May 2008
5 posts
Voeh Blocks International Users
I just found a breaking news story that has not yet made the Techmeme, or Google news rounds: Veoh turns off international service. The company which has received over $25M in financing is apparently, as of today, blocking out many international countries. I found this info via Wikirage where I noticed the wikipage for Veoh has been under constant edits today. A look at Google blogs shows many...
Displacements
Displacements is an immersive film installation. “An archetypal Americana living room was installed in an exhibition space. Then two performers were filmed in the space using a 16mm motion picture camera on a slowly rotating turntable in the room’s center. After filming, the camera was replaced with a film loop projector and the entire contents of the room were spray-painted white. The...
The Real Reason Why friendfeed is Working
The first time I heard about friendfeed was in mid 2007 but I just passed it over and didn’t think much about it. In the fall of 2007, Jason Shellen stopped by my office in NYC and was talking about it. That day I had an epiphany that Friendfeed would be the next big thing. I later outlined this in Austin during SXSW this year. People saw the conference as Twitter’s major launch, but...
Weezer - Pork and Beans
All star video including Evolution of Dance Guy, Daft Hands and Bodies, GI Joe, Tay Zonday, Liamkylesullivan, Chris Croker, Coke and Mentos guys, Miss Teen USA, Karate Guy and quite a few more. As of now, the video only has about 9507 views and only 333 subscribers. Ill update this post each day with the number count climb. This one will obviously be quite big. Update #1:Close to 9pm ET on the...
Wisdom of the Crowd vs. Curator
I got a chance to ask Drew Curtis of Fark a ton of questions. I’ll try to get more of the interview up soon. This one part struck me as really interesting. I asked about how he curates for Fark - he almost entirely ignores his audience. At first the idea might seem counterintuitive, especially if you use sites like Digg, but there is something to be said for the curator. Extremes and...