What is your stance on getting an iPhone in this setting. I just picked one up. Switched from a BlackJack. The iPhone is pretty slick. Very usable, but as noted, in need of an update.
Joe
· 2 years ago
If you ever need free help at an event like this, I'd like to help you out in one of the roles you describe above.
Ricky
· 2 years ago
I'm not much of an Engadget reader, but there's one thing they do good, and that's cover events like this. The time-stamped twitter-like feed makes you feel like you were there, even if you're reading it the next day. I love it.
Robert Scoble
· 2 years ago
Joe: it's VERY hard to get a press badge. This was my first one.
J Doss: iPhone doesn't do video, but would be good to use for a variety of other tasks.
Raymond
· 2 years ago
Robert, it totally kicked ass to be on the 2nd row seat with you today and sneaking up to Steve...surreal, thanks dude! (though it was a bit crowded on the seat with the 250 others :)) Anyway, it shows the way towards a new era of live event coverage/information sharing...truly social network style YAY!
David Jacobs
· 2 years ago
Funny that Apple would be so harsh on photos for the people up front when they know darn well Engadget and others will get them anyway. What's the point? This cat is well out of the bag and what other company get thousands of fans following their announcement life on the net? Like the Greatful Dead, Apple should encourage thing kind of coverage, sit back, relax and enjoy the buzz.
Robert Scoble
· 2 years ago
David: actually being harsh on photos up front makes sense. For one camera noise would get out of control (this was being recorded by CNBC, among other outlets with millions of viewers). For two, photographers might jostle for position which would create a visual distraction. For three, some photogs use flash which also creates visual distraction.
So, I understand the rules even as I was trying to sneak in a shot here and there.
Douglas...
· 2 years ago
I would say that the details from Engadget might have better but I enjoyed your chat session on Kyte way more... The live feel made it more personal and much more distracting from any work that I should have been doing...
Priya S
· 2 years ago
You did a great job yest... and the chatting during the session made it seem so much more interactive, made me feel a part of what was happening. Though i did have to jump on engadget for the pics. I think the Mac Keyboard is just stunning
Gabe
· 2 years ago
Hey Robert. Yeah, Techmeme doesn't aggregate all the forms of video as deftly as it could if it were omniscient. But there are some strategies for getting your videos linked to on Techmeme:
Basically, create a BLOG POST that's the clearinghouse for all your video stuff related to that news event. Create the post when the news happens. Give it an appropriate title. Embed any videos in that post. Link to your steaming video in that post. And add as much text as you can. No text is OK as long as there are videos, but the more text the better, for semantic analytical purposes. Just a few sentences will help.
Among other reasons, doing this helps because many/most links from other blogs will go to that one post.
Note this might be a good idea even if Techmeme didn't exist...
Jan
· 2 years ago
I followed four different live sessions. Despite everything, I think I got most information out of your session. Next time will be even better.
Robert Scoble
· 2 years ago
Gabe: it's very hard to do video and text at the same time. What I'll need to do if I want to be in the news business is get a team to work an event. One guy blogs and links to the video. Another guy live chats and does marketing (Twitter/Facebook/Pownce/email friends, etc). Me? I like doing video the best, if I can do it.
But even if we did everything perfectly I don't believe I'd get on TechMeme. Here's why:
Your algorithm seems to judge a few things. 1) Inbound linking and voracity of such. Video will never get lots of inbound links and if it does it gets them slowly because it takes time to watch a video, say "damn that's good" and link to it. While with text you can tell in seconds whether you're going to link to it or not.
2) You look at things like # of comments and how quickly they come in. Same answer. Video will get comments slower than most blogs will. Except if you have very viral videos (which mine will never be because they tend to be longer).
3) You look at traffic levels underneath the whole conversation network. But most of my videos are watched via a player and don't necessarily show up as visits back to the mother site. Compare how they are consumed to, say, TechCrunch. I almost always read TechCrunch in RSS or on the site itself (comments always drag me back over there). That's quite a bit different than how I watch most videos.
It's OK. I'm going with the player/widget model where the widget gets embedded on another person's blog and I'll just have to live with that.
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J Doss: iPhone doesn't do video, but would be good to use for a variety of other tasks.
Anyway, it shows the way towards a new era of live event coverage/information sharing...truly social network style YAY!
So, I understand the rules even as I was trying to sneak in a shot here and there.
Basically, create a BLOG POST that's the clearinghouse for all your video stuff related to that news event. Create the post when the news happens. Give it an appropriate title. Embed any videos in that post. Link to your steaming video in that post. And add as much text as you can. No text is OK as long as there are videos, but the more text the better, for semantic analytical purposes. Just a few sentences will help.
Among other reasons, doing this helps because many/most links from other blogs will go to that one post.
Note this might be a good idea even if Techmeme didn't exist...
But even if we did everything perfectly I don't believe I'd get on TechMeme. Here's why:
Your algorithm seems to judge a few things. 1) Inbound linking and voracity of such. Video will never get lots of inbound links and if it does it gets them slowly because it takes time to watch a video, say "damn that's good" and link to it. While with text you can tell in seconds whether you're going to link to it or not.
2) You look at things like # of comments and how quickly they come in. Same answer. Video will get comments slower than most blogs will. Except if you have very viral videos (which mine will never be because they tend to be longer).
3) You look at traffic levels underneath the whole conversation network. But most of my videos are watched via a player and don't necessarily show up as visits back to the mother site. Compare how they are consumed to, say, TechCrunch. I almost always read TechCrunch in RSS or on the site itself (comments always drag me back over there). That's quite a bit different than how I watch most videos.
It's OK. I'm going with the player/widget model where the widget gets embedded on another person's blog and I'll just have to live with that.
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