Also, with Rocketboom videos, you can click on the actual QT video
frame to launch the story links in a browser window, when played in a
browser.
Most people don't know this detail because it's not mentioned
anywhere and I haven't been able to come up with a comfortable
graphic to add on top of the video to make this apparent.
I'm thinking of adding a message on the begging frame, not sure.
themselves and
On Jan 16, 2006, at 1:31 PM, Joshua Kinberg wrote:
>> I agree with most of this. If it proves to be true that viewers
>> won't watch a video until they've read something about it, we'll
>> probably have to rethink our presentation. Although Rocketboom,
>> Bottomunion, Human-Dog, etc.
>
> Not true. Rocketboom makes great use of text. There are always story
> links for every episode. Textual descriptors, links, references. This
> has been RB's presentation from day one. Outbound links help build
> traffic and the text makes the entries more searchable. RB also uses
> QT chapter tracks to easily skip around within the video to the
> desired story link.
>
> I think Bottom Union and Human Dog could make much better use of text.
> I've never been quite sure why they don't.
>
> -Josh
>
>
> On 1/16/06, Adam Quirk <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>>
>>
>>>> The idea here is that people who subscribe to The PAN are
>>>> trusting us to provide 15 minutes of *Really Good* stuff, so
>>>> they won't need them as separate chunks.
>>>
>>> You should at least provide better text descriptions on the site
>>> and
>>> in the feed. This will make it easier to trust that you are really
>>> providing 15 min. of good stuff. Right now, I have no idea what
>>> stuff
>>> is there until after I've viewed. Text descriptions are too often
>>> overlooked by videobloggers. They are really helpful to the viewer
>>> deciding if they want to download and also to search engines to
>>> help
>>> make your content more findable.
>>
>>
>> I agree with most of this. If it proves to be true that viewers
>> won't watch a video until they've read something about it, we'll
>> probably have to rethink our presentation. Although Rocketboom,
>> Bottomunion, Human-Dog, etc. haven't seemed to have had a problem
>> with a lack of text. We provide a list of the individual creators
>> featured in the video, with links, so that's enough to get you
>> started. But like I said, time will tell...
>>
>>
>>>> Plus 15 minutes is not that much for most commuters, who are a
>>>> good portion of iPod video watchers. If you're watching the PAN
>>>> in the morning on your way to work, you can stop it halfway
>>>> through when you get to the office, then when you take lunch or
>>>> go home at night, restart it right where you left off.
>>>
>>> I guess that's a matter of opinion. I can't watch 15 min. of hardly
>>> anything. I always prefer shorter bits to longer ones.
>>
>>
>> Right, totally. It just so happens that this 15 minutes is a
>> video doppelganger of what's going on inside my head a lot of the
>> time, so it's a blast for me to watch it, and I usually want it to
>> run longer when I see it. It's an interesting combination of
>> content.
>>
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