I was disappointed not to be going to the Next Web Conference 2008 in Amsterdam today, but it was live streaming online, so my day was largely spent glued to the laptop. There was a presentation by a number of European web startups, and of particular note was one called Radionomy, who profess to offer do-it-yourself live streaming radio with a library of music available to all users.
I was curious – and skeptical about the legality – so I twittered my friend Gabe who was in the audience. Gabe missed the chance to ask a question during the session, but took the guy aside afterwards and, using his mobile phone, did a live video interview, with me asking the questions in the text chat window.
I’m not convinced by the service, but I’m well impressed by the technology that allowed us to do this. Clever stuff.
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Andrew
Good kit use indeed! Well improvised. I am been regularly gobsmacked about how clever all this new kit is… only to be disappointed by the dull content the kit has enabled. I guess it’s all about accessing worthwhile content, and this is a case in point.
As for Radionomy… let’s see how they stack up once they have resolved the copyright issues, and once they have built a song library that anyone would be proud to use. 100,000 songs does not cut it. Nowhere near big enough to be usable across a broad range of music interests. The other question I have is this: If I can upload my own productions and podcasts, why do I need to go through another middle man site?