A very tangential obervation, but if you've ever written in a character-based (ideogram-based) language instead of an alphabet-based language, you know that with ideograms, which require a great deal of education, you can write complex words and sentences quickly (cell phone is four characters in Japanese). It is easier to recognize warning signs with ideograms, but I personally find it easier to read descriptions of things I don't already know in an alphabetical language.

Ideograms are analagous but not congruent to computer resources -- I think that purveyours of information have faced the sort of choice you highlight here since the invention of writing. When writing was for the priestly classes, an exclusive endeavor, ideograms were favored, but with the printing press, the alphabet was superior.

But on the internet? Now it's about the ability of our tools to handle the information. I do know that ideogram-based fonts take up a lot of resources and force printers to have massive amounts of memory.

Games and software are now being designed only for the top end computers, which is disappointing.

Vloggers will need skills, just as ISPs building wireless businesses need to learn new things.

I could see vlogs for: design, architecture, botany, travel, sports . . . any area where the visual is important.

As more people interact with the internet using a portable device, the ability to create visual content that is compelling on a 2" x 2" screen will be useful. . . and might not require expensive tools.

"Please don't vlog" is provocative, and catches the eye, but I think you're making a more subtle, nuanced argument, warning people that vlogging requires a different skill set than blogging. It takes a lot of time to produce a video of, say, four guys dancing on treadmills.