On 3/28/06, Stephanie Bryant <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Amir, I think the feedback so far is that your initial assumption that > people will find value in watching people work, or broadcasting a > desktop while they work, is probably not going to be the great > application of this tool. >
It's hard to anticipate applications, but I suppose I could just continue building a generic service that could be used for many purposes. It will be interesting to see what people do with it. The applications you mention could certainly work in this generic system. I think what's missing in this discussion is that many people do want to be famous and this is one way to achieve that goal. Moreover, many people would probably find it fascinating to see what others do all day -- just out of curiosity. Amir > What you have to remember is that there are already tools for a lot of > what you've mentioned as possible applications. For instance, getting > help with a search is a matter of saying "I searched for these > keywords in Google, but didn't find anything." Typically, people will > respond with better keywords, boolean search technique tips, or direct > URLs to the information needed. That's a basic text exchange, and it > takes about 10 KB of bandwidth. I cannot imagine why someone would > want to download several megabytes of video to see someone else fail > at a search term, when it can be done with so much less. > > But let's talk about other applications for a streaming screencast, > ones that may be more viable: > * What am I watching? Could be cool for videoblog viewers, but only if > the stream takes less bandwidth than a normal vlog. > * Usability studies, but here the people participating would need to > have some incentive for providing this data to the world (by which I > mean more than just 15 minutes of fame, because that only guarantees > participation for 15 minutes). I could see something like the > aggregated data crunching teams (like [EMAIL PROTECTED]), but for usability > studies for major software products. With prizes. (One of the things I > learned in my usability classes was that you should give the > participants a gift to thank them for their help.) > * How-tos, seminars, and online education (this is the #1 best > application I can think of-- nothing but a screencast can adequately > explain how to do certain things on a computer.) > * Similarly, online sales demos > * Social networking, for instance to post a video transcript of a > videoconference to a website. > * Install-fests, for instance for an online Linux User Group to > broadcast the installation process. since a kernel install is often > without web browser or even network card, though, I don't know if this > one is feasible. > > --Stephanie > > > -- > Stephanie Bryant > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Blogs, vlogs, and audioblogs at: > http://www.mortaine.com/blogs > > > > ________________________________ > YAHOO! GROUPS LINKS > > > Visit your group "videoblogging" on the web. > > > To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to the Yahoo! Terms of Service. > > > ________________________________ > Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/videoblogging/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
