It was Already Here! - Nov 18, 2006
It appears that a few new sites, in particular, "MySpace" and "YouTube" have recently grabbed a great deal of attention, among the social element of the internet. In my rather lengthy look back at internet developments, it seems that not much new in the way of social capabilities really exists. People appear to simply want to 'see' things differently. I believe the internet is a haven for the artist and seeks change on that level as opposed to achieving any real improvement in socializing ability.
Internet innovation continues to come from new and independent sources. Big players like Yahoo, MSN, Google and a few other notables have great stuff, but I've noticed they continually feel threatened by the new developments. They respond quickly with an answer of their own or purchase one. For several years now, I have felt that those giants had some mighty powerful social tools. They've allowed people to meet and make new friends and to be able to do so along compatible interests. Along comes MySpace and the blogging concept and for that reason, Yahoo suddenly had to have its 360 answer and MSN and other players had to make adaptive moves as well.
What I notice about this latest change is that it allows a person to have a much larger mix of all the types of sound and visualization toys we like, in a primary page, a single page presentation. The tools that have allowed people to speak, view, and chat with each other change very little, only being different in the variations or combinations of these things. You'll still have to click around a bit to take advantage of all that a single site has to offer.
I want to recognize a couple of sites that really gave us a nice experience with video, long before YouTube appeared to be the only site providing video abilities. I thought Camarades, Webcamnow and Pluscams were really pioneers in giving us superb video broadcast possibilities. I know many internet socialites really like the video tools they are playing with today, but they've been here for quite a while. Camarades and Webcamnow are still around and can be found by typing in their URL with the follow-up com domain. Pluscams I've recently typed in and to tell you the truth, I'm not to certain at this time about their status. I want to mention a couple other video sites that are no longer with us (a fact I bemoan) or perhaps they have just taken on a new manifestation. Those sites are CitizenX and Anywebcam and they get my honorable mention. If I could, I would commend the designers or innovators of those sites, because what they developed was rather nice and inspirational.
ICQ as a messaging platform continues to flourish and probably has been blended more repeatedly or more often with other applications than any other program around. ICQ and other popular messaging programs have been here for some time and most have had video as part of the their offerings for quite a while now. Who should forget Netmeeting? That was the program that I most remember as I began my internet surfing. It always made me excited about what was to come.
I guess my point is that it has ALL been here for a while. Thanks to those sites I've mentioned and their developers, because they were and in some cases remain outstanding pioneers. Some time ago they gave us good examples of what is about to become a lot more commonplace!
It appears that a few new sites, in particular, "MySpace" and "YouTube" have recently grabbed a great deal of attention, among the social element of the internet. In my rather lengthy look back at internet developments, it seems that not much new in the way of social capabilities really exists. People appear to simply want to 'see' things differently. I believe the internet is a haven for the artist and seeks change on that level as opposed to achieving any real improvement in socializing ability.
Internet innovation continues to come from new and independent sources. Big players like Yahoo, MSN, Google and a few other notables have great stuff, but I've noticed they continually feel threatened by the new developments. They respond quickly with an answer of their own or purchase one. For several years now, I have felt that those giants had some mighty powerful social tools. They've allowed people to meet and make new friends and to be able to do so along compatible interests. Along comes MySpace and the blogging concept and for that reason, Yahoo suddenly had to have its 360 answer and MSN and other players had to make adaptive moves as well.
What I notice about this latest change is that it allows a person to have a much larger mix of all the types of sound and visualization toys we like, in a primary page, a single page presentation. The tools that have allowed people to speak, view, and chat with each other change very little, only being different in the variations or combinations of these things. You'll still have to click around a bit to take advantage of all that a single site has to offer.
I want to recognize a couple of sites that really gave us a nice experience with video, long before YouTube appeared to be the only site providing video abilities. I thought Camarades, Webcamnow and Pluscams were really pioneers in giving us superb video broadcast possibilities. I know many internet socialites really like the video tools they are playing with today, but they've been here for quite a while. Camarades and Webcamnow are still around and can be found by typing in their URL with the follow-up com domain. Pluscams I've recently typed in and to tell you the truth, I'm not to certain at this time about their status. I want to mention a couple other video sites that are no longer with us (a fact I bemoan) or perhaps they have just taken on a new manifestation. Those sites are CitizenX and Anywebcam and they get my honorable mention. If I could, I would commend the designers or innovators of those sites, because what they developed was rather nice and inspirational.
ICQ as a messaging platform continues to flourish and probably has been blended more repeatedly or more often with other applications than any other program around. ICQ and other popular messaging programs have been here for some time and most have had video as part of the their offerings for quite a while now. Who should forget Netmeeting? That was the program that I most remember as I began my internet surfing. It always made me excited about what was to come.
I guess my point is that it has ALL been here for a while. Thanks to those sites I've mentioned and their developers, because they were and in some cases remain outstanding pioneers. Some time ago they gave us good examples of what is about to become a lot more commonplace!
posted by Gary at 9:47 PM
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