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Kevin Rose’s idea for a new blogging platform called Tiny

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Re: Kevin Rose’s idea for a new blogging platform called Tiny

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Post by datacog »

gum_ina_package wrote: post #8

I wish more people would share ideas like this. Rose said he isn't building this as a product any time soon, rather that he had a new idea about what a blog is/could be and just shared that idea with the world. In doing so, he's starting a valuable conversation and challenging the status quo. I'm not a fan of the actual prototype, but the idea or new philosophy about blogging that Rose is introducing here is absolute…

Philosophically, yes its a very thrilling concept that you could look into the world of the blogger. But, as far as what the prototype demoed, it seems very distracting visually to be reading and seeing a person moving behind the text. As someone pointed, this could rather be some plugin for wordpress/tumblr and not an actual platform.

Kevin seems to be just testing out his hypothesis here and not really planning on building a product out of it (as mentioned).

Re: Kevin Rose’s idea for a new blogging platform called Tiny

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Post by podviaznikov »

Agree, that it sounds like a feature. Not a platform. I like an idea: would be interesting to see few real blog posts with such background. Can imagine relaxed person with a cup of tea, leaving workspace, coming back.

However such background videos can be quite long. Much longer than average reading time.

Re: Kevin Rose’s idea for a new blogging platform called Tiny

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Post by paulftw »

I think most interesting blogs are written in the most boring setting - when author is not distracted, just crafts content for hours in the comfort of their living room. So this may be fun for sharing shortlived experiences, but likely worthless for good reads.

Re: Kevin Rose’s idea for a new blogging platform called Tiny

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Post by hankcharles »

it is an interesting effect, but I don't see how it will ever add anything to the experience for either the writer or the reader. I guess you are supposed to imagine yourself watching some captivating writer craft a brilliant post and feel some inspiration as you peer into the surroundings that inspired such vivid thought. But who would ever want to watch someone else write? Especially when 'watching' them is just seeing some set of fuzzy colors drawn from their forehead and walls. The only time I can imagine this becoming interesting is when they can convince some upper shelf write like to participate, and at that point you are basically just turning them into a zoo animal.

I like Kevin Rose, but I wish he - and most of the other great minds that have already hit it big once or twice - would learn to think a bit out beyond pictures, blogs, and aggregating news sites. There is still so much that can be improved through creative thinkers pushing the boundaries of how we use the internet; blogs, picture sharing, etc... though are quickly approaching the limit of how immersive they can currently be.

Re: Kevin Rose’s idea for a new blogging platform called Tiny

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Post by psbp »

cantbecool wrote: post #9

Wouldn't any motion distract the user from focusing on the content? I mean this would be interesting for a twitter blog, but if you're adding any material with any substance I would find it distracting. The static image aspect is better in my opinion.

It would be kind of neat in a multimedia, "Snow Fall" like article, but I'm not sure if it would be actually useful.

I've often thought of using eye tracking software to introduce more visual/text information while viewing something. I'm sure we're a long way away from the ability to make something like that seem serendipitous rather than just annoying.

Re: Kevin Rose’s idea for a new blogging platform called Tiny

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Post by MJR »

Back in the day we had these things called webcams and bloggers would set them to take snapshots every few minutes and automatically upload them to their blogs. As an example, Kottke had his running for a long time: http://kottke.org/cam/

Gamers stream themselves practicing and playing matches live on Twitch so regularly that fans can sponsor or make donations and its become a form of income for them. Podcasters often run a live stream while they're recording and have open chatrooms for live discussion in the moment.

It seems like we've found ways to peak behind the curtain in some media forms already. The desire for this type of interaction has been there for a long time and in some communities is already being met with different technology solutions. For blogging, what is old is new again.

Re: Kevin Rose’s idea for a new blogging platform called Tiny

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Post by joshdulac »

kirillzubovsky wrote: post #13

If you guys want an unorthodox approach to blogging, check out my friends' platform - http://newhive.com - they are like MySpace meets Tumblr meets MS Paint :) There's been some cool, albeit very "unique" content published on their site.

I loaded the page and scrolled for half a second, and noticed it was slow. Developer Tools shows 109 requests, 23,023kb, 46.13 seconds.

Perhaps I could offer your friends some unsolicited advice that in order for their website to scale, they should focus on reducing the number of HTTP requests and increase image compression, as a start. =)

Re: Kevin Rose’s idea for a new blogging platform called Tiny

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Post by uptown »

gum_ina_package wrote: post #8

I wish more people would share ideas like this. Rose said he isn't building this as a product any time soon, rather that he had a new idea about what a blog is/could be and just shared that idea with the world. In doing so, he's starting a valuable conversation and challenging the status quo. I'm not a fan of the actual prototype, but the idea or new philosophy about blogging that Rose is introducing here is absolute…

"I wish more people would share ideas like this."

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