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MythTV How-To

Date: June 12, 2005 Author: Sean Comments: Leave a reply

Thanks to PVRblog (which is a killer resource for that space) for a pointer to Systm’s how-to on MythTV – an open source TiVo
Build a Myth box video from Systm | PVRblog

Systm is a production from two TechTV Screensavers alumni, Kevin and Dan who are doing more in-depth segments on technology. The first two posts of their vlog (video blog) can be found at the link above.

This is a great example of niche-casting.

    They are writing their own content (very specific target audience)
    They are shooting it themselves (with pro quality sound and video)
    They are editing it themselves (with some nice motion graphics)
    They are distributing it via bittorrent! (saving on bandwidth, distributing the weight)

Kevin also does a group podcast with Leo Laporte, Patrick and a few other members of the Screensavers alumni club at this week in tech.

Gnomedex SOLD OUT

Date: June 9, 2005 Author: Sean Comments: Leave a reply

Chris Pirillo (Lockergnome) is reporting that Gnomedex is sold out this year. Glad I bought in a month ago.

I will be taking some vacation in 2 weeks to head out to Seattle to see what all the buzz is about. Dave Winer and Adam Curry will be keynoting, and a ton of other people who I have been following for the last few years are going to be there and I am really excited to see how it all plays out. This is another reason why I am ‘eating the dogfood’.

It will be interesting to see how Dave and Adam’s interaction works out. No doubt they will both be total professionals, but I am interested in seeing how their very different views are recieved by the crowd.

Check out Gnomedex here for the details.