Comments on: Introducing: AstronomyBuzz!

By: C18H27NO3

C18H27NO3 — Sat, 28 Apr 2007 00:25:44 +0000

Cool. I registered and was checking it out. I took a brief pause to comment here.

Thanks, BA.

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Fri, 27 Apr 2007 21:40:01 +0000

[...] The Bad Astronomer has just launched a really cool new community website called AstronomyBuzz. Designed as a new community for astronomy enthusiasts, it offers members a way to publish, share and embed content related to astronomy. [...]

By: AstronomyBuff

AstronomyBuff — Fri, 27 Apr 2007 21:29:29 +0000

I really liked the name. It describles perfectly what the site is about, it’s easy to say and spell, and it’s spelled close to my domain name. What’s not to like?

Nice work Phil, I hope this site really takes off, I know I intend to become a big contributor. YouTube is just too clunky. I thought about using UndoTV instead, but I’d much rather contribute to a community designed for astronomy.

Now, if I can just finish the three videos on my iMovie folder…

By: Astronomy Buff - New Site: AstronomyBuzz

Astronomy Buff - New Site: AstronomyBuzz — Fri, 27 Apr 2007 21:15:03 +0000

By: Crux Australis

Crux Australis — Fri, 27 Apr 2007 19:38:53 +0000

Wow, unfortunate name. Phil, with all due respect, can I suggest a more professional backdrop for your video? Maybe a big space poster on a screen behin you? Cheers for all your work.

By: Thomas Siefert

Thomas Siefert — Fri, 27 Apr 2007 16:27:31 +0000

To erlando: You beat me to it…
Instead I will then tell you of a lotto game in Australia called “slikpik” (“slik” means “lick” or “candy” in Danish).

By: rvr

rvr — Fri, 27 Apr 2007 15:37:17 +0000

MKR: I had problems with Safari, but not with Firefox. Try again.

About AstronomyBuzz. It’s a good initiative, but IMHO the interface of PikSpot is somewhat ugly, a bit complex and heavy (i.e. heavily-dependent of Flash). It’s like Digg but with all the content hosted. The good thing about Digg-like system is the openness: the contents are always in external services (YouTube, Flickr, Blogger, MySpace or whatever site). I’m not sure if this self-referenced site is a better solution for communities, but I think Digg is a tested model. BTW, there are a number of free (open source) Digg clones out there that could be used. Anyway, it’s refereshing to finally see some Web 2.0 astronomy projects. Congrats.

By: TAW

TAW — Fri, 27 Apr 2007 14:44:13 +0000

OOOooOOooOOoohhh!! interesting!

BA:”The whole player gets embedded, and the video is a bit small, but by going to the UnDoTV site you can see it bigger (in the embedded player, there is a link where it says “Click here to visit website” thatâ€™ll take you there).”

That was my only issue with this, but actually, you can click the red square with the white arrow in it on the bottom right hand side, and it makes the video as big as it is in the website. I think it’s great.

By: MKR

MKR — Fri, 27 Apr 2007 12:34:57 +0000

I made an account, but it’s not letting me log in. I used the lost password thing, but the e-mail hasn’t come, so I think it may have sent some confirmation e-mail when I registered, and for some reason my e-mail server is dropping it.

By: erlando

erlando — Fri, 27 Apr 2007 07:58:05 +0000

Ouch, if only “pik” wasn’t a rude word in danish.. Means the same as the rude word starting with “d” it rhymes with in english..

By: Laguna2

Laguna2 — Fri, 27 Apr 2007 07:45:16 +0000

And I thought you wanted to spend all your time on writing the new book.

Cool place, looks promising.