The newest NMC segment, MEDIA MINDS, will feature those at the forefront of new media who've dedicated themselves to the creation and expertise of the technology that allows us to do what we do in the blogosphere.
In this first installment, we're talking with Charles Hope, one of the founders of blip.tv. A usually quiet and laid back brother, Charles really opens up about himself, blip.tv, and his view of the world.
blip.tv is a video sharing site whose goal, according to its website, is to change the world by bringing videoblogging to the masses. I don't know about the world, but it's sure given me a great place to keep my videos.
What is blip.tv, and how did you get involved with it?
In a nutshell, blip.tv is the easiest place for videobloggers to upload their videos. I'm one of the co-founders. We were working on building some blogging software, but in the Spring of 2005 we discovered videoblogging and realized we'd found a perfect fit for our project. With very little work we adapted what we had for videoblogging, and created the first dedicated videoblogging platform. Before blip.tv people had to upload their videos to the Internet Archive, create a blog somewhere else, and then join the two together. We built a complete solution for videoblogging and the only one developed in close contact with the videoblogging community.
As one of blip.tv's co-founders, what role do you play there? Do you have a title? Explain some of what you do.
Our structure remains rather egalitarian, and we don't have titles other than co-founder. I work on strategy and software, [concerning things] such as the ability to accept video from mobile phones.
Is blip.tv your full time job? If not, what do you do?
I have a "day job" which I like very much, writing niche business software.
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