January 20, 2005
ourmedia set to launch
what is it? from the link:
1. an open-source platform and registry to bring personal media to the desktop;
2. a destination website at www.Ourmedia.org -- preliminary docs are
up on the site, with a preliminary launch scheduled for January 2005;
3. eventually, it will evolve into a not-for-profit organization
dedicated to advancing amateur, hobbyist, semi-professional, and
professional visual works and other media.
this is cool. it nails home that disk space is becoming less a problem and video over the internet is within reach.
the problem is this: its still just a front-end for a ftp server. (well, ym fingers are crossed that this isnt the case, but im not going to be surprised when it is.)
we still need some work actually getting into the files themselves. not only in interpretation of the content, but also in the representation. do we really need screens full of the first frame of a movie file? how much does this really tell you about what is there? why do i have to download then entire movie and scrub it to see what is in there?
surely i cant be the only one thinking about it in these terms.
nonetheless, a step in the right direction.
