Internet TV @22°

"Internet TV is the new Sybil, 22 answers short of a Solution."

PROLOGUE & UPDATE: Hi. I have not written here in a while I had some problems with the "man" and a dirty priest who hacked into my account to f#ck with the intergrity of this site. These guys should be accustomed to jerkin' off and getting drunk on cheap sacristy wine...(jeez.) Things have been a little crazy but that is Life.

To ward off evil I bought my first shillaylee like King Gubu except I left the 1/5 of Scotch with the Barsmaid. Yep, nothing but top shelf for the mean-spirited. As an aside, the Intelligentsia will be happy to know that this installation of CT has brought me full-circle as I am pondering the construct of Internet TV and it's many reiterations to date. I have also been pondering +GLOMSITE which was the first daily style inspiration system to grace the internet and to totally impact Media + _Alt-Culture and Style. Placed on tumblr it was the brain-trust of the Intelligentsia and was really not deliberated on as such until the snarking and accoloades slowly subsided. The cool thing is that it is still used as reference for alt-thinking and fresh-dipped style (THINK //haute// in Times New Roman or Helvetica Neue) it has been "biten" by Facebook enthusiasts and social-media schmucks alike; all looking to capture what Global Life One Meaning, Mantra, Matrix and Music was all about without wanting to host the idea of eros as sentient and vaild.

What really happened? Hmmm, Ollander Smith and myself had entertainment slackers 'shuck and jive' at the projects trajectory- in addition to one piss-poor programmer who couldn't cut the mustard and didn't understand the cannoli or the croisant as part of a balanced diet. We had to hybernate for several months and the culture vultures came shortly thereafter to turn over pebbled rocks and still others tried to duvulge who were-- not sexy, not sexy indeed. I will however re-print the Editor's letter here for additional clarification and thank all those that made the ((+Real Style Syndicate)) and the ((+DSIS)) a splash. We may very well rebirth but that's after all the slackness has past. +JO.

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(2) words: World Intimacy...

Here is the Internet and my thoughts on a televised future hereafter. All with a cup of Joe and a shillaylee like King Gubu.

Internet TV as a means of innovation and as the ideal platter for tans-digital communication has never been a misnomer. There have been many varying schools of thought as to which is the best way to deliver content, however, most of these modalities are solely based on existing idea (read: content) and eCRM platforms. That as an aside, there are two companies that have entered into this still embryonic market of Internet Television with some semblance of insight.

Google has been a pendulum with regards to Internet Television-- a Sybil with 22 different personalities, a search engine that does and a par for the course social networking mechanism that allows you to Orkut :-| Even though, some may think that Google is or has been suffering from D.i.D. (Dissociative identity Disorder) that's not the point that is being made here. The 22 personalities of Google have had many suitors and many who have come to 'woo' the heavy-set albeit sure footed search engine and mother to the nefariously cool Android...

The next iteration of Internet TV will encounter a few obstacles before implementation and integration can become complete. What does this mean for the end-user? The one eager to get in front of the technological bell's curve, Sybil (read: Google) has a few surprises and her ability to be multiplicitious, meticulous, and accommodating stems from the fact that market share, eCRM, and innovation have all shined upon her at the same time; plus her child (Android) needs to be fed- a mother will to do what mother has to do.

Google Television is powered by Intel and further supported by Sony peripherals. Does this mean that your television will just become an over-sized laptop in your living room? Pretty much. Technological convergence is akin to Damascus in that all roads lead to it, it is like the yellow brick road-- stay on course and you'll get there...eventually. Now, if the Wizard can be conceivably paralleled to Internet TV then the end-user, you and I, are off to see what wonders can be granted. The new commuter-rail mantra will be "I wish I was home, I wish I was home..."

According to various sources the Google Internet TV is bundled with Hulu but who isn't these days. Hulu comes standard with most HP products as of late; and they've been hugging the batter's box for quite some time, so it will be hard to throw anything directly into the mit. YouTube has been thrown in as a gimme and for good measure given the aggregate number of users who suffer from cross-platform nervosa. One hub, one source is the key at this point; the kicker in the deal becomes how to successfully integrate Sony TV + Audio, Playstation, and the Sony Music Catalog with an Android driven OS? Attractive as this may seem, it will still have to accommodate Apple peripherals and I-Tunes software to really be seen an attractive value. Steve Job's Apple is the new Magnavox/RCA/Zenith.

Compound this with Sybil's (oops...I mean Google's) ability to serve Ads on the Internet and that's when we will begin to see forward thinking coupled with present day application. The dilemma then becomes how does one solidify market-share and legitimize the added expense_pass-on to the end-user? For a company like Sony, Google's Internet TV may provide the appropriate platform to distribute content and at a price point that Sony is willing to live with.

My only reservation about Internet TV on the whole, is that the Internet- as an entity, allows for developers to contribute to the Internet's growth and it's dialogue. While, Television being a passive medium, does not allow for bundled SDKs and does not really allow us to move from the previous Nielsen model of interactivity; It is static at best and may hinder the viral intent that Internet Television proponents tout. The other concern may be how financiers and marketeers handle application development and deployment. SDK's and constantly evolving standards will make it an expensive proposition within the acquisition-chain; furthermore, apps may have new approval times and additional mark-up languages that will have to be compatible with trans-digital deployment and communication.

+JO.

ENDNOTES: Will Google be willing to allow Joe the Plumber's son to develop a product, even if he went to CalTech? Will Google let their son Android date whom ever he pleases? Will the end-user be asked to order the 'Orkut' as the required veggie side-dish in the Google Internet Television smorgasbord? (grin) Questions by the mouthful, no? In the meantime keep your remotes handy and don't pawn the extra Blue Ray or DVD player you got for X-Mas last year. "The Internet TV is like a box of chocolates...go ask the King."