Miro, the democratic media player from JD Lasica on Vimeo. Here’s an 11-minute video interview I conducted with Nicholas Reville, co-founder and executive director of the Participatory Culture Foundation, maker of Miro at getmiro.com. Miro’s a cool application that lets you watch and subscribe to millions of channels of content created by us (any video […]
Podcasts & interviews
Leah Culver on the sharing network Pownce
An interview with Leah Culver about her file-sharing tool, called Pownce. It’s a way for friends and co-workers to simply share their digital stuff in a social network environment.
Hayden Black on creating your own webisode series
‘Goodnight Burbank’ from JD Lasica on Vimeo. Here’s a 5-minute video interview I did with Hayden Black, the mastermind behind the Internet video comedies Goodnight Burbank and Abigail’s X-Rated Teen Diary. He also stars in both series. Hayden also offers some tips for anyone who wants to produce webisodes or just a simple series of […]
Sarah Lacy on her new book
Sarah Lacy on her new book from JD Lasica on Vimeo. One of the people I had the best time bonding with on our Innovation Israel trip to Tel Aviv in April was tech journalist Sarah Lacy. Sarah has a new book out: Once You’re Lucky, Twice You’re Good, a narrative-driven look at the rise, […]
Pandora: the site for personalized radio
At the Digital Hollywood conference last month I appeared on a panel with Jessica Steel, vice president of business development for Pandora, and afterward she spent a few minutes talking about how Pandora’s music recommendation system works. Pandora is my favorite music site (Last.fm is another), and they’re constantly serving up artists that I hadn’t […]