Homo Viator

Is Youtube going to create more content, or better, professionally re-mix user generated content into Youtube branded content? At DLD Youtube had its own little studio and they were also present at the WEF in Davos. Attending the WEF in Davos is a clear goal of my life. It is the ultimate conference! In my last job I was able to visit the WEF Africa Summit and was hooked from the moment I set foot in that conference building. The WEF in davos of course has a different scale. Rumors have it that only CEOs of companies with minimum revenues of $5 Billion are invited to the conference. Well, never say never, but I guess it should be somewhat easier for me to get invited via a Press Status. I am currently applying for the official international Press ID and should be able to get it. As soon as I have it I will apply for a Davos ticket for next year. Some dreams one should not dream for too long, right?!

Next to the world`s biggest CEOs Davos also invites Nobel Prize winners and political and religious leaders. I have watched many Davos videos from my favorite Video bloggers Scoble and Le Meur. While Le Meur is funnier, Scoble is the more famous blogger. In fact, he is apparently the most read blogger of all times and for many the key evangelist of tech news. The simplicity of his blog design is striking, isn`t it?

Both bloggers use a site called qik, which allows life video streaming via your mobile phone. While some may argue that the sound and quality suck, I think that those little videos give me the feeling of really being there, live. Much more than I get from a professionally produced news reel. Check it out! And qik is so wonderfully interactive. While filming with his Nokia N 95s (still the best multimedia phone there is. iPhone go home!) Scoble and Le Meur would get instant feedback from their viewers and pose questions from their audience, live to their interviewees. That my friends is the future of news broadcasting.

Anyway, back to Youtube. Youtube created a special kind of video for the event: The Davos Question. It features a quick summary of questions and arguments from Youtube users around the world that many world leaders were confronted with in Davos. Great initiative I think!