Category: distributed content

The future of online video is ‘Bright’

Post author By Jason Clarke
Post date Mon Apr 24, 2006
Categories In business of the web, distributed content, TV, video, videoblogging
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In January, I predicted video would be the #1 story of the web in 2006. At his RTNDA keynote in Las Vegas today, Brightcove CEO Jeremy Allaire supported my thesis. Lost Remote has an excellent wrap-up of his speech, where he demonstrated the new and exciting Brightcove platform which is about to go live (give […]

Andy Baio sticks up for freedom of expression online

Post author By Jason Clarke
Post date Mon Mar 6, 2006
Categories In business of the web, citizen's media, distributed content, ethics
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If you care about freedom of speech and the future of the Internet as a distribution platform for original content, you should care about Andy Baio’s willingness to stand up to the powers that be. Baio, a popular blogger at waxy.org, has been hosting the files of a popular homegrown series, House of Cosbys, since […]

Woomu: Another video sharing site, with some twists

Post author By Jason Clarke
Post date Mon Feb 27, 2006
Categories In beta testing, business of the web, distributed content, trendwatching, videoblogging
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Woomu is a new video sharing site with a couple of interesting twists. The biggest difference between woomu and other video sharing sites such as YouTube is that woomu is simply an aggregator, rather than a video hosting service. While this approach provides relative freedom from pesky copyright troubles like the ones YouTube has faced […]

edgeio: Classifieds, and a hope for distributed community

Post author By Jason Clarke
Post date Mon Feb 20, 2006
Categories In attention, beta testing, bloggers, business of the web, distributed content, identity, trendwatching
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You may think the previous post on my blog, in which I listed a propane fireplace for sale, was a little bit strange. In fact, there’s another reason for it besides my desire to sell the fireplace (after all, I’ve already paid to post it for sale elsewhere). The ad was also my first test […]