2005 October 06

I've never owned Betamax hardware; our family opted for VHS, largely because that's what everybody else had (including the video rental stores). With the recent debate going on between HD-DVD and Blue Ray, some folks are remembering what it was like when Sony tried to screw up the home theater industry the first time around. My friend Russell Coover:

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Chris talks about why he is no longer running Windows Vista Beta 1 on his laptop. In spite of his frustrations, Chris speaks with optimism about the future of Windows in the Vista timeframe. We talk about the likelihood of Windows Vista running on my HP laptop and why you really need an ATI or Nvidia graphics card with 128MB of RAM to get the “Glass” experience of Windows Vista. The discussion shifts to Blu-Ray vs. HD-DVD and Microsoft and Intel announcing support for the latter format. Will this become another Beta vs. VHS war with Sony on the losing side with a better format? Before we close this hour of the show, we touch on the future Star Wars TV series, juxtaposed against the Young Indiana Jones series.

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Mitch Ratcliffe recently formalized an idea that’s been floating around the blogosphere for some time now – the concept of Paramedia. As defined by Mitch, paramedia networks of people with access to media publishing tools and training that align through self-organizing or by explicit planning to promote and support the discussion of an idea, agenda or problem.

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I'm honored to have partially inspired Web 2.1- A BrainJam for the rest of us. I really believe we're going to see more of these smaller “thinking” events crop up over the next few years – especially when there's another event going on at the same time. Like many, I'm experiencing the Web 2.0 conference from afar; catching the cool announcements online instead of in-person. Had I the choice, I'd certainly support Web 2.1 (and everything it stands for). Gotta thank TechCrunch for breaking everything down for me to digest; I'll be watching Ning with great interest – could make a great extension to Lockergnome.
Though the Web 2.0 conference would have been great to attend, I'm actually stuck at home working on a Web service that aims to launch by week's end. ;) Actually, a genius developer friend of mine (and a friend of his) are making last minute optimizations before we do a global unveiling.

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