So I finally worked out why iTunes Store was being displayed in Kanji, because it was selected at the bottom of the page. Of course the entire drop down was in Kanji, so I had no idea what the drop down was for. I got so frustrated with the whole thing that I just started selecting things from various drop downs, and suddenly, bam, iTunes Store UK pops up in English. A quick switch to Australia, and yeah, it now works fine.

The interesting thing about iTunes Store, is that there’s no top level category for “videos discussing the theory and development of videoblogging”, so I just chose “Technology” as the category for my feed. However the last 5 videos were just personal things, so now I’m stuck with a pending submission of my vlog under the Technology category, and whoever the dude is that validates it, is going to see all this personal stuff and probably recategorise it, or just not accept it.

There’s a freakin’ video iPod, so why isn’t there a video category? And there’s no category for the discussion of blogging or dare I say the word on my site “podcasting”, let alone videoblogging. How come?

Well, I guess we’ll wait and see if I’m added or not.

And yes, I am working on the second in the storytelling series. Stay tuned.

A review of Peter Jackson’s King Kong.

So you know how I had this video of a cat that I named Marco, because he looks a lot like my cat Macro? Yeah, well I’m considering a name change…

Chris Christmas Rodriguez

Vote Chris Christmas Rodriguez to replace Santa this Christmas.

Santarchy!

So I did a Carp Caviar promo for Bottom Union. You’ve probably seen it already, but to be completist, here is it in my feed, instead of Erik’s. Don’t kill animals.

I hate it when I hurt people.

Title says it all really.

There Is No God – Penn Jillette

Note: This video is at 640×240 resolution, so if you’re using Ant or a similar client, then drag/save the video to your desktop, and open it in native QuickTime. Otherwise you probably won’t be able to read the text. I’m told they’re working on it. 🙂

This is the first of what might be a series of videos about storytelling. I say might be, because it took 5 hours to make, my third longest to make so far.

Some people are natural storytellers, and some aren’t. Neither typically have any conscious idea what makes a good story, and how much a well constructed story can hold attention. In fact storytelling is a big fad at the moment in the corporate world, but I’ve yet to see any really good theoretical stuff from storytelling for business consultants. Anyway…

Hopefully I’ve also redeemed myself with Chris, from when I didn’t include him in my Video Killed the Radio Star video from earlier this year. Chris is a great story teller, and along with Josh and Ian, are masters of the Setup, as you’ll soon see.