I’ve been wondering why I watch comparatively little video online. And I think I’ve hit on the answer.

From a recent blog from Robert Scoble:

What was really fun was having raclette cheese dinner with famous author Bruce Sterling. Of course I intruded on the dinner with my cell phone camera. It’s a 40 minute video … it doesn’t get interesting until about 13 minutes when Bruce tells us the difference between a blogger and a novelist.

I note Scoble’s joining Fast Company, which apparently (from their metadata) “covers the new economy and workplace for people who believe in fusing tough-minded performance with human values.” I hope one of the tough-minded performance issues that Scoble sorts is his expectation that people will willingly sit through 13 minutes of dull, badly-shot video before anything “interesting” happens.

He comes across on TWIT as a nice guy - but since he believes editing is just too-cool-for-school, I’m sure he won’t mind that I’ve just edited him out of my Google Reader list. I’d rather read stuff from people that respect my time, and yours.

Photo: Finn Pröpper. Used under licence.