got my iSight today…

Yeah, there’s something pretty revolutionary happening. Video on the web. Not talkin Youtube per se. It’s more about personal, low cost video being available to and from everyone anytime (so goes the trend). It’s also VERY much about live videoconferencing. The eye-chat for the masses. And it’s going to change everything.

What kind of social impacts did the telephone network have when it was possible to call someone far away? Or wireless two-way radio? Surely the internet will be interpreted by historians as impactful to humanity as alphabets and the printing press. Here’s my trend-end scenario: Long after your cable TV is available over IP (as opposed to your IP available over your cable), the wireless, ultraband network is ubiquitous. Massive amounts of data from an infinite number of data generating/networked devices fly through “the tubes” (why is it so wrong to say “tubes”? I’ve been saying “pipes” for longtime. I digress). Fullmotion “full view” video. Be there. Now.

That’s what’s comin, in my farsighted opinion. In the meantime, be lookin for my videoblog, coming to a screen near you.