User generated content, and more specifically, user-generated live streaming content continues to evolve (and hog bandwidth, but that's another story).
I first came across uStream.tv a few months ago and now Yahoo! has started a service it calls Y! Live, still in beta.
Armed with a desktop PC or laptop, high-speed Internet connection, and a Webcam, one can broadcast live across the Web as though one's bedroom or basement were a TV studio. So the video and audio quality are not high-definition, but start-ups, like uStream.tv, and established companies, such as Yahoo!, are entering the live streaming, broadcasting arena, hoping to attract users and would-be Web show hosts.
In keeping with the Web 2.0 ideals of collaboration and community-building, these websites offer the opportunity for users to create and share their online content and build communities of viewers, who can participate and transform the production from a one-way street (I produce, You watch) to a two-way street (We produce, We watch).
Even if you do not consider yourself ready for Web Prime Time, visit these websites and think about what could they offer your projects, your professional field, your company, your institution.
Tuesday, February 12, 2008
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- dkemper
- David Kemper is an analyst, archivist, writer, and digital access specialist. His interests include enhancing user access to information and improving the user experience.
He has a B.A. in History and a Master's in Library and Information Studies with seven years experience working on information management and information technology projects, conducting research and analysis, and implementing websites and developing and managing Web content.
He plans, implements and maintains web-based solutions (see portfolio). He has spoken in the U.S. and Canada about the value of the Web in providing access to archival materials and on digital preservation research. Besides The DIGITAL Archive blog, which he started in 2005, he maintains archivius, an aggregator blog on digitization and digital preservation news.
David believes that empowering people with quality content can enrich lives and transform the world.
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