W00T!! Congrats! :D -- Bill http://billcammack.com
--- In videoblogging@yahoogroups.com, "Joshua Kinberg" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Today it was announced that FireAnt's software and technology > <http://GetFireAnt.com> was acquired by SonicMountain, a company that > also recently acquired Odeo <http://odeo.com> (see: > <http://tinyurl.com/3bbpsg>). > > I've been asked to join the new team, serving as VP of Product > Development, and will be heading up FireAnt's transition (among other > projects) as we re-launch everything under the Odeo brand later this > year. > > First of all, I want to say Thank You to everyone in the videoblogging > community who supported FireAnt along the way, especially Jay Dedman, > Daniel Salber, Erik Radmall, and Clint Sharp, who were instrumental in > launching this project. We met a lot of wonderful creative people, and > made some really important lifelong friendships. It's been an amazing > privilege to contribute to this dynamic and innovative community, and > especially to have been involved from such an early stage. I also want > to thank Jonathan Weiss, Drew Reynaud, and Jesse Boley who continued > FireAnt's technology development over the past year, which was demo'd > at Video on the Net in March 2007. > > When we first launched "ANTs Not TV" at Vloggercon in January 2005, > there were about 20 active videobloggers â" we knew each of them > personally and worked with most of them to create those magical RSS > feeds with enclosures. It was amazing to see all these video channels > updating over time and to watch them in a unified experience. There > was nothing else like it. It was clear that something powerful was > happening. It was a new kind of television, and yet it was not like TV > at all â" it was open to anyone and the possibilities seemed endless. > > And it began to spread⦠thanks to the many talented and creative video > producers, educators, and evangelists. > > While FireAnt had its share of struggles along the way as a start up, > I'm encouraged that the ideas we helped pioneer have grown incredibly > stronger over the past few years. This "Not TV" (now more often called > "Internet TV") is really changing the media culture, and it's having > profound social effects. The medium is enabling new voices and > conversations. The playing field is being leveled â" the barriers > between "Internet TV" and "TV" are disintegrating. > > So it's up to us to create what we want to see and share⦠We don't > have to rely on Rupert Murdoch and Sumner Redstone to create our > culture. Thank goodness! > > I look forward to watching your videos (and subscribing!). When I get > back to producing a more regular videoblog (or whatever it's called), > I hope you'll subscribe and leave me a comment :-) > > Best, > Josh > > ------------------------------------- > <http://JoshKinberg.com> >
