The Power of Video Chat
On yesterday’s Managing the Gray I talked about the power of video when it comes to chatting. How it brings people closer in a way that only voice and text does not work. Because of that my good buddy PW Fenton IM’d me and said “let’s video.”
Now, I talk to P-Dub all the time. I listen to his voice on his podcast Digital Flotsam (you need to be as well if your not!). I’ve seen pictures. But, until this moment in time I’ve never actually seen a moving version of him. No home movies, no random YouTube moments, NOTHING. The realization of this was a bit startling.
Today has a weird vibe to it. Bad blog posts, net lag ever where I turn and all around a sort of strangeness that I can’t put my finger on. Not sure what it is.
Oh, this picture was planned. P-Dub full screen can be a scary thing and when we are both complete nuts it makes it more fun.
January 19th, 2007 at 12:42 pm |
Just wait till I get an unflattering picture of you trying to impress a farm animal. YOU know what I’m talking about. Some of those sheep aren’t afraid to talk.
January 19th, 2007 at 12:45 pm |
Is that what a prostate exam looks like?
January 19th, 2007 at 1:46 pm |
I don’t know, Mark. Ask the sheep.
January 19th, 2007 at 4:47 pm |
Should have been a damn warning on this entry before I opened it. That actually bordered on frightening in a Stephen King sort of way.
January 20th, 2007 at 10:07 pm |
There are certainly a lot of interesting people out there video chatting and there are some great communities out there too. Live video has been somewhat scary since the CUSeeMe days.. Check out http://www.ispq.com for a video chat community that has online monitors and an overall good place to meet good mature people. Works on Mac and Windows and uses same voice technology as Skype.
January 22nd, 2007 at 7:10 pm |
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