Slow blogging this week from Istanbul

Slow blogging this week. I'm visiting Istanbul.

Image from Travelpod.

Off on vacation, back July 12

Off on vacation, back Monday July 12.

RSA Animate - The Secret Powers of Time

A fabulous presentation by Professor Philip Zimbardo conveying how our individual perspectives of time affect our work, health and well-being. And how the Internet is re-wiring our brain.

New York

Blogging may slow down for a couple of days. On my way to New York.

Best wishes for a speedy recovery to Om Malik

Something I missed. Technology blog editor and online Media network mogul - including favorite NewTeeVee - Om Malik suffered a heart attack on Dec. 28.

“I was able to walk into the hospital for treatment that night and have been recovering here ever since,” Mr. Malik wrote. “With the support of my family and my team, I am on the road to a full recovery. I am going to be O.K.”

The New York Times has a story on his heart attack — and his blogging about it — raising the issue of what happens when a blogger becomes a name brand.

But on our end from Geneva, the folks at textually.org (in truth there's just me here) would simply to like to send best wishes for a speedy recovery.

Taking a Break. Back on Thursday November 15

Taking a break in New York this week. Next blog update Thursday November 15.

New blog name: WatchingTV Online

I changed the name of this blog to WatchingTV Online, as it seems more appropriate to the content I'm publishing. Though what got me interested in this subject initially (hence the name TVSeries Online), was because that's what I watch online. TV Series.

In Switzerland and in France, watching TV series on the Internet is all the rage. It's huge - though to the best of my knowledge, no studies have been published so far (on either the impact on DVD sales, or TV viewing).

We usually get the latest episodes of the last season of our favorite shows or the new shows, 6 months to one year after they have been broadcast in the US, so teenagers, college students and others (like uh, mothers) no longer wait to watch series on TV, or buy the DVD of the complete season - which is what we used to do.

Most video sharing websites (YouTube, Dailymotion) have episodes of TV series in streaming, but they are in complete disorder which makes it very hard to watch a series in sequence. The huge appeal for viewers are the websites that make sense of everything that has been uploaded, and link to seasons and series in order - these websites don't even host them.

Check out Gigi Studio, which is where I go. The site layout is loud, but the links are the best. It's TV series heaven.