Skypecasting

Skype wants to conference in the whole world.

The next version of Skype will enable people to post a link on a blog or Web site that will take people to a public chat room when clicked on, he said during a question-and-answer session during dinner. The live chats would be “Skypecasts,” which Zennstrom described as public conversations or audio conferences that people can moderate.

Let’s be honest, its basically a conference call, nothing incredibly special here. But it is interesting to think about the real-world social implications of a blogging community. Comments and other interactive principles allow groups to interact textually but letting them all speak at once is a whole other can of worms.  What could you do with this anyway?  Big virtual conferences, broadcast to hundreds of participants (instead of listeners).  Basically extending the sort of huge, anytime gathering power of the web.  Flash-mob, VOIP style.

Add comment November 9th, 2006