{"id":552,"date":"2008-01-01T15:07:29","date_gmt":"2008-01-01T20:07:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/josh.ev9.org\/weblog\/archives\/552"},"modified":"2008-01-02T20:02:24","modified_gmt":"2008-01-03T01:02:24","slug":"aloha-hulu","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/josh.ev9.org\/weblog\/archives\/552","title":{"rendered":"Aloha Hulu"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" align=\"right\" id=\"image551\" alt=\"Hulu Screenshot\" src=\"http:\/\/josh.ev9.org\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/01\/hulu.png\" \/><\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;m giving <a title=\"Hulu\" href=\"http:\/\/www.hulu.com\">Hulu<\/a> a shot. So far it&#8217;s pretty sweet. Don&#8217;t be mistaken, the success of a service like Hulu is greatly dependent on <em>one<\/em> thing: the programming. And I don&#8217;t mean software programming. It&#8217;s all about the shows, baby.<\/p>\n<p>When it comes to programming, Hulu&#8217;s got a great start. There&#8217;s a bunch of shows on there that I like a lot, and a few I&#8217;ve been wanting to try out. They even have a few movies.<\/p>\n<p>The interface is pretty seamless as well. I was pleasantly surprised when one episode of The Office ended, the next one started up automatically. Now, you might think this isn&#8217;t a big deal, but really it is when I&#8217;m sitting on my keyster and the computer is plugged into the TV all the way on the other side of the room.<\/p>\n<p>The one thing that they haven&#8217;t figured out is the advertising. Perhaps I&#8217;m not hip to the ad game, but I&#8217;d say playing the same ad over and over every 10 minutes is bad form. In fact, if I see that Cisco ad one more time I think I&#8217;ll scream.<\/p>\n<p>They allow you to create custom clips to share with others, a pretty cool idea. So if you want to send that 2 minute segment of an hour-long show, it&#8217;s no problem&#8230;just create a custom clip.<\/p>\n<p>Frankly, I think Hulu should be just about there in terms of features. If you want to give it a try, go get yourself an invite, on the <a title=\"Hulu\" href=\"http:\/\/www.hulu.com\">main page<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Update: Hmm&#8230;just noticed they do a bit of censoring&#8230;at least for the movies. Strange.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I&#8217;m giving Hulu a shot. So far it&#8217;s pretty sweet. Don&#8217;t be mistaken, the success of a service like Hulu is greatly dependent on one thing: the programming. And I don&#8217;t mean software programming. It&#8217;s all about the shows, baby. When it comes to programming, Hulu&#8217;s got a great start. 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