March 2008
16 posts
Rocketboom Ranked A Fastest Growing Video Startup
Rocketboom makes the Compete list for Fastest Growing Video Startups - 02/07 to 02/08. And my oh my do I have a story to tell on how we have been able to do this with what relatively few resources we have. The main area of growth over the last year has been building a true dream team staff. Its almost all in the people. What more, off-site distribution for Rocketboom is very deep now and...
YouTube Streams
A heafty new feature from YouTube that has just been released with out a press release (according to Chris Pirillo, its been out for some time but I just checked again and have not seen any blog posts or news articles about it). The feature allows you to create a stream - a playlist of prerecorded videos, and includes a real-time chat feature. As of now, you need to have an account to use this...
More Than A Formula
Like platforms, content needs more than just a formula to work. Perhaps this wasn’t always the case on TV, but online, these days, people are more savvy and have more options to find something that they actually prefer. Techmeme is a much more effective way to get much more news in a more timely fashion for much cheaper and for a greater value than Webbalert, for example. Webbalert may not...
Wallstripper
A few recent poster frames from the Wallstrip show by CBS. Ever since Lindsay left, episodes are no longer daily and have become sexualy degrading to women. With a full-time production staff of 16, the Wallstrip producers are now engaged in a second show, Moblogic.
Bar Camp NYC This Weekend
This Saturday I’ll be at BarCamp NYC (it’s also on Sunday). Session title: A day in the life of episodic content creation. From idea to research, to record, to edit, to publish, to distribute and back around again, dosy-doe, and like such as. Polytechnic University in Brooklyn At the Brooklyn Metrotech Center Brooklyn Campus (Directions) Six Metrotech Center Brooklyn, NY 11201
tumblr Meetup 2: Electric Boogaloo
sharingtime: It’s that time again. If you missed our last meetup, here’s your chance to finally meet the people you’ve reblogged/disliked from a distance/stalked/e-crushed. What: a tumblr meetup for people in the NYC area When: Thursday, March 13th @ 9 PM Where: Fat Cat, 75 Christopher Street Please reblog and hope to see you there! Update: There will be drunken Scrabble. Im headed down...
Wikipedia Entries
I just deleted my Wikipedia entry. Some people have “interests” that look after their pages which helps to keep a balance. Mine has always been “owned” by naysayers. Better to just not have an entry.
SXSWi Kick
I’m back in my hometown, Austin, Texas for SXSW, here is a rundown of what’s up: Most of Rocketboom crew is here: , Kenyatta (twitter), Jamie, Ellie , Joe and Sarah (twitter), come find us! Ill be posting a lot of Twitter and Pownce Updates over the next few days: http://www.twitter.com/andrewbaron http://www.pownce.com/andrewbaron +16bit SXSW Interactive 2008 Party: One of the two...