This week on the Vloggies Show we take a look at the LOLcats phenomena with our adaptation of I CAN HAS CHEEZBURGER and CEILING CAT. Guest Starring: Schlomo Rabinowitz and Veronica Belmont. Also, we made our own scary movie with vlogger Ryan Junell who is the organizer and creator of the SlowMo Horror Festival. Check out Vloggies online video pick of the week Cute with Chris. And don’t forget to vote for our music video at Vlog DeathMatch. The deadline for voting is midnight on Monday, May 21, 2007. (CREDITS: Starring Irina Slutsky, Schlomo Rabinowitz, Veronica Belmont, and Ryan Junnell; Written By Irina Slutsky, Veronica Belmont, Ryan Junnell, Nora McDevitt; Produced By Nora McDevitt; Directed By Nora McDevitt; Edited By Lee Cummings.

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This week on the Vloggies Show, Irina aka MC Slutsky answers the Vlog Deathmatch challenge by writing and rapping an original song with music and some vocal help by her “Boobs in a Box” maestro and nerdcore genius Doctor Popular. Watch the T-unit (Ev Williams, Jack Dorsey, Chris Messina, Vloggies winner Gary Vaynerchuk, and Crystal) head-nod at the Obvious office in South Park and don’t forget to go to the Vlog Deathmatch site to vote for Irina starting May 16th. Our “must watch” online video pick of the week is our favorite Hollywood actor featured in Unleashed. CREDITS- Starring Irina Slutsky and Doctor Popular; Lyrics By Irina Slutsky and Doctor Popular; Music By Doctor Popular; Produced By Nora McDevitt; Directed By Nora McDevitt; Edited By Lee Cummings and Nora McDevitt; Camera/Sound Lee Cummings.

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This week on the Vloggies Show, Ryanne Hodson pays a surprise visit to Irina and questions her “ungreen” ways. Vloggers, mark your calendars for the Slomo Horror Festival and Pixelodeon. Also, if you’ve seen an online video that you think rocks, email us with your comments and the link. Going forward, we will pick a new video each week to highlight in the show. [Credits: Starring Irina Slutsky, Ryanne Hodson; Produced By Nora McDevitt; Written By Irina Slutsky and Nora McDevitt; Directed by Nora McDevitt; Camera/Sound Lee Cummings; Editor/Colorist Lee Cummings]

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Thanks to everyone who entered our Vloggies SXSW Challenge contest. I’m a week late, but we’ve got the winners! We asked SXSW attendees to put a little clip together about their trip to Austin. The three winners all get two tickets to fly to the Vloggies in LA and will be invited to help judge the Vloggies (should the winners’ vlogs be nominated, they will not be able to judge they category in which their vlog is submitted).

Thanks to Seagate, the winners all get hard drives where they can store — what else — more video!

And without further ado, the winners are……………

1. First Place goes to the Twitteriffic webisode shot by the ladies of Nontouorage! They will be enjoying the use of a Seagate FreeAgent Pro 750GB

2. Second Place goes to the adorable soundscape video entitled “Injury Rythm” from KityKity aka Susan Kirkpatrick! She’ll get to use a Seagate Maxtor One Touch III 500GB

3. Third Place goes to Giovanni Gallucci, who edited 18 hours of video down to an entertaining clip about BarCamp Austin. He’ll get to use a Seagate FreeAgent Go 160GB

Congratulations to all the winners! Send me an email so we can get the prizes to you!

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This week on The Vloggies Show, Irina tries lifecasting for a day… and asks Jackson West, “who needs editing when you can stream live?” And the Mommy Vlogger struggles to manage her uber difficult hyperactive child… It’s tough being a parent. But on a more serious note, the killings at Virgnia Tech marked a national tragedy, which raised many questions around citizen journalism and mainstream media. The news quickly spread through blogs and online social networking sites and video shot on camera phones was used by mainstream media to report on the event. These kids are so wired that they were able to report on the news first-hand and more quickly than mainstream media. There is a generational divide that now exists between traditional media and social media, raising questions surrounding ethics and accuracy in reporting, as well as authority. It is no longer about an authoritative voice telling the people what is news and how they should view it, people are now able to report on events themselves and then share their opinions with their peers who then collectively form a perspective.

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This week on the Vloggies Show, Irina and the notorious Violet Blue get into it over Anything Goes vs. Civility Enforced. In the news this week, Tim O’Reilly’s Code of Conduct “Manifesto” which suggests that bloggers and vloggers need to mind their p’s and q’s was the hot topic raising heated debates amongst new and old media.

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In a nod to Bre Pettis’ Make Vlog: Technology On Your Time, Irina “makes” it her own.

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This week on the Vloggies Show, Irina Slutsky visits the studio of RabbitBites.com to meet up with the vlogstar rabbits, Buns and ChouChou. Also this week in the vlogoshphere, Josh Wolf’s release from jail made headlines in old and new media. And Irina continues her search for the perfect dress for the Vloggies at local San Francisco designer, Susan Hengst’s boutique located in the heart of the mission .

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As videoblogginweek2007 continues, Irina discovers being a journalist isn’t what she expected….

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I was going to do a ninja episode, but I couldn’t even figure out how to dress for it. My friend John James tries to help out.

In our second review of videobloggingweek2007, Irina tallies up the hundreds of videos submitted so far and picks out three vloggers she likes: the indefatigable TwitterVlog, the decidedly un-medical Out On the Stoop and the stories behind the photos of Completely Known

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Irina Slutsky gets a cooking lesson from John James (and spoofs cooking vlogs) on the art of boiling an egg as videoblogginweek2007 continues…

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 Taking a cue from old skool vlogger Kashum, Irina riffs on a classic vlogging shot in this third installment for Video Blogging Week 2007. Catch all the videos tagged “videobloggingweek2007″ here.

Irina Slutsky’s picks for Videoblogging Week 2007 (videobloggingweek2007) thus far…. It’s only Monday (still Monday on the West coast) and already more than 200 videos have been uploaded. I love a good challenge! The three vids I picked are: Pac-Man Carrots,  Rufust & Patty and Backyard Stump.

Irina Slutsky, MC for Videoblogging Week 2007 (videobloggingweek2007) tracked by Mefeedia, takes a stab at motherhood. Those Mommy vloggers have it tough…

Irina channels Lonely Girl15 to kick off Video Blogging Week 2007. To participate in Video Blogging Week, all you have to do is make a video — any video, any length, any style — and tag it with the cumbersome yet very precise tag of “videobloggingweek2007″ and you’re set! To see who all the videos playing along, go here.

Irina Slutsky and Scottish-American comedian and vlogger Mark Day have an accent throw down. And in the news, Justin TV was the biggest buzz this week in new and old media. Also, this coming week, April 1st through April 7th, is video vlogging week. Mefeedia is tracking the event and collecting all videos tagged with “videobloggingweek2007″ and Irina is emceeing this virtual event. So don’t forget to post a video every day for seven days.

So everyone has had some time to get over their SXSW hangovers — now all those with video cameras (I saw all of you!) put a little clip together about your trip to Austin and enter the Vloggies SXSW challenge. All you have to do is post the video on your site and link to this post and you have a chance to win two tickets to fly to the Vloggies in LA and to be invited to help judge the Vloggies. Thanks to Seagate, you can also win:

1. First Place: Seagate FreeAgent Pro 750GB

2. Second Place: Seagate Maxtor One Touch III 500GB

3. Third Place: Seagate FreeAgent Go 160GB

It’s official we’re launched…

This week on the Vloggie Show, while still recovering from SXSW in Austin, Irina’s back in town hanging with the slightly funny (okay, hilarious) vlogger, Schlomo Rabinowitz. Schlomo breaks down his voting strategy for the recently-announced YouTube awards and Irina searches for the perfect hair. Also, in San Jose, Calif., this week, the Video On The Net conference was happening. It was a busy week in the vlogoshpere

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Irina Slutsky talks to Galacticast at SXSW about their niche fame in the vlogging world, and what they’re up at SXSW.

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Irina Slutsky talks to famed video blogger Amanda Congdon at SXSW about her weekly show, Starring Amanda, hosted by blip.tv, as well as her move to ABC.

I can’t wait to go to the YouTube Awards and get dressed up and see the winners and have a party! Oh , wait….. Seriously though, the more the merrier!

When we originally made up the Vloggies, we sought to shed light on the best and brightest of the vlogosphere and back then it was hard for us to get into the gigantic YouTube community. I’m glad YouTube is going to recognize the hard work and talent of those who have been making great videos for a while now.

ABOVE THE FOLD!

I knew Vloggies Show crew rocked SXSW, but I had no idea our photos would end up on the front page of the San Francisco Chronicle.

Thanks to Seagate for our expo floor booth/studio, where — with Bill Streeter at the camera helm — I interviewed what felt like a gazillion people. The booth turned into a reverse press junket for me, with Internet builders and online video producers stopping by to chat with me about the past, the present and the future.

Of course, we talked to Vloggies uber-stars like Ask A Ninja and Galacticast (episode coming up), but also non-Internet guests — like an executive from Austin’s public access TV — who shed some light on what needs to happen with online video.

I’ll write more on this later, but if you have some footage in your handy-cam of SXSW (doesn’t matter which part of SXSW), we want you to upload it to the contest (use the red button) so you can win a HUGE GIGANTIC prize, one of which is two tickets to the Vloggies in LA!

Irina Slutsky speaks with SXSW panelist Adam Zbar, CEO of Zannel, about his company. Zannel is the first large-scale viral media network.