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The New TV
Video
YouTube, Apple TV, MyTV…Are these all just new ways to watch regular television? We’ll find out on this episode.
Guests
Laura Gurak
Laura Gurak
Laura is a nationally recognized scholar in technical communication and Internet studies. She is Professor and Chair of the Department of Writing Studies at the University of Minnesotaand is always watching the digital technology scene for new trends and innovations related to how people communicate digitally.
Patrick Johnson
Patrick Johnson
Patrick has worked for the University's Office of Information Technology since 2004. He provides desktop support for multiple departments and the student computer labs. He economizes his TV viewing time by watching his favorite shows — "Lost" and "Diggnation" — online.
Links
YouTube.com is the most popular place on the Web to watch and share videos. The site includes a Help Center with FAQs on how to upload your own videos.
Use digg.com to find out what’s popular or to share interesting videos, images, podcasts, and blogs. All content is submitted and voted on by the Digg community.
Apple TV™ connects your Mac® or PC to your TV, so you can watch YouTube, display your digital photos, or play TV shows or movies from your iTunes® library.
Time Shifting
Time shifting is done when someone records a television program to view at a different time than when it was broadcast. This can be done with VCRs or digital video recorders.
Streaming Video
With streaming video, you watch the video as it is being downloaded to your computer. So when you want to watch, for example, an hour video clip then it may take five seconds when you first start downloading to what we call "buffer" some material, but then it starts playing within a few seconds and continues playing as it's downloading.
Easter Egg
Hidden content that reveals additional features when activated.
Tags
A keyword given to a file by a user to label it based on their perception (i.e., not a formal classification system). When many people use tags in an environment, an individual can find all documents tagged with the same keyword by all users.