DISQUS

Mark Essel · 5 months ago

Fantastic review Shana! I feel like I was there at the #nytm. Some grammar faux pas in your lengthy post, but sorry to say I'm too time bankrupt to list them :(

ShanaC · 5 months ago

S'ok. Now how do I get it out there in the world? Let's beat up TechCrunch or Something. I can even edit video, you know. And at 5'6 and 115, and a modelesque build, with help it wouldn't be a bad looking video either. ;-) From what I can tell I am one of the few people being somewhat, err, at least somewhat honest in the echo chamber. (Some thoughts are best left unsaid, I realized, but I don't think adding to the hype is a brilliant idea either.) And the advice, if taken, is practical.

FYI, I'm super aware of the grammar and the spelling. I'm just not sure of the best way out of certain phrases. I'm an ex-ld student. (Sort of, it seem :) ). No one bothered to take a serious look until I was really old (circa 10th grade), because from their perspective I was extremely smart and read a ton. If all you notice is slight grammar issues, good, because I remember when my writing was unreadable and I wouldn't show it to anyone unless I had to. These take a little longer than they should as a result of the checking.

Mark Essel · 5 months ago

Video would be an excellent media addon. Your writing is much cleaner than my own, don't sweat it too much. Some readers get bent outta shape about it. As long as the message is clear and the content is interesting you can brush up the editing as you go.
How often are the meetups? They sound fun.
Any special requirement to entry?

ShanaC · 5 months ago

It has a meetup site and is also www.nytm.org. They had a $10 entry cost for space rental last time.

innonate · 5 months ago

Wow. What a great, comprehensive review of #nytm!

ShanaC · 5 months ago

Please nudge the presenters the presenters to stop by. :) They deserve to see more than anyone.

Thanks for the complement. I work hard to take a close look at how it all comes together in an ecosystem of tech, business, and the rest of the world. See you in September (hopefully with something else for twitter)

andrewbaron · 5 months ago

Great review, I love your academic and poetic perspective to describing design and tech.

No refutations here re: Magma from me, though I can understand your questions regarding the role in consequently fueling a popular listing of videos, while also questioning advertising in context of a business model.

To the latter, Magma's most powerful product is actually statistics and the primary source of revenue will come from selling market research. The comprehensive statics that Blip & Tube Mogul provide for their partners, for example, is an example of what people on Magma will expect for every single video, whether it's their video or not. Due to the amount of data that we are culling for each video, and for any video, including a presentation of social media activity from all over the world, we expect Magma to become one of the most freely available, comprehensive statistical engines for video in general.

To the matter of the masses, while it's the job of Magma to cull the most popular videos from around the internet, especially to provide a real time view of what people are watching and talking about right now, the users who discover, add and curate their own favorite videos, with their friends, make Magma a more likely place to find the niche videos that are, as they say, relevant to ur interests.

ShanaC · 5 months ago

Thanks for the complements. I enjoy doing this, though I sometimes feel bad for being "Negative Nancy" Someone has got to call out mistakes as they happen. Early critique is better. Now only if I could get paid for doing this. ;-)

Your comment is helpful in clarifying your position. I had to think a bit about possible outs of some of the problems I mentioned. One potential thought, since there is some strong correlation to showing rankings and to causing convergence on the top rank, is not show "the most popular video" across all categories on the landing page. Instead, it would be to show the top video in what we think is the most popular category currently be tagged on the landing page. For those logged in, their landing page would be, the most popular videos in thier categories.

In the grand scheme of things: My obsession with Mothlight, by Stan Brakhage, is probably incosequential to the ranking. Eretz Nehederet, marginal, once you hit an international crowd. Gossip Girls, Important. To marketers , however, this is all very useful. So it is important to get that sort taste choices as undisturbed as possible so that they can aim at me as narrowly as possible.