vassil Mladjov, CEO of Blogtronix, I had to pick myself up off the desk, wipe the drool away, unsubscribe from the podcast and then promptly deleting all of the accrued files.
I doubt Scoble will read this, but if he does: Edit your shows. I can’t spare 45 minutes. Give me a 10 minute bite and then the option of getting the raw stream. That would be fabulous.