tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4079429.post5744459687237909470..comments2024-01-22T03:23:54.397-05:00Comments on mmeiser blog: Jet Blue - videoblogging for apologistsMichael Meiserhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02136752168371831819noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4079429.post-2490112096702611172007-02-26T23:24:00.000-05:002007-02-26T23:24:00.000-05:00I'm not so worried about the great liars issue. Ye...I'm not so worried about the great liars issue. Yes there's some important changes happening culturally about how people are going to gain political and economic mobility. But there's also going to be a huge change in transparency.<BR/><BR/>I can see right off the bat the HUGE power that comes from making your own communications channel. You get to choose exactly what you say and how you present yourself. That's extremely interesting when you talk about politics. Some of the first political podcasts like iFrist and Obama's definitely made me realize that. However at the same time people will be more informed and more connected then ever. Bloggers have already proven there ability to sniff out the b.s.<BR/><BR/>There's going to be a lot more scrutiny.<BR/><BR/>Another reason why it's going to work is because once you put a podcast or vlog post out there you can't recall it. It's out there for good.<BR/><BR/>Transparency is the key.<BR/><BR/>Besides if you're a liar (or an actor) which world is easier to exist in... one where you only have to act at set appearances or one where anyone at any time could pull out a camera and point it at you or stick a mic in your face. It's going to be awfully hard work to maintain a lie in the future.<BR/><BR/>What worries me most actually is the white elephant. Empathy. Are we going to let people get away with shit the way we let those we know get away with shit. Call it steve jobs reality distortion field... or what about Microsoft as it's face becomes that of a thousand bloggers. Are we going to be more apt to let things slide as companies put on a more human face and forget about their more prickly matters... or will the opposite be true? Who knows.Michael Meiserhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02136752168371831819noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4079429.post-91798253939911662472007-02-25T04:02:00.000-05:002007-02-25T04:02:00.000-05:00First, thanks for the re-vlog / link-love and poin...First, thanks for the re-vlog / link-love and pointer to Vixy.net.<BR/><BR/>Yes. Videoblogging is another tool for propaganda, to be sure. That said, the acting part is difficult. Hillary's been doing this acting thing for years and still hasn't got authenticity down. <BR/><BR/>What this means is that CEO's and politicians will have to be actors first and leaders second.<BR/><BR/>I believed the JetBlue CEO's discomfort. I didn't believe Hillary. Marriott falls squarely in the middle of the belief scale.<BR/><BR/>Actors are basically great liars, and video-on-the-fly opens the door wide for the great liars of the world to bubble up to the top. <BR/><BR/>Consumers will have to be more vigilant than ever before in examining information. <BR/><BR/>Lonelygirl15 comes to mind.<BR/><BR/><I><B>Caveat emptor</B></I>.Faux Presshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01352934375444038653noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4079429.post-35622193196490523952007-02-24T15:10:00.000-05:002007-02-24T15:10:00.000-05:00Vixy.net is an open source server side video trans...Vixy.net is an open source server side video transcoder that seems to work really well.<BR/><BR/>There's a similar version over at<BR/><BR/>http://mux.am/<BR/><BR/>It's by Nathan Frietas. I think it's built on the same open source software but it's integrated with Amazon S3 so it can scale like a mofo!<BR/><BR/>I'm currently trying to get Nathan to make it accept RSS feeds.<BR/><BR/>The idea being that one day you'll be able to subscribe to any video RSS feed (or audio podcast) and will have all your audio / video podcasts available to you anytime you want anywhere. Thus making audio and video podcasting as ubiquitous as the blackberry makes email.<BR/><BR/>There are still sigificant hurdles to the vision, but the new Nokia N-series phones and above all the iPhone are headed in that direction.<BR/><BR/>The really big BIG picture is that rich media like audio podcasting, video and photos will become a part of everyday ubiquitous communications.<BR/><BR/>One day you'll be as likely to take a video or photo and share it with your mom as you will be to call her on the phone.<BR/><BR/>Because god knows we all want to keep in touch with our moms, but we just don't have the proverbial 2 hours it takes everytime we call them. Sometimes we just want to say to people... "I was thinking of you"... and when video and photo sharing is a truely ubiquitous part of communications that's just what we'll be able to do! :)<BR/><BR/>So... that's what vixy is... it's a small piece of the puzzle... mux.am is another.Michael Meiserhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02136752168371831819noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4079429.post-83428011234421025892007-02-24T14:32:00.000-05:002007-02-24T14:32:00.000-05:00what is vixy.net?it seems to be down at the moment...what is vixy.net?<BR/><BR/>it seems to be down at the momentAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com