To be a vlogger or video bloggers, you have to link a digital video camera to a laptop and uploads short video clips.

With cheap digital cameras and video-enabled phones and a bit of training you can mount original programming, bypassing the usual broadcast networks and cable outlets.

And to get professional results, invest in tools like Serious Magic’s Visual Communicator, a TelePrompTer-graphics-backdrop package for network-news production.

While millions of text-driven blogs are mushrooming, there are only a couple hundred video blogs. To view example, check out Japanese avoidinglife, music-video blog sxsw or the compendium of diary vlogs vidblogs.

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