{"id":333,"date":"2009-12-26T00:10:23","date_gmt":"2009-12-26T05:10:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.guidetojapanese.org\/blog\/?p=333"},"modified":"2009-12-26T00:33:08","modified_gmt":"2009-12-26T05:33:08","slug":"the-youtube-bandwagon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.guidetojapanese.org\/blog\/2009\/12\/26\/the-youtube-bandwagon\/","title":{"rendered":"The YouTube bandwagon"},"content":{"rendered":"

Merry Christmas! This Christmas, I bought my wife a pair of Ugg boots, which apparently have been all the rage for quite some time now. It seems every female friend or family member I know already has a pair of these. In turn, she bought me a Canon digital camera so that we can take better pictures for umm… her blog. Still, I always love more gadgets and this one also has HD video! So I’ve been toying with the idea of starting up my own YouTube channel.<\/p>\n

Yes, I know it’s fairly late to join the bandwagon but I always wait things out until the technology gets better and cheaper. But technology isn’t the only issue as there really needs to be a good reason to spend the additional time for making any kind of video.<\/p>\n

First of all, I prefer text because it’s pretty much better in every way in terms of visibility, searching, and non-intrusiveness. I hate having to sit through a video when I could have gotten the same information much quickly by browsing through text.<\/p>\n

So what are the advantages of video? In terms of learning Japanese, I can’t really think of any. Still images can convey just as much information as a video can for things that are more easily understood visually. Audio doesn’t require video to convey pronunciation and intonation. You can also do a lot with just slides and a good microphone. It’s still technically a video but doesn’t require a video recorder. I guess if you have an interesting, funny, or attractive face and\/or personality, it can make things more interesting. Doesn’t really apply to me, though.<\/p>\n

So I doubt you’ll be seeing Tae Kim’s YouTube channel any time soon. Despite the fact that I now have the technology, I doubt I’ll be getting faster, better, or stronger… at least on YouTube.<\/p>\n

What do you think? Is there something special video can do for learning Japanese that I’m missing?<\/p>\n

Anyways, I hope you all have a wonderful holiday!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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