As cool as both these new formats may be, they've made the market so unfriendly/confusing to the consumer that they are both going to die a slow and painful death. Maybe then, they'll attempt to recover what little profit there is in the HD market and release something that is a viable option for people to adopt.
Personally, I prefer calling them tags because it creates a more visual image in my mind. Tags are not a piece of the object, but something hanging off it for the purpose of categorization/information. Labels are a part of the object itself and seem more indicative of something being defined rather than organized.
Well, maybe that's just the same thing and I'm being completely arbitrary. Very likely the case. I just happen to prefer the name tags.
However, the point that html/xml already has a very defined use of the word 'tag' makes me reconsider. The use of 'tag' by html/xml has no relationship to the use of 'tag' as a user-applied system of organization. When I tell a client "the HTML on that site page has a lot of hidden tags which are corrupting the rendering of the text", I don't want that client to start looking through the metadata that's been applied to it.
I really worry about the fact that once this phone is released, everyone is going to be pretty upset because it is missing one key feature that they require. Right now, everyone wants an iPhone because their current phones are just too annoying, but once you've put all the features people demand into an iPod, the iPhone will be just as bad.
You need Bluetooth?
Of course, I can't live without my glowing blue earpiece.
You need text messages?
Well, yeah - of course, that's gotten to be a regular need of mine.
You need mobile internet access?
Duh... yes!
You need a camera built-in?
Of course I do - my current phone has one and I've gotten used to it. (And it had better be a good quality camera too!)
You need it to sync with Outlook or Entourage or Address Book?
Why are you even asking that - of course.
You wanna check email?
Might as well by this point.
Okay, then - here's your iPhone - that'll be $950 please...
What are you nutz!? I'm not paying that much for a phone - besides, look at this huge confusing menu system!
You're very much correct about these being very easily classified as promotional materials. Strictly speaking - they are.
The problem is that is exactly what will prevent this sort of new style of content from being created by anyone who isn't trying to sell you something. BSG tries something different with their show and they get screwed by it. They get a clear message from the network bosses - "Go ahead and come up with these new ways to produce content - just don't expect to get paid for it" (okay, they got paid, just not as much as they were expecting)
This war over one's fair share of the pile of cash on the table is pretty much inevitable, and we should be surprised that its holding back development of new forms of content.
If NBC wanted to REALLY tweak the BSG folks, they should string all the 'webisodes' together, air them on TV along with commercials. Call it a 'commer-sode' and refuse to pay residuals.
I'm just wondering if something similar to this happened to Apple with Hypercard and the Hypertext Transfer Protocol.
Hypertext is a concept dating back to the early seventies, but I don't believe it was a trademarked product at the time.
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As cool as both these new formats may be, they've made the market so unfriendly/confusing to the consumer that they are both going to die a slow and painful death. Maybe then, they'll attempt to recover what little profit there is in the HD market and release something that is a viable option for people to adopt.
Personally, I prefer calling them tags because it creates a more visual image in my mind. Tags are not a piece of the object, but something hanging off it for the purpose of categorization/information. Labels are a part of the object itself and seem more indicative of something being defined rather than organized.
Well, maybe that's just the same thing and I'm being completely arbitrary. Very likely the case. I just happen to prefer the name tags.
However, the point that html/xml already has a very defined use of the word 'tag' makes me reconsider. The use of 'tag' by html/xml has no relationship to the use of 'tag' as a user-applied system of organization. When I tell a client "the HTML on that site page has a lot of hidden tags which are corrupting the rendering of the text", I don't want that client to start looking through the metadata that's been applied to it.
Excellent point, theStorminMormon.
I really worry about the fact that once this phone is released, everyone is going to be pretty upset because it is missing one key feature that they require. Right now, everyone wants an iPhone because their current phones are just too annoying, but once you've put all the features people demand into an iPod, the iPhone will be just as bad.
You need Bluetooth?
Of course, I can't live without my glowing blue earpiece.
You need text messages?
Well, yeah - of course, that's gotten to be a regular need of mine.
You need mobile internet access?
Duh... yes!
You need a camera built-in?
Of course I do - my current phone has one and I've gotten used to it. (And it had better be a good quality camera too!)
You need it to sync with Outlook or Entourage or Address Book?
Why are you even asking that - of course.
You wanna check email?
Might as well by this point.
Okay, then - here's your iPhone - that'll be $950 please...
What are you nutz!? I'm not paying that much for a phone - besides, look at this huge confusing menu system!
You're very much correct about these being very easily classified as promotional materials. Strictly speaking - they are. The problem is that is exactly what will prevent this sort of new style of content from being created by anyone who isn't trying to sell you something. BSG tries something different with their show and they get screwed by it. They get a clear message from the network bosses - "Go ahead and come up with these new ways to produce content - just don't expect to get paid for it" (okay, they got paid, just not as much as they were expecting) This war over one's fair share of the pile of cash on the table is pretty much inevitable, and we should be surprised that its holding back development of new forms of content. If NBC wanted to REALLY tweak the BSG folks, they should string all the 'webisodes' together, air them on TV along with commercials. Call it a 'commer-sode' and refuse to pay residuals.
I'm just wondering if something similar to this happened to Apple with Hypercard and the Hypertext Transfer Protocol. Hypertext is a concept dating back to the early seventies, but I don't believe it was a trademarked product at the time.