I hate MediaCasters.tv

March 23rd, 2008 · 2 Comments · mediacasters

When the second Boulder Startup Weekend rolled around, I was super excited to take on the live blogging role, especially after doing it in DC, and enjoying it so much.

Then a day or two before the event, I get a call from Laura Fitton (@pistachio on twitter for those not following along). She asked my thoughts on the idea of using all the various social media tools, such as Twitter, Qik, UStream, Blogtv, Utterz, Seesmic, Wordpress and other various communication tools to “mediacast” Startup Weekend.

I told her I thought it was an awesome idea, and Laura, as Laura does, ran with it. Getting PulverTV as a sponsor and recruiting Tara from Lijit, Laura arrived in Boulder with Nokia N95 and MacBook in hand.

She had lined up a series of guests such as Guy Kawasaki, Stowe Boyd, Loic Lemeur and Jeff Pulver.

Yesterday, as MediaCasters.tv kicked into high gear, I found myself not having anything to blog about. It was all there. Want to see a live stream? go to MediaCasters.tv. Want to hear the groups pitch? Go to MediaCasters.tv.

Want to know what the outside world thinks of StartupWeekend? Go to MediaCasters.tv.

Laura has made the live blog moot. I really hate MediaCasters.tv.

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2 responses so far ↓

1 Jenn // Mar 23, 2008 at 12:47 pm

Micah,

There’s much to be said for having a linear stream of info/coverage of the event.

My ADD kicks in with the mediacast stuff and I’m certain I’ve missed 99% of whatever’s been sprinkled all over the web by them about SWB2.
2 Travis Savo // Mar 23, 2008 at 8:30 pm

Micah,

Seriously go ahead and do it anyway. Don’t hate them because they beat you to it, love them because they’re making it happen, and be the yin to their yang. Good media does not happen from one source alone!