Archive for July, 2006

Sen. Stevens and Internet Tubes

Posted: 18 July 2006 by Kathy E. Gill in Web/Tech

Nominated for Cartoon of the month. The YouTube remix … and the powerpoint  (tip). It even made the MSM; this is from Kansas City. It’s in the NYT as well. "The Internet is not something you just dump something on. It’s not a truck. It’s a series of tubes," Stevens said during a June 28 [...]

Edwards “Streams” Via BitTorrent

Posted: 18 July 2006 by Kathy E. Gill in Electronic Democracy, Web/Tech

We’ve taught a class in streaming media this summer — but we mustn’t forget a powerful method of sharing video: peer-to-peer (P2P) networks. One of the most successful is BitTorrent. Dave Winer reports today that former Sen. John Edwards is using BitTorrent to distribute campaign videos. He says this is a big deal. They are [...]

Sharing Space, Not Content

Posted: 11 July 2006 by Kathy E. Gill in Convergence, Personal Technology

Newsweek reports that couples are watching streaming video or iTunes "TV" while sharing "space" with their partner, who is watching "real" TV. Not so different from our house, where Mike watches TV while I share the sofa, Powebook on lap. ABC is in the midst of scrutinizing data from a two-month-long streaming test that ended [...]