You probably didn’t even think about this possibility, but it was inevitable. I mean, people are finding new and unique ways to use video online every day.

It seems Viddler community evangelist, Colin Devroe has been putting together a WordPress plugin to allow the comments section of WordPress blogs to contain video.

Here’s a sample of what he’s put together on his own blog — with some folks already eagerly posting video comments. Interesting for sure!

Are you ready to adopt the idea? Are your readers ready to reply with video?

Well… I’m messing with Ustream.tv and CamTwist (a Mac application) to do a live broadcast today. Nothing too special, mostly just testing the limits of the system.

You might see me in action. You might see my desktop whilst I work away. Or you might just see a bunch of clips I’ve loaded up for playback.

Tune in… Today only! Too late. You missed the fun.

UPDATE: After a full afternoon of broadcasting nothing important, I have to say I’m impressed. I really liked the simplicity of Ustream, especially coupled with two Mac applications: CamTwist (which lets me pick different media sources like my web cam, my DV cam, my desktop, saved movies, or slide shows, and lets me add effects, images, text, etc… all on the fly) and Sound Flower. With Sound Flower I was able to jack my audio out, directly to my audio in so that pre-recorded movies could stream with sound over Ustream. The only bad part with Sound Flower is no “monitor” to actually hear what’s streaming. Guess I need another computer to listen in.

All in all, I had a couple dozen people pop in and out, and a few positive comments from folks who see the potential of this.

In the future, I do plan to stream some other things (and give people plenty of warning that I will be broadcasting). Today was just an experiment. Kind of fun too.

Interested? Try it out for yourself: Ustream.tv

I got to fiddling around with live streaming video today. (In this case I was messing with Ustream.tv.) Some things are very long, and videos of them might not be watched due to length. But if live, one could tune in and tune out at any point during the event.

Anyway, it really got me thinking, and wondering…

What events, activities, information, or other stuff would YOU watch if it were offered live?

Would you watch the Central Iowa Bloggers meetup at PaneraU every first Friday, if you couldn’t make it? I would probably tune in if I couldn’t make it.

Would you watch the Big Dream Gathering? I didn’t know about the first one and couldn’t make the last one, but was very curious about it. I might have watched, at least part of it.

How about the IowaBiz.com Breakfast held every month? It’s early in the A.M. and might be tough for some people to attend. Would you tune in live?

What about McLellan Marketing’s Branding Breakfast? I’ve (shamefully) never been and would at least like to see what I’m missing.

What about your church service if you’re sick. Or a seminar if you couldn’t get away from work? How about events at the Iowa State Fair? Maybe your city council meeting?

What about daycare, would you tune in to see what your kids were doing? What about classrooms?

What else (or who else) would you watch live online?

If you’re a business, how could you leverage live web-based video broadcasting?

Don’t be shy. Post below… we’d all benefit from your ramblings.

One of my favorite ongoing viral video campaigns is Blend Tech’s video series, Will It Blend?

In true guerrilla marketing fashion, they regularly release a new video featuring the company’s president using their product in highly unconventional ways.

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I enjoyed this video, and take comfort in knowing that not only does my wife not buy such things for me, she also doesn’t expect them in return. I guess that might be considered bad news for Blend Tech… although they do say “don’t try this at home.”

If you haven’t seen the series, be sure to check out their YouTube channel page. They blend everything from broom handles to footballs… light bulbs to iPods… iPhones to crow bars… and everything in between.

These are fun, but it leads me to my question: In what ways could you use your product or service in a unique way that would generate attention and get people talking? Any ideas? Post ‘em! If not, ask… maybe we can all help you come up with an idea!

Is there interesting technology being used and developed in Iowa? You bet there is! And to prove it, I have teamed up with my friend Andy Brudtkuhl to bring it to you. In the very near future, you’ll start to see videos about technology in Iowa at techiniowa.com (be patient, we’re almost there).

To kick things off for our first episode, Andy recently talked with Des Moines business owner, Nathan Wright of Lava Row about social media. I thought it was a great discussion! (video below)

What do you think?

If you know any folks doing some interesting things with technology, drop me or Andy a note and we’ll add them to our list.

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