It’s Thursday night, just a few weeks short of Christmas and I am working out on the elliptical trainer because it is too icy to go out and run on the streets. I visit Twitter to see what others are doing and I see that Cali Lewis is hosting a virtual Christmas party with a Geoff Smith piano concert. At 8:30, myself and some 330 others join in to watch Geoff perform live.
I recently discovered ustream.tv, which is a live streaming video site which allows a person, such as Geoff Smith, to broadcast out to the world (or at least 15,000 is what I have been told). Users, or in this case fans, log on and watch with an option to chat. This is not limited to concerts, but it can be also used for business meetings, family communication or to create your own television programs. If I had a vote for the site of the year, this might earn my vote.
For those wondering about the immediate economic benefit to this site, there is a “tip jar” viewers can contribute to.
It seems that a great many users are doing life casts (think The Truman Show) and talk show type programs. But I can also see a great many uses for this in terms of the arts (poetry readings, book readings) and of course politics and other presentations.
I can only imagine there are countless uses for this site and I am interested in learning what you have to say. Check it out at www.ustream.tv and let me know your thoughts at digitopeka@gmail.com.
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