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September 30, 2006

Andy Abramson Asks: "Want To Be A Video Star?"

When I first saw Andy's post: Want To Be A Video Star?, my mind switched over to the words of Adam Duritz of Counting Crows and the non-linear lyrics to "Mr. Jones:"

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"...I want to be a lion
Everybody wants to pass as cats
We all want to be big big stars, but we got different reasons for that
Believe in me because I don't believe in anything
and I want to be someone to believe

Mr. Jones and me stumbling through the barrio
Yeah we stare at the beautiful women
"She's perfect for you, Man, there's got to be somebody for me."
I want to be Bob Dylan
Mr. Jones wishes he was someone just a little more funky
When everybody loves you, son, that's just about as funky as you can be

Mr. Jones and me staring at the video
When I look at the television, I want to see me staring right back at me
We all want to be big stars, but we don't know why and we don't know how
But when everybody loves me, I'm going to be just about as happy as can be
Mr. Jones and me, we're gonna be big stars.."

(lyrics written by: Adam Duritz, Counting Crows from "Mr. Jones")

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While I appreciate seeing Andy write: "We are seeing the nexus of Video and VoIP starting to emerge...Clearly Jeff saw this all coming, which is why the PulverMedia team put two shows under one roof..Hat's off to them for that.", I have seen this coming for quite some time, and I have been preparing for this.

As I wrote ten days ago, "The fact that Video on the Net and VON took place at the same time under the same roof last week was no coincidence. After ten years, “VON” gave birth to “VON.” The reality is that the world of “Video on the Net” shares common DNA with the world of VON, both from a technology, people and a public policy perspective."

As we move forward in time, there is no doubt in my mind that we will continue to see the advent of "Video on the Net" continue to challenge the status quo and act as a change agent. And maybe some of us will become video stars along the way.

Tags: Andy Abramson, Counting Crows, VoIP, Adam Duritz, Jeff Pulver

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Posted by: Michael Krahn at January 21, 2007 10:26 PM

What's so exciting about all of this -- i.e., the onset of video "front and center" -- is that video can uniquely add the previously missing critical HUMAN element to communications. We are starting to see the "game" changing as a result in a big way.

Video already is now core to Internet communications solutions (witness my company's solution and all other full IP communications solutions), because video bridges physical distances in a way that voice and text alone cannot even begin to approach.

Video, of course, also already is central to entertainment over the Internet.

Next, video is poised to "connect" members of social networking sites in a much more impactful way. And, expect the same with video-enabled e-commerce and services (not to mention marketing).

Even traditional media such as television is now discovering -- a la MTV's TRL (which I am pleased to say is using SightSpeed!) -- that Internet video communications can break down the previous barriers between the network and viewers and, instead, bring those viewers into the television experience with live video via web cams.

The revolution continues!

Posted by: Peter Csathy at September 30, 2006 07:23 PM

September 30, 2006

Andy Abramson Asks: "Want To Be A Video Star?"

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