From Lifecasting to Live Shows

Michael Agnes, Editor in Cheif of Webster’s Dictionary, named the word of 2008 to be “overshare.” They said they chose it because of current trends of sharing current information and the good/bad effects of the practice. Overshare is the equivalent of “too much information,” slips of the toungue, and letting people know about the intimate details in your life. Online profiles show your interestes and habbits so it’s often easy to overshare. The bad part is that the information is there for all to see and can have deleterious side effects on your life.

Oversharers describes it as, “anyone who publicly shares embarrassingly intimate–or gross and disgusting–details of their lives, right out there where anyone can read them.” It’s a pretty funny blog with tweets and facebook posts.

I learned about this word in 2007 and 2008 when I started lifecasting on JTV. Justin Kan offered me the opportunity to stream live to thousands of people watching the ultimate reality TV show. 24/7 raw, live and uncut. Myself and several others became lifecasters on the beta site. This experience changed my life and taught me about live video on the web. It was so cool to be the first to do something so cool! I’m one of the first live streaming lifecasters popularized by JTV. Today, I lifecast in a more professional and brand safe way on various websites. Lifecasting doesn’t have to be 24/7 live video of every detail of your life.

Today I’m here to announce that I’m hosting segments on Justin.tv for Pop17. Pop17 is a web show highlighting trends, internet culture, and micro-celebrity. You can expect Pop17 live Monday-Thursday PST starting this Thursday. I look forward to seeing you there! Here are the best submissions for the design contest:

Vote on the winners in the comments:

A. Branded Kirkman

B. Rudy Cuestas

C. Leon Bacud

I will send the winner a Poken. A poken is your ‘social business card.’ it’s the easy way to share your contact details and online social networks in the real world.  just hold two poken palms together – high4! – and you’re connected.