Debating the “Real-Time” Web at Stanford University
by Kara Swisher
Posted on September 17, 2008 at 8:15 AM PT
Last night, BoomTown was invited to moderate a panel for MIT/Stanford Venture Lab at Stanford University’s Business School on the topic of lifecasting.
In other words, the digital version of TMI (too much information!).
Called “Lifestreaming: The Real-time Web,” it was aimed at debating the trend toward “sharing our lives with others as they happen,” with three entrepreneurs and a venture capitalist in the space.
The panel included Bret Taylor, Co-Founder of FriendFeed; Seesmic Founder Loic Le Meur; Pownce Co-Founder Leah Culver; and SoftTechVC’s Jeff Clavier.
It was a lively discussion, which was also focused on monetization–or lack thereof–issues in the instant Internet space, in which users share every detail of their lives with friends and family in a digital millisecond.
Like I said, MTMI (much too much information!!).
In any case, here’s a video I did of the event, including snippets of the company presentations, as well as interviews with all the panelists:
