Idea for some side-time during the next face-to-face

Team,

This morning, during my jog, I was thinking about what we could do to help
build interest and attention around Linked Data and, in particular, the
Linked Data Platform. Though I may be the least technically astute of our
bunch, I'd like to think that I'm OK at marketing. I also think that we
have a responsibility to help the world understand the efficacy and
transformational power of Linked Data and the emerging Semantic Web - a
topic that, IMHO, has been very poorly communicated in the past. We need to
help the world understand what we're doing, why it's important, and how
it's transforming the future of the modern enterprise and the World Wide
Web.

So, I was wondering what you guys thought about taking some minutes during,
say, a lunch break, at the next face-to-face to record some talking-head
vignettes. The idea being that we eventually snip together a somewhat
documentary style video. Remember, YouTube is the worlds second largest
search engine. I can imagine a video that contains some animated sequences
that help illustrate the concepts behind Linked Data, intercut with brief
snippets of talking-head vignettes (name, profession, company bottom right
of screen).

You have a company and so you introduce your company's role. How your
company is using Linked Data to make a difference in the world. Or... you
explain a small piece of the big picture in your own words, which can be
used in the overview of Linked Data.

I could ask each of you who may be interested what you might wish to touch
on and prepare interview questions around that topic and you just talk
freely for a few minutes. I can bring an HD camera and lavalier microphone.

Later, I can then license some nice background music and have some animated
illustrations done in Adobe After FX. Eventually editing a nice 10 minute
video overview that hopefully we could make better than any out there today.

Of course, everyone participating would have a chance to review a rough cut
and thumbs down any part they did not like.

We might get some great material. We might get crap and just end up saying,
"Nah, this doesn't work." But it's worth a shot, no?

I know our chief purpose is to complete our charter, but I think we could
fit this in the in-betweens somewhat non-intrusively.

Yay? Nay? Sure, Why Not?

Let me know your thoughts.

-- 
Cody Burleson