I tried my hand at liveblogging Sunil's talk at Blogcamp.in. Here's my attempt at transcribing his talk. I was too tired to get the question and answer session. Disclaimer - I've missed out on a lot of stuff. Also, since I'm posting this while Sunil is still speaking during the Q&A, so excuse the bad punctuation and formatting and grammar
I belong to the transistor generation.We had just one newspaper in the house.You had to wake up early enough.And ask my father to pass the sports page. Transistor radiors meant you had to be still for if you moved, you could lose the signal
Today, everyone here has a laptop. You could do anything you want. You could get news from the US, from New Zealand, wherver. It is mind boggling
A few years ago, I figured that I couldnt write long hand anymore.My columns are still in long hand - my secretary types it out. But when I'm overseas, I have no choice but to get online.
Yes, you could fax it..but it was never great.I still dont know how to use the keyboard
I'm a 2 finger typist. I envy the guys in the pressbox who dont have to look at the keyboard
The journos long ago banged away on typewriter keyboard. Now, all of you (bloggers) are typing away..and I cant hear a thing. Its an art and a skill..and I appreciate that
I would punch out a fantastic column..and then look up at the screen and learn that nothing has come on the screen. For I had done something wrong
But I'm still learning
[I didn't catch the name]Someone came up to me and appreciated my computer stuff - for people my age give up quickly. Newspapers lead to television lead to the Internet
When India was in the WIndies and I was in the US, I watched a match streamed live on the TV
I also cheated a bit by submitting a report from the US saying I had attended the match in the Windies
Before podcasting, I did a lot of television commentary.In commentary, you feed off your fellow commentator. You have a producer sitting with you. You have a omnivan running all the 25 or so cameras.
You have a director figures out which feed to put on the TV from the 25 feeds. Quite a process
But there, you are at the mercy of the director or the producer
The director would tell you "We're going to show you this - say Tendulkar's grip" and prepares you
So you get time to prepare yourself to speak about it
We used to have hand held mikes instead of lapel mikes. Why? There's a ball by ball commetator and there's a color commentator
the ball by ball commentator tells on what happens every ball. The color commentator adds 'color' to the picture on the monitor. Something that isnt obvious from the picture. Sometimes we dont do it well and say something that is obvious..we say "The ball went to the boundary". Duh!
But in podcasting, things are different. I dont have anyone or any events to feed off
In a podcast, I have time to prepare. I have to speak on what has happened on a 6 hour game
In 5-6 minutes, I need to speak and summarize what happened in a 6 hour day
The disadvantage is - in summarizing, I might miss out the cameos. I'll list the double hundreds..but I'll miss the bowler taking one crucial wicket
In podcasting, it might be a great idea to have someone who can come back to me and ask me "Sunil - what do you think of that?"
With technology, I'm sure its just a matter of time before this happens
In podcasting, the easiest thing is to finish it off without worrying about the consequences
In television, you have to worry about users coming back to you
I'm not a blogger. I've been sitting and listening to you discussing. Its been fantastic
I'm thinking of starting a cricket blog..with help from my friends here
Ladies and Gentleman..thank you!
I belong to the transistor generation.We had just one newspaper in the house.You had to wake up early enough.And ask my father to pass the sports page. Transistor radiors meant you had to be still for if you moved, you could lose the signal
Today, everyone here has a laptop. You could do anything you want. You could get news from the US, from New Zealand, wherver. It is mind boggling
A few years ago, I figured that I couldnt write long hand anymore.My columns are still in long hand - my secretary types it out. But when I'm overseas, I have no choice but to get online.
Yes, you could fax it..but it was never great.I still dont know how to use the keyboard
I'm a 2 finger typist. I envy the guys in the pressbox who dont have to look at the keyboard
The journos long ago banged away on typewriter keyboard. Now, all of you (bloggers) are typing away..and I cant hear a thing. Its an art and a skill..and I appreciate that
I would punch out a fantastic column..and then look up at the screen and learn that nothing has come on the screen. For I had done something wrong
But I'm still learning
[I didn't catch the name]Someone came up to me and appreciated my computer stuff - for people my age give up quickly. Newspapers lead to television lead to the Internet
When India was in the WIndies and I was in the US, I watched a match streamed live on the TV
I also cheated a bit by submitting a report from the US saying I had attended the match in the Windies
Before podcasting, I did a lot of television commentary.In commentary, you feed off your fellow commentator. You have a producer sitting with you. You have a omnivan running all the 25 or so cameras.
You have a director figures out which feed to put on the TV from the 25 feeds. Quite a process
But there, you are at the mercy of the director or the producer
The director would tell you "We're going to show you this - say Tendulkar's grip" and prepares you
So you get time to prepare yourself to speak about it
We used to have hand held mikes instead of lapel mikes. Why? There's a ball by ball commetator and there's a color commentator
the ball by ball commentator tells on what happens every ball. The color commentator adds 'color' to the picture on the monitor. Something that isnt obvious from the picture. Sometimes we dont do it well and say something that is obvious..we say "The ball went to the boundary". Duh!
But in podcasting, things are different. I dont have anyone or any events to feed off
In a podcast, I have time to prepare. I have to speak on what has happened on a 6 hour game
In 5-6 minutes, I need to speak and summarize what happened in a 6 hour day
The disadvantage is - in summarizing, I might miss out the cameos. I'll list the double hundreds..but I'll miss the bowler taking one crucial wicket
In podcasting, it might be a great idea to have someone who can come back to me and ask me "Sunil - what do you think of that?"
With technology, I'm sure its just a matter of time before this happens
In podcasting, the easiest thing is to finish it off without worrying about the consequences
In television, you have to worry about users coming back to you
I'm not a blogger. I've been sitting and listening to you discussing. Its been fantastic
I'm thinking of starting a cricket blog..with help from my friends here
Ladies and Gentleman..thank you!
