Well, May 1st has come and gone and tomorrow wraps up the last day of the Always On conference. It was this conference that Demand Media used as its launch pad for their .tv promotional campaign.
I am still trying to gauge whether or not the launch was as successful as Demand Media had hoped for.
There is no reason to suggest it was not a success, it is just too early to tell, and the dust has yet to settle.
May 03
One of the benefits Kevin enjoys in life is living in Socal, an area that has probably got more video cameras per square mile than most places on planet earth!!
Another benefit is living just 45 minutes away from the Always On conference. Getting a press pass proved to be a doddle for someone with Kevin’s schmoozing skills, but could he get the all important interviews with the industry movers and shakers?!
I am pleased to tell our readers that we will have some really good video interviews to post on Allthings.tv over the next week or so. Kevin has refused to take all of my phone calls and has locked himself away in his video editing studio (his bedroom) and is working around the clock to (gets up at 2.00pm works until 4.00am) get the footage onto Allthings.tv.
I will keep our readers posted on Kevin’s progress.
May 02
A quick announcement to all of our regular guests and those who have come to Allthings.tv for the first time.
We are but a few days away from where we want to be as far as producing quality, thought provoking blogs on a DAILY basis.
Right now, we are dealing with a huge project that involves upgrading our software to create a vastly superior look to our website aswell as giving us more powerful tools to allow for a more interactive experience for our viewers, authors and admin.
Hopefully, this will be completed by early next week and then I can concentrate on what I do best, providing my readers with the best Web 2.0 stories out there on the net, securing the best interviews to be had and being a part of the Web 2.0 forum that holds so much promise.
Apr 28
Allthings.tv is only a couple of months old and experiencing the challenges that any start up blog comes up against; how to get your voice heard in an internet soup of bloggers that are blogging about the same things you are blogging about, and whom have been doing it for a whole lot longer than a couple of months..
My answer is simple. I write from the heart. Many bloggers do not. Either they simply do not have the time, are not fully committed, are not sure what they are passionate about, or simply don’t care.....
Well, that helps narrow the competition; a lot.
And so Allthings.tv had its first major interview with Demand Media that I posted on Thursday evening to great reviews.
Friday morning however, I find out that Ron Jackson, owner of Dn Journal did a write up on the interview on “The Lowdown”.
Well, that narrows the competition further still!! Not everyone makes it on to Dn Journal. Ron obviously felt that the interview was newsworthy enough to warrant commenting on.
And quite possibly Ron recognized that I was speaking from my heart. And for that, I am very grateful.
Apr 28
It brings us great pleasure to announce the launch of a community to compliment the AllThings.tv blog. As both Kevin and I have come to realise, having a blog about everything to do with TV on the net is a fantastic thing. It allows the both of us and the contributing authors to speak about everything we are so passionate about with regard to the new internet age we live in – the Web 2.0 age.
Apr 26
Okay, so I had just confirmed my first power interview for Allthings.TV.
Not that this was my first interview, I had already done an interview with Bangarang TV, (http://www.allthings.tv/articles/33/...gtv/Page1.html) to favorable reviews and comments.
But interviewing a student film crew about a pet project and the spokesperson for Demand Media regarding the upcoming promotion of the .TV extension are two different ballgames. Especially when you take into account the fact that Allthings.TV didn’t get off to the best of starts with Demand Media.
Apr 26
Normally, we cover stories that are about new or recently launched Web 2.0 sites, but I felt compelled to share the following story about how White supremacists and other hate groups are using Internet video-sharing sites to spread their message. “Inexpensiveness, ease of use and ability to reach a huge young audience are among the reasons the groups are turning to YouTube and Google Video, according to the Southern Poverty Law Center.”
None of these video sites were intended to promote hate speech and its just as difficult to weed out all of the hate speech as it is to weed out all of the videos that infringe intellectual property rights. In fact, “YouTube threatens to bar users who employ ‘hate speech which contains slurs or the malicious use of stereotypes.’”
It is virtually impossible to police the thousands of videos uploaded each day, but what this shows is how 1) we can never fully anticipate how people will use such technologies for their own political gain and 2) these sites may need to staff their sites with people whose job it is to monitor and remove such content.
This is an issue worth watching…
Apr 24
This site was recently bought to my attention and I have to say that its impact on me was that great that I could do nothing but stare open mouthed at what was unfolding before my eyes.
Here is how they describe themselves :
Apr 20
