February 20, 2008
Duty Calls
Oh I do so love XKCD. While I don’t normally post links to comics, this one makes a great point… one I could stand to learn. So I decided to give it it’s own blog entry.
Permalink: Duty Calls (xkcd.com)
Oh I do so love XKCD. While I don’t normally post links to comics, this one makes a great point… one I could stand to learn. So I decided to give it it’s own blog entry.
Permalink: Duty Calls (xkcd.com)
Recently I saw a positive review of Hulu.com, the joint effort of media giants News Corp. and NBC Universal, which is currently in beta testing stages. With these two mega media giants come a wealth of network content, from NBC to Fox to Sci-Fi to FX and more. I decided to check it out, and while it took me over a month to be accepted into the beta program, it was worth the wait.
Hulu is a step in the right direction. It works by allowing members to view, watch and even share episodes online. Like the current broadcasting business model, they make their money solely on advertising. Ads run periodically in the timeline of every episode and cannot be paused or fast forwarded. The ads are brief and sparse, so the convenience tradeoff is small. Hulu is far from perfect, but it shows promise for the future of broadcasting.
New category for my blog! I added “Comics” to my blog, and to start it of, I dug up a comic from my old High School news paper.
Expect more comics soon. Check back often!
