Doug Kaye of the brilliant grassroots media site IT Conversations has a new podcast, interviewing me and partner Marc Canter about the launch of Ourmedia, and how we’re out to change the world — with a little help from our friends.
Members flocking to Ourmedia
We’ve been getting tons of new members at Ourmedia.org since we opened our doors yesterday — far more than we expected. We’re at almost 2,000 members now. The site was down for most of this afternoon as we switched over to a more powerful server. You should be able to access the site now.
‘Ourmedia powers the long tail’
You’ll pardon a little end-of-the-day marveling at the crazy day we just finished. Here are Ourmedia’s referral logs from Monday: 10,000 hits via slashdot today 1,020 from instapundit (a friend) 965 from gizmodo 268 from boingboing 220 from my blog 132 from deli.cio.us 125 from scripting 100 from seth godin And that’s with the site […]
Early word on Ourmedia
Early coverage (I almost said “press”) of Ourmedia: Digital-Lifestyles.info in Britain interviewed me by email today. Excerpt: I imagine that scammers, spammers, porn merchants and ne’er do wells will be attracted to this venture like a moth to a flame. JD Lasica: It won’t be a free for all. We have a good-sized team of […]
Ourmedia slashdotted
It didn’t take long for Ourmedia to be slashdotted. Just what we needed with our servers already getting slammed. Consensus seems to be: This is a pretty cool thing. Some skepticism about the long-term promises we’re making (we’ll see how that goes). Disappointment at the no-porn rule. :~) I dove in and answered a half-dozen […]