Checking out the channels more. Good stuff. It'd be great if there were an option to make the videos in a channel auto play one after the other, like a regular playlist. The leanback watching experience is going to be hugely important and Magma is perfectly placed to take advantage of the massive integration of TV and internet that YouTube XL, Hulu and Boxee are preparing for. Did you thought about adding accessibility for remote control when designing the UI?
Rupert On 5-Aug-09, at 11:40 PM, andrew michael baron wrote: > Thanks for the comments yall! The "top charts" part of Magma is just > the > popular entry point. What Im most excited by is the potential for > Magma to > become one of the most effective ways to find those obscure, off the > beaten > track videos that no one is watching except you and your friends. > This happens through befriending, collecting and then sharing. > Currently for > example, I follow 75 people on the site. When ever they add a new > video to > their channel, it winds up in my dashboard. This is where I find the > videos > from my friends, so these will tend to be the ones that I like the > most. > > Also, in time, there will likely be various people who curate a > certain kind > of video, say for example, all soccer plays. If you love Soccer, you > might > want to follow this person's channel to keep up with all the cool > plays as > they happen. > > On that note, I'd invite you to check out my personal collection of > Japanese > videos: > http://mag.ma/andrew/Japan > > ...as well as some of my favorite mashup videos: > http://mag.ma/andrew/Mashup > > We are also finding videos by website. So if, for instance, you like > Boingboing a lot, we grab every blog post from Boingboing that links > to a > video on their blog, on the Magma Boingboing channel: > http://mag.ma/channels/443 > > So aside form the majority of the people who will probably just hit > the home > page, check out some "here-and-now" popular videos, and then bail, > anyone > who wants to explore or discover new videos, may like this platform > as a way > to find the most relevant ones. > > Cheers! > > On Wed, Aug 5, 2009 at 5:43 PM, Rupert Howe <[email protected]> > wrote: > > > > > > > Yes. The difference between viral and ephemeral popularity and a > > sustained lower intensity. > > Most of the people in this group have never been into producing the > > kind of videos that will get shown here, because they're about > > something different from the shocking/funny/gossipy X factor that > > makes things virally explode. > > But I think mag.ma is an elegant solution to those times when you > want > > to surf some funny popular videos (typically 9.05am and 4.55pm) > > > > > > On 5-Aug-09, at 10:32 PM, Roxanne Darling wrote: > > > > > I signed up as well; thank you for letting us know about it > Andrew. > > > > > > My beef, having a well-loved show with longevity but not huge > amounts > > > of traditional popularity, is a way to move beyond the > algorithms of > > > popularity. Most of the video hosting sites show the most > popular - > > > which become more popular because it's so easy to watch what is > on the > > > home page. The "discovery" part gets diluted quickly in favor of > the > > > mob. Videos that appeal to the 15-25 male demographic continue > to rule > > > - they seem to have the most time to watch these and make them > popular > > > by default. Looking at the top listings on Magma right now is > enough > > > for me to think, "same old same old; no need to return." > > > > > > Thank heaven the TED videos are on the home page however. But > then I > > > already subscribe to them. :-) > > > > > > I did try to add 3 BeachWalks,tv videos to the mix and got this > error > > > on all three: > > > "This video could not be embedded at this time." > > > > > > I'll be glad to help troubleshoot this with you unless you already > > > know what the problem is. > > > > > > Aloha, > > > > > > Rox > > > > > > On Wed, Aug 5, 2009 at 11:05 AM, Frank > > > Carver<[email protected] <frank.carver > %40googlemail.com>> > > wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > 2009/8/5 Andrew Baron <[email protected]<andrew > %40rocketboom.com> > > >: > > > > > > > >> I wanted > > > >> to for sure return to my roots to get the word out and get your > > > >> sincere feedback before we go live in the next couple of weeks. > > > > > > > > Well, one thing struck me immediately. In with all the > > > > freely-available media there's a bunch of stuff from the > restricted > > > > Hulu, un-watchable outside North America. > > > > > > > > While I can see why you have included it, I would *really* > > > appreciate > > > > some way of telling from a thumbnail whether I might actually be > > > able > > > > to watch the video, rather than having to play a guessing game > and > > > > click through to the magma page for each video. IMHO an ethical > > > > aggregator should highlight unrestricted, community-sourced > video, > > > and > > > > at least warn viewers of potentially restricted sources. > > > > > > > > Otherwise it certainly looks interesting. > > > > > > > > Frank. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > > Roxanne Darling > > > "o ke kai" means "of the sea" in hawaiian > > > Join us at the reef! Mermaid videos, geeks talking, and lots more > > > http://reef.beachwalks.tv > > > 808-384-5554 > > > Video --> http://www.beachwalks.tv > > > Company -- > http://www.barefeetstudios.com > > > Twitter--> http://www.twitter.com/roxannedarling > > > > > > > > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > > > > > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
