Internet Video Has Arrived - Even For Presidential Elections!

This post has nothing to do with jazz, but the topic is historical I think.  My home page is set to google.com and I just noticed that there is a link to a page on Youtube allowing you to submit a question via video to the presidential candidates for the debates on July 23^rd.  Amazing.  Youtube has actually become part of our democratic process! This election will be the first “youtube” election!  I’ll bet more people will get information on the candidates from Youtube then from any other source.

Like it or not, video on the internet has definitely arrived.  I have been using video a little bit for pdfjazzmusic.com over the last year or so, but soon I am going to start using it much more to communicate with you guys.  I just purchased a Logitech webcam (on the internet of course) and I have some terrific software that will convert the video quickly to flv format for posting on the site.   Both were very inexpensive too.  Click here to pick up a Logitech webcam for under $30. (It has gotten some good reviews and I’m looking forward to putting it into action.)

Video is here to stay on the internet.  If you have a jazz group, get some good video and get it on your site.  In a couple of years, I think web visitors will expect video on websites.  It will be like turning on your television. Who knows, television and the internet may be seamlessly combined by then.  What a great time we live in isn’t it?  To think that just 25 years ago not one of us even had a computer, let alone the internet.  It wasn’t until Al Gore (self-proclaimed “internet founder”) came along that we all were blessed with this wonderful tool.. J   

As soon as I get the new Logitech webcam I will post a welcome video to this blog.