Perhaps it’s neither truck nor tube…

Submitted by nosilver on Wed, 2007-02-07 09:11.

Michael Wesch, Assistant Professor of Cultural Anthropology at Kansas State University, has put together a great little video that does a couple of wonderful things. It shows us where we’ve just been in the last 10 years, and points out how this non-televised revolution hasn’t yet begun to change everything.


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The ol' boob tube isn't where it used to be

Submitted by nosilver on Thu, 2006-08-03 15:54.

Here's an advert that will never see any air time. That being said, it will probably be put on YouTube and be seen by every single person in it's target demographic in a matter of weeks. Which makes me wonder: Why didn't the agency just put it on YouTube to begin with? Which begs the question: What does this mean for companies like MTV that rely on ad revenue from video game manufacturers and the like? Which of course makes me think that all the ad dollars being dropped for air time pitching energy drinks are all being <ahem> pissed away. Which makes me think: If shifting distribution models forced the recording industry to start suing, when will big media companies follow suit? Look out ABC, Tivo isn't your problem

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Windows Live Goes Live... In Beta

Submitted by R. Josh Quarles on Wed, 2005-11-02 13:46.

I spent some time today checking out Windows Live, Microsoft’s much talked about foray into ‘live software.’ It’s interesting in a ‘been there and done that’ kinda way. I will be interested to see how it develops, when they finally support a browser I can use, for example. The company seems really invested in the idea. I do wonder, however, if they recognize the ramifications of developing this product. It feels a little like they are adding this to their stable of products rather than recognizing that this technology undoes a lot of what has made them so successful.

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