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Re: All of you are all too gracious
Andy Alpern 2004-Jul-08 09:10:00
I respectfully disagree. Things like this only build momentum and , of
course, there will be new panos every time.
I'm in as much as possible.
peace,
andy
Golem Productions
http://golemproductions.com
On Jul 8, 2004, at 10:05 AM, Aldo Hoeben wrote:
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>> !!!Everyone interested in doing this again in September 2004!!
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> Well, actually... Not really.
> I really don't want to rain on anyone's parade, and I am as gratefull
> as all
> of you to Landis, Don, etc, and even as proud as the rest of you that I
> participated, but I have my doubts about a quaterly event. Here's why:
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> The first WWP this year got HUGE exposure. There were links on
> countless
> weblogs, which in these days is a measure of coolness. * EVERYBODY *
> who saw
> the huge collection of panoramas was wowed. Many people will have seen
> QTVR's for the first time.
>
> This will be very different if 'we' do this four times each year.
> Sure, the
> first couple of times will be very popular, but I think the 'effect'
> will
> wear off after some time. People will go 'didn't I see this a couple of
> weeks back?' or 'oh, another set of panoramas, well, they all look the
> same
> to me'.
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> I think we should not do a WWP event too often. This way they will stay
> special, both to our intended audience, and to participating
> photographers.
>
> I also think that a theme is very important (like the current WH
> theme), to
> keep people interested. It could be a good idea to have the themes
> related
> to something that is on people's minds already. A 'sports' themed event
> would have been a good idea for an august based shoot, coinciding with
> the
> Olympic games (but I think that may be too soon, taking away attention
> from
> our current WWP site).
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> Opinions?
>
> Aldo
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