A slice of foo
Yogi
Bera: You can observe a lot by watching.
Tim Bray: Foo Camp Notes captures a bit of the diversity that is present at Foo Camp. What follows below is an attempt to impose coherence on a slice of this diversity.
- Raffi Krikorian: Let me start by ssh'ing into my Tivo back in Cambridge... This is the way that Raffi began his talk at Foo Camp. This statement did not appear to be designed as an attention getter, this was simply a casual and everyday occurance. For Raffi, that is. For me, it was mind blowing. Sure, I knew at a certain cerebral level that such things should be possible, but at a gut level, it didn't occur to me that this could be so routine. Not yet, at least.
- Bram Cohen gave a talk on the technical and legal aspects of BitTorrent - a product which enables allows large number of people to simultaneously download large files. I was already familiar with this product as I've downloaded CDs worth of Linux distributions with it. This talk actually came before Raffi's, but something clicked when you combine the two - Brian Behlendorf was at the same two presentations at at the end of Raffi's, he leaned over to me and said that he wanted to be able to get content for his Tivo via BitTorrent. As soon as he said it, it just felt right.
- Beth Goza is definitely a gadget junkie. One of the cool toys she showed off was an Archos AV320 Video Recorder. "You can now enjoy anywhere 40 hours of near-DVD quality MPEG-4 video with MP3 sound.". The AV340 has a twice as much storage. The Sony CLIÉ had a smaller form factor.
Now we know each other and collaborate via shared published content. Increasingly, this will be visual. People will be able to effortlessly capture what they see and share it with friends and family. The recipients can time shift this content as they see fit.
The limits are no longer technological. Many of the products cited above had built in limitations that are intended to either benefit the producer of the product or the producer of content for the product. This will ultimately be self defeating. People that produce interesting content and share it liberally will enjoy a wider audience than those that only do one or the other.
William Gibson: The future is here. It's just not widely distributed yet. This is one of Tim O'Reilly's favorite quotes. Never was the point more forcefully driven home to me than here at FOO.
Providing and sharing interesting content is the ony way to win an audience
(SOURCE: Sam Ruby: A slice of foo )- Amen, brother Sam! QUOTE The limits are no longer technological.... [more]Trackback from Roland Tanglao's Weblog at
Foo Camp Wrap-up
I didn't have the time at Foo Camp to blog much about what I was doing, who I was meeting, and what we were discussing. I was too busy and interested to tear myself away. I went to bed each night very tired. Luckily, a few others provided some on-line notes and such: Doc took some pictures and wrote stuff several times. Check his weblog. Tim Bray has posted his Foo Notes Jason Kottke was one of the many to...... [more]Trackback from Jeremy Zawodny's blog at
New Age Content Distribution
Brian Behlendorf was at the same two presentations at at the end of Raffi’s, he leaned over to me and...... [more]Trackback from LibraryPlanet.com at
It would be great if the PVR became a platform of innovation by which independent content could be delivered over the 'net. It is however extremely unlikely to happen because the copyright cartel recognizes this. Witness the two new board members from Fox on Tivo's board. Or Comcast's roll out of a PVR that they are practically giving away.
Tivo and company should be saluted as innovators that have thrown a wrench in Big Cable's ITV plans (VOD). PVRs move the content closer to the user which is certainly a boon. But Big Cable can underprice any independent. Their boxes will certainly not be open. The traditional hardware manufacturers will only be able to sell high end boxes to premium consumers, Tivo itself will have the honor of joining Rupert Murdoch's empire once DISH and DirecTV merge.
Posted by akb atFoo: The UnConference
Today is the last day of the Foo Camp at O’Reilly. What? You haven’t yet heard the buzz in the blog circles? Here’s some links: Dori captures the feeling Doc observing that this isn’t your mother’s conference Kottke on...Excerpt from X180 at
Notes to Self
Invent “Next Big Thing” so you can go to Foo Camp (to paraphrase Seth Schoen, “You are in a…...Excerpt from Aaron Swartz: The Weblog at
BitTorrent and Google's IP
Tech: Sam Ruby on Foo Camp. Foo camp sounds cool; a little bit circle-jerky, but still interesting. But that's not what I wanted to write about -- the thing I wanted to mention was BitTorrent; it just struck me recently -- one key thing about BT...Excerpt from The Old JMason Distillery at
Foo Campfire
Foo Camp was a sign of unconferences to come. Its always been the case that conferences were more about people than content, and the best content comes from attendees. The free-for-all structure of Foo gave attendees equal opportunity to provide......Excerpt from Ross Mayfield's Weblog at
this is the Web, so I can update it later, right?
Tim Bray reports from Foo Camp, touching on matters of search and a Technorati vs. Blogdex deathmatch. Two things that make me want to talk to Cameron Marlow (of Blogdex): Cameron has been doing some work grouping people, with respect to any blogger, into Friends, the people who you’ve linked to...... [more]Trackback from Radio Free Blogistan at