Posts Tagged with Transparency
April 26, 2007 at 3:12 pm · Filed under Video, Privacy
Justin.tv. Live streaming of someone’s life onto the Internet 24/7.
When I first heard of the concept, I thought “well, there must be more to it than meets the eye… because if there isn’t, it’s really going to suck.” Well, it turns out there wasn’t more to it than met the eye, and my prediction held true.
Justin.tv wasn’t created as an experiment of sociology and technology at its core. It was created as a for-profit business backed by venture capital. So, one would have thought there was something there—some great concept around WHAT Justin would be up to that would create the stir to propel the venture.
Turns out, there wasn’t. Justin.tv has taken the simplest, most uninteresting incarnation of ‘reality TV’ (which has been showing its age for awhile now), removed the entertainment factor, and mainlined it onto the Internet using some clever technology. That’s it.
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March 26, 2007 at 6:20 pm · Filed under Video, Social Networking
Justin.tv, created by Justin Kan and Emmitt Shear started streaming over the web last week. The commercial venture has turned Justin Kan into a sort of Cyborg Piccard, attaching a video camera to his head which transmits video via a laptop in a backpack he wears. Insofar as the commercial aspects of the endeavor, the duo is funded by incubator Y Combinator and currently has two sponsors: Bawls Energy Drink and Zipcar.
About a month before launch an interviewer asked “What makes your life so interesting that people will want to watch?”
Justin’s answer:
“I’m going to go to a lot of cool parties and talk to interesting people,” he said.
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March 18, 2007 at 3:12 pm · Filed under Privacy, Events, Mobile, Social Networking
At the SXSW conference, there was a phenomena I was exposed to called Twitter. Twitter is described on the Twitter site as “A global community of friends and strangers answering one simple question: What are you doing?” Twitter allows you to let the world (or your select group of friends) know where you are and what you’re doing via phone, IM, or online. I signed up to give it a try, and, well, I’m not a Twittter.
There definitively is a movement that is not only comfortable, but highly motivated to share the details of their life. Down to the minutia. As often as not with complete strangers. Everyone has heard of Flick’r, MySpace, Instant Messaging and blogs. Twitter is focused on a different level of information provided on a different frequency of updates; quick-hits of information, where you are and what you’re doing, provided as frequently as the Twitter user wants to provide it. An Instant Messaging Blog in some ways.
I’m not a Twitter for a few reasons. First, the people in my life may use Flick’r here and there or post some interesting marketing or technology tips to their blog, but they aren’t on the edge of the curve running towards the lifestreaming movement. Second, I don’t have the desire to share minute-by-minute (or hour-by-hour) detailed information of what I’m doing or where I am with my circle of friends, never mind the Internet community at large. To be honest-I don’t understand it. More than anything, what’s intriguing about Twitter and the state of online social networking is how rapidly the online social networker’s outlook on privacy, security, and transparency is changing.
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