Ourmedia: Online Storage for the World
Working with folks in the two-thirds world where bandwidth is limited, many folks don't own their own computer (think internet cafes and schools) and hotmail and yahoomail are the mail services of choice, finding a way to store and share files is a big deal. Have great music or photos to share? No way with hotmail. So it was a kick to read about Ourmedia, a collaboration of folks from "the creative community, technologists, educators, librarians and others interested in spreading digital culture are backing the ourmedia project. Leading the effort are Marc Canter, a well-known technologist and open standards evangelist who co-founded the company that became software giant Macromedia, and J.D. Lasica, a veteran journalist, editor with the Online Journalism Review, and evangelist for participatory media."
From ourmedia Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs): "What's the big idea here?The idea is pretty simple: People who create video, music, photos, audio clips and other personal media can store their stuff for free on ourmedia's servers forever, as long as they're willing to share their works with a global audience.
Backed by the Internet Archive, ourmedia's goal is to expose, advance and preserve digital creativity at the grassroots level. The site will serve as a central gathering spot where professionals and amateurs come together to share works, offer tips and tutorials, and interact in a combination community space and virtual library that will preserve these works for future generations. And we want to enable people anywhere in the world to tap into this rich repository of media and create image albums, movie and music jukeboxes and more."
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posted by Nancy White at 5:11 PM
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