Jeremy Allaire has posted a frank assessment of Macromedia's experiment with audio and video weblogging that I recently wrote about.
Overall, I agree that it was a good and worthwhile experiment. One area where I'm not so sure is the coarse grained nature of video weblog entries. Jeremy says "this is somewhat analogous to the world of weblogs in general, where most writers do not have a lot of polish, and often the entries are short, unedited, and not meant to be replacements for full on reporting or commentary."
To a certain extent this is true, weblog writing is typically unpolished. (This entry being a case in point.) However, even as I write this entry I am editing myself. First in my head before typing and then again in a quick read over what I typed. Video is more difficult to edit and structure because it either requires scripting and rehearsing of lines or the skill and availability of a video editing facilities. I've been typing since grammar school, but I couldn't edit a video today if I tried. The majority of us are not accustomed to how video is best structured and utilized creating a barrier to its common use in weblogging.
[UPDATE: Jon Udell posts has posted his comments on this topic here.]
