Hey Jenni,
I am a long time geek and photographer, I was invited to help cover the Streamys with the Bui Brothers and I had front row seating in the awards ceremony and was at the after party. I have been reading all the bad responses about the Streamys being “horrible” etc. and I have to disagree. I loved it and I had a great time! There were things I didn’t like about the Streamys but was that really the Streamys fault? Is it there fault that they trusted the youtube and web community to respect their own awards show? I am, admittedly, not a part of the youtube community but from my experiences with them starting with the coverage of the Justin Bieber concert a couple weeks back up until now I’ve realized that most of them are childish, attentions starving, narcissists. This attitude brought what was a great, honorable occasion down to nothing more then a one-up contest.Technical problems happen, and yes they were a problem, there should have been backups, etc etc. However, it was at a beautiful venue, it was a exciting, there were lots of my friends there and people I have always wanted to meet.
The Streamys is our awards show, without it what do we have. The community needs to get behind it and claim it just as we’ve claimed the internet as our social outlets. Everyone needs to stop complaining and start appreciating the fact that their online web show was recognized in the first place.
Thank you,
Joe Philipson–
www.joephilipson.com
www.philipsonphotography.com
This morning I was pondering the death penalty. Recently at SXSW there was a march down 6th street about how the death penalty in Texas should be abolished forever.
So naturally, as many of you know, my mind wanders here and there. Compares and contrasts. What is the death penalty? The death penalty is really a “ban” on life. The death penalty is societies forum basically saying “You sir, have been banned, your appeal has been denied, you no longer have an IP address on earth.”
If you troll online you get banned, if you troll in real life, you get banned. If you get caught hacking someones account you get banned, if you get caught hacking someone in real life you get banned.
The internet has its own policies, the unwritten rule of “guilty until proven innocent” can be seen everywhere.
For instance, “pics or it didn’t happen” mantra can be seen all over. Challenging the most amazing of stories.
In conclusion, thinking of the death penalty as a ban on humans from earth makes more sense then just killing people cause they did horrible things.
Well, I must leave you now, ponder what I have spoken unto you.
I just randomly found this video on the internet… I don’t even know who posted it but that’s me coming down Mauna Kea, Hawaii on a boogie board.
I’m taking a trip to South Lake Tahoe between January 10th and January 13th.
I’m taking a trip to Oakland between January 9th and January 31st 2010.
