We've been trying out ooVoo as a means for conducting interviews online. It's not perfect, but it's pretty darned good. Meanwhile, I just saw this article about ooVoo's plans to bring "high definition picture phones" to our living rooms. Here's the link: http://www.ecommercetimes.com/rsstory/62257.html. Because this particular use doesn't really have an ad angle, I won't run it on the Videoactive Report site, but it's still an interesting scheme--especially in light of our experiments these past few days.

There's a long tradition among news gatherers to hoodwink readers, listeners, and viewers on this day with some sort of bogus news story that seems "close, but not quite." Because we're all well-conditioned to treat stories on this day with some skepticism, it's pretty harmless fun for the most part.
 
When writing today's Videoactive Report, I considered continuing the tradition. Only problem was, every story I dreamed up didn't seem so far-fetched. More to the point, it seems I run something at least once a month that I greet with extreme doubt at first glance.

Call me a skeptic, but the latest DRTV products "review site" leaves me a bit underwhelmed. I came across AsSeenOnTV.info (http://www.asotv.info/) while trolling through YouTube. The comment there suggested that this new product review site had Web 2.0 geneaology, so excitedly I clicked, and pfffft ... nada. No *consumer* reviews, no networking, no commenting.
 

Check out this site, which appears to be from the U.K. version of the Pork Producers board.
    
 http://www.pigsareworthit.com/lyrics.html
 
I confess that I find the "Stand By Your Man" spoof somewhat amusing, but what I really like is the "iPig player." Everybody knows how to work one of those, right? Even better, it works.