Limerick OCC Livestream and Auctomatic Interview
It’s not often that people and technology come together so brilliantly as this morning’s Limerick OpenCoffee. I’ve just taken part in their regular session whilst sitting in a kitchen in Wexford.
Conn O Muineachain livestreamed the entire event using Ustream.tv so anyone could logon and see what was happening whilst a chat-channel allowed us to interact with the attendees. Some backchannel stuff on Twitter and Jaiku added to the mix. If that’s all they had done, then it rates as a great success. But they went one step further.
The Collison brothers, Patrick and John, from Auctomatic have been getting a lot of much-deserved press recently. Having failed utterly to get any investment in Ireland or any support from EI, these young (really young!) lads headed over to Silicon Valley and have raised $300k. From what I can see, their eBay tools for PowerSellers are a slam-dunk. How the hell was that not seen by the investment community in Ireland?
The two guys are back over here for a visit, so the Limerick OCC guys nabbed them for this morning. I’ve just listened to an absolutely rivetting interview with the two of them. Conn recorded the whole thing so you can play it back. This is pure gold – a deep inside view into moving to the Valley and making something happen.
I’ve been quite dismissive of the whole PodTech/Scoble thing, finding it boring and echo-chambery, but what happened this morning is genuine new-media. Useful, informative, entertaining, interactive, fun!
Well done LOCC guys, you’ve just upped the bar for everyone. Bernie is 100% right when he says “This is mainstream“:
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11 Comments for this entry
Niall Larkin
Gotta say I couldn’t agree more. It really opened my eyes. Before today podcasting was ‘blah blah blah’…but this morning I was blown away. I got to ask the guys the questions I wanted answered. I had some interesting chit chat with others around the event. The Collison brothers told it like it is and no matter how often you hear these things you still hold up a filter against the info stream..but when you hear it live straight form the horses mouth, there’s no denying what you gain from the experience.
Sean
Again, totally agree! Really enjoyed watching it today, nice bit of interaction with the chat too!
Chris Yeh
Conor,
It’s Chris, the CEO of Ustream. We couldn’t be more pleased that you and your audience enjoyed the service. We believe that Ustream’s live interactivity makes the experience special.
Let us know about upcoming events as well–I’d love to check one out.
Finally, I’d love an intro to Patrick and John. We think Ustream will be a great tool for auction sellers (adding a live video component to the last hour of an eBay auction, for example), and would love to talk with them.
Chris Yeh,
CEO, Ustream.tv
James Corbett
Great post Conor and thanks for your live interaction today (and Niall and all the other remote viewers). It was amazing to experience it first hand and via the stream at the same time. I’m still processing all the elements that made it so special but there’s no denying something remarkable took place at the AbsoluteHotel.com today.
Conor O'Neill
Thanks guys.
Chris, based on the Twitter and Jaiku feedback, I think you’ll be seeing a lot more Ustream activity from Ireland!
Conor O'Neill
You put your finger on it James. A sense of something special that is really hard to put into words.
Conor O'Neill
John Collison has put up his post about the day here: http://transatlanticitinerant.wordpress.com/2007/08/09/limerick-opencoffeeclub/
Conor O'Neill
Jan’s post here:
http://touristrepublic.com/2007/8/9/opencoffee-and-auctomatic
MikeW
Hrm, hard to hear whats said in the ustream.tv and the video can’t be downloaded and played back later.
I see someone else was recording it too – has has person put it up on the internet as a higher quality downloadable file?
Cheers
Chris Yeh
Ustream broadcasters have the option of downloading their files or directly pushing them to other video networks like Blip.TV. Can’t help you guys with the audio quality, however.
MikeW
Heh, so Conn, does that mean you will put the video up on a server somewhere with a download link?
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