Since John’s dad has been here, we’ve been eating pretty well. This morning’s breakfast was fresh banana bread, which I started at about 7 AM and we at at just before 8. Very delicious.
The weekend was nice. My cat has been in fine form all weekend– I think he’s loving the attention he gets from Willy– spoiled, that one is.
I finished reading Pride of Chanur. First time I’ve read it. There were definite editing problems, but it was a good book in terms of starting a series.
My back has been particularly troublesome this weekend. Meh.
Spent time this weekend on the fish tanks– I have a lot of water sprite!
And I got a new toner cartridge for the printer. I only mention this here so I will know in 6 months when it runs out how long it lasted.
I have to post about this, because it’s all over the news, and because Rocketboom is such a core of the videoblogging world.
Amanda Congdon and Andrew Baron have had some kind of personal and professional difference that has resulted in Amanda leaving the show, presumably for good.
At this time, Amanda hasn’t announced where she will go next, or what she will be doing. Andrew hasn’t announced who will replace her, or how the show will change in the future. What is certain is that the show will change, and that both of these individuals are very talented, creative people.
What I hope this means for videoblogging is that, where we had one core, excellent, must-watch videoblog, we will now have two. Of course, we already have hundreds, but that’s neither here nor there. Amanda and Andrew are now “proven entities” in the world of online video, and hopefully they will continue to thrive.
What this means for readers of Videoblogging for Dummies is that references to Amanda in my book will require you to dig through Rocketboom’s archives if you want to see her work on the show, in the future. It doesn’t change the quality of the work done up to this point, though if the book says “Rocketboom is a show done by Amanda Congden and Andrew Baron…” then you’ll have to either gloss over that, or get out a pencil and make a note in the margin so you know it’s not like that anymore.
There is, in fact, a whole category for posts about errata for the book, complete with RSS feed.
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