I was chatting with my cousin Harun (a.k.a. Haza) the other day and dropped a note about why i love working with blip.tv. After rereading it, I thought it is worth publishing.
I consider myself very lucky that i get paid to do what i love to do. I consider myself blessed when i get to do this for a client that i really believe in.
Blip.tv represents a paradigm shift in mass media. Where there is now TV, there is an expanding alternative called blip.tv: a free platform for serialized media distribution across a plethora of distribution channels. People make “shows” and put them on blip.tv for free. Blip distributes them and one day you will be watching these shows on TV just like any other show except these shows were created by your friends, family, and colleagues.
Imagine turning on your TV and watching a show produced by real people about things that really engage you. Imagine feeling a sense of trust in what you are watching. Not a blind trust, but a trust that comes from knowing exactly what went into the media you are consuming. This is a world that i see blip.tv creating. A world that transcends apathy by offering reality.
Of course blip.tv content can not be beyond corruption. Corruption is inherent in democracy. But at least at blip.tv it is transparent and peer reviewed.
Working with the blip.tv team feels like working with the US forefathers: we’re creating history and I’m proud to be part of it.
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