Over the past 3 months I have been heavily involved in building an internal Video Platform with some valuable social network add-ons. It has been a fantastic experience with its fair share of challenges. Managing the project scope has been the most time-consuming. There was no shortage of innovative ideas. With YouTube being the highest standard of Video Sharing Site to benchmark against, users expect alot even from a low cost custom built solution. Anyway, its always nice to have a solid role model. There was such a long shopping list of rich functionality we could have added but in reality this would have seriously delayed the launch until Christimas. As it is we will launch with some cool features this Summer and then package the other requirements for a Phase II and III for later releases. So what bells and whistles will it have to offer when launched? So far: RSS feed, Embed (HTML Code to Other Sites), Email Link to Friends, Video of the Week, Feedback to Contributor, Upload a Video, Download a Video, Add Channels Dynamically, FAQ, Tag with Keywords, Rate The Video, Search, Select by Most Recent, Select by Channel, and Select Alphabetically. Finally, what is the relevance to Training? Well, we have setup a Training Channel so anyone can upload their training videos for all associates to view or download. So what potential enhancements could future releases include? Perhaps Language Interfaces, Add a Comment, Mobile Access, Your Personal Subscribed Channels, Video Blogs, Share on Other Social Networks, etc. This I feel is a terrific example of social networking at its very best.
Saturday, July 18, 2009
Launching a Video Platform
Over the past 3 months I have been heavily involved in building an internal Video Platform with some valuable social network add-ons. It has been a fantastic experience with its fair share of challenges. Managing the project scope has been the most time-consuming. There was no shortage of innovative ideas. With YouTube being the highest standard of Video Sharing Site to benchmark against, users expect alot even from a low cost custom built solution. Anyway, its always nice to have a solid role model. There was such a long shopping list of rich functionality we could have added but in reality this would have seriously delayed the launch until Christimas. As it is we will launch with some cool features this Summer and then package the other requirements for a Phase II and III for later releases. So what bells and whistles will it have to offer when launched? So far: RSS feed, Embed (HTML Code to Other Sites), Email Link to Friends, Video of the Week, Feedback to Contributor, Upload a Video, Download a Video, Add Channels Dynamically, FAQ, Tag with Keywords, Rate The Video, Search, Select by Most Recent, Select by Channel, and Select Alphabetically. Finally, what is the relevance to Training? Well, we have setup a Training Channel so anyone can upload their training videos for all associates to view or download. So what potential enhancements could future releases include? Perhaps Language Interfaces, Add a Comment, Mobile Access, Your Personal Subscribed Channels, Video Blogs, Share on Other Social Networks, etc. This I feel is a terrific example of social networking at its very best.
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still think the challenge is setting it free from heavy handed controls and censorship. If too restrictive, peeps will go back to youtube. Look forward to seeing how it develops and goes 'viral'.
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