Congrats to you and the rest of the FireAnt team. I know how you all busted your behinds to create it, keep developing it, and get the word out about it. Take a bow.
--- In [email protected], "Bill Cammack" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > W00T!! Congrats! :D > > -- > Bill > http://billcammack.com > > > --- In [email protected], "Joshua Kinberg" <jkinberg@> > wrote: > > > > Today it was announced that FireAnt's software and technology > > <http://GetFireAnt.com> was acquired by SonicMountain, a company that > > also recently acquired Odeo <http://odeo.com> (see: > > <http://tinyurl.com/3bbpsg>). > > > > I've been asked to join the new team, serving as VP of Product > > Development, and will be heading up FireAnt's transition (among other > > projects) as we re-launch everything under the Odeo brand later this > > year. > > > > First of all, I want to say Thank You to everyone in the videoblogging > > community who supported FireAnt along the way, especially Jay Dedman, > > Daniel Salber, Erik Radmall, and Clint Sharp, who were instrumental in > > launching this project. We met a lot of wonderful creative people, and > > made some really important lifelong friendships. It's been an amazing > > privilege to contribute to this dynamic and innovative community, and > > especially to have been involved from such an early stage. I also want > > to thank Jonathan Weiss, Drew Reynaud, and Jesse Boley who continued > > FireAnt's technology development over the past year, which was demo'd > > at Video on the Net in March 2007. > > > > When we first launched "ANTs Not TV" at Vloggercon in January 2005, > > there were about 20 active videobloggers â" we knew each of them > > personally and worked with most of them to create those magical RSS > > feeds with enclosures. It was amazing to see all these video channels > > updating over time and to watch them in a unified experience. There > > was nothing else like it. It was clear that something powerful was > > happening. It was a new kind of television, and yet it was not like TV > > at all â" it was open to anyone and the possibilities seemed endless. > > > > And it began to spread⦠thanks to the many talented and creative video > > producers, educators, and evangelists. > > > > While FireAnt had its share of struggles along the way as a start up, > > I'm encouraged that the ideas we helped pioneer have grown incredibly > > stronger over the past few years. This "Not TV" (now more often called > > "Internet TV") is really changing the media culture, and it's having > > profound social effects. The medium is enabling new voices and > > conversations. The playing field is being leveled â" the barriers > > between "Internet TV" and "TV" are disintegrating. > > > > So it's up to us to create what we want to see and share⦠We don't > > have to rely on Rupert Murdoch and Sumner Redstone to create our > > culture. Thank goodness! > > > > I look forward to watching your videos (and subscribing!). When I get > > back to producing a more regular videoblog (or whatever it's called), > > I hope you'll subscribe and leave me a comment :-) > > > > Best, > > Josh > > > > ------------------------------------- > > <http://JoshKinberg.com> > > >
