I really don't want to add much more to any of this, except to respond to Chris and Enric that I don't want what happened on this group to be characterised as people lynching, thrashing, whatevering Podtech.
Podtech made a mistake, people called on them to do the right thing - they didn't. And they didn't communicate. It dragged on. Podtech dug their own hole. We called them on their behaviour, and people here were remarkably mature, balanced and restrained. Along the way, separate to the discussion here, there were a couple of cheap personal shots at Robert Scoble that were ignored. And there was a stupid article published by a writer from a valley rag, who doesn't participate in this group (and someone told me he says he hates videoblogs/videobloggers) - he said something like "because people have been begging for it" as an excuse to use this group to promote his poorly researched, bitterly-toned article. I haven't seen many people here begging for anything like that. Part of the reason this all happened, Chris, is because a lot of people thought about Podtech as you do. I was disappointed and irritated by their actions and indifference to people's concerns - even to people's friendly advice. Hopefully, they'll get their shit together on their PR and attitude - they seem to be already - and we'll all be better off for it. Rupert On 28 Jul 2007, at 19:50, [chrisbrogan.com] wrote: I'm sorry to see PodTech taking a thrashing in here. I understand the different viewpoints, from what I've read (not first hand), but from my perspective, they were out there trying some new things and looking for a way to make the bridge for people who wanted to make their video work a business. Again, not saying anything about the deals and any breakdown in intentions. My point is simply this: it was nice to see another company out there taking a swing at making a viable business out of these new media creation methods. Watching this group is interesting, because it's this Creature Cantina of various opinions, perspectives, goals, and aspirations. Some folks just want the medium to be free and open and about personal communication. Others are trying to build next-generation TV. Some are working on business models. Others could give a rat's ass if they see a dime from their video work. And yet, we all still come here to hash it out, to learn, and apparently, to crap on people. Thankfully, people keep on trying. --Chris Brogan... [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
