1 00:00:04,360 --> 00:00:07,520 Speaker 1: Get in Text with Technology with tex staff Chrome hast 2 00:00:07,720 --> 00:00:14,880 Speaker 1: Works dot com as Welcome to Text Stuff. I'm Jonathan 3 00:00:14,920 --> 00:00:17,800 Speaker 1: Strickland and today and you're going to talk about how 4 00:00:18,000 --> 00:00:22,000 Speaker 1: periscope works. And a few of you are actually watching 5 00:00:22,040 --> 00:00:25,599 Speaker 1: this live, which means you get to see what I'm 6 00:00:25,640 --> 00:00:29,200 Speaker 1: saying before this podcast goes live. So if you're listening 7 00:00:29,200 --> 00:00:32,600 Speaker 1: to this on your little podcast tracker, just know you 8 00:00:32,640 --> 00:00:35,720 Speaker 1: had the opportunity to see the magic as it was happening. 9 00:00:35,920 --> 00:00:37,600 Speaker 1: But you can talk to the people who were there 10 00:00:37,840 --> 00:00:41,040 Speaker 1: and they'll tell you the story anyway. Really, today's episode 11 00:00:41,080 --> 00:00:44,839 Speaker 1: is about Periscope and another app called mere Cat, and 12 00:00:44,920 --> 00:00:48,600 Speaker 1: to a wider extent, the trend towards live streaming in general. 13 00:00:49,080 --> 00:00:51,640 Speaker 1: So live streaming has been around for a while. It's 14 00:00:51,680 --> 00:00:54,880 Speaker 1: not that new um and it's been growing in popularity 15 00:00:54,960 --> 00:00:57,000 Speaker 1: for quite some time, and in some circles it's kind 16 00:00:57,000 --> 00:00:59,560 Speaker 1: of old news. There were a lot of early examples 17 00:00:59,600 --> 00:01:02,760 Speaker 1: like you Stream and justin TV, which I've talked about 18 00:01:02,800 --> 00:01:05,880 Speaker 1: before on Tech Stuff, and those allowed users the chance 19 00:01:05,959 --> 00:01:09,800 Speaker 1: to broadcast using a simple setup of a computer, a microphone, 20 00:01:09,920 --> 00:01:12,080 Speaker 1: a webcam and as long as you had a good 21 00:01:12,080 --> 00:01:16,640 Speaker 1: Internet connection, you were good to go. Then came Twitch. 22 00:01:17,480 --> 00:01:19,880 Speaker 1: Twitch is really I think we have to thank Twitch 23 00:01:20,160 --> 00:01:25,280 Speaker 1: for truly bringing live streaming to a new level. It 24 00:01:25,360 --> 00:01:27,679 Speaker 1: started off as kind of a spinoff of justin TV, 25 00:01:28,160 --> 00:01:31,039 Speaker 1: but it went on to be so incredibly successful that 26 00:01:31,080 --> 00:01:35,760 Speaker 1: it eclipsed Justin TV, got way bigger, and eventually it 27 00:01:35,840 --> 00:01:39,800 Speaker 1: replaced it completely. Justin TV went away, Twitch stayed. Twitch 28 00:01:39,880 --> 00:01:42,720 Speaker 1: is a service designed to allow gamers to stream their 29 00:01:42,720 --> 00:01:46,360 Speaker 1: gaming activities live to an audience, and gamers can use 30 00:01:46,400 --> 00:01:48,720 Speaker 1: various setups to broadcast not only the game they're playing, 31 00:01:48,760 --> 00:01:51,880 Speaker 1: but a video of themselves as they play. It very 32 00:01:51,920 --> 00:01:55,400 Speaker 1: popular service out there. At the same time, there were 33 00:01:55,560 --> 00:01:59,520 Speaker 1: video calling services that became popular, stuff like Skype, FaceTime, 34 00:01:59,600 --> 00:02:02,240 Speaker 1: Google Hangouts, all of these making it easier to use 35 00:02:02,280 --> 00:02:04,320 Speaker 1: a mobile device to do a live video call with 36 00:02:04,360 --> 00:02:07,960 Speaker 1: someone else. And you could do a live broadcast hangout 37 00:02:07,960 --> 00:02:10,320 Speaker 1: from Google to stream through YouTube if you wanted to. 38 00:02:10,440 --> 00:02:13,720 Speaker 1: But there wasn't really a streamlined way to use a 39 00:02:13,760 --> 00:02:18,000 Speaker 1: mobile device to live stream content to a broad audience. 40 00:02:18,120 --> 00:02:22,079 Speaker 1: It just wasn't easy. So back in two thousand thirteen, 41 00:02:22,400 --> 00:02:25,920 Speaker 1: there was a man named Cavan b Core who was 42 00:02:25,960 --> 00:02:28,919 Speaker 1: traveling to Istanbul and at the time he was the 43 00:02:28,960 --> 00:02:33,520 Speaker 1: general manager and senior executive of Blackboard Mobile. He had 44 00:02:33,560 --> 00:02:36,320 Speaker 1: become a member of the senior executive team after his company, 45 00:02:36,520 --> 00:02:40,680 Speaker 1: Terribly Clever Design, had been acquired, and his interest up 46 00:02:40,680 --> 00:02:42,760 Speaker 1: to that point had been in developing apps that made 47 00:02:42,760 --> 00:02:45,639 Speaker 1: it easy for students and faculty to access and use 48 00:02:45,800 --> 00:02:50,840 Speaker 1: campus data. Also, around that time, Istanbul was not a 49 00:02:50,960 --> 00:02:55,040 Speaker 1: terribly safe place to be. There were these escalating political protests. 50 00:02:55,320 --> 00:02:58,120 Speaker 1: They were getting violent, they were going on in the city, 51 00:02:58,520 --> 00:03:02,280 Speaker 1: and he wanted to know if these protests were happening 52 00:03:02,440 --> 00:03:05,360 Speaker 1: in geographic regions close to where he was planning on 53 00:03:05,480 --> 00:03:08,680 Speaker 1: staying when he traveled Istanbul, and he was having trouble 54 00:03:08,840 --> 00:03:12,000 Speaker 1: finding that information online and news outlets. He said they 55 00:03:12,040 --> 00:03:15,000 Speaker 1: moved too slowly, they were too general, they weren't specific enough. 56 00:03:15,240 --> 00:03:17,600 Speaker 1: He wanted to be able to look in on very 57 00:03:17,639 --> 00:03:21,639 Speaker 1: particular places within Istanbul, and he used Twitter to keep 58 00:03:21,680 --> 00:03:24,680 Speaker 1: an eye on the situation in real time, but found 59 00:03:24,760 --> 00:03:27,040 Speaker 1: himself wishing that there was some way he could view 60 00:03:27,160 --> 00:03:30,360 Speaker 1: live video of the scene from there. Now you could 61 00:03:30,480 --> 00:03:33,880 Speaker 1: watch recorded video after he'd been uploaded and processed, but 62 00:03:33,960 --> 00:03:38,360 Speaker 1: by then it's it's pretty late. So after all of that, 63 00:03:39,680 --> 00:03:42,640 Speaker 1: knowing that tons of people have smartphones, tons of people 64 00:03:42,680 --> 00:03:46,000 Speaker 1: have the ability to shoot video and record video. Why 65 00:03:46,040 --> 00:03:48,920 Speaker 1: not have a live streaming app that combines something like 66 00:03:49,040 --> 00:03:51,840 Speaker 1: a video recording program with a video calling service and 67 00:03:51,920 --> 00:03:54,360 Speaker 1: make it live streaming. So he would go on to 68 00:03:54,480 --> 00:03:58,280 Speaker 1: partner with a guy named Joe Bernstein to create such 69 00:03:58,320 --> 00:04:00,840 Speaker 1: an app. Now, they you that it would need to 70 00:04:00,880 --> 00:04:03,760 Speaker 1: give people the opportunity to turn a phone into a 71 00:04:03,800 --> 00:04:08,360 Speaker 1: camera and broadcast that live across the Internet. They also 72 00:04:08,400 --> 00:04:10,760 Speaker 1: saw the need to make the experience interactive rather than 73 00:04:10,800 --> 00:04:15,480 Speaker 1: a simple stream to viewer experience. So they also knew 74 00:04:15,520 --> 00:04:18,000 Speaker 1: that the experience needed to be interactive and not just 75 00:04:18,080 --> 00:04:21,799 Speaker 1: a simple stream to viewer experience. So for example, I'm 76 00:04:21,839 --> 00:04:24,960 Speaker 1: streaming right now on Periscope as I record this, and 77 00:04:25,000 --> 00:04:27,839 Speaker 1: I can look on my app and see responses. I 78 00:04:27,839 --> 00:04:30,640 Speaker 1: can see people chatting about what's happening. I can see 79 00:04:30,640 --> 00:04:34,320 Speaker 1: people giving me hearts if they enjoy it, and as 80 00:04:34,480 --> 00:04:38,279 Speaker 1: as people are saying it's awesome and how to back 81 00:04:38,360 --> 00:04:42,599 Speaker 1: you ps shaggy. So anyway, these two envision and app 82 00:04:42,640 --> 00:04:45,880 Speaker 1: that would allow people to share anything from an historic 83 00:04:45,920 --> 00:04:51,400 Speaker 1: event unfolding in real time to just simple everyday activities 84 00:04:51,400 --> 00:04:53,960 Speaker 1: of their daily lives. They also wanted to include features 85 00:04:53,960 --> 00:04:56,560 Speaker 1: that would allow viewers to interact in some way by 86 00:04:56,560 --> 00:05:00,839 Speaker 1: giving feedback or questions, or just generally express love for 87 00:05:00,920 --> 00:05:04,960 Speaker 1: what's going on. So the two founded Periscope in February 88 00:05:05,279 --> 00:05:09,400 Speaker 1: two thousand fourteen. And what's the first thing you do 89 00:05:09,480 --> 00:05:12,839 Speaker 1: when you've found a new internet startup company, That's right, 90 00:05:13,200 --> 00:05:16,200 Speaker 1: you beg for money. They sought a round of seed 91 00:05:16,320 --> 00:05:19,840 Speaker 1: investment from Angel Investors, which included Scott Belski of Adobe, 92 00:05:20,040 --> 00:05:22,960 Speaker 1: and they raised a few million bucks to start off. Now. 93 00:05:23,000 --> 00:05:26,760 Speaker 1: Their pitch included describing periscope as being similar to teleporting 94 00:05:26,800 --> 00:05:29,000 Speaker 1: to a distant location to see what is going on 95 00:05:29,080 --> 00:05:32,240 Speaker 1: at that exact moment, and it held a little bit 96 00:05:32,240 --> 00:05:36,679 Speaker 1: more of a exciting prospect than just watching a prerecorded video. 97 00:05:36,720 --> 00:05:40,280 Speaker 1: You could actually be their live while it's happening. Now. 98 00:05:40,320 --> 00:05:44,080 Speaker 1: In lateen they met with Jessica ver Really, the director 99 00:05:44,200 --> 00:05:47,760 Speaker 1: of corporate Development and Strategy for Twitter, and for Really 100 00:05:47,880 --> 00:05:52,200 Speaker 1: was impressed and introduced them to Twitter CEO Dick Costolo 101 00:05:52,360 --> 00:05:55,520 Speaker 1: and Twitter co founder Jack Dorsey, who were in turn 102 00:05:56,120 --> 00:06:01,479 Speaker 1: also impressed. So this goes on. They end up having 103 00:06:01,480 --> 00:06:04,760 Speaker 1: a great conversation and before long, Twitter makes an offer 104 00:06:04,800 --> 00:06:08,360 Speaker 1: to buy Periscope to acquire the company, and apparently some 105 00:06:08,440 --> 00:06:12,080 Speaker 1: other entities were also interested in buying Periscope, so that 106 00:06:12,160 --> 00:06:15,159 Speaker 1: helped push up the price. The founder said that it 107 00:06:15,279 --> 00:06:20,040 Speaker 1: was a fortuitous timing. The amount itself was not made public, 108 00:06:20,640 --> 00:06:22,719 Speaker 1: but a lot of early reports said it was somewhere 109 00:06:22,720 --> 00:06:26,120 Speaker 1: in between seventy and a hundred million dollars, so not 110 00:06:26,279 --> 00:06:30,240 Speaker 1: chump change. Periscope accepted Twitter's offer and the company was 111 00:06:30,320 --> 00:06:33,560 Speaker 1: acquired in January two thousand fifteen. But Twitter kept it 112 00:06:33,680 --> 00:06:36,200 Speaker 1: quiet for a little bit longer for reasons I will 113 00:06:36,200 --> 00:06:38,960 Speaker 1: get into in a moment. Let's just say it was 114 00:06:39,000 --> 00:06:42,880 Speaker 1: a gotcha kind of approach. See net reported that according 115 00:06:42,920 --> 00:06:47,400 Speaker 1: to a regulatory filing, Twitter had spent eighty six point 116 00:06:47,440 --> 00:06:52,040 Speaker 1: six million dollars total on two acquisitions. That was Periscope 117 00:06:52,200 --> 00:06:55,239 Speaker 1: as acquisition number one, and a social media startup company 118 00:06:55,279 --> 00:06:58,400 Speaker 1: called Niche or Niche if you prefer, and people a 119 00:06:58,480 --> 00:07:01,520 Speaker 1: Niche said the purchase was a about thirty million dollars 120 00:07:01,560 --> 00:07:03,679 Speaker 1: for their company, so that I put Periscope in around 121 00:07:03,680 --> 00:07:07,000 Speaker 1: fifty six million dollars or so, so less than what 122 00:07:07,080 --> 00:07:10,800 Speaker 1: some reports were saying. And honestly, there are a lot 123 00:07:10,800 --> 00:07:13,000 Speaker 1: of different accounts for this, and it hasn't been made 124 00:07:13,000 --> 00:07:16,400 Speaker 1: completely public, so somewhere between fifty six million dollars and 125 00:07:16,400 --> 00:07:20,920 Speaker 1: a hundred million dollars. That's a small margin of error, right. Anyway, 126 00:07:21,720 --> 00:07:23,920 Speaker 1: another live streaming app was getting a lot of buzz 127 00:07:24,520 --> 00:07:30,720 Speaker 1: right around spring of this year called mere Cat. So 128 00:07:31,600 --> 00:07:34,920 Speaker 1: mere Cat launched in late February two fifteen, and it 129 00:07:34,960 --> 00:07:39,280 Speaker 1: was built by a group called Life on Air Incorporated. 130 00:07:40,040 --> 00:07:42,840 Speaker 1: That was a team headed by Ben Ruben, and mere 131 00:07:42,920 --> 00:07:46,280 Speaker 1: Cat was leveraging Twitter's social graphs, so you could sign 132 00:07:46,320 --> 00:07:49,920 Speaker 1: into mere Cat through Twitter and access your followers. That way, 133 00:07:49,960 --> 00:07:53,000 Speaker 1: followers could get alerts whenever you were going live on Merecat, 134 00:07:53,320 --> 00:07:57,160 Speaker 1: they could comment on videos, but those videos, those comments 135 00:07:57,200 --> 00:07:59,840 Speaker 1: were going through Twitter, so actually the comments on Mercat 136 00:08:00,000 --> 00:08:04,160 Speaker 1: would get published onto Twitter to everybody. Not everyone was 137 00:08:04,200 --> 00:08:07,800 Speaker 1: crazy about that. Mere Cat made a particularly big splash 138 00:08:07,880 --> 00:08:10,840 Speaker 1: at a little event called south By Southwest, And if 139 00:08:10,880 --> 00:08:14,760 Speaker 1: you're not familiar with south By Southwest, it's a gigantic 140 00:08:15,120 --> 00:08:18,720 Speaker 1: festival that takes place in Austin. It incorporates music and 141 00:08:18,800 --> 00:08:24,400 Speaker 1: movies and what they call interactive or internet based uh 142 00:08:24,600 --> 00:08:28,160 Speaker 1: stuffed lost startup companies end up using south By Southwest 143 00:08:28,200 --> 00:08:30,560 Speaker 1: is a place to either launch a new product or 144 00:08:30,560 --> 00:08:34,320 Speaker 1: to announce new features to existing products. It's really a 145 00:08:34,360 --> 00:08:36,599 Speaker 1: place if you aren't going to interactive, It's really a 146 00:08:36,600 --> 00:08:40,280 Speaker 1: place for you to network, literally, to meet other people 147 00:08:40,600 --> 00:08:43,840 Speaker 1: and convince them that your stuff is the important stuff 148 00:08:44,240 --> 00:08:46,959 Speaker 1: and that people should really pay attention to you. It's 149 00:08:47,040 --> 00:08:48,959 Speaker 1: if you can get people on board with your product 150 00:08:49,040 --> 00:08:52,120 Speaker 1: of south by Southwest that usually spills over to a 151 00:08:52,200 --> 00:08:55,960 Speaker 1: lot of attention immediately following it. So mere Cat raised 152 00:08:55,960 --> 00:09:00,120 Speaker 1: about twelve million dollars in March two thousand fifteen. But 153 00:09:00,240 --> 00:09:04,600 Speaker 1: that same month, that's when Twitter announced that it had 154 00:09:04,640 --> 00:09:07,199 Speaker 1: purchased Periscope. It had done that back in January, but 155 00:09:07,280 --> 00:09:09,920 Speaker 1: kept it quiet until March, and I think a big 156 00:09:09,960 --> 00:09:12,120 Speaker 1: reason for it was to steal a lot of thunder 157 00:09:12,120 --> 00:09:14,600 Speaker 1: from meercat. Twitter also did something else that some people 158 00:09:14,600 --> 00:09:19,000 Speaker 1: thought was kind of dirty pool. Twitter cut the social 159 00:09:19,040 --> 00:09:23,120 Speaker 1: graphic access off of mere Cat. So mere Cat had 160 00:09:23,120 --> 00:09:28,240 Speaker 1: been depending upon Twitter to use that that platform to 161 00:09:28,400 --> 00:09:31,760 Speaker 1: leverage the value of their service, and now Twitter saying, yeah, 162 00:09:31,800 --> 00:09:33,959 Speaker 1: you know, we're gonna come out with our own now, 163 00:09:34,160 --> 00:09:37,080 Speaker 1: so you don't get to do that, And that caused 164 00:09:37,080 --> 00:09:39,600 Speaker 1: a bit of a stir so. Merecat and Periscope do 165 00:09:39,720 --> 00:09:42,520 Speaker 1: similar things. They both allow users to live stream from 166 00:09:42,520 --> 00:09:45,559 Speaker 1: their mobile devices, and both allow followers to watch and 167 00:09:45,600 --> 00:09:48,960 Speaker 1: comment on them. But mere cats comments at the time 168 00:09:49,040 --> 00:09:52,040 Speaker 1: all went through Twitter, so some people would be reluctant 169 00:09:52,080 --> 00:09:54,520 Speaker 1: to comment on a video as it's happening because they 170 00:09:54,559 --> 00:09:57,840 Speaker 1: know that the entire world could see the messages. And 171 00:09:57,920 --> 00:10:02,000 Speaker 1: mere cats broadcasts, at least first, were truly live, so 172 00:10:02,040 --> 00:10:04,559 Speaker 1: if you missed it, they were gone. You had no 173 00:10:04,640 --> 00:10:08,440 Speaker 1: opportunity to see that stuff. You had to be there. Uh. Now, 174 00:10:08,480 --> 00:10:11,200 Speaker 1: you can use some additional tools to expand Mercat's features 175 00:10:11,240 --> 00:10:13,680 Speaker 1: so that you can watch videos after they've happened, or 176 00:10:13,760 --> 00:10:16,920 Speaker 1: you can comment outside of Twitter. You can actually comment 177 00:10:17,000 --> 00:10:19,920 Speaker 1: within merecat itself, but at the time that was not 178 00:10:19,960 --> 00:10:23,160 Speaker 1: the case. Periscope when it launched, had a few more 179 00:10:23,200 --> 00:10:25,920 Speaker 1: bells and whistles. So let's talk about what the app 180 00:10:26,000 --> 00:10:28,640 Speaker 1: looks like and what it's features are. So this is 181 00:10:28,640 --> 00:10:30,439 Speaker 1: gonna be really boring to the people who are watching 182 00:10:30,520 --> 00:10:34,000 Speaker 1: right now because you already know you're doing it. But 183 00:10:34,080 --> 00:10:36,600 Speaker 1: for everybody else, here's what periscope is all about. Oh 184 00:10:36,640 --> 00:10:39,800 Speaker 1: and by the way, tech Crunch really dissed Meercat. When 185 00:10:39,840 --> 00:10:42,760 Speaker 1: it came out, tech Crunch called it a rough shot 186 00:10:42,840 --> 00:10:47,760 Speaker 1: app built in ten days ouch uh. In fact, it 187 00:10:47,800 --> 00:10:50,280 Speaker 1: took about eight weeks according to Ruben to build it, 188 00:10:50,320 --> 00:10:53,720 Speaker 1: but still and it took years of developed development beyond that. 189 00:10:54,280 --> 00:10:57,080 Speaker 1: So let's talk about periscope, what it looks like and 190 00:10:57,240 --> 00:11:00,640 Speaker 1: the features it has. First. Obviously, the most important thing 191 00:11:00,679 --> 00:11:03,440 Speaker 1: is you can live stream from your mobile device. You 192 00:11:03,480 --> 00:11:05,800 Speaker 1: can do this to the general public like I am 193 00:11:05,800 --> 00:11:08,240 Speaker 1: doing right now. Anyone who has a link to that 194 00:11:08,320 --> 00:11:10,880 Speaker 1: periscope can see what you are doing. Or you can 195 00:11:10,920 --> 00:11:14,359 Speaker 1: broadcast to just your followers or a subset of your followers. 196 00:11:15,160 --> 00:11:18,080 Speaker 1: Viewers can watch live streams on computers, but if they 197 00:11:18,080 --> 00:11:20,200 Speaker 1: do that, they can only be passive viewers. There's no 198 00:11:20,240 --> 00:11:23,360 Speaker 1: interactivity built into the browser version of periscope right now. 199 00:11:23,679 --> 00:11:25,839 Speaker 1: If you want that interactivity, you have to download the 200 00:11:25,840 --> 00:11:28,160 Speaker 1: app to your smartphone, and if you watch a live 201 00:11:28,200 --> 00:11:31,040 Speaker 1: stream through the periscope app, you can interact by chatting 202 00:11:31,160 --> 00:11:34,400 Speaker 1: or you tap the screen and that sends hearts. Now 203 00:11:34,440 --> 00:11:36,920 Speaker 1: the hearts show up on screen. Can anyone Can anyone 204 00:11:36,960 --> 00:11:38,640 Speaker 1: send me some hearts while I talk about this. That 205 00:11:38,800 --> 00:11:41,120 Speaker 1: makes me feel better. But the hearts show up on 206 00:11:41,200 --> 00:11:44,080 Speaker 1: screen and indicate that people are enjoying what they see. 207 00:11:44,240 --> 00:11:48,040 Speaker 1: Hearts have also come into play in rankings, so accounts 208 00:11:48,040 --> 00:11:50,360 Speaker 1: that get a lot of hearts get more visibility in 209 00:11:50,440 --> 00:11:54,280 Speaker 1: the periscope app. Um when you start looking for periscopes 210 00:11:54,320 --> 00:11:56,720 Speaker 1: to watch, the ones that accumulate a lot of hearts 211 00:11:57,240 --> 00:11:59,880 Speaker 1: are the ones that go to the top of those lists. 212 00:12:00,360 --> 00:12:04,520 Speaker 1: I am so far behind the leaders in this space 213 00:12:05,080 --> 00:12:09,559 Speaker 1: that unless you just obsessively tapped the screen every time 214 00:12:09,600 --> 00:12:11,880 Speaker 1: I go on periscope, I won't ever show up on 215 00:12:11,920 --> 00:12:15,319 Speaker 1: that list, which is okay. And unlike Merecat, the chatting 216 00:12:15,320 --> 00:12:17,959 Speaker 1: doesn't go to Twitter. All of that chat remains in 217 00:12:18,000 --> 00:12:20,640 Speaker 1: the periscope app, so you don't have to worry about 218 00:12:20,640 --> 00:12:24,640 Speaker 1: broadcasting your questions or comments to the whole world. It's 219 00:12:24,679 --> 00:12:27,400 Speaker 1: just the people who are watching. Although if you do 220 00:12:27,480 --> 00:12:31,960 Speaker 1: watch the video stream after it goes offline, then you 221 00:12:32,000 --> 00:12:34,559 Speaker 1: still have that issue. Oh and I see that I'm 222 00:12:34,600 --> 00:12:37,480 Speaker 1: stuttering a bit online, so that's fun. Once a stream 223 00:12:37,559 --> 00:12:41,480 Speaker 1: is done, it stays available for twenty four hours before disappearing, 224 00:12:41,480 --> 00:12:43,520 Speaker 1: so you can save a stream to your mobile device 225 00:12:43,559 --> 00:12:46,040 Speaker 1: if you have enough storage on your device to do that, 226 00:12:46,080 --> 00:12:48,240 Speaker 1: and then you can upload it to YouTube or some 227 00:12:48,280 --> 00:12:51,520 Speaker 1: other service if you wanted to. Now, if you haven't 228 00:12:51,559 --> 00:12:54,800 Speaker 1: download the Periscope app, you probably aren't really aware of 229 00:12:54,840 --> 00:12:58,000 Speaker 1: how it looks or or you know what it looks 230 00:12:58,040 --> 00:13:00,520 Speaker 1: like rather or how it works. First, you have to 231 00:13:00,520 --> 00:13:03,000 Speaker 1: download the app and install it, obviously, that's your first step. 232 00:13:03,280 --> 00:13:05,040 Speaker 1: And then you have to sign into Periscope. You can 233 00:13:05,080 --> 00:13:07,559 Speaker 1: do that either by using your Twitter handle and password 234 00:13:07,679 --> 00:13:10,960 Speaker 1: or through your phone number. So if you don't have Twitter, 235 00:13:11,120 --> 00:13:13,880 Speaker 1: you don't. You don't have to have it to use Periscope. 236 00:13:13,920 --> 00:13:16,280 Speaker 1: It's just a lot of functionality will be taken out 237 00:13:16,320 --> 00:13:19,520 Speaker 1: if you don't have Twitter. So I'm going to concentrate 238 00:13:19,559 --> 00:13:22,800 Speaker 1: on the Android version because I own an Android phone, 239 00:13:23,200 --> 00:13:26,160 Speaker 1: so that's what I'll be talking about. But the iOS 240 00:13:26,240 --> 00:13:28,840 Speaker 1: one is very similar. It's the same features. I just 241 00:13:28,880 --> 00:13:31,480 Speaker 1: can't necessarily say the layout is exactly the same. They 242 00:13:31,520 --> 00:13:35,360 Speaker 1: may be slightly different. But on the Android version, you've 243 00:13:35,400 --> 00:13:37,520 Speaker 1: got three icons at the top left of the screen 244 00:13:37,559 --> 00:13:40,360 Speaker 1: when you log in. One lists any live streams from 245 00:13:40,400 --> 00:13:43,760 Speaker 1: the folks you follow on Periscope. It also lists any 246 00:13:43,800 --> 00:13:45,760 Speaker 1: streams from the past twenty four hours that came from 247 00:13:45,760 --> 00:13:48,960 Speaker 1: those accounts, including your own. Then there's a glob BiCon 248 00:13:49,080 --> 00:13:51,600 Speaker 1: that let that lists the live streams from around the 249 00:13:51,600 --> 00:13:53,800 Speaker 1: world that you might be interested in. And then there's 250 00:13:53,800 --> 00:13:56,440 Speaker 1: a little cluster of people icon that lists the people 251 00:13:56,480 --> 00:13:58,760 Speaker 1: you follow on Twitter who are also on Periscope, so 252 00:13:58,760 --> 00:14:01,760 Speaker 1: you can follow them on para Scope as well, assuming 253 00:14:01,760 --> 00:14:04,880 Speaker 1: you logged into Periscope through Twitter, that is. And under 254 00:14:04,920 --> 00:14:07,960 Speaker 1: that list of the folks you know is a list 255 00:14:08,000 --> 00:14:10,600 Speaker 1: of the most loved accounts, and those are the accounts 256 00:14:10,600 --> 00:14:13,319 Speaker 1: that have accumulated the most hearts. That's the list I'm 257 00:14:13,360 --> 00:14:17,199 Speaker 1: never ever going to be on. Now. In the upper 258 00:14:17,280 --> 00:14:20,000 Speaker 1: right corner of the people page is a link to 259 00:14:20,040 --> 00:14:22,400 Speaker 1: your accounts, so you can click on that and see 260 00:14:22,440 --> 00:14:25,080 Speaker 1: how you stack up, like how many people do you follow, 261 00:14:25,160 --> 00:14:28,760 Speaker 1: how many people follow you? How many hearts have you accumulated? 262 00:14:29,320 --> 00:14:31,680 Speaker 1: As of this recording right now, this is my third 263 00:14:31,840 --> 00:14:35,760 Speaker 1: periscope broadcast I've ever done, and before I started recording, 264 00:14:35,800 --> 00:14:38,320 Speaker 1: I had around a hundred fifty followers and just over 265 00:14:38,560 --> 00:14:41,000 Speaker 1: eight hundred hearts, So we'll see how many I have 266 00:14:41,080 --> 00:14:45,760 Speaker 1: at the end. Probably not that many more, but that's 267 00:14:45,800 --> 00:14:48,280 Speaker 1: that that tells you I'm at eight hundred. The top 268 00:14:48,480 --> 00:14:54,000 Speaker 1: periscopers have millions and millions of hearts, so I'm not 269 00:14:54,120 --> 00:14:56,720 Speaker 1: in that league. There's also a camera icon on the 270 00:14:56,760 --> 00:14:59,080 Speaker 1: screen and that initiates the live stream, so if you 271 00:14:59,120 --> 00:15:01,680 Speaker 1: touch that icon, it'll prompt you to make a few 272 00:15:01,720 --> 00:15:04,360 Speaker 1: more choices. One thing is you can set the live 273 00:15:04,400 --> 00:15:07,800 Speaker 1: stream to either public or private. A private livestream can 274 00:15:07,840 --> 00:15:10,080 Speaker 1: go out to all your followers or just specific people 275 00:15:10,120 --> 00:15:13,600 Speaker 1: you designate. So I could do a Periscope livestream to 276 00:15:13,760 --> 00:15:16,760 Speaker 1: a single person if I wanted to. Uh, it won't 277 00:15:16,760 --> 00:15:18,560 Speaker 1: all show up to the public. They won't be able 278 00:15:18,600 --> 00:15:23,000 Speaker 1: to view that stream. At least the video stream won't 279 00:15:23,040 --> 00:15:25,160 Speaker 1: show up to the public. There was a problem in 280 00:15:25,200 --> 00:15:30,480 Speaker 1: Periscope's early design that involved Twitter and private video titles. 281 00:15:30,520 --> 00:15:33,760 Speaker 1: So if the Twitter option was on and you created 282 00:15:33,800 --> 00:15:36,800 Speaker 1: a private event, the title of the stream would get 283 00:15:36,880 --> 00:15:40,240 Speaker 1: tweeted out. Only the people you authorized would actually be 284 00:15:40,280 --> 00:15:43,480 Speaker 1: able to watch the stream, but the title went to everyone. 285 00:15:43,600 --> 00:15:50,000 Speaker 1: So if you made a title that was oh, raunchy, 286 00:15:50,160 --> 00:15:52,680 Speaker 1: or you know, you were making an insold or something 287 00:15:52,680 --> 00:15:54,560 Speaker 1: and you thought it was funny because only the people 288 00:15:54,640 --> 00:15:57,360 Speaker 1: who are following you were going to see it, here's 289 00:15:57,360 --> 00:15:58,960 Speaker 1: the problem. It would go out on your Twitter feed. 290 00:15:59,000 --> 00:16:01,520 Speaker 1: If you had that at debated, and everyone would see 291 00:16:01,520 --> 00:16:03,400 Speaker 1: the title. They couldn't see the video, but they would 292 00:16:03,400 --> 00:16:06,000 Speaker 1: know what you were talking about, so that was an issue. 293 00:16:06,520 --> 00:16:08,680 Speaker 1: If your periscope account is linked to Twitter, you can 294 00:16:08,720 --> 00:16:10,720 Speaker 1: choose to tweet out the live stream to your followers, 295 00:16:10,760 --> 00:16:13,480 Speaker 1: which I did at the beginning of this stream. And 296 00:16:13,560 --> 00:16:15,920 Speaker 1: you also need to give your stream a name, so 297 00:16:16,240 --> 00:16:18,120 Speaker 1: you have to title it. My first pair of scope 298 00:16:18,200 --> 00:16:21,520 Speaker 1: was I think called Walking Tibbalt. Tibled, by the way, 299 00:16:21,720 --> 00:16:24,520 Speaker 1: is the name of my puppy dog, and he is 300 00:16:24,520 --> 00:16:26,960 Speaker 1: a puppy and I think that's where seven hundred of 301 00:16:27,000 --> 00:16:29,640 Speaker 1: the eight hundred hearts I have came from. So those 302 00:16:29,640 --> 00:16:32,040 Speaker 1: hearts really don't belong to me. They belonged to Tibalt, 303 00:16:32,160 --> 00:16:36,600 Speaker 1: and he earned them, so I'm not upset. Once you're ready, 304 00:16:36,640 --> 00:16:40,880 Speaker 1: you hit the start broadcasting button and you go. That's it. 305 00:16:40,880 --> 00:16:43,080 Speaker 1: It's streaming. People who follow you on Periscope will get 306 00:16:43,120 --> 00:16:46,200 Speaker 1: a notification if they have push notifications turned on that 307 00:16:46,280 --> 00:16:48,560 Speaker 1: you are live, and if you send a message through Twitter, 308 00:16:48,800 --> 00:16:51,200 Speaker 1: that will get more folks following you and watching you. 309 00:16:51,760 --> 00:16:54,560 Speaker 1: Now that also means you'll get notifications when the people 310 00:16:54,640 --> 00:16:57,360 Speaker 1: you follow go live as well. Those notifications will pop 311 00:16:57,400 --> 00:17:00,240 Speaker 1: up on your mobile device. You can open the up 312 00:17:00,280 --> 00:17:03,040 Speaker 1: and watch and interact at that point. And Periscope can 313 00:17:03,120 --> 00:17:05,600 Speaker 1: use both the forward facing and rear facing cameras on 314 00:17:05,640 --> 00:17:07,880 Speaker 1: a mobile device. You can switch between the two either 315 00:17:07,920 --> 00:17:10,600 Speaker 1: by double tapping on the screen, or you can swipe down, 316 00:17:10,880 --> 00:17:13,400 Speaker 1: which pulls up some settings and you can change it there. 317 00:17:13,840 --> 00:17:16,159 Speaker 1: This lets you show people your point of view or 318 00:17:16,200 --> 00:17:18,960 Speaker 1: pull it back so you can have a camera face 319 00:17:19,240 --> 00:17:21,520 Speaker 1: focused on your face so you can address the camera directly. 320 00:17:22,520 --> 00:17:24,959 Speaker 1: Some other things to keep in mind when you're using periscope. 321 00:17:25,440 --> 00:17:27,520 Speaker 1: If you have the location data on your of your 322 00:17:27,560 --> 00:17:31,960 Speaker 1: phone turned on and you activate that on periscope, it 323 00:17:32,000 --> 00:17:35,639 Speaker 1: will show where you are to people who are viewing 324 00:17:35,680 --> 00:17:38,800 Speaker 1: the stream. This can be a privacy concern to In fact, 325 00:17:38,920 --> 00:17:42,120 Speaker 1: I think originally it was set on by default. Now 326 00:17:42,119 --> 00:17:45,160 Speaker 1: it's set off, at least on mine by default, so 327 00:17:45,480 --> 00:17:47,640 Speaker 1: if I want to, I can choose that and let 328 00:17:47,680 --> 00:17:49,960 Speaker 1: people know where I am. But some people have pointed 329 00:17:49,960 --> 00:17:52,080 Speaker 1: out this could be a privacy concern. If you were 330 00:17:52,119 --> 00:17:54,720 Speaker 1: to broadcast where you were, then that could be a 331 00:17:54,760 --> 00:17:57,439 Speaker 1: safety issue depending upon who you are and who's watching, 332 00:17:58,200 --> 00:18:02,000 Speaker 1: especially if you're broadcasting from your home and you don't 333 00:18:02,080 --> 00:18:05,439 Speaker 1: generally make that information publicly available, it could be a 334 00:18:05,440 --> 00:18:07,600 Speaker 1: big issue. Some other things to keep in mind when 335 00:18:07,640 --> 00:18:10,119 Speaker 1: using periscope. If you have the location data on your 336 00:18:10,160 --> 00:18:14,040 Speaker 1: phone turned on and uh and you don't want people 337 00:18:14,320 --> 00:18:17,120 Speaker 1: to know exactly where you are, you should switch that off. 338 00:18:17,160 --> 00:18:20,320 Speaker 1: You should also keep in mind that maybe the neighbors 339 00:18:20,359 --> 00:18:23,640 Speaker 1: around you don't want the world to know where they live, 340 00:18:24,280 --> 00:18:27,720 Speaker 1: so just courtesy is something that you have to keep 341 00:18:27,760 --> 00:18:30,360 Speaker 1: in mind. Also, there is a limit on how many 342 00:18:30,359 --> 00:18:32,720 Speaker 1: people can chat on a stream. Not that I'm ever 343 00:18:32,760 --> 00:18:35,080 Speaker 1: going to hit that, but once that limit is reached, 344 00:18:35,440 --> 00:18:37,600 Speaker 1: anyone else trying to chat will see that they can't 345 00:18:37,640 --> 00:18:40,280 Speaker 1: say anything they're blocked from chatting, And that's to make 346 00:18:40,520 --> 00:18:43,040 Speaker 1: sure that the video isn't completely drowned out by chat 347 00:18:43,080 --> 00:18:46,040 Speaker 1: messages for these super popular feeds, the ones that get 348 00:18:46,480 --> 00:18:50,480 Speaker 1: millions of hearts in a particular stream. Some other features 349 00:18:50,520 --> 00:18:53,119 Speaker 1: that are useful in periscope include the ability to block 350 00:18:53,200 --> 00:18:55,280 Speaker 1: someone in chat, which is really helpful if you find 351 00:18:55,320 --> 00:18:57,840 Speaker 1: someone to be particularly annoying, and you can also block 352 00:18:57,880 --> 00:19:00,560 Speaker 1: someone in general so that they won't to you when 353 00:19:00,640 --> 00:19:04,080 Speaker 1: you go live from that point forward. Also important if 354 00:19:04,080 --> 00:19:08,800 Speaker 1: someone's trolling you. Unfortunately, there are a lot of female 355 00:19:08,920 --> 00:19:13,240 Speaker 1: users who have loved the functionality of periscope but have 356 00:19:13,359 --> 00:19:16,760 Speaker 1: received some terrible harassment, and it's a good thing that 357 00:19:16,760 --> 00:19:20,200 Speaker 1: that feature exists so that they can at least address 358 00:19:20,280 --> 00:19:23,720 Speaker 1: that themselves. It's unfortunate that it happens, uh, And I 359 00:19:23,800 --> 00:19:26,000 Speaker 1: certainly hope that all of my tech stuff fans are 360 00:19:26,080 --> 00:19:27,880 Speaker 1: the type who would never do that sort of thing. 361 00:19:27,880 --> 00:19:30,720 Speaker 1: I'm pretty sure you're not. You always are awesome to me. 362 00:19:31,520 --> 00:19:36,800 Speaker 1: So how does periscope work? We've got the what it does, 363 00:19:37,240 --> 00:19:41,800 Speaker 1: but how does it work? Well? Not everything has been revealed, 364 00:19:41,840 --> 00:19:45,359 Speaker 1: but I imagine that it's relying upon a specific protocol. 365 00:19:45,760 --> 00:19:48,840 Speaker 1: It's called h t t P Live Streaming, also known 366 00:19:48,840 --> 00:19:52,040 Speaker 1: as h l S. It's kind of a real time 367 00:19:52,040 --> 00:19:57,080 Speaker 1: communications protocol and that allows for the transmission of video streams. UH. 368 00:19:57,200 --> 00:20:01,600 Speaker 1: Generally speaking, it works by using a very common approach. 369 00:20:01,600 --> 00:20:04,720 Speaker 1: I mean, it's your basic web server approach. You've got 370 00:20:04,720 --> 00:20:08,760 Speaker 1: a web server that's designed to distribute video content. So 371 00:20:08,880 --> 00:20:11,879 Speaker 1: you start broadcasting from your mobile device. The data that 372 00:20:11,960 --> 00:20:15,000 Speaker 1: you are creating goes out over the network, whether that's 373 00:20:15,000 --> 00:20:19,640 Speaker 1: a cellular network or a WiFi network, and then travels 374 00:20:19,680 --> 00:20:23,320 Speaker 1: to the web server, the periscope web server. The web 375 00:20:23,359 --> 00:20:26,680 Speaker 1: server then encodes the stream, probably in an h dot 376 00:20:26,720 --> 00:20:29,560 Speaker 1: to six four format for the video, and then some 377 00:20:29,600 --> 00:20:33,520 Speaker 1: standard file format for the audio MP three or a 378 00:20:33,640 --> 00:20:37,399 Speaker 1: C three something like that that gets encapsulated by the 379 00:20:37,440 --> 00:20:41,280 Speaker 1: impact to transport stream to be carried out to periscope viewers. 380 00:20:42,040 --> 00:20:44,320 Speaker 1: And the viewers are using either the app or the 381 00:20:44,359 --> 00:20:46,720 Speaker 1: browser interface to watch the streams, and these are the 382 00:20:46,760 --> 00:20:52,040 Speaker 1: clients in the basic classic server client relationship. You probably 383 00:20:52,040 --> 00:20:55,120 Speaker 1: have heard that phrase a thousand times to talk about 384 00:20:55,119 --> 00:20:58,560 Speaker 1: the Internet. So the client in this case would either 385 00:20:58,560 --> 00:21:01,800 Speaker 1: be the browser or the up on your smartphone, and 386 00:21:01,840 --> 00:21:04,919 Speaker 1: typically the client has the resources necessary to assemble the 387 00:21:04,960 --> 00:21:08,640 Speaker 1: broadcast data those bits that are coming into the device 388 00:21:08,960 --> 00:21:13,240 Speaker 1: into a viewable flow of video. So on mobile devices 389 00:21:13,280 --> 00:21:15,600 Speaker 1: that would be the app on your laptop, that would 390 00:21:15,600 --> 00:21:17,879 Speaker 1: be a browser or desktop. I don't know why I 391 00:21:17,880 --> 00:21:19,960 Speaker 1: just said laptop. I guess they just assume people don't 392 00:21:20,080 --> 00:21:23,840 Speaker 1: use desktops anymore. Sorry, gamers, I love you. I have 393 00:21:23,880 --> 00:21:26,920 Speaker 1: a desktop at home too. As the app becomes more popular, 394 00:21:26,960 --> 00:21:30,320 Speaker 1: scalability becomes an issue. So as the system gets used 395 00:21:30,359 --> 00:21:32,919 Speaker 1: more heavily, it can dynamically adjust the quality of the 396 00:21:32,960 --> 00:21:35,440 Speaker 1: transmitted video. So, in other words, if a lot of 397 00:21:35,440 --> 00:21:38,400 Speaker 1: people are periscoping from a particular location at a time 398 00:21:38,440 --> 00:21:41,520 Speaker 1: where a lot of people are are loading up the service, 399 00:21:42,200 --> 00:21:46,200 Speaker 1: the quality of the video can be downgraded to adjust 400 00:21:46,280 --> 00:21:49,160 Speaker 1: for that. But obviously that only works for a little 401 00:21:49,160 --> 00:21:52,160 Speaker 1: while before people start getting upset at the lower quality. 402 00:21:52,920 --> 00:21:55,560 Speaker 1: So you definitely want to be able to scale up 403 00:21:55,600 --> 00:21:59,240 Speaker 1: the operation as it gets more popular, uh, and that 404 00:21:59,320 --> 00:22:02,840 Speaker 1: could be an issue. Periscope itself is incredibly popular. After 405 00:22:02,960 --> 00:22:07,920 Speaker 1: ten days of launch, they had hit a million users, 406 00:22:08,040 --> 00:22:12,240 Speaker 1: so very popular service. Now I'm gonna wrap this up 407 00:22:12,280 --> 00:22:16,920 Speaker 1: pretty quickly to talk about how periscope has become, uh, 408 00:22:17,040 --> 00:22:19,800 Speaker 1: this big popular thing and some of the concerns people 409 00:22:19,840 --> 00:22:23,440 Speaker 1: have had so already mentioned. It got really popular really 410 00:22:23,480 --> 00:22:26,080 Speaker 1: fast and continues to grow. Second, a lot of that 411 00:22:26,119 --> 00:22:28,240 Speaker 1: growth has been fueled by people in the public eye 412 00:22:28,520 --> 00:22:30,720 Speaker 1: using it to connect with fans or with an audience. 413 00:22:31,040 --> 00:22:35,359 Speaker 1: And I'm talking like legit famous people, so uh, they're 414 00:22:35,440 --> 00:22:37,879 Speaker 1: they're using it in a way to show behind the 415 00:22:37,920 --> 00:22:41,920 Speaker 1: scenes on all sorts of operations, sometimes without clearing it 416 00:22:42,480 --> 00:22:46,240 Speaker 1: with other people first. So if you're an actor and 417 00:22:46,280 --> 00:22:49,080 Speaker 1: you're in a movie or a TV series, and you 418 00:22:49,200 --> 00:22:51,240 Speaker 1: use periscope because you think it's a great way to 419 00:22:51,240 --> 00:22:53,480 Speaker 1: connect with your fan base. That might be true, but 420 00:22:53,560 --> 00:22:57,440 Speaker 1: you also might be broadcasting stuff that the studio would 421 00:22:57,440 --> 00:23:01,560 Speaker 1: prefer you not to show the entire world. Old, I 422 00:23:01,640 --> 00:23:05,000 Speaker 1: appreciate it, but the studio might not same thing with 423 00:23:05,200 --> 00:23:07,960 Speaker 1: writers or really anyone who deals with any you know, 424 00:23:09,320 --> 00:23:14,200 Speaker 1: stuff that could be sensitive material. For instance here and 425 00:23:14,280 --> 00:23:17,240 Speaker 1: how stuff works. I'm I'm since I'm periscoping right now. 426 00:23:17,560 --> 00:23:19,400 Speaker 1: I wanted to make sure that everyone I came into 427 00:23:19,400 --> 00:23:22,560 Speaker 1: contact with knew I was periscoping, so that they would 428 00:23:22,560 --> 00:23:25,800 Speaker 1: have the opportunity to put on their best face. So 429 00:23:26,080 --> 00:23:30,040 Speaker 1: we don't get any moments of someone having a maybe 430 00:23:30,040 --> 00:23:32,760 Speaker 1: a moment they don't want broadcast to the entire world. 431 00:23:33,080 --> 00:23:36,040 Speaker 1: So it's it's actually requiring us to think about being 432 00:23:36,119 --> 00:23:39,359 Speaker 1: courteous online. And you don't have to be famous to 433 00:23:39,359 --> 00:23:41,320 Speaker 1: get a following on periscope, or at least you don't 434 00:23:41,359 --> 00:23:44,200 Speaker 1: have to start off being famous to get a following. 435 00:23:44,240 --> 00:23:47,040 Speaker 1: You could get a big following and become famous that way. 436 00:23:47,080 --> 00:23:50,159 Speaker 1: A couple of people have actually already and it's not 437 00:23:50,200 --> 00:23:52,960 Speaker 1: even that old of an app. Some people are even 438 00:23:53,040 --> 00:23:57,320 Speaker 1: using it to create live entertainment events. So they're making 439 00:23:57,359 --> 00:24:00,560 Speaker 1: a like almost like a live television show, complete with 440 00:24:00,640 --> 00:24:05,920 Speaker 1: effects and different characters. And it's really incredible to think, 441 00:24:05,960 --> 00:24:08,280 Speaker 1: like it's like the old days of live radio and 442 00:24:08,359 --> 00:24:13,520 Speaker 1: live TV. Uh there's something really special about being present 443 00:24:13,640 --> 00:24:16,440 Speaker 1: when something is happening for real, like when it's happening 444 00:24:16,520 --> 00:24:19,960 Speaker 1: at that time. And uh, I really love That's my 445 00:24:20,000 --> 00:24:22,679 Speaker 1: favorite one of my favorite things about live theater, and 446 00:24:22,720 --> 00:24:25,000 Speaker 1: now it's one of my favorite things about this live streaming. 447 00:24:26,119 --> 00:24:28,200 Speaker 1: But there is this big concern about privacy, and it's 448 00:24:28,200 --> 00:24:31,040 Speaker 1: not just about the location data. It's also about those 449 00:24:31,080 --> 00:24:33,359 Speaker 1: people around you who may not want their faces or 450 00:24:33,480 --> 00:24:37,680 Speaker 1: voices broadcast to the general public. So personally, what I've 451 00:24:37,720 --> 00:24:40,359 Speaker 1: I've taken upon myself is when I'm walking through a neighborhood. 452 00:24:40,440 --> 00:24:44,000 Speaker 1: I the second live stream I ever did was my 453 00:24:44,119 --> 00:24:47,040 Speaker 1: walk to work, So if you cut to watch that, boy, 454 00:24:47,560 --> 00:24:49,639 Speaker 1: it was riveting. And when I would walk through a 455 00:24:49,680 --> 00:24:53,800 Speaker 1: public space like a little area of Atlanta called Little 456 00:24:53,800 --> 00:24:56,600 Speaker 1: Five Points, super funky neighborhood. When I was walking through that, 457 00:24:56,720 --> 00:24:59,879 Speaker 1: I had the camera facing forward um as in a 458 00:25:00,000 --> 00:25:02,760 Speaker 1: well rear facing camera really because it was the view 459 00:25:02,880 --> 00:25:05,239 Speaker 1: I had, so you could see the streets, but then 460 00:25:05,280 --> 00:25:07,520 Speaker 1: I would turn down the neighborhood and I would reverse 461 00:25:07,560 --> 00:25:10,119 Speaker 1: the camera view to be on me to protect the 462 00:25:10,119 --> 00:25:13,200 Speaker 1: privacy of the neighbors. That's generally what I was doing, 463 00:25:13,240 --> 00:25:16,920 Speaker 1: just as you know, thoughtfulness for them. I hope that 464 00:25:16,920 --> 00:25:20,040 Speaker 1: that becomes a regular thing for most people. So if 465 00:25:20,040 --> 00:25:22,119 Speaker 1: I'm in a public space, I'll probably switch the camera 466 00:25:22,320 --> 00:25:25,840 Speaker 1: to reflect my view of the world. Uh. And if 467 00:25:25,880 --> 00:25:28,280 Speaker 1: I'm in a space it's not as public, I would 468 00:25:28,320 --> 00:25:32,240 Speaker 1: have it on me instead. There's also a big concern 469 00:25:32,359 --> 00:25:39,120 Speaker 1: about piracy. So you probably heard about some of these events. Um, 470 00:25:39,240 --> 00:25:41,879 Speaker 1: the Periscope CEO has said that periscope is a pretty 471 00:25:42,040 --> 00:25:45,160 Speaker 1: terrible tool for piracy because you're getting standard definition video 472 00:25:45,320 --> 00:25:49,680 Speaker 1: and a little bitty screen. Uh, it's forced in portrait mode. 473 00:25:49,680 --> 00:25:51,600 Speaker 1: You can't do it in landscape. I mean, you could 474 00:25:51,640 --> 00:25:54,880 Speaker 1: put the phone sideways in landscape, but if you do that, 475 00:25:55,040 --> 00:25:57,840 Speaker 1: then everyone else has to turn their device sideways. Anyone 476 00:25:57,880 --> 00:26:00,080 Speaker 1: watching on the Internet has to, like through a brows 477 00:26:00,200 --> 00:26:03,000 Speaker 1: has to turn their head. Uh, and all the chat 478 00:26:03,080 --> 00:26:09,240 Speaker 1: and hearts will come out sideways too, So not ideal. Uh. Also, 479 00:26:10,240 --> 00:26:14,679 Speaker 1: you you know, you can't really do that according to 480 00:26:14,720 --> 00:26:17,600 Speaker 1: the terms of service on periscope, the broadcast of any 481 00:26:17,800 --> 00:26:20,479 Speaker 1: material that's under copyright is against the term of service 482 00:26:20,840 --> 00:26:23,360 Speaker 1: and you can be banned as a result of doing that. 483 00:26:24,000 --> 00:26:28,640 Speaker 1: So not a good idea to do that. Uh, it's 484 00:26:28,640 --> 00:26:31,000 Speaker 1: not a great experience. But there have been some big 485 00:26:31,040 --> 00:26:34,080 Speaker 1: televised events that have been broadcast over a periscope that 486 00:26:34,160 --> 00:26:37,199 Speaker 1: kind of raised this question. Big one being the and 487 00:26:37,240 --> 00:26:39,200 Speaker 1: I'm sure you guys have figured this one out already, 488 00:26:39,480 --> 00:26:44,040 Speaker 1: the season five premiere of Game of Thrones, because of 489 00:26:44,080 --> 00:26:49,280 Speaker 1: course it was Game of Thrones, being an incredibly piratable material. 490 00:26:49,359 --> 00:26:52,439 Speaker 1: Everyone loves to talk about how it's been pirated so 491 00:26:52,480 --> 00:26:56,639 Speaker 1: many different times. Um, it happened on the season five premiere. 492 00:26:56,680 --> 00:26:59,359 Speaker 1: It also happened during the Floyd Mayweather fight that was 493 00:26:59,560 --> 00:27:03,520 Speaker 1: a huge deal where something like ninety different periscope streams 494 00:27:03,520 --> 00:27:06,640 Speaker 1: were going out, but many of them were issued takedown notices, 495 00:27:07,000 --> 00:27:10,080 Speaker 1: and of the ones that were not, they ended before 496 00:27:10,080 --> 00:27:13,320 Speaker 1: the fight did, possibly because of hearing about the takedown 497 00:27:13,320 --> 00:27:16,000 Speaker 1: notices that we're going out to other people. So my 498 00:27:16,119 --> 00:27:18,800 Speaker 1: question for you guys wrapping this up is what do 499 00:27:18,840 --> 00:27:21,680 Speaker 1: you think about live streaming in general? Do you see 500 00:27:21,680 --> 00:27:25,920 Speaker 1: this as being a new form of entertainment and information, 501 00:27:26,400 --> 00:27:29,919 Speaker 1: a new way of sharing with friends and family. Or 502 00:27:30,040 --> 00:27:36,080 Speaker 1: is it just the top of egotistical, self centered obsession, 503 00:27:37,320 --> 00:27:39,800 Speaker 1: like the kind I have in my heart. Do you 504 00:27:39,840 --> 00:27:41,600 Speaker 1: feel that way or do you think that this is 505 00:27:41,640 --> 00:27:44,800 Speaker 1: something that's really awesome and you look forward to using it, 506 00:27:44,880 --> 00:27:48,000 Speaker 1: either as just a passive viewer or as maybe a 507 00:27:48,040 --> 00:27:51,920 Speaker 1: broadcaster yourself. I'm curious to hear your thoughts. I would 508 00:27:52,000 --> 00:27:54,840 Speaker 1: love to hear them, so if you want to share 509 00:27:54,880 --> 00:27:57,160 Speaker 1: them with me and you're not on the periscope stream 510 00:27:57,240 --> 00:27:59,240 Speaker 1: right now, the best way to do it is to 511 00:27:59,280 --> 00:28:02,359 Speaker 1: send me an email hell and that address is text 512 00:28:02,400 --> 00:28:05,440 Speaker 1: stuff at how stuff works dot com, or you can 513 00:28:05,520 --> 00:28:08,720 Speaker 1: drop me a line on Twitter or Facebook. I hang 514 00:28:08,720 --> 00:28:11,440 Speaker 1: out at both of those places. The handle you should 515 00:28:11,520 --> 00:28:15,480 Speaker 1: use is tech stuff hs W and I will talk 516 00:28:15,520 --> 00:28:24,560 Speaker 1: to you again really soon. For more on this and 517 00:28:24,640 --> 00:28:36,359 Speaker 1: battens another topping a staff works dot com