Chris Pirillo and I go way back. As I’ve mentioned before, he hosted a show on the defunct TechTV channel called "Call For Help", and I was on a few times making fun of science in movies.
Chris and TechTV co-alum Leo LaPorte (and with some sort of support from Kevin Rose of Digg.com) are putting together a new web portal called UnDoTV, and it’s in private beta testing right now. I’ll have lots more fun news about that later, but for now, Chris is playing around with revamping CfH by doing it online. He’s already made a plea for questions:
After listening this, I decided I had to respond:
Although I posted this hours ago YouTube has not yet linked my video to Chris’s, nor has it posted either of the two text messages I submitted. Weird. YouTube is cool, but like MySpace it has some serious coding and interface issues.
February 14th, 2007 at 1:04 pm
Actually, Canadians and Austrailians get CALL FOR HELP with Leo. (It’s also available via Google video, and – ahem – bittorrent). I’m actually surprised that G4 hasn’t complained with a ‘cease and desist’ for use of the name, like they did for the original TWiT podcast: Revenge of the Screen Savers.
However, I have no objection to another ‘help’ show.. as is, I get the SECURITY NOW! podcast, along with WINDOWS WEEKLY and TWiT.
J/P=?
February 14th, 2007 at 1:42 pm
Phil, I’d be interested in this, but I have to admit I hate when you post videos. I just don’t watch videos in blogs. I wish you’d take the time to at least put a summary of what is said in the video in the text portion of the posts.
Donna
February 14th, 2007 at 2:10 pm
Shameless self-promotion, Phil
February 14th, 2007 at 4:15 pm
How come your video studio has a bed in it?
You got another career we don’t know about?
did
February 14th, 2007 at 4:27 pm
Funny. Poor Chris though, his YouTube video has him frozen in a look of pain, or something.
Did, I think that’s a couch in his office. Well, it could be a fold-out couch/guest bedroom deal, I suppose.
February 14th, 2007 at 4:47 pm
“…like MySpace it has some serious coding and interface issues.”
That may just be the understatement of the month. MySpace is one of the best examples of how not to code and design a website. It’s also proof that with the right marketing you can sell people on anything.
February 14th, 2007 at 6:41 pm
HAHAHA!
That video was classic!
February 14th, 2007 at 7:40 pm
I like the videos. Now, if you could just get your volume the same as everyone else’s…
February 15th, 2007 at 10:21 am
One of the theories I’ve seen concerning the structure of sub atomic particles, such as electrons, posits that they are merely singularities surrounded by a cloud of virtual particles.
My question is: How MANY virtual particles would it take to create the appearance of an electron?
Gary 7
February 17th, 2007 at 3:38 pm
Great response, Phil!
August 8th, 2007 at 10:12 pm
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