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Joseph Smarr: Missing the Oscars Finale: A Case Study in Technology Failure (and Opportunity)

  • nina · 10 months ago
    It's really ironic when things happen, especially in this kind of event which is long been waited and turned out to be dismayed because of some cable connection problems. Still we have to be thankful for the technology, like Internet.
    We can still videos that we have missed.
  • Joseph Smarr · 10 months ago
    Heh, just saw this link from Simon Willison. Sounds like progress in the right direction! :) http://simonwillison.net/2009/Feb/23/oscars/
  • Joseph Smarr · 10 months ago
    I just came across another relevant post on Yahoo's main blog a few days ago: http://ycorpblog.com/2009/02/19/the-envelope-go... -- see also http://ysearchblog.com/2009/02/20/get-ready-for...
  • Joseph Smarr · 10 months ago
    Looks like facebook is also trying to get in on the act, albeit with a somewhat limited integration right now (live status updates embedded in some popular entertainment sites): http://blog.facebook.com/blog.php?post=55313427130 -- still I bet even that goes a long way for groups of people that keep that page up while watching the oscars and have several friends doing the same!
  • mikehedge · 9 months ago
    wow good points and ideas
  • aplaxo · 1 month ago
    yes, there's a lot of opportunity for this to improve. Hopefully it will get better very soon.