Tech-Blog: Category media

iPod video

Mike — Thu, 13 Oct 2005 11:04:00 -0400

The worst kept secret is now public.

Will the video iPod move mainstream video off of cable? Maybe not. But it may be the trigger for mainstream video blogs and pod casts, downloadable TV shows, live video. Something big is going to happen. It will also be interesting to see if/how Sony reacts with their PSP.

There may be an opportunity for a bloglines-like app for notification of new video content -- an RSS based TV guide. Or maybe a Flickr for home video?

Web-Based Clipping

mop — Wed, 09 Feb 2005 13:15:00 -0500

Suzan suggests that a market may exists for a web-based clipping service. Prior to the net explosion, clipping services monitored periodical content and ’clipped’ articles based on customer interests. Some of this function is now served by RSS news aggregators and search engines. But there is still chaff among the kernels of RSS and search results.

A number of fee-based web clipping services exists:

Custom Scoop appears to focus on wire feeds and dailies and the field of public affairs; $300/mo USD and up.
Metro Monitor watches TV, especially in smaller markets; price unknown.

NewsLibrary provides archives of newspaper content, charging a small fee per article downloaded.
WebClipping.com might be the closest offering to Suzan’s idea, appears to have adaptive filtering; pricing not available.

Two thoughts... would a clipping service need to index content or utilize existing indexes (Google etc); is automated (adaptive?) filtering enough or is human intervention still of value?

Lessig on Wilco

mop — Wed, 09 Feb 2005 12:05:00 -0500

Shame on me for not adding Lawrence’s blog to my ’lines earlier. Lessig is the Stanford law professor who provides the academic backbone for Creative Commons and the Free Software Foundation. Wired authored a fine bio in 2002.

Two nuggets gleaned from Lessig’s blog...

A reverent description of Gilberto Gil’s ’performance’ at the World Social Forum in Brazil.
Lawrence presents Wilco as the Future of Music