Mind of UPSLynx Report Card

Hello everyone,

I've been doing 'Mind' for almost 3 months now. I'm looking for feedback.

As this weekly show is still quite experimental, I'm still getting a feel for what you guys want to see covered in it weekly, and how I want to stylize it.

So far, I'm happy with the show. I think it's fun to do (which is incredibly important), it's pretty easy to do with the exception of things like hitting myself in the face with a stuffed holy hand grenade, and I think it's a good way of connecting the front page with our community.

But I'm always up for suggestions and adjustments.

The main topics I can think of:
1.content
2.interaction
3.style

What do you think about the content? I try to cover what's happening in Icrontic, dab in some news, and then talk about what's happening in my world, my life. It is mind of UPSLynx afterall. Not that the events of my life are of particular interest to any random person no matter how significant, but I consider myself a good storyteller, and my life seems to dance on a thin red line of absurdity and normalcy many months out of the year. Lately though, I've found myself covering more Icrontic news and IC events than anything else. While I think it's good to focus on the news pieces that are being discussed on IC, I don't want that to be the only thing I do on the show. What kind of content are you interested in? What do you want me to cover, to talk about?

Interaction: it's just me, my computer, and a camera. I did a roundtable discussion with Bindlestick and Grimnoc last week, it was received rather well. I'd like to have more 'guest commentary' on the show, still trying to figure out how to do that (probably skype and some sort of capture program). But having other people talk just for the sake of mixing up the talking heads isn't so great. How would you like me to interact with other people? How often should I do it? (every week is probably not possible. I'm far too busy, and coordinating is very difficult).

Style, do you like the look? This isn't an important subject, and it's completely up to my jurisdiction, but I thought I'd throw it out there for people 'in the know' with production and video. I love the current style of Mind. Now that I've got the lighting under control and I'm wearing a mic, I think the presentation is just where I want it. This isn't meant to be an extravagant production. It's a simple, casual webseries. I try to style Mind of UPSLynx after Ze Frank's 'The Show', a daily webseries he did in 2006. I loved the show, it's quick transitions, unflinching presentation, and extremely quick wit. I want to keep with this format, it's easy, and fun to watch.

Also, best shortening of the name? Just call it 'Mind'? 'MOUPS'? not an easy one to shorten.

Some things I know I need to work on - timeliness. I missed doing an episode at SIGGRAPH with Chris White, Wahay, Bandrik, and all. I didn't do an episode at ICHQ two days ago. I screwed up the episode shot at EPIC09. When I go places, Mind needs to follow me, I need to work harder at that.

Pour it out, I want to hear what you've got.