From the “Chapter-eleven-point-two?” Department
Welcome to the 21st Century, and the catchmarketingphrase Web 2.0. What is Web 2.0 you ask? Well Google that and tell me what you find.
One of the wonders of the Web 2.0 “Revolucion” was the art of the VideoBlog; “Vlog” for lack of a worse term. Imagine a Blog but in video format. (Its like TV for the Internet!)
One of the trailblazers of Vlogging was a site called RocketBoom. It was considered the hottest web market out there, with lots of viewers/readers. It had a blonde babe in the form of Amanda Congdon and a hip presentation. [The author viewed the daily "news" for a few weeks, but became disinterested; probably because he was too old and un-hip -.ed]
But things were not all that great at RocketBoom, as Amanda points out
Two-Headed-Salute: The Politburo Diktat
My observations:
As “Web 2.0″ gets more and more sophisticated, the level of partnerships and cooperation become more and more essential and have to be documented.
Here at Two-Headed-Monster, Bradley is the more senior head. Jeremy is more of a contributor than an owner. (And Jeremy is fine with that.) [As long as I'm the one with the horns pointed down, that was my only stipulation.]
There are some other things to worry about:
- Technology – Who handles the tech side of things (Servers, Bandwidth, Code, Licenses, etc.)
- Business – Who handles the business side of things (Advertising, Marketing, Income, Expenses, Profit and Loss?)
- Look – Who is the face, or the design of the site?
Now a days, this is usually done by one person, but we see in the RocketBoom case this was clearly handled in two roles. Andrew was the tech/biz while Amanda was the look.
Take one away, and no more RocketBoom.
Maybe Web 2.0 isn’t all its mashed up to be?
And this should also serve as a warning to Bradley that he will feel the pain if I ever take my pretty face away from THM…
… okay, not really.
July 6, 2006 at 1:46 PM |
Are you calling me old? So while it is true that I approached you about this site, let it be known that my intent was a equal partnership. You are the one who weaseled out citing weak-sauce excuses like work, life, and your “other blog”.
Also, does “vlogging” (I feel a little dirty saying that) really count as web 2.0? My impression of the amorphous and completely unofficial definition of the virtual phenomenon that is web 2.0 is that it is more about the interactivity with the user. In that respect, vlogging to me is a step backwards (as there is little or no interactivity).
Wikipedia has a pretty good article on web 2.0.
July 6, 2006 at 2:22 PM |
I consider vlogging a postulate of the Web 2.0 Experience. Kind of a substrate of the overall technological movement.
Senior = older, and are you denying that I’m not the young whipper snapper who doesn’t respect his elders?