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Left for dead? Not a chance!
Posted by 
Michael) on Dec 06 2007 | Tagged as: Language Is Free, Me, Projects, Runaway Parents, You Tube
It’s been how long?
Wow. I’ve lost all momentum. Kids are the perfect excuse but they’re not the only things that can stop a good party.
Every now and then a manic idea sweeps through the corridors of power on Planet Acer and I’m left to come up with concepts, ideas, and best of all speeches in the blink of an eye. I’m very excited about what’s going down as there’s nothing like a major event to give a dreary copywriter a big, fat, creative kick up the arse!
Good job I’m good - and fast 
There’s a breath of fresh air heading in my direction. It dawned on me yesterday as I was reading a really interesting interview about Gary Vaynerchuk and his take on the video blog platform.
What Gary has done is take the technology out of the medium and has replaced it with good, old-fashioned personality. Duh!
This is the kind of vibe I’ve been wanting to model my own initiatives on and may well borrow from it for the online language course I’m in the middle of developing.
Speaking of projects, the new, improved Runaway Parents site is nearly up and running and I really can’t wait to get my teeth into it. This project started out as a way of getting my wife involved in what I do (writing, blogging) and we’re now opening a company that’s going to transform it into a cute little niche site.
So while I’m here I might as well plug what it is we’re going to do: If any of you know of a romantic getaway or restaurant in your neighborhood no matter where you are in the world and/or would like to get involved as a parent who loves getting away from it all, drop me a line. I’ve modeled ad revenue sharing into the site design and have an affiliate system for advertisers so you’ve got nothing to lose!
Does anyone know anything about community video publishing on YouTube? I’m going to start the ball rolling by publishing the first few lessons on the free online language course I’ve got on the boil but what I really want is an open environment where other teachers are free to join in and publish their own lessons (viral teaching???). Again, ad revenue sharing will be built into the site structure so we all benefit but I’m wondering if YouTube is the best medium. I know Blip.tv and Viddler are pretty sharp but they seem to be more suitable for single-user sites.
On Wine Library.TV, only Gary’s doing the videos. How would he organize it if he let visitors upload their own videos?
Plus I know it’s old(ish) but look at YouTube’s popularity.
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Who said copywriters don’t need to adapt?
Posted by Michael) on Apr 03 2007 | Tagged as: Copyright, Social Media, You Tube
Found quite possibly the most informative video on Web 2.0 I’ve ever seen this morning.
Compiled by Michael Wesch, Assistant Professor of Cultural Anthropology at Kansas State University, it’s a phenominally quick revue of the changes that have happened over the web’s brief history and a profound look at the implications of these changes.
Watch and learn.
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Net Neutrality - coming to a server near you.
Posted by Michael) on Mar 26 2007 | Tagged as: Asides, Gab Gab Gab, Problems, Social Media, You Tube
I had no idea this was on the cards.
Just as I started to believe in the power of the many, it looks like some of the few have very different plans for the future of the Internet.
Spread the word.
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Can you copyright Web 2.0?
Posted by Michael Walsh) on Oct 22 2006 | Tagged as: Copyright, You Tube
This is a good one.
There was a lot of speculation over copyright infringement at YouTube before Google took over the reins. Now it’s gaining momentum and all the copyright lawyers have started dusting their suits off.
As it turns out, YouTube doesn’t carry a direct responsibility for the content that appears on its site. They even say so on their guidlines page. I read a post by Mark Cuban over at CNet.
Basically, while it was starting up, no-body cared. Now it’s a suit-wearing mega-site with the keys to millions of amateur/pro videos, it’s washing its hands of all and any responsibility to the people that made it what it is.
Napster took us there a few years back and they were shut down with aggression. I don’t see how YouTube can “host” copyright material and not be hung, drawn and quartered as Shawn Fanning was.
The safe alternative is Revver. But until I read Mark’s mail this morning, I will admit this site had passed beneath the radar, which gives you some idea to its viral limitations over YouTube’s.
I am wondering if the same applies to blog content. If you host a site which uses and/or refers to material written by others, and you give credits, links and all the rest, are you promoting them, or ripping them off?
In social networks, we are all footholds for each other. If I’m not allowed to use yours, do we both slip?
