Sorry Amanda, please don't think I'm piling on you. It's just that a straw broke the camel's back.
Why must people keep talking about the MSM... As if it's mainstream! It's a Corporate Media, and there's nothing 'Mainstream' about it. Mainstream media would have 5 second commercials and freedom to download and distrubute. That term, Mainstream Media, or MSM gives them far too much credit, and does us a disservice by placing us and Responsible Media Outlets in the 'outside the mainstream' category. Using the term MSM and Mainstream media putting us in poor position to argue that we, PEOPLE, are the future of media. I'm glad you got a shot, Amanda. It must be awesome. Sorry about your business issues, all of you, but PLEASE stop calling it the MSM. Cheers, Ron On Dec 13, 2006, at 5:26 PM, Amanda Congdon wrote: > Ugh. I know. It's giving me heartburn. That's why I'm venting on my > personal site. > > I am working very aggressively to get a lot of things changed > regarding the entire look and > feel. While it is slow working with msm, they've listened to me so > far about nearly > everything ... so I'm hopeful we'll get many > of the user experience issues resolved. It involves abc thinking > differently about a lot of > stuff, but that's a good thing. That's what needs to happen anyway. > And they've told me > that's one of the reasons they hired me-- to help them make sense > of this whole new > media world-- so I wouldn't be doing my job if I wasn't going to > work to make them less > TV-ish. > > Thanks for your insights everyone .. I'm going to use it as > evidence if you don't mind! > > --- In videoblogging@yahoogroups.com, "Steve Watkins" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: > > > > I feel its likely that the non-enclosure feed and popup stuff is > part > > of ABC business strategy rather than technical boob. > > > > I would think the lack of enclosures reflects a desire to control > > distribution, ensure adverts are watched, and monitor viewing > figures. > > > > The popup gives all the video on the site the same technical backend > > and frontend. It allows them to squeeze in another ad banner, and > > providae linkage to all the other video sections they have. It > enables > > them to not have to think too hard about what impact the video will > > have on the rest of the main site pages. > > > > I think it will be hard to get them to change most of this, unless > > they change their online video strategy in general. Do ABC currently > > do any true podcasts/video podcasts at all, in the true downloadable > > sense? > > > > From a technical standpoint they could slightly reduce the > hideousness > > of using popups if they used a 'virtual popup' which is something > that > > looks like a popup window but actually is part of the main page, > so it > > doesnt get blocked by popup-blockers or cause a mess by opening more > > actual windows on the viewers computer. Same tech as lightbox/ > thinbox > > etc use, eg the excellent vPip can work in a thinbox mode (for > example > > click the 'play in thickbox link on this page: > > http://utilities.cinegage.com/videos-playing-in-place/ ) > > > > But I still think the adverts are far more annoying, although I was > > unlucky as the first tiem I watched it was a hideous animated ad > > banner that jiggled at the bottom the whoe time and distracts the > eye > > from the video portion of the screen. I havent really checked out > > whether feedback/comments etc are going to be a weaker experience > for > > your ABC viewers than it was for your rocketboom viewers back in the > > day. at least ABC are promoting the idea of viewer feedback via > video > > to some extent. > > > > Its quite interesting to me in that you are the first 'new media' > > person I have seen cross over into an area of mainstream media where > > they are trying to adapt to what new media has been doing for years. > > Your experiences with how creative control issues, as well as > > technical limitations imposed from above, pan out will determine > just > > how much both you and your viewers will get to enjoy this > experienced. > > > > Steve Elbows > > > > --- In videoblogging@yahoogroups.com, "Amanda Congdon" <amanda@> > wrote: > > > > > > Hey Jez, > > > > > > We will definitely have a subscription option. Right now they have > > one, but it doesn't > > > support enclosures. This is my #1 priority. > > > > > > Oh, and Adam, you are right. You don't know me. And it's clear you > > don't Andrew very well > > > either. Interesting that you automatically take what he says as > > fact. Maybe because I'm just > > > a dumb blonde. > > > > > > I'm with Josh. The lawyers will unearth the truth in the end. > > > > > > > > > --- In videoblogging@yahoogroups.com, "Jeremy Rayner" > > <jeremy.rayner@> wrote: > > > > > > > > Good to see you on techie topics again Amanda, any chance > > > > the RSS feed could be fixed so that I can subscribe with fireant > > > > (Error parsing channel feed > > http://blogs.abcnews.com/amanda/index.rdf ) > > > > > > > > Ciao > > > > > > > > Jez. > > > > http://jez.blip.tv > > > > -- > > > > Groovy Engineer > > > > http://javanicus.com/blog2 > > > > > > > > > > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > > > > > > > > > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
