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2See, a local art gallery, will be screening the work of local and national videobloggers during November and December First Fridays in downtown Phoenix. Get the scoop at the 2See web site, then get out and support your local video artists!

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The Phoenix Media Makers finally managed to get together and all I got was this silly video. And some blurry photos. But the actual time spent was a wonderful treat!

In attendance:

• Chris Baker Hands on Food
• Cheryl Colan hummingcrow: one squall voice
• Clint Comer I do IT digital
• Marc and Nicole Spagnuolo The Wood Whisperer
• Evo Terra Fun Anymore

I think a good time was had by all.

Come Join other Phoenix vloggers at our August meetup. Bring your current projects and ideas, anything you’re looking for help with or just want to share. All media makers are welcome, so you photobloggers, podcasters, web developers, etc., come on down! And to make sure you’re notified of future meetups, make sure you’re subscribed to our mailing list.

Clintus McGintus says:

There is WiFi so bring your laptops and cameras. Show us what your working on or perhaps hope to start working on. I really would like to get some project going on with some of you.

location of LUX

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This is an extracurricular lab for the Phoenix College Vlogging Class, but anyone is welcome to turn up. Come out and learn to vlog, or meet the vloggers!

We’ll be at Copper Star Coffee, geeking out and optimizing our vlogs.

Click the map to get directions.

Chris Baker says:

If you take Missouri east of 24th street you will pass some houses and it will wind up taking you to the front of the Hotel. From there you go inside the main Entrance and to the right. There is a Bar and lounge area right there.

Bring yourself and your crazy ideas. Let’s help each other make them a reality.

Damn, that was fun!

So after Mary left, Cindie stopped by. We chatted with Jan, Jen, David and the Ojai vloggers in a flash meeting. Great discussion. Too bad we didn’t get to hear the CreativeCommons stuff from San Francisco, but we had a lot of fun anyway. Then Cindie edited and I accidentally deleted the small amount of footage I shot during the day. D’oh! Hopefully Chris retained his and will share. Meanwhile you have to be content with my Flickr photoset.

I’m tired. Gotta go to bed so I’m fresh to start videobloggingweek2007 tomorrow!

First, Chris Baker stopped by around 10:30 a.m. He shot some video but I never managed to get my camera out. We had great conversation and talked about collaborating on a documentary.

Then Mary turned up. She’s one of my vlogging students at Phoenix College. She had been up until all hours of the night creating a new blog for her friend Margaret who found out yesterday that she has four weeks to live due to severe leukemia. Margaret’s immune system is so compromised that she must limit visitors, and so Mary thought a blog would be a great way for friends and family to send love and support, and for Margaret to tell everyone how she’s doing if she feels so inclined. So Mary ran over to SuperHappyVlogHouse for a little tech support and RSS feed troubleshooting, and we got everything working. Check out what she made over at Pier344. She’ll be adding video at every opportunity. No one can tell me vlogging isn’t a powerful medium after today.

As announced by Josh Leo, Videoblogging Week takes place April 1 – 7. The challenge is to post at least one video every day of the week. Can you handle it, Phoenix?

The only other requirement to participate is that you tag your videos with videobloggingweek2007 on Technorati. Instructions: Tagging with Technorati.

Since we recently had a media makers meeting here in Phoenix, I’m hoping someone local will want to join me for Videoblogging Week, maybe even collaborate. I’m in. Who’s joining me?