joost - is it just me or am I the only one?
May 11, 2007 – 10:03 amThis is perhaps the best followon to my post about Renee’s observation about living in an echo-chamber - what is all the excitement about joost for? Let’s see p2p streaming techonology - that’s been around for years from folks like kontera and even in video form for the last year from AOL with their very cool in2tv application. So nothing new there. Let’s see high quality video content - been able to get for years direct from sources like abc.com, indirect like youtube or even torrents. So basically there’s no killer new technology and we’ve seen online video before. Maybe the content is hugely unique and compelling - not yet - sure they’ve signed a deal with viacom and cbs - but all of that content is already available online. So again why all the hype for joost?
Oh wait - that’s right it’s because it’s the kazaa and skype guys who made a bundle on both. Maybe someday the hype will be justified - I’m just not there yet. And this coming from a guy who is a total sucker for shiny, new balls evidenced by the fact I bought an apple newton (pda) and pj jukebox (first HD based mp3 player) back in the day.
3 Responses to “joost - is it just me or am I the only one?”
I have some invites if you want to go check it out.
I would argue there might be a timing and execution component to Joost that previous offerings didn’t have. They are coming to market AFTER people are used to Youtube. They are primed for something more.
By Greg O'Byrne on May 11, 2007
Todd,
I’m kinda of the same mind that its like –so–
Running the beta is pretty cool but I’m not much into watching TV etc.. so not something I’ll have running…
Lal
By Brendan Lally on May 11, 2007
greg - i just think joost is the latest shiny ball grabbing our attention. not sure what joost really offers vs. any other website. take for example cbs - it’s on joost, it’s on msn, and yahoo. we’ll see but i remain skeptical.
By todd on May 14, 2007