I usually don’t care about these debates, but this is fun:
UIE Brain Sparks » Blog Archive » Do Links Need Underlines?: “But users are trained to click on underlined things. (Did you move your mouse over the underlined text in the previous sentence to see if it was a link? Don’t be concerned — so did I and I knew it wasn’t a link.)”
loadedpun » Podshow scrapes feeds in a Veoh re-run: “First there was Veoh, a video hosting company that was found scraping content from other hosting sites as well as individual vlogs and hosting them on their own site. An outcry caused them to amend their policy and withdraw the stolen content.”
Microsoft’s challenge to the iPod | CNET News.com: “Microsoft’s digital device would be equipped with at least one feature the iPod lacks…”
It’s not the features!
I’m not a branding expert, but, so it seems, neither is Microsoft.
You can’t beat ipod on its own turf. You can’t say: “We’re like ipod, but better”. Because everyone knows the ipod is the best.
Look at the Sony PSP. It’s is, clearly, not an ipod. But it’s a winner. And Sony could (if they would be organizationally capable) beat some serious ipod butt with it.
The only way for M$ to build an ipod killer is to, yep, not build an ipod killer. Create a new category. Build something else.
If the press writes “it’s quite unlike the ipod”, you’ll be on to something. If they write: “Microsoft’s new ipod killer has att least 1 feature the ipod doesn’t have”, you’re a lost cause.
Now Microsoft have a lot of selling muscle to sell this thing. But they won’t get it right as long as they try to be ipod.
Amanda Congdon (Quicktime download): “Apparently my partner andrew barron is no longer interested in being my partner”.
Reactions on the videoblogging mailing list are (of course) surprise, and wishing them both the best of luck. It’s for real, it seems.
David H on the videoblogging list:
“Videoblogging is about exploding a lie. The lie goes like this:
“You’re not good enough, you’re not pretty enough, you’re not smart enough, your equipment isn’t good enough, your lighting isn’t sweet enough, your audio isn’t controlled enough, you don’t have the proper training or knowledge of the right production conventions for your voice to have a place at the table. Media making is for professionals, the rest of the riff-raff is just too low-tech and ignorant of ‘proper staging’ techniques to be taken seriously.”
Amen!
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The internet needs YOU! | The Register
The US government is asking for comments on how the internet should be run, and anyone is allowed to comment - but you’ll need to be quick.
Steve Garfield made this “faces of vloggercon”.
"Plan 9 From Outer Space" : the complete movie. I’m not sure if its out of copyright, but this is a great classic!
Watch movie (Quicktime)
Original post, from Clash TV:
Classic sci-fi zombie film by Edward D. Wood Jr.
(Via Mefeedia)
Apple - Support - Discussions - New Categories: “Most of the old categories and subcategories are now automatically mapped to corresponding ones within the new system. For example, if your podcast was listed under “Arts & Entertainment > Photography”, it will now appear under “Arts > Visual Arts.”
