June 6th, 2010 — Media
Pew Internet has released a new report “The State of Online Video”
OVERVIEW
Seven in ten adult internet users (69%) have used the internet to watch or download video. That represents 52% of all adults in the United States.
Driven by the popularity of online video among 18-29 year-olds, there have been dramatic increases since 2007 in the number of American adults watching:
- Comedy or humorous videos, rising in viewership from 31% of adult internet users in 2007 to 50% of adult internet users in the current survey
- Educational videos, rising in viewership from 22% to 38% of adult internet users
- Movies or TV show videos, rising in viewership from 16% to 32% of adult internet users
- Political videos, rising in viewership from 15% to 30% of adult internet users
On the other side of the camera, video creation has now become a notable feature of online life. One in seven adult internet users (14%) have uploaded a video to the internet, almost double the 8% who were uploading video in 2007. Home video is far and away the most popular content posted online, shared by 62% of video uploaders. And uploaders are just as likely to share video on social networking sites like Facebook (52% do this) as they are on more specialized video-sharing sites like YouTube (49% do this).
Yet, while video-sharing is growing in popularity, adult internet users have mixed feelings about how broadly they want to share their own creations. While 31% of uploaders say they “always” place restrictions on who can access their videos, 50% say they “never” restrict access. The remaining 19% fall somewhere in the middle. And while there is almost universal appreciation for the ease with which video-sharing sites allow uploaders to share video with family and friends, a considerable number (35%) also feel they should be more careful about what they post.
Download or read the full report here
May 12th, 2010 — Organizations
SeriousGamesMarket informs about the keynote speech by Will Wright at Games Tech 2010. Will Wright is designer of popular games like SimCity, SimEarth, and The Sims. Wright spoke on the intersection of military gaming and commercial gaming technologies.
Games Tech 2010’s primary objective is to promote the use of game technology within the Department of Defense, inviting participation and exchange of Ideas. For more information and some great insightful presentations visit the official Game Tech 2010 conference website
April 17th, 2010 — Insights
Morgan Stanley has released the 2010 edition of State of the Internet (pdf) report. The report primarily highlights the exponential growth of the mobile web in coming years. It hints that Mobile Will Be Bigger Than Desktop Internet in 5 Years and then takes a deep dive into mobile internet. The report shares deep analysis of the following:
1.Wealth Creation / Destruction is Material in New Computing Cycles – Now in Early Innings of Mobile Internet Cycle, the 5th Cycle of Last Half Century.
2.Mobile Ramping Faster than Desktop Internet Did and Will Be Bigger Than Most Think – 5 Trends Converging (3G + Social Networking + Video + VoIP + Impressive Mobile Devices).
3.Apple Leading in Mobile Innovation + Impact, for Now – Depth of App Ecosystems + User Experience + Pricing Will Determine Long-Term Winners.
4.Game-Changing Communications / Commerce Platforms (Social Networking + Mobile) Emerging Very Rapidly.
5.Massive Data Growth Driving Carrier / Equipment Transitions.
6.Growth / Monetization Roadmaps Provided by Japan Mobile + Desktop Internet.
The report is authored by Mary Meeker, Scott Devitt and Liang Wu and more is available about the report on GigaOm
Image Credit : Morgan Stanely
March 21st, 2010 — Insights, Media
Quotes from SXSWi:
"The Internet is 15 years old, hasn’t had sex yet and is just getting started” – Gary Vee, via Brad-King
"Never do anything hard alone" – Charles Knickerbocker, via Social Web Strategy
"Abundance breaks the existing order far more effectively than scarcity, ubiquitous availability changes the world’ – @cshirky
"Because twitter is so simple we try to make twitter reach the weakest signals in the world (don’t need web to tweet)" – E.V. Williams. Via Jon 383
"We want to make music like water" – Daniel Elk, CEO of Spotify, via normalnorman
"If you’re not pissing some people off you’re doing something wrong" – Quote from the audience, via mCuban, via missusP
"(social media) isn’t a fad. it isn’t going away." journalism sharing on FB is up 500% in past 6 months " - BBC, via producer girl
We see ourselves as an information network, not a social network" – E.V. Williams, via YODspica_TV
"At some point, all traditinal media companies will include crowdsourced data in stories " – @mashable, via Mayerjoy
A very harsh door sign, "Bloggers aren’t real writers" (pic) via @flatrabbit @robertashley @seswa
Reactions, Notes, Observations and News on SXSWi
- Screw Monetization! It’s All About Ethonomics at SXSW – via SavvyWomen
- Twitter, SXSW, and Building a 21st Century Business – Umair Haque, HBR
- Five Tech Investors Reflect On SXSW – Tomio Geron, WSJ
- Week in review: Web pioneer bashes Apple, SXSW attendees slam Twitter keynote – Anthony Ha, Venture Beat
- What You Missed at SXSW Interactive – Dan Costa, PC Mag
- Publishing lessons from SXSW Interactive – Peter Miller, Jacket Copy – LATimes
- SXSW Interactive Presentation Zoom: Clay Shirky. On monkeys, sharing and civic value – Creativity Online
- Things I Wish I’d Known About SXSW – Nicole Gustas
- Ladies Get Love in Tech: Meet the Fempire of SXSW Interactive – Melissa Jun Rowley, LA Weekly
- Lessons Learned from SXSWi 2010 – John M Grohol, Psych Central
- A Guide to the Publishing Side of SXSW 2010 – Jason Boog, Media Bistro
- The top ten themes of SXSW 2010 – Shane Richmond, Telegraph.
- Is Wikipedia on the Road to Becoming the Next DMOZ? – Chris Crum, WebProNews
- Spotify on the Future of Music Delivery – Chris Crum, WebProNews
- Lost in Translation: Nuances of European Social Media – Peter Bihr, The Waving Cat
- SXSW: Boyd Calls Out Google and Facebook for Abusing Users’ Privacy – Liz Gannes, Giga Om
- SXSW Day 2: Lifestreams, Neuroscience, marketing, Privacy and content strategy – Greg Swan, Social Studies Blog
- Geo-Location, Sentiment Analysis, AT&T Blankets SXSWi – Jason Feinberg, PBS.
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