May 2006

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Interview: David Weinberger at Handelsblatt.com

I have run accros this interview with David Weinberger. Author of The Cluetrain Manifesto and Small Pieces Loosly Joint. Made in Hamburg/Germany in Feb. 2006 at Handelsblatt. Has some interesting points in it! So, enjoy watching it:

TV on the Internet

Today a short link to a nicely written overview of TV content available on the Internet: download your tv the current options.
Enjoy reading!
I do want to add sources available in Europe later on. If you like to respond with some interested offerings… feel invited!

How to approach VoIP

Lately nearly everybody tries to get into the VoIP arena. Some take the same route as Skype (like Yahoo, MS, Google etc.) and some try to find other ways to make VoIP happen.
Yahoo works together with at&t in the U.S. What i find let’s say interesting due to the fact that at&t has it’s service [...]

The first open source movie: elephants dream

It is out! The first professional movie rendered with the open source 3D renderer Blender. You can download it here. It is also distributed as a Torrent. I have downloaded the 425 MB version in about 2 h. The HD version with 5.1 Surround Sound took a bit more than 4 h. The original [...]

1st Radio Interview ever using VoIP on an Airplane

Do you still think that big equipment is needed to make a live radio interview? And let’s further add the fact that you are traveling on a plane from Europe to the U.S.?

Than have a look: and
Wolf Siegert is claiming to be the first (again) this time doing a radio interview via VoIP [...]

Go to the Songbirdnest

I am now using Songbird for some month to play my music. And wanted to use my blog to maybe add some more people to the user base! Try it out!They are still working on a bug in Mozilla Firefox getting fixed to move on…
Firefox is the base for Songbird and extending it to [...]

Micro-TV about Horses

More and more Internet Broadcast channels are coming up. Some use the technology of Brightcove like you find out in their blog. This time for people how love horses and ride theme in exotic places…
See for yourself! Whats coming next?

Jupiter: DVR Ad Skipping Threatens $8B in Advertising

A recent article on MarketingVOX shows that traditional TV really has to think about marketing revenues. DVR are used to skip the commercials. Find the full article here.
We will see if the Ad-Supported Internet-Channels of CBS (launched today) and Upfront will help to boost revenues again…
Find more in the Article on Broadcasting & Cable.
Which way [...]

VoIP Testrun

For some days now I very intensely tested different VoIP Programs and Services. And while there is still for sure some way to go to be really mainstream… You get already a lot out of the Services offered today!
Sure there is Skype (you can make free calls over the Internet and buy credits to make [...]

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