Cinematic Crowdsourcing with Netflix

A great story from On The Media aired today. Check out the full audio above. "For Netflix, and a host of other online companies, being able to recommend another film, book or song you might like has become the holy grail of Internet business. As the New York Times Magazine’s Clive Thompson explains, the information is so valuable that Netflix is offering a million dollars to the first person who can know you better then you know yourself."

Clive also wrote about this in today's NYT Magazine, dubbed "The Screen Issue". If you haven't seen this issue, get it now. For anyone interested in the future of movies, TV and the Internet...check it out.

Start-Up Junkies

This Mojo HD reality-TV series was shot in Seattle. It chronicles the inner-workings of a start-up called Earth Class Mail. As someone who has experienced remarkably similar circumstances, I can tell you that this series is spot on. They really capture it. I know why I like watching this stuff. Does anyone else care? Apparently so...people are watching.

Above is a clip from Episode 3 which is described as follows; "With plans to sell his home, his planes and other valued possessions, Ron charges ahead and hunts for office space in downtown Seattle."

All this is courtesy of Hulu.com which keeps getting better and shows us what the future of "TV" might look like.

Video Fun in the Public Domain

Fun with the public domain. Goodnight Irene is a 20th century American folk standard popularized by such musicians as The Weavers and Lead Belly. The video clips are from Archive.org which provides free, public domain video footage such as school filmstrips, government training films and vintage TV advertising. Performed here by Ray Taylor and Todd Tibbetts. Edited by PixelFarmer.com.