I am really into 12seconds.tv these days. I really like watching the public stream. It's one thing to watch 12 seconds of video from a random life on planet earth. It is far more interesting to watch one 12 second one right after the other seamlessly the way the front page lets you do. It feel there is an added impact when they are all joined together, moving from talking head comments, to small snippets of art, to who knows what. I do watch it for a while. Too bad it only seems to do this if you are not logged in. They are missing a killer feature in my estimation. If you are logged in you have to click on each video you want to watch. I just created my account, so maybe I am missing something.
While the pubic stream is wonderful and sublime, it would be cool to see a stream of your social network. Maybe check in once day, make a video, and watch the stream magic art formed of people you know. Again, it doesn't automatically combine videos of those you are following.
I am sensing a strong community vibe from this place. The constriction of 12 seconds is not a bad device. Limits push creativity.
This user has made some really cool 12 second videos. Two of my favorites are embedded below.
12erator: The Most Confusing Movie I've Ever Watched on 12seconds.tv
Episode 1: Kendra Ku on 12seconds.tv
What about a short video kiosk at the tlt symposium? We did the photo booth in the past. Maybe we need to use the video feature of photobooth this time? If we could enforce the 12 second rule, I bet it might be cool to see them all together. It would become greater than the sum of its parts.
update: There is a "play all" link on the video listing pages (your followers', everyone's), so you can play them all in a row. Awesome. Thanks to the equally awesome uservoice tool for helping me find this.
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