A buddy of mine used to work for Yahoo! on some pretty high-traffic properties that they run. But last year he left the company to pursue an idea he had. His company, G-Snap!, is the result, and tomorrow afternoon at 12:30PM Pacific time, I will be using his company's technology to "snapcast" the USC vs. Arizona State college football game.
So first things first: if you wanna keep up with the game and won't be around a TV but you will have a mobile phone with a web browser, go here:
http://gsnap.com/236.
I've tried it on my Treo's browser, and it's been tested on tons of other mobile browsers as well as the major desktop browsers like Firefox, IE, and Safari.
It's hard for me to describe how fun it is to follow a snapcast; it helps if you're interested in the event itself. You can simple go and watch the commentary, or you can login (for free) and make your own comments. Often, I find the comments are more entertaining and engaging than the snapcaster's commentary, but you be the judge.
When you join a snapcast, you are in a live community of fans who are interested in not just the game scores but also some of the play-by-play and live commentary of what's going on.
Also, you can create your own snapcasts of anything you want. Recently, a new user decided to snapcast the NASCAR Talledega 500 (it went really well, according to my friend). Another recent snapcast was two people snapcasting the recent U.S. Vice Presidential Debate, with lots of viewers commenting.
You can get a better description of what G-Snap! does by reading about them here. Or, take your browser (mobile or desktop) to the URL above and watch my 'cast and enjoy the game.
Fight On! Beat the Sun Devils!
So first things first: if you wanna keep up with the game and won't be around a TV but you will have a mobile phone with a web browser, go here:
http://gsnap.com/236.
I've tried it on my Treo's browser, and it's been tested on tons of other mobile browsers as well as the major desktop browsers like Firefox, IE, and Safari.
It's hard for me to describe how fun it is to follow a snapcast; it helps if you're interested in the event itself. You can simple go and watch the commentary, or you can login (for free) and make your own comments. Often, I find the comments are more entertaining and engaging than the snapcaster's commentary, but you be the judge.
When you join a snapcast, you are in a live community of fans who are interested in not just the game scores but also some of the play-by-play and live commentary of what's going on.
Also, you can create your own snapcasts of anything you want. Recently, a new user decided to snapcast the NASCAR Talledega 500 (it went really well, according to my friend). Another recent snapcast was two people snapcasting the recent U.S. Vice Presidential Debate, with lots of viewers commenting.
You can get a better description of what G-Snap! does by reading about them here. Or, take your browser (mobile or desktop) to the URL above and watch my 'cast and enjoy the game.
Fight On! Beat the Sun Devils!
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Posted at 05:07PM Oct 10, 2008
by drapeau in General
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