tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6609084580606464400.post6915132354144948937..comments2023-04-01T07:38:50.007+01:00Comments on Beware of the Sorrell: TV Programs Will Become SoftwareMark Sorrellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05073823684975353199noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6609084580606464400.post-88001840080593166102011-09-23T12:54:05.045+01:002011-09-23T12:54:05.045+01:00'Software is eating the world', Marc Andre...'Software is eating the world', Marc Andreessen.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6609084580606464400.post-11928649709149149842011-09-12T23:37:36.516+01:002011-09-12T23:37:36.516+01:00I'm not aware with many people being especiall...I'm not aware with many people being especially unhappy with iPlayer or Hulu or Netfix on a technical level, so it's not something I'd have particular concerns about, especially given we're talking about something that isn't likely to be a reality for some unknowable time in the future.<br /><br />My girlfriend assures me she was very patient when Lambing Live went down, and having presided over several remarkably long delays with earlier, interactive internet TV productions, generally the sense of 'doing it live' helps, lifts back the curtain for the audience.<br /><br />I'd certainly hope that the technical solution would be one that was well suited to the intended use, and intended users, of course. I can't begin to imagine a situation where that wouldn't be the case.<br /><br />If we're talking broadcast, the 'I just want to sit down and not think, even a bit' kind of TV, I don't see any particular problems with the technical delivery. It'll take a while to get there, of course, but I can't see any particular reasons to worry.<br /><br />If I'm honest, I'm not hugely sure what you're trying to say.Mark Sorrellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05073823684975353199noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6609084580606464400.post-68188384775881050572011-09-12T23:23:27.707+01:002011-09-12T23:23:27.707+01:00Software is, generally speaking, buggy. It's b...Software is, generally speaking, buggy. It's broken in many interesting and diverse ways - the broken-ness increasing in frequency and surprise as the context of the software becomes more complex. <br /><br />While it might be simple to make something that works in a straightforward way in a complex space, it will be far harder to predict what it will do.<br /><br />We're all used to this in stuff that is software, but the audience for a <i>broadcast</i> may be less tolerant. Do you hope that whoever is making this software is especially sympathetic to the new-media needs of broadcasters and audience? Can we imagine that those teams are thinking as fast as the individuals who would seek to exploit a new mass of software and users?James Lyndsayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11040265095413500219noreply@blogger.com