Here’s the latest on YouTube — and a worthy competitor called Metacafe. CNET News.com: Is YouTube a flash in the pan? As video-sharing site YouTube rides an enormous wave of popularity, a research firm has expressed doubts about the company’s business prospects. Josh Martin, an IDC research analyst, issued a report Thursday asserting that YouTube […]
Final notes from Gnomedex
At Gnomedex
I’m at Gnomedex, the annual geek love fest up in Seattle. This was my favorite conference last year, and they’re off to a good start on day one. Saturday they’ll continue a live stream of the proceedings. More and more familiar faces at these gatherings. Like: Buzz Bruggeman, Susan Mernit, Dave Winer, Halley Suitt, John […]
Outcome of the Transmission Global Online Video Forum
Ourmedia was invited to attend the Transmission Global Online Video Gathering on June 7-10 in Rome, but we couldn’t make it because it was held the same week as Vloggercon. I organized a Citizens Media Summit in San Francisco in May 2005 attended by 36 people, so I’m a softie for these kind of efforts. […]
Flavors of grassroots video
What kinds of videos are people watching online? It’s sure not Lost or Desperate Housewives, even if downloads of traditional TV shows command most of the media’s attention, thanks to Apple’s bottom line. At Supernova on Friday, Mary Hodder, CEO of Dabble, said she’d list the different varieties or genres of grassroots video her company […]