March 20, 2004

Transcribing Public Affairs. Quoticus, a nonprofit, provides: "a video library of speeches, interviews, and debates conducted by prominent public figures, and make it accessible to anyone with an Internet connection. We also provide carefully reviewed text transcripts linked to each piece of video; convenient, simple-to-use search tools that let journalists and Web loggers find the videos of the events they are writing about; and convenient tools that let them link their articles to these transcripts and videos." I hope these guys can pull it off. A valuable service if they can. [Dan Gillmor's eJournal] 11:23:53 PM

One Canuck's Radio Weblog - Are we ready for videoblogging?. Weblog: One Canuck's Radio Weblog Source: Are we ready for videoblogging? Link: http://inessential.com/?comments=1&;postid=2828 Video interview. There’s a video interview with me in the latest Mac Developer Journal. Jason Snell interviewed me via iSight. [inessential.com] Besides being able to see and listen to Brent for the first time (which is quite cool per se), the idea of doing an interview with iChat and post it to the web is great in its simplicity. I want to do this too. How was the video recorded? (iChat doesn't save video sessions afaik). I want to record and publish a video conversation with somebody as soon as possible. Any volunteers out there? My iChat address is "paolovalde". In perspective RSS+BitTorrent could easily provide bandwidth relief as far as distrubution is concerned. There might be something interesting here.... [Paolo Valdemarin: Paolo's Weblog] [PubSub: RSS] 11:22:36 PM

On War #51 This brief comment is well worth considering, regarding the futility of trying to import solutions to developing nations, with little thought! 12:02:39 PM

from David Fletcher's blog: The Second Superpower Ethan Zuckerman's essay, "Making Room for the Third World in the Second Superpower" is an interesting piece on the future of social networks. San Luis Province in Argentina has developed a very nice gateway onto the information highway (Autopista de la informacion). What would you expect to see for egovernment in Papua New Guinea?  Take a look. John Robb has a different take on The Second Superpower: "An amalgam of transnational terrorism and crime is the dark underbelly of the second superpower.  If so, how big is its economy?  Estimates are that transnational crime and terrorist organizations generate between $1.5 and $2 trillion a year..." 7:35:52 AM    comment [ 0] 11:56:12 AM

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