this is rather cool.
Sam From: Nathan of Guardian <[email protected]> Date: Fri, Jul 15, 2011 at 12:26 PM Subject: [liberationtech] Google+ Hangout-powered Global Press Conference To: Liberation Technologies <[email protected]> In my role as Director of Technology with the Tibet Action Institute, I get to come up with crazy ideas that "Just Might Work"(tm), and ultimately help get our message out in a more powerful way. The first time I saw Google+ new Hangout feature, I immediately thought about how it could be used for a discussion panel or press conference. We had attempted something like this in the past using LiveStream/Mogulus, but it was too complicated, had too many ads, and didn't handle the high latency we experienced connecting people between multiple continents. Fortunately, Hangout seems to solve almost all of these problems, and allowed us to, early this morning, hold our first global online video press conference, with a handful of activists and reporters meeting face-to-face in a hangout. We also were able to accommodate 25 more viewers by capturing and rebroadcasting the hangout to Ustream.tv, which also provided a recorded archive of the whole event. All in all, it lasted about an hour, worked pretty well, and was a fun first attempt and a big new possibility for activists groups looking to engage with the global media in a new way. If Google can automagically integrate Hangout with YouTube Live at some point, it would be pretty amazing. G+ public post with short edited video is here: https://plus.google.com/115160700425548211663/posts/ftvgpcNv6qo Full background is here: https://tibetaction.net/2011/07/15/first-ever-google-hangout-powered-global-press-conference/ Best, and Happy Friday! +nathan _______________________________________________ liberationtech mailing list [email protected] Should you need to change your subscription options, please go to: https://mailman.stanford.edu/mailman/listinfo/liberationtech If you would like to receive a daily digest, click "yes" (once you click above) next to "would you like to receive list mail batched in a daily digest?" You will need the user name and password you receive from the list moderator in monthly reminders. Should you need immediate assistance, please contact the list moderator. Please don't forget to follow us on http://twitter.com/#!/Liberationtech _______________________________________________ developers-public mailing list [email protected] https://secure.mysociety.org/admin/lists/mailman/listinfo/developers-public Unsubscribe: https://secure.mysociety.org/admin/lists/mailman/options/developers-public/archive%40mail-archive.com
