Discussion of Boston Marathon Bombing on Vonvo

Vonvo.com is a new thing. We had a conversation about the Boston Marathon Bombing.

I wish there had been a sound check, I could have had my mic up higher. Also, that notification beep you will repeatedly hear is not your computer (or mine) so just ignore it! Anyway, it is in two parts:

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I was chatting live on Vonvo.com, speaking about the Boston Marathon Bombing with a few others. Vonvo is a new social media talkie thingie, a little like if Blogging Heads and Google Hangouts had a baby which then married Twitter. A bit later I'll have links to the discussion.
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II'm trying get through the first video. It has spontaneously stopped on me twice, as if it had run out (that is, it stops, and shows the current time as the video length) and I have to reload then restart (and cue it to about where it was). The first time I got 6 minutes in, the second 17:22. I try again...

By Uncle Glenny (not verified) on 02 May 2013 #permalink

Interesting. Thanks for letting me know. I'll pass that on to the people who made it and let them know about the glitch.

Of course, some would consider a function that stops you from having to watch me babble for an hour a feature and not a bug...

Just finished the first video; it was Kamal's audio that was, um, problematic. (bedtime)

By Uncle Glenny (not verified) on 02 May 2013 #permalink