From the multimedia session: There’s videoblogger Jay Dedman, podcaster Mack Male (who has brought a beta version of Podcast Wizard and is hosting the NV sessions at blogosphereradio.com), Tod Maffin (who is helping the CBC to develop a model based on podcasting, allowing people to listen “vertically” — selecting out broadcast segments based on their interests), Peter Bull (who’s working on a video blogging project), and Mark Canter (founder of the Macromedia’s predecessor, Macromind). Your host: Roland Tanglao.
Interesting thing from Mark: Ourmedia.org will give people free storage and free bandwidth. When podcasting was invented, metadata was left out. By attaching keywords or tags to your podcast, you can make it easier for users to find media that interest them. Brewster, the inventor of the WayBackMachine, the Gutenberg Project and other stuff, has been storing petabytes of public-domain data — e.g. the entire Grateful Dead archive, the Prelinger archives, etc. — and is partnering with them.
Alex asks what happens when people self-select their news, and whether that diminishes the connections between people. Tod says he’d love to see some kind of recommender system. The great irony of microniche media is that we ultimately still want a trusted voice — a set of people who can reliably tell us what’s important. But pete wants to choose their expert. Mark wants someone who can tell a story that weaves in a wide range of non-compartmentalized information. There’s a medium to be struck between customizing our environment and finding our own experts.
And sadly that’s all you’re getting, folks, because the battery’s dying. Some interesting URLs people have mentioned…
The Long Tail
Tod’s Podcasting Tutorial (requires Internet Explorer)
OurMedia.org
MeFeedia.com
