Oh, yes, you're quite right, Chris. I too feel the bit of pride you mention, especially on a film or TV set where we're spending out the wazoo. Then again, those production values command significantly larger advertising / subscription (HBO) dollars.
I've got my cell phone set up to the Internet as modem via Bluetooth. Works significantly better than dialup. There's a data cable that would probably be faster, but I like the idea of wirelessly being connected. Keeps me more mobile feeling. Was using Google Maps and iChatting plans to meet from Markus' car while driving lost at Vloggercon. That was cool. Cingular is my provider. The service upgrade's $30 additional / mo. on top of whatever other plan I've got. The configuration to the mac cost me 3 hours on the phone with a tech who didn't know how to do it, so we went round and round over the course of a week, but he was available to me via email and business-hours phone call. They took care of me and I didn't resent the time it took since it's obviously something not a lot of folks yet do. Turns out I had to download a bit of software to make it work, but there it is. Best, Jan On 1/17/07, Josh Leo <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Supposedly, Grand Rapids (where I live) will have Wimax by 2008... > > On 1/17/07, [chrisbrogan.com] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]<group%40chrisbrogan.com>> > wrote: > > > > At CES, I saw all kinds of "traditional" media. They had monster-sized > > cameras, tons of lighting, and all kinds of gear. I watched these two > > guys truss up a modded grocery shopping cart with their stuff, and it > > took them maybe 40 minutes from "lamps off" to "ready to roll." > > > > I feel foolish pride at having my whole rig in a backpack. I've got my > > videocamera, my laptop, an extra storage hard drive, and even an MP3 > > recorder, a pro-grade microphone, and a digital camera. > > > > But what I don't have (and maybe this is because Mac doesn't have EVDO > > or EDGE devices) is that "last mile" to upload my stuff to the net > > from anywhere. Is it really that easy? If I had a PCM/CIA slot and an > > EVDO card, would I have a 100% mobile media solution? > > > > INSTANT broadcasting is another question. Is that the value of > > Stickam, and if so, how come we're not seeing outside people's > > bedrooms on that service? > > > > Just thoughts. I was out in my car the other day, waiting for ice to > > thaw, and I snapped a few pictures using PhotoBooth that went right to > > my Flickr account because I was still loosely tied to my wifi. It got > > me wanting live-from-field capture desperately. > > > > What do you think? > > > > --Chris Brogan.. > > Network2.tv > > > > > > > > -- > Josh Leo > > www.JoshLeo.com > www.WanderingWestMichigan.com > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > > -- The Faux Press - better than real http://fauxpress.blogspot.com [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
