Online Video Arrives

Judging by the new Pew/Internet report, online video is now mainstream. Red Herring blog writer Alexandra says that

A study released Wednesday by the Pew Internet & American Life Project suggests that Internet video is on the way to becoming a dominant way that Americans consume media --- but it may not be the typical YouTube video that most people want to watch.

For entrepreneurs, STIRR, the Silicon valley entrepreneur network, reinvented its monthly mixer in July to showcase something called Founder Hacks, where several local entrepreneurs shared stories from their start-up expriences. Highlights from that event are available as a video from the San Jose Mercury News. The MIT Technology Review has a series of short videos available, including Tim Berners-Lee on the Semantic Web and Bruce Sterling on Design. The most recent is by Jeff Han on A Better Interface. Finally, Crave, posted a report on the recent LA screening of new machinima, with links to some of the best.

Kawasaki on USTREAM.TV

Guy Kawasaki's interview on USTREAM.TV will be live at 11:00 AM Eastern Time today. The Kawasaki interview opens the "Black Book" series, in which the folks interviewed recommend the next subject. The goal is to create a chain of live interview events featuring the Valley's biggest personalities. Their older shows, dating back to March, are available here. Their blog covers the launch of this new endeavor designed for users to create their own live coverage of events, including weddings.

USTREAM.TV also provided live coverage (now archived) of the July Startup Weekend in Colorado.

iinovate has another approach to interviews with Silicon Valley personalities, podcasts on a simple Blogger blog.