Blogging and Vlogging

As an advocate of both forms of logging things on the internet, I thought it only appropriate to make a post about both of them.

Blogging is an amazing tool used by thousands of people to update the world about their pathetic little lives. I myself update the world constantly on my pathetic little life through my main blog, which is www.clichelifestuff.blogspot.com.

I also update the world through the medium of video, and now I have several YouTube channels, as well as two vlog channels. My first and main one is www.youtube.com/user/ThePeterHutch and my second, collaborative channel is called Electric Teapots, which you can find at www.youtube.com/user/ElectricTeapots.

I started vlogging because of YouTube user Toby Turner, who adds a new video literally every day by filming a video on his iPhone and then immediately uploading it to YouTube.

I find that absolutely amazing though. The fact that in today's society someone who barely has any money can pick up a camera and tell the world how they feel, and upload it without even going home. Although of course Toby Turner (also known as Tobuscus) has in fact made a fortune through posting videos on the internet.

And while we're talking about my inspirations, I decided to start blogging partly because my friends were and also because I was a fan of www.hyperboleandahalf.blogspot.com. I have been blogging for about two years now, and it has certainly helped with my ability to just talk about nothing and make it last for five minutes (or in retrospect 500 words or more).

My main blog is now quite popular now, sporting dozens of views every day. Okay, it's not exactly internationally acclaimed, and it's certainly an acquired taste, but it's a good start.

Writing is what I feel most comfortable with though, and that is why I have only used this format for the OIPP and not videos, although I would have liked to if my talking-to-myself skills develop to the point where I can jabber on about topics that aren't completely pointless, although the links are there if you want to check out how I video. Oh, but the watershed warning is there. It's not for the faint-hearted.

So that's how I mainly use social media. Blogs and vlogs. And I love how I can share them through Facebook as well. It's pretty damn amazing.

Pete out.