previously on the martini shaker*
Is this the first vlog post EVER?
I was rummaging through archived files last night, putting the finishing touches on my online museum of old site designs when I ran across a video file in a version of my site from the year 2000 that is most definitely a video blog (vlog) post.
I’ve talked about the fact that I was a “vlogger” years before the practice was popular, but I finally found proof of it. I also love the subject matter… smells transmitted over the Internet. I also love that the company mentioned in the video still has a presence and still believes they’ll be pumping scents down the pipe in the near future.
Anyway, check out the video and you tell me… first vlogger or not?
UPDATE: I found an even older video blog post than the one below. Well, one day older, anyway.
Amy says:
That is so cool!!! I’m going to do a vlog tonight in your honor.
Submitted 05/06/08 at 4:21 pm
Jeremy Fuksa: Creative Generalist says:
Awesome, Amy! I’m so honored.
Submitted 05/06/08 at 4:29 pm
John Dowdell says:
How’d you do the video back then?
More on how DigiScents worked:
http://www.wired.com/wired/archive/7.11/digiscent.html
From 2002, Phillip Kerman:
http://weblog.bergersen.net/archives/2002/07/20/
jd/adobe
Submitted 05/06/08 at 4:45 pm
Jeremy Fuksa: Creative Generalist says:
The overall process was pretty crude. I captured my video on an 8mm Sony Handycam and then captured into the computer using an Iomega Buz.
I edited in Adobe Premiere, exported to Quicktime and then used Media Cleaner Pro to compress two Windows Media files, one optimized for 56k (!) and another for 300k.
After that, I’d just upload the files to my server and link them up on my “pure drivel” page that I maintained on my site until 2001 or so. Eventually page went away and became this blog some time in 2003.
Submitted 05/06/08 at 8:53 pm
John Dowdell says:
Ah, Sony Handycam! That was such an innovation over the Sony Portapak….
tx, jd
Submitted 05/07/08 at 2:48 pm