I gave a talk this past weekend called “The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Blogosphere” at Brock University in St. Catharines, Ontario.

The presentation was a multi-media journey through the exciting universe of blogs. I introduced attendees to 20 of the most extraordinary and interesting blogs around today. I was able to take people behind the scenes to learn the stories of the people who run the blogs.

Instead of telling you the whole stories behind each blog, I’ve posted a video to go with each featured blog. You can easily google these people or find out more about them on their websites/blogs. Hopefully you’ll discover a few blogs that you’ll want to follow, and who knows, you might even want to start your own blog!

Please leave a comment below and let me know your favourites!

Also, come back to my blog soon, as my next blog post will be on how to find the best blogs. Hint: One way is to check out winners from blog awards.

1. Angela Aiello – iYellow Wine Club
www.iyellowwineclub.com/blog

2. Gary Vaynerchuck – Wine Library TV
tv.winelibrary.com

Gary wrapped up his 1,000th Wine Library TV episode just this past spring, and then moved over to his “Daily Grape” iPhone Application where he also posted videos and wine reviews. He then announced his official retirement from daily wine video blogs at the end of August, but you’ve still got a ton of videos to explore!

3. 65 Red Roses
65redroses.livejournal.com

Sadly, Eva Markvoort’s blog “65 Red Roses” is no longer run by Eva as she passed away March 27, 2010. It is now run by her family, but well worth exploring.

4. Julie Powell – Julie & Julia
juliepowell.blogspot.com

You can no longer access Julie’s original Jule & Julia Blog, but she still keeps this blog.

5. Reb Stevenson
rebstevenson.com

6. Facehunter – Yvan Rodic
facehunter.blogspot.com

7. Style Rookie – Tavi Gevinson
www.thestylerookie.com

8. Art Matters Blog – Art Gallery of Ontario
www.artmatters.ca

9. Montréal Tourism’s Blog “The Montréal Buzz”
www.tourisme-montreal.org/blog

10. 1000 Awesome Things – Neil Pasricha
www.1000awesomethings.com

11. Post Secret – Frank Warren
www.postsecret.com

12. Zen Habits – Leo Babauta
zenhabits.net

13. Four Hour Work Week Blog – Tim Ferriss
www.fourhourworkweek.com/blog

14. Seth Godin Blog
www.sethgodin.typepad.com

15. Richard Branson
www.virgin.com/richard-branson/blog

16. Perez Hilton – Mario Lavandeira
www.perezhilton.com

17. Sh*t My Dad Says (warning: explicit)
http://twitter.com/shitmydadsays

18. Mashable – Pete Cashmore
www.mashable.com

19. Huffington Post – Arianna Huffington
www.huffingtonpost.com

20. Boston Globe’s “The Big Picture”
www.boston.com/bigpicture

LIKE THIS LIST? WHAT ARE YOUR FAVOURITE BLOGS? PLEASE COMMENT & SHARE HERE!

Their film is called “Robots Need Love Too” and it was based on the festival’s theme: “overheard.” Team’s were given the theme and only had 24 hours to script, film, edit and process their submissions.

I co-founded the Society in my last year at Brock and I’m so proud that it’s still around and serving students. The festival took place at the Empire Theatre in St. Catharines and it was to a packed audience; about 200 people attended and 14 films were screened in total. It was a great event and congrats the film makers, actors, judges and society’s executive and volunteers for putting on such a memorable event.

For more about the festival you can read last week’s front page feature article in the Brock Press here: “Brock’s 24 Hour Artists”

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Robots Need Love Too from Lindsay Gray on Vimeo.

Our 2010 Brock University 24 Hour Film Festival movie!

We won Runner Up by the judges, and Audience Choice! Felt like first!

The theme this year was “overheard” but we didnt want to make a serious typical movie like everyone else, so we gave ourselves our own them of incorporating a robot we had made!

I think it turned out awesome!

I am so so proud of this, and had the best time making it!

thanks to everyone that helped out!

Enjoy!

Lindsay Gray, Filmmaker

With current club President Elizabeth Janzen at the after party

]]> http://www.paxtonallewell.com/2010/03/14/brock-24-hour-film-festival-201/feed/ 0 http://www.paxtonallewell.com/2010/02/23/brock-university-alumni-video/ http://www.paxtonallewell.com/2010/02/23/brock-university-alumni-video/#comments Tue, 23 Feb 2010 22:34:48 +0000 paxton http://paxtonallewell.com/?p=318 Back in early fall 2009 (Ah, I miss the warm weather) I was interviewed by Brock University for this promo video. The video was taken at “Reunion Station” just after Ange Aiello and I spoke at the Annual Alumni Association Luncheon.  I had a good time and I hope to make it again next year. You’ll find me at 2:44