Comments on: Shel Israel on Why UStream Will Change Mainstream

By: striatic

striatic — Wed, 30 May 2007 15:24:00 +0000

what they really need is some IM integration, so that when something interesting is happening [ie. NOT thomas hawk eating a sandwhich] they can put an alert out via IM and then the subscribers can all pile into the room to watch what's up.

either that, or do interesting things all the time.

because otherwise this is leading to 100 people watching kristopher tate bathe, and i assure you that nobody wants to see that.

though i ought to clarify that he SHOULD bathe, but that people shouldn't have to watch him bathe.

By: Raoul

Raoul — Wed, 30 May 2007 12:44:00 +0000

Tom, you’re winning me over with this live video stuff. Just watched Kris talking to the Sun rep on the phone, and that was something you don’t see every day. Truly hope Sun is willing to help, and that Zooomr is back up soon!

If nothing else, live video is an interesting new level of transparency. I still say that it’s not for every day use. It’s really useful in small doses, or turned on for urgent situations like the ones Zooomr is going through right now.

By: Jeremiah

Jeremiah — Wed, 30 May 2007 01:55:00 +0000

I’m excited about it because it means I can work with directors via the Internet in near real-time. This will be very handy when I’m scoring reels – I can do it “live” with the producers versus my current method: emailing 20+mb .mov attachments back and forth for proofing….

By: Raoul

Raoul — Tue, 29 May 2007 05:16:00 +0000

Tom, while the Ustream technology is cool, I fail to see what substantive benefits it brought to the Zooomr upgrade. All I could see is you getting a headache fielding the same questions, ad nauseam, from people popping in and out. And as for the innovative ideas thrown around, please don’t kid yourself. A Zooomr magazine… Zooomr photo galleries… You could have come up with those on your own, or they could have been easily emailed to Zooomr, no need to waste time in an endless video chat that completely tired you out.

And as for Kris, I said it before and I’ll say it again. I see no benefit in seeing him sleep or code. You people have got to think about the image you’re projecting to the world. Do you want to get serious, or do you want to build a happy go lucky sort of branding, the sort that says “yeah, we might ship today, or we might not, ’cause we’re sleeping and/or listening to music right now”…

Where I see Ustream benefitting Zooomr is in holding short, half-hour or hour-long online meetings, sort of like press sessions, where you talk live with Zooomr users. That would be useful, but they’ve got to be structured, on topic, and not spill over their allotted time. Those sorts of things would not exhaust you and would prove informative to both you and the Zooomr users.

By: Chris

Chris — Mon, 28 May 2007 20:58:00 +0000

Thomas,

Team Ustream is delighted that you’re going to keep Ustreaming after the Mark III launch. We’ll certainly do our best to keep improving the product and listening to our users.