As anyone following my Twitter stream knows, I flew in/out of SF on Monday for the SF MusicTech event. It was great, actually, I wish I’d had a little more time to hang out. Saw lots of smart folks and friends including Rob, Ethan, and Daniel from Songbird, Jeremy from Project Playlist, David Gratton from Project Opus, Brian Dear from Eventful, Marc Canter, Ted Cohen, Derek from CD Baby, etc etc.
Lucas took the stage for a few minutes just before Michael Robertson to show the new, Web-based Yahoo! Media Player. His presentation was great, and scratched the surface of the philosophy behind the player. Namely:
- It’s simple to use for both bloggers and blog readers
- It’s browser-centric
- It treats audio (and eventually video) as equals of text on a Web page (finally)
But that’s the Reader’s Digest version, go consume Lucas’ full presentation here (presentation navigation is in the bottom right of the page). Tis succinct and pointed. Lucas, will you be presenting this at BarCamp this weekend?!
In closing I’d like to celebrate Lucas’ genius with a link to a page of his spirited guitar playing using the “play this page” feature of the brilliant media player he masterminded:
Ella Waltz is my fave, though I like Amy Waltz a lot, too. Three cheers for the Web media John Fahey!
ian