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South Park says it better
From: David Farber <dave () farber net>
Date: Mon, 21 Apr 2008 16:38:47 -0700
________________________________________ From: Bob Frankston [Bob19-0501 () bobf frankston com] Sent: Sunday, April 20, 2008 2:19 PM To: David Farber Subject: South Park says it better The Internet as a consumable: http://www.southparkstudios.com/episodes/166179/. I won’t give away the punch line except to note that solution at the end is actually a very good one. It’s far better to be resilient than to prevent failure. The show is also a reminder of the fallacy of seeing the Internet as something provided rather than something that we each create by contributing to it. I’ve had conversations with those who are so immersed in the technology that they think watching “TV” over the Internet is too geeky. As we see it’s just the opposite – it’s far easy to share and view “content” over the Internet than over a set top box. There isn’t a single viewing experience called “TV” anymore. Sure, you may want to watch some video on your living room TV but other is best viewed on a PC or a mobile device. Remember that this is “long form” full resolution and has advertising – it’s not just a YouTube snippet. This is a case where the mere existence is more telling than that content itself. You don’t have to “consume bandwidth” to get the point. ------------------------------------------- Archives: http://www.listbox.com/member/archive/247/=now RSS Feed: http://www.listbox.com/member/archive/rss/247/ Powered by Listbox: http://www.listbox.com
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