Are you watching Justin.tv?
Cory Bergman April 12th, 2007
This guy in San Francisco has rigged himself up with a live webcam (photos), and he wears it wherever he goes, 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. Well, except when he has sex, which is what happened last night. This was a tragic letdown for Justin.tv fans everywhere, and it’s getting a fair amount of attention today. Anyway, sex aside, it’s one of the coolest things I’ve witnessed on the internet, and the connectivity is amazing. He just walked into an elevator and signal was solid. Hmmm, this is going to “blow up” as the kids say these days. Someone just told him that Jay Leno might be interested in booking him on the show, and I bet he’s going to generate a ton of press over the next several days. Only drawback: Justin.tv is getting to be so popular, that his video server is beginning to choke on all the traffic. Screen grab…
7 Comments Add your own
1. Zack | April 12th, 2007 at 3:42 pm
Hey you guys finally mentioned this. I emailed you guys about Justin two weeks ago. I was beginning to think
you guys didn’t consider it within your LostRemote’s focus.
2. Cory Bergman | April 12th, 2007 at 5:24 pm
Thanks, Zack! Sorry, I should’ve posted sooner, certainly within our focus.
3. Rocker | April 12th, 2007 at 5:49 pm
Fundamentally, this is not very interesting. It’s like a cam focused on paint drying. I don’t think the Lost producers need to be too concerned.
4. Greg | April 12th, 2007 at 6:12 pm
ehh! Been there, done that . . reminds me of Jenny Cam from the late 90’s.
5. Cory | April 12th, 2007 at 10:43 pm
First, this is different than the Jenny Cam, because she was stuck in a wired house. Justin travels all over the place.
Second, I think this is fascinating, and I’ve found myself (along with some friends) tuning in a certain points on his published schedule to see what happens. This will spawn a ton of knock-offs, mark my words.
Third, there are some possible applications for news, here. Not for TV, mind you, but for the web. Web reporters could cover live events/breaking news in a very compelling matter. Instead of presenting the story TV-style, they simply cover the story and you can snoop in as they work in real-time. How cool would that be?
6. mike | April 13th, 2007 at 7:32 am
It would be very cool indeed.
7. Allen | April 13th, 2007 at 8:40 am
We had a very tech savvy reporter do a sweeps stunt from his downtown loft several years ago. He had to stay in his house the entire week, never leaving. He had a webcam up the entire time. Many of his stories were based on the things he could have delivered to his house by ordering them over the internet.
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