Instant Audio & Video: Tools Igniting the Digital World

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Created for the Internet Librarian 2008 conference, this is a walk through recent exciting audio and video tools that help build community.

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Instant Audio & Video: Tools Igniting the Digital World

by Connie CrosbyInternet Librarian

October 21, 008, Monterey, CA

There is no better time to create a community

of friends who can come together and execute on

your brilliant idea. - co-founder of 12seconds.tv (Oct. 9/08)

Ignite the Web!

Building Community

Building Community

•reach out to others like you

Building Community

•reach out to others like you

•be part of a group

Building Community

•reach out to others like you

•be part of a group

•audio creates intimacy

Building Community

•reach out to others like you

•be part of a group

•audio creates intimacy

•video connects to humanity

Which communities will you engage?

Talkshoe - www.talkshoe.com

Talkshoe

Talkshoe

• create, manage & host your own audio

Talkshoe

• create, manage & host your own audio

• several people talking at once

Talkshoe

• create, manage & host your own audio

• several people talking at once

• record for listening, downloading or podcasting

Talkshoe

• create, manage & host your own audio

• several people talking at once

• record for listening, downloading or podcasting

• FREE recording, storage & bandwidth

Uncontrolled Vocabulary - http://uncontrolledvocabulary.com/

chat

call in or listen

Creating is easy

Schedule for the future

...and voila!

Widgets for your Web!

Even a Facebook app

Utterli - www.utterli.com/

Utterli• audio, video, pictures or text

• formerly Utterz

• from phone, computer or mobile device

• cross-post to YouTube, Flickr, Facebook, MySpace, Twitter, your blog & others

seesmic - www.seesmic.com

Seesmic

•video conversations

•Sept. 2008: 30,000 users

•5,000 active in the community

•1,000 very active

12seconds.tv

12seconds

•Twitter for video?

•be succinct!

•watch on web or via mobile

Where will you share?

ooVoo - www.oovoo.com

ooVoo

• video chat for up to 6 people

• high resolution

• record video chats

• proprietary software

• paid levels

How BIG can you go?

more than 6 ?!?

Tokbox - http://www.tokbox.com

Wild!

Tokbox - http://www.toxbox.com

Tokbox

•web-based (not proprietary software)

• large numbers video chatting

•confusion!!

Live-streaming video

Ustream - ustream.tv

Ustream

•live video

•chat

•recorded for viewing later

•camera & Internet access needed

Qik - qik.com

Qik

•mobile live video

•broadcast events

•spontaneous

•check for supported phones

What’s going to be hot?

Phreadz - phreadz.com

Phreadz

• social multimedia conversation network

• video, audio and photo blogging

• create via desktop or from mobile devices

• also posts to other systems like blogs, photo or video sites

Building Community

Building Community

•informal communication

Building Community

•informal communication

•unscripted

Building Community

•informal communication

•unscripted

•let your clients / patrons participate

creating content=

engagement

We buoy each other up

“Don’t keep up with the technologies. Keep up with the literacies!”

- Howard Rheingold

Image from Paloma.cl http://www.flickr.com/photos/palomabaytelman/2838443441/

How will you

ignite the Web?

Hot Resources

• “Passion is Recession Proof,” the 12seconds.tv blog (Oct. 9/08) http://tinyurl.com/3zjaro

• Dave Nelson, “Welcome New Hosts; Talkshoe Step-by-step Instructions,” Talkshoe blog (Oct. 5/08) http://tinyurl.com/6npudk

• Erick Schonfield, “The Real Video Twitter: 12seconds.tv,” TechCrunch (July 24/08) http://tinyurl.com/646c86

• Mike Butcher, “Phreadz - A Little Like Seesmic, but Trying to Do More,” TechCrunch (May 23/08) http://tinyurl.com/59plws

Thank you!Connie Crosby

conniecrosby@gmail.com

~~~http://www.crosbygroup.ca

http://conniecrosby.blogspot.comhttp://communitydivas.com