Tag Archives: video

Videos are Just Lacking Something

Feb
23
2009

Dead Video Tape from the Dark Ages

I don’t know about you but over the last few years I have watched video explode online.   It’s a good thing in a way.  It has served its purpose, even if it has killed the IRC star. I have nothing against video per say.   However sometimes it just isn’t the best medium to present information in.

The Art of Information.

When you are referred to an article, generally you want to scan over it, determine if it is worth reading, and if it is, then  generally you will read the entire article or post.   If you are like me then you will even at this stage scan the article and process it very quickly – after all we all have busy lives that we don’t want to clutter them with information that may not be worthwhile.

Video Killed the IRC Star

Feb
10
2008

Seesmic aand Yahoo Live Screen Shots

Don’t know if you have noticed but the web is becoming obsessed with video. First off we had YouTube and the like with the publication of amateur video and the associated commenting.

Now the web has moved on from all that to conversational video. So has video killed the forum, the IRC, the blog. The interesting point for users in Australia is the low bandwidth of the broadband services can make the use of these services is all but impossible in some places. Still there are some interesting services now available: