Archive for April, 2005

Poetry

Sunday, April 10th, 2005

In a recent email, a new videoblogger, James, told me why he wanted to post videos to the web….

I’m interested in vlogging because I think it’s a better alternative to
just text all over your blog. 
You can add photos, but when does it really get personal?  You can design your own template or use one thats free, but is that the full extent of personalization? 
It’s just like someone misinterpreting something said on AOL Instant Messenger because you can’t see their face or you can’t hear their voice inflection. 
I would love to try it out… see how it goes. 
Aren’t our blogs just a story of ourselves?  What better way than to really literally show ourselves. 
I also am fascinated by the fact that biologically, we are prevented from seeing what others see, feeling how they feel, just really understanding them. 
I think the camera turns into the users eye in a way.

This is poetry to my ears.

 

Being Grateful

Saturday, April 9th, 2005

Blacksalad

VIDEO: 7 of 7 for Videoblogging Week 2005

Saturday, April 2nd, 2005

Mixroad

VIDEO: 6 of 7 for Videoblogging 2005

Friday, April 1st, 2005

Ryansleeping

IPTV vs Internet of Video

Friday, April 1st, 2005

Here is Jeremy Allaire talking about video publishing on the web.
IPTV vs Internet of Video
He calls what we do…"the internet of video". (weird name)
He calls what CNN/MTV/Sony will do…IPTV.
"Internet of the Video" is video blogging , or people posting personal videos.
IPTV is big companies using the web to push more commercial video content at us.
In five years, video will be a normal part of the web experience…but will it be mainly MTV and Fox news videos….or videos that we make for each other?

It sounds like Jeremy is speaking to a business audience.
But he does a really good job laying out the landscape for the present reality of video publishing…and how it maight play out.
If you have an idea of what videoblogging is…he explains what he thinks are the barriers to personal video publishing and distribution.

He’s heading up a company called Brightcove that is building a box that may let regular people publish video to TV.
Imagine having ANT on your TV….subscribe to any video feed you want…and it downloads to your TV’s harddrive…and you watch it on your couch with a remote control in your hand.

Is this what we want?
More TV?
or do we want a web experience that allows us to watch, comment to each other, trackback, and have conversations?

When people talk about creating these TV networks where anyone can post their video to TV…I wonder…how open can it be?
Openness doesn’t often equal profit.
Does money and sharing video with each other meet somewhere?
Everyone is scrambling to find out.

VIDEO: 5 of 7 Videoblogging Week 2005

Friday, April 1st, 2005

This video will only be understood by 10 people.
Every week I do a live TV show in Manhattan called YOU.
In this week’s episode, I beamed in different videobloggers onto a bluescreen behind Ryan and I.
(i stupidly forgot to record any of it)
It was a very cool effect, but it was a crazy show because i had no focus.
But next week…its going to different.

Ryansubwayreflection