May 1, 2004
`Moblogs' reflecting a picture of growth
In a story picked up by the Chicago Tribune, Doug Bedell for the Dallas Monthly News, has a well laid out article on moblogging and the important role they will play in online journalism.
Excerpts:
"Right now, moblogger digital photos are trickling onto the Internet. But with the sales of camera phones expected to reach 150 million worldwide this year--one-quarter of all cell phone sales--that trickle will soon be a torrent.
Most of the digital images will be of little interest to those outside someone's circle of family and friends. But there are signs that moblogging will play an important role in online journalism. With software revolutionizing the way digital photos are sorted and archived online, even Microsoft is getting involved.
Gradually, the vision of author Howard Rheingold is unfolding. In his 2002 book, "Smart Mobs," Rheingold predicted that camera phones would give rise to "peer-to-peer" journalism..
Bedell has also pulled together some interesting findings:
-- Mike Popavic, a Kennebunk, Maine, programmer widely credited with starting the first moblogging site, Hiptop Nation said: "I think we're going to see a loose network of people who are really out there covering something. "Whether they're trained to be a journalist or not, if they're at the right place at the right time and they're used to moblogging, they'll be there."
-- At Microsoft, the World-Wide Media Exchange is creating a giant database of digital photographs tagged by their shooting locations. The WWMX Web site is distributing software that lets photographers inject global positioning system data into their text descriptions.
Photos are uploaded to the Web, sorted by location, then mapped. Anyone can click on a point of interest and immediately access digital photos taken by others at that precise location".
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