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- Camfrog is A Cacophony of Communication
Do you Camfrog yet? Don't worry, I hadn't heard of it until today, either. It's a multi-user video conferencing program that has been slowly making its way over to Mac OS X (the Mac version's at 1.3, PC's up to...
Do you Camfrog yet? Don't worry, I hadn't heard of it until today, either. It's a multi-user video conferencing program that has been slowly making its way over to Mac OS X (the Mac version's at 1.3, PC's up to 3.9), and, having played with it for a few hours, it's absolutely insane. You can do a video chat with up to 1,000 people at once, along with text chats to keep it silent.
It's also exactly like entering an America Online chat room in 1995. For my impressions, click through.
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The Mac OS X interface for Camfrog is nicely done, a sort of nice blend of iChat and classic instant messaging iconography. It took about five seconds to set up a profile, and then it was time to start looking at a thousand of my closest friends. Now, granted, I didn't actually launch 1,000 windows, but I did bring up six screens, and the performance is surprisingly good -- it's like iChat AV with the locks off and in utter chaos. I could have kept going, and my old computer would have been fine.
Like a lot of new networks, it's absolute chaos to deal with -- too much information to ever grapple with. What's crazy about it is how much of a throwback this feels like -- nothing about it speaks to the ways that online interactions have changed over time. It's not about the technology, which is extremely refined and well-executed. It is in the people and the way they engage: Half-word communications, heavy emoticon use, requests for age/sex/location and lewd comments -- but this time with live video of people staring at their webcams. And it feels exactly the same, even though it ostensibly provides more immediacy.
Instead, it feels more alone than any communication network I've tried to tap into in years. I'm sure this is on me -- I haven't actually tried to find my people in this group -- the geeks, the Mac-heads, the like, and so it's probably more a reflection of my tourism than anything else.
But still, surprising to learn how little things change, isn't it?
Thanks, JH?
Pete Mortensen - New MacBook, Classic Logo
.flickr-photo { border: solid 2px #000000; }.flickr-yourcomment { }.flickr-frame { text-align: left; padding: 3px; }.flickr-caption { font-size: 0.8em; margin-top: 0px; } MacBook Front View, originally uploaded by jordanmerrick. Check out the old-school, multi-colored Apple logo on this modded MacBook from...
Check out the old-school, multi-colored Apple logo on this modded MacBook from jordanmerrick. It looks great on the white MacBook.
lkahney - Bill Gates Not Amused By Hodgman's PC Character
Interviewed by Advertising Age columnist Bob Garfield, Bill Gates is not amused by John Hodgman's personification of the PC in Apple's ads: GARFIELD: I want to ask you one more thing: Those Mac ads -- how do you feel about...
Interviewed by Advertising Age columnist Bob Garfield, Bill Gates is not amused by John Hodgman's personification of the PC in Apple's ads:
GARFIELD: I want to ask you one more thing: Those Mac ads -- how do you feel about the John Hodgman character?
GATES: I can't comment on someone else's ad.
GARFIELD: OK ... but he's you.
GATES: Yeah, I'm not gonna comment on someone else's ad.
GARFIELD: OK, well, Bill Gates, thank you so much for joining us.
(Silence)
GARFIELD: Can I just have a clean goodbye?
(Silence)
GARFIELD: OK, can you just say goodbye? Thank you or goodbye or something like that?
GATES: Goodbye.
Link: Advertising Age - AUDIO: Bob Garfield vs. Bill Gates.
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