There's more humor in that than might be known to many. There's an old story of how Steve Wozniak (Apple computer founder-need I say?) who, back in the day, besides making Blue Box's and other phreaking equipment made a handheld VHF TV transmitter which would jam the frequencies of various television channels. He would cruise around his Cali 'burb on SuperBowl night and just when there's was about to be a big play, flip on the transmitter and jam the station, watching all the brutes stomp up and down via their living room window, frantically re-arranging their antennas trying to see what happened (pure analog, no DTV replay here!).

Ha! Nerds be 'venged. (Damn, what's the word I'm looking for?)

Mark

Btw, Ryan, nice work man! I'm impressed and encouraged.

There's more humor in that than might be known to many. There's an old story of how Steve Wozniak (Apple computer founder-need I say?) who, back in the day, besides making Blue Box's and other phreaking equipment made a handheld VHF TV transmitter which would jam the frequencies of various television channels. He would cruise around his Cali 'burb on SuperBowl night and just when there's was about to be a big play, flip on the transmitter and jam the station, watching all the brutes stomp up and down via their living room window, frantically re-arranging their antennas trying to see what happened (pure analog, no DTV replay here!).

Ha! Nerds be 'venged. (Damn, what's the word I'm looking for?)

Mark

Btw, Ryan, nice work man! I'm impressed and encouraged.

From reading/watching your post it seems that you have the “flow”
down. People come to SetJam, search for a show, find the show easily,
watch show, repeat. All the extra fluff, the clips, bios, and long
descriptions aren't needed.

I'd love a system that tells me when my new shows are available.
Hulu's queue is a great idea, but the implementation is terrible (or
I'm not smart enough to use it.) I like 10 shows, just tell me when
new ones are available! This could be part of the “TV Identities” you
mentioned.

Good luck! If you ever need testers or feedback, let me know.

Greg

As to illegal content, we're filtering that out for a number of reasons.
First, we want to develop a community that can be a voice back to the
content companies, so we can change some of the things that are wrong about
distribution. We lose that voice once we index illegal stuff. Second, love
good TV and we know that if it all goes illegal, companies won't be able to
invest to create it. We don't want a world where the only thing that exists
is user-generated content. Finally, we want SetJam to be a place where
people can store their “TV Identities” for the long-term, so they have
ratings and favorites that will work anywhere. We can't be a safe place for
people if we're doing things that are illegal.

That's where we're at now. Who knows how this is all going to change over
the next couple of years though.

If I search for a show and nothing is free online, does telling me it's available on Netflix help? If I had a Netflix account, I'd be there. If I don't, there's probably a reason.

I think it's smart to index things Google doesn't. What is your opinion on less than ideal video hosts? Flickpeek.com is a great place to find videos, they have HBO shows too. http://www.flickpeek.com/tv-shows/True-Blood/ Would you index that site? If so, how would you add value that they don't?

Great post. Love the transparency. I have a much better grasp of SetJam now (than I did after NYTech Meetup).

Keep up the great work.

I'd like to know if you have any plans for an API? I understand there are obviously business reasons why that may not be a good idea but accessing your show information could really help out an indie developer like myself.