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Off Topic: Good Morning San Francisco
Somedays, I wish I had a real camera. Today was one of those mornings. What a perfect dawn - Sun fighting off the clouds and darkness, reflecting my own inner self. I had to settle for a camera phone photo - not bad, but not great either. (Of course you know what it means - a whole lot of blogging today :-)
By the way, any suggestions for a good, yet inexpensive digital camera? Less than $250, since I actually don’t take too many photographs.
Announcing, NewTeeVee Pier Screenings!
If you ever lived in New York, the best part of summer was going to Bryant Park on a warm evening, sitting down on a blanket and watching The Sound of Music, with hundreds of others. Drinking wine, eating some cheese and generally enjoying the communal feeling that often goes with watching films.
The NewTeeVee team is bringing those magical memories to San Francisco with The NewTeeVee Pier Screenings! The first event is on May 24th, 2007.
On a pier overlooking the San Francisco Bay on a summer night, we’re going to project some online video onto a big screen. We’ll provide popcorn, red wines, and beer. The NewTeeVee community picks six videos to show, which the crowd and a panel of judges dissect. We also bring in an industry leader for quick chat, and allow plenty of time to hang out.
In order to get the process going, we worked with Ning (thanks guys!) to develop a special site where you can submit and rank/vote on the videos. Liz also wrote a F.A.Q to guide you through.
Hopefully you can participate!
PS: We are looking for sponsors, and if you are interested in this event that promises to attract the best of the online video community, please get in touch with our ever cheerful manager of business operations, Joanne Wan who can be reached via email at joey at gigaom dot com or our friends at Federated Media, by writing to ads at gigaom dot com.
The Vator.TV Fracas
Bambi Francisco, a tech columnist for MarketWatch, is catching flak for her involvement with Vator.tv, a site which enables startups to upload videos pitching their business ideas. CNET questioned the ethics of Francisco and her employer in a piece Thursday, and the Wall Street Journal (which, like MarketWatch, is owned by Dow Jones) followed up with a more detailed assessment of companies and people Francisco covered who have ties to Vator. Continue Reading
Google, finally shows its funny side
The world will get a chuckle out of Google’s April Fools prank, “TiSP.” But unless you’ve been following their plans with Earthlink to develop a citywide wifi program pretty closely, you might have missed the element of mockery.
You see, a competing plan proposed by San Francisco Supervisor Tom Ammiano proposed building out a municipally owned network by laying fiber-optic cable alongside the city’s underground sewers.
Local columnist Matt Smith called Ammiano’s plan a “boondoggle” in this weeks San Francisco Weekly, though also complained that Gavin Newsom’s lack of political skill is what’s keeping Google from giving away “what amounts to free beer.”
Touche, Google. Touche.