Call for Help: Resurrected

Being a huge TechTV fan, when I read on Digg that Chris Pirillo had started a new pseudo call for help, I was instantly curious. Because really, every TechTV fan has at one point or another secretly wished that somehow all of those people could make a tech show and be paid as handsomely as any actor or actress who stars on the next CSI spin-off. Alas, however, this is not the case. But through following their expliots, I have come across some interesting tech for consuming the same content but in new and free options. My favorite examples are Diggnation, which is based on the social news website Kevin Rose created (by the way, my profile page is here) and This Week in Tech (or TWiT as its seen around the net), and now I've found another. Chris Pirillo Live, as its called, is vastly different then Diggnation's videocast or TWiT's podcast, but more akin to the word netcast then how Leo Laporte tried to coin the term (find out why podcast might be a hot term here). People open the page, and on it streams a live webcam with Chris Pirillo's happy mug on it as he answers questions from a chat room on the page. This chat room, when viewed as it was being dugg last night, quickly devolved into a melting pot of obscurity and internet slang. The good news though is that he promised that tomorrow would be different as there would be more serious people and not the entire Digg community, unmoderated.

That unmoderation and what Pirillo himself said was the most damning thing about Digg users in general. Their language and breadth of topics do not stray very far from the sort of racist and homophobic banter of Xbox Live on Halo 2. The majority of the questions were pretty much this:

Do you play Counter Strike: Source? No
Where did you go to school and what was your major? University of Iowa, Magna Cum Laude, English
Who is your hawt asian girlfriend? My wife Ponzi (Latthanapon Indharasophang), met on Match.com but use manyfishinthesea.com!
Do a barrel roll. (ytmnd reference)
Put a shoe on your head. (urban dictionary definition)
What car do you drive? (Didn't pay attention)
Do you play World of Warcraft? No
What do you do for a living? "This!" He exclaims.
Why are you acting like a tool? (laughter)

Welp, I'm holding Chris to his word and checking it out tonight whats in store. Not sure if I'll ask any questions but on thing is for sure...


...its gonna be entertaining.