Archive for March, 2007

I Want My Justin.tv

Justin.tv is the mobile Internet lifecasting phenomenon that’s blowing up the new and old mediasphere. Justin Kan invited us over to his messy ass dorm style apartment which doubles as his startup company. Irina gets the scoop on Justin’s vow of 24×7 public existence long before Jay Leno. Has anyone called Leno yet?
Episode links: [...]

Posted in GETV Episode by ekai on the March 30th, 2007

Twitterdildonic Stimulation

While at SXSW Interactive in Austin, Texas, Roving RoboReporter Violet Blue caught up with a unique hacker by the name of Kyle Machulis. Kyle isn’t your ordinary teledildonic hardware hacker. No, Kyle created the ultimate real-time sex device mashup by linking public Twitter updates to a Rez Trance Vibrator allowing users to FEEL Twitter [...]

Posted in GETV Episode by ekai on the March 24th, 2007

Where’s the Action at SXSW?

GETV was in Austin, Texas for South by Southwest Interactive (SXSW), the annual geek summer camp. It was all about the panels, hallways and parties. So what's the score on who hangs out where? That's what Irina finds out.
Episode links: SXSW 2007, Hugh MacLeod, Srini Kumar, Bre Pettis, Dale Dougherty, Violet Blue, Jonathan Moore, [...]

Posted in GETV Episode by ekai on the March 19th, 2007

Adaptive Path Turns Six

Adaptive Path, that rascally little South Park user experience studio at the center of all things web 2.0, celebrated it’s sixth year in existence with a retro prom party. Last year, we had to find out what the meaning of Adaptive Path is. This year, we channel our inner VC and get the answers [...]

Posted in GETV Episode by ekai on the March 6th, 2007

The One-Man Star Wars Trilogy

We were recently invited to check out Charles Ross’ One-Man Star Wars Trilogy theatre show in San Francisco. In one hour, Charles single handedly runs through many of the best moments of Star Wars, The Empire Strikes Back and Return of the Jedi. Dialogue, music, special effects and even a few references to the [...]

Posted in GETV Episode by ekai on the March 4th, 2007

girlz 0f destruction House in Sweden

We recently won a trip to Stockholm, Sweden to hang out with the girlz 0f destruction at the Home of Chrome girlz gaming house. For these girls, Quake 3 and Unreal Tournament is their blood, low ping times is their mantra and weird Swedish food keeps them going through the night. Livia, Alana and [...]

Posted in GETV Episode by ekai on the March 1st, 2007