Comments on: Comforthood http://www.tinkerx.com/2008/06/08/comforthood/ Creative flux for our heap of broken images. Thu, 11 Mar 2010 23:43:16 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7.1 hourly 1 By: Andy http://www.tinkerx.com/2008/06/08/comforthood/#comment-51731 Andy Wed, 11 Jun 2008 15:15:05 +0000 http://www.tinkerx.com/index.php/2008/06/08/comforthood/#comment-51731 Doug: Not sure about generational... though, of course, the "young people" pick up new tech and new processes more quickly. I think it depends how some of the offerings are packaged. For example, both DVRs and NetFlix have done well with older consumers (ie, older than 40). I get both my TV cable and high-speed Internet from the same company. If they came up with a seamless way to "watch" the Internet on TV (as opposed to "surfing," which is, I think, more interactive), it might take off with older audiences. I don't want to do keyboard-y stuff on my tv; it has to be easy to do with a remote. But if I could get to content like Hulu through my TV... I'd do it. Doug: Not sure about generational… though, of course, the “young people” pick up new tech and new processes more quickly. I think it depends how some of the offerings are packaged.

For example, both DVRs and NetFlix have done well with older consumers (ie, older than 40). I get both my TV cable and high-speed Internet from the same company. If they came up with a seamless way to “watch” the Internet on TV (as opposed to “surfing,” which is, I think, more interactive), it might take off with older audiences.

I don’t want to do keyboard-y stuff on my tv; it has to be easy to do with a remote. But if I could get to content like Hulu through my TV… I’d do it.

]]> By: Douglas Galbi http://www.tinkerx.com/2008/06/08/comforthood/#comment-51647 Douglas Galbi Wed, 11 Jun 2008 02:25:17 +0000 http://www.tinkerx.com/index.php/2008/06/08/comforthood/#comment-51647 Andy, thanks for the appreciation. Good points about short form on tv and coming long form web video. As you point out, behavioral issues unrelated to content matter a lot, and the transition will be slow by internet time. Probably generational. Andy, thanks for the appreciation. Good points about short form on tv and coming long form web video. As you point out, behavioral issues unrelated to content matter a lot, and the transition will be slow by internet time. Probably generational.

]]> By: Andy http://www.tinkerx.com/2008/06/08/comforthood/#comment-51446 Andy Mon, 09 Jun 2008 23:33:45 +0000 http://www.tinkerx.com/index.php/2008/06/08/comforthood/#comment-51446 taleswapper: yeah... I saw "The Guild" on YouTube. Really funny stuff. I agree w/ you about reading online, too... I think it's an example of reading novels and long books being activities we often associate, again, w/ a particular kind of comfort setting. I do read lots of books on my SmartPhone, though. And if there was a good service that offered them up as a mobile browsing experience, I'd do that. The Internet is both a communications and content medium. And a creative one. More things will happen in the next few years, I think, that put more long form content out on the Web in more comfortable packages. taleswapper: yeah… I saw “The Guild” on YouTube. Really funny stuff.

I agree w/ you about reading online, too… I think it’s an example of reading novels and long books being activities we often associate, again, w/ a particular kind of comfort setting. I do read lots of books on my SmartPhone, though. And if there was a good service that offered them up as a mobile browsing experience, I’d do that.

The Internet is both a communications and content medium. And a creative one. More things will happen in the next few years, I think, that put more long form content out on the Web in more comfortable packages.

]]> By: taleswapper http://www.tinkerx.com/2008/06/08/comforthood/#comment-51343 taleswapper Mon, 09 Jun 2008 16:06:42 +0000 http://www.tinkerx.com/index.php/2008/06/08/comforthood/#comment-51343 I was so interested when I found The Guild (http://www.watchtheguild.com/). It's a sort of you tube series. Little narrative episodes about a set of on-line gamers who wind up meeting in real life. What interested me was that it funded its episodes via viewer donations. So, I guess there is some narrative going on out there. There's really not so much long-form stuff that is popular out there on the web, I think. I know there are the book projects and whatnot, but people really aren't reading novels on-line. I was so interested when I found The Guild (http://www.watchtheguild.com/). It’s a sort of you tube series. Little narrative episodes about a set of on-line gamers who wind up meeting in real life. What interested me was that it funded its episodes via viewer donations. So, I guess there is some narrative going on out there.

There’s really not so much long-form stuff that is popular out there on the web, I think. I know there are the book projects and whatnot, but people really aren’t reading novels on-line.

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