10/1/2004

Convergence Is Here

Filed under: tv, web — ryan @ 1:56 pm

Ramesh Jain believes that the convergence of PC-TV is finally here:

Comcast has the pipes both for TV and internet, owns content, and has resources and presence to finally bring this convergence. I hope this happens because the real winner will be the society. …[A]ll the talk is about video content that is produced by professionals. But if this infrastructure gets ready two things will happen – amateur content will also come to these portals and many exciting new technologies, like Multiple Perspective Interactive Video and its variants, will appear that will change the nature of entertainment.

Blog Trumps Trad Media

Filed under: blog, search, unmediated — ryan @ 9:18 am

As of 8:42 this morning, the top headline on Google News was a blog. That’s a first as far as I know.

Daily Kos headline on Google News

The algorithms have spoken, and the most relevant source of news on the 2004 Presidental debate isn’t a “news organization,” it’s a guy with a brain and a text editor. Looks like Dave Winer might win his bet.

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