Nice Forehead!
Everybody wants to do desktop video. Apparently Sony and AOL are ready to jump in now, too. All this to be there before Skype brings a video solution to market.
I don’t understand the fuss. Desktop video just isn’t that compelling. To get a good picture you need to:
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Wear the right clothing. Makeup too, if you’re female.
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Be lit properly (do you have a video studio in your office?).
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Have the camera positioned properly (have you ever noticed how desktop video invariably shows the other person’s forehead, and not much else –> that’s because the camera is on top of the monitor!).
September 11th, 2005 at 4:18 pm
Now we know what Seth Godin used to produce his blog photo!
September 11th, 2005 at 5:03 pm
ROFL!
December 1st, 2005 at 8:30 am
[...] Skype Video – Although I have a long standing opinion that most people don’t use video once they’ve tried it (look - Grandpa has a nice forehead today, doesn’t he?), this is a big change from previous versions. [...]
September 11th, 2006 at 6:43 pm
[...] Ragui Kamel is talking about video telephony versus other models. His research says there’s no market for the talking head phenomenon — I call it the talking forehead!  Video has been around for a long time, and there’s no real reason to think that demand has changed. But, he talks about short videos — “here’s my new apartment” — and how people use video as an adjunct to a voice or IM conversation. YouTube anyone? [...]