2008 seemed to pick up the pace sometime around mid-year and has barely slowed down since. I've had the pleasure of meeting many new friends this past year and I look forward to meeting many more in 2009. I also had the opportunity to speak with CEOs from various online video startups to learn about their businesses. Those who I want to personally thank are Sean Doherty of Channels.com the web-based video RSS aggregator, Stephen Chao of How-to video site WonderHowTo, Teresa Phillips of How-to video site Graspr who has recently partnered with Glam Media, Bismark Lepe of Ooyala, Philippe Schwartz of ooVoo and Paul Kontonis of For Your Imagination. While I haven't been able to publish all those conversations I hope to do so in the coming weeks.
Also special thanks to Dan Rayburn, EVP of Streamingmedia.com along with my other panelists from Streaming Media West including Christina Cece of Glam Media , Sanjay Desai of Brightcove, Amir Ashkenazi CEO of Adap.tv, Robb Miller of The Feedroom, Mark Rotblat of TubeMogul and Saidah Nash of Thomson Reuters.
There are so many others who I met along the way, who's blogs I read, videos I watch that I need to thank but the sun is going down on 2008 and I have to move on to 2009. Thank you to all my readers and friends and all the best to everyone in 2009!
Here's a handful of posts from my blog that I present as a "Best of 2008" stay tuned for more to come.
- War is Over... and the Winner is Blu-Ray - Jan. 5, 2008
- DRM is Dead! - Jan. 7, 2008
- My ooVoo Day With... Robin Good - Feb. 15, 2008
- My ooVoo Day With... iJustine! - Feb. 17, 2008
- Robin Good's ooVoo Review - Feb. 22, 2008
- Vawkr* - Instant Video Chat Makes You a Talker - March 8, 2008
- Skype Now Broadcasting on a TV Near You - March 17, 2008
- Google Videoconferencing Killer App on the Way? - April 1, 2008
- It's All About Integration (Seesmic + Twhirl) and (Qik, Flixwagon + YouTube) - April 5, 2008
- Get on the Bus Obscura! - April 21, 2008
- Streamingmedia.com: How to Execute a Successful Webcast - April 26, 2008
- My ooVoo Day With... Recap Video, and the Good Deeds That Were Done - May 7, 2008
- My 100th Blog Post and The Start of Something New - June 3, 2008
- Streaming Media East 2008: Viral Video in Action, Nalts Takes a Fall! - June 4, 2008
- How Do You ooVoo? My Video Chat with ooVoo CEO Philippe Schwartz - July 6, 2008
- Qik is Ready for Prime Time: Public Beta Opens, Let the Revolution Begin - July 21, 2008
- 12seconds.tv Makes Its Fun Debut - July 29, 2008
- My ooVoo Day With... Political Edition: Queen of Spain - Aug. 9, 2008
- I'm Having a Louis Gray Moment - Aug. 17, 2008
- Nokia N95 Test: Comparing Qik and N95 Video Quality - Aug. 22, 2008
- Hey Jim Kukral, I Bought a Flip Video Camera! - Sept. 14, 2008
- My New Business Cards for Online Video Publishing [dot] com - Sept. 20, 2008
- Streaming Media West: Online Video Publishing and Marketing Strategies - Oct. 7. 2008
- Streaming Media West: Updating and Syndicating Your Channels for New Media Distribution - Oct. 8, 2008
- Online Video Publishing and Marketing Strategies: Streaming Media West Q&A with Christina Cece, Glam Media - Oct. 15, 2008
- Conversation with Paul Kontonis, CEO of For Your Imagination on The Power of Branded Entertainment and OmniReliant Holdings' Equity Stake - Oct. 28, 2008
- Google Adds Videoconferencing to Gmail With Video and Voice Chat Plug-In - Nov. 11, 2008
- Transmedia Storytelling and the Future of Entertainment - Nov. 24, 2008
- Ooyala Is On A Mission To Make Content More Personal, Launches Innovative Video Advertising Feature Set - Nov. 30, 2008
- Gary Vee and Authenticity, "Social Equity Trumps Private Equity." - Dec. 3, 2008
- For Your Imagination Enhances Online Video Market Leadership With Reach, Revenue and Solutions, Says CEO Paul Kontonis - Dec. 30, 2008