I wanted to point out that this month is apparently "The Mobile & Media Investment Month" of the year.
In one week - 6 companies in the mobile/media markets received venture capital funding - take a look:
Aug 8th: Intercasting - mobile blogging - $5.5 million
Aug 9th: Amp'd Mobile - mobile content - $60 million
Aug 9th: PacketHop - RealTime Multicasting Video - $10 million
Aug 10th: Veoh Networks - Internet/P2P TV - undisclosed
Aug 10th: Odeo - Podcast support system/service - undisclosed
Aug 10th: Podshow - Podcasting network - $8.85 million
That's approximately $90 million in Venture Capital in 1 week!
We'll see a few more before the year is over - things are starting to boil - next year is looking like a hot year for technology. The mobile Web will start being embraced - more mobile services will be launched - podcasting is solidifying - blogging is in flames like a forest fire - and music continues to plug away with more artists and bands taking the independent route than every before.
We have API's opening sites - we have protocols to glue them together - we have developers taking advantage of all this data, and we have new ways to experience and cross relate everything because of this. What will it lead to? Increased perception - new visions - realizations and discoveries. I'm sure this is all sounding a bit too optimistic, but what we need to keep in mind here, is that new metodologies based on content and data relationships will change the way we consider information - it will change how we use it - and it will definately change how we access it.
This my friends, is the end of the 'Information Age' and the start of the new era and onto the recontextualizatoin of media and information.
On a social level - you can point to the whole 'Remix' and 'MashUp' perspective that's taking off. On a business level, we have people 'remixing RSS/XML feeds,' creating new ways to drive and expose data. And, from a personal perspective, we are empowering people with more control over their time with time-shifted entertainment, mobile technology and location based services over mobile.
How does this effect me as a developer and site owner?
I'm excited about the Web again - my enthusiasm for what I'm working on with ArtistServer and the MediaServer System platform is volumes greater than my intial push that got me started on all of this five years ago. To give you an idea on the effects of this, I've completed more updates to the platform ArtistServer runs on in the last year than the previous 4 years added up.
Back to the Venture Capital... I am interested in and looking for investors for ArtistServer and MediaServer System - please contact me through the site for more information.
