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August 27, 2007
My Favorite Facebook Application: Video
During the past couple of weeks I have come to appreciate just how simple and easy it has become to send Video Messages to friends on Facebook. While the concept of a video phone dates back to the work of AT&T and their demonstrations at the 1964 World’s Fair, it has taken the advent of the Video application on Facebook and it’s general ease of use to get me to take the time and use it as part of my daily (Internet) life. While I have discovered how the Facebook video application can be used in various ways, my favorite is to send a personal video message to a friend.
If you are on Facebook and you have easy access to a webcam, surprise one or more of your friends and send them a video message…today.
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Tags: Video, Facebook, Social Media, Jeff Pulver
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Posted by jeff on August 27, 2007 06:51 AM | Permalink
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Comments
The video application is great :) I was so thrilled when I received your filmed message. It had such a good timing.
I belive many people react in the same way, when they receive this kind of message from a friend. It is more personal, thus nicer. Especially when the friend is abroad, like you.
Posted by: Eveline at August 28, 2007 07:35 PM
I already do. Since the advent of "video poking" I've realised that a mixed message consisting of a text and a video, is a great way to get some personalisation into what's traditionally been a text method of correspondence.
And - the thing most missing from even video messages - there is no two-way conversation, it's still a turn about process and that tends to stilt some of the conversational aspects of video messaging. I'd love someone to come up with the Facebook app to make two-way video conversations happen as easily as a video message.
Posted by: teddlesruss at August 27, 2007 09:54 AM