Another year has passed us all, and 2008 beckons tomorrow. For those not out and about this New Years Eve, here’s a few places you can join the experience online:
Video Streaming Sites
Sites such as Ustream, Kyte, Justin.tv and others will have many users live stream the new year from where ever they are.
Twitter will provide a rolling text version on NYE around the world. The first off the mark are two new Twitter friends I met today, Eli and n8duke, who are both located in Antarctica.
I did a brief interview today with Eli, one of the two most remote Twitter users on the planet:
how long have you been down there?
I’ve been living (and working) at McMurdo Station (on Ross Island) for 3 months, and I’ve got about 6 more weeks to go before the end of the summer season.
How long have you been using Twitter?
my first tweet was posted on 07/07/07 and i’ve really loved it from the very beginning.
Do you find Twitter helps narrow the distance to the rest of the world?
definitely. i have friends all over the planet (US, Europe, etc) using twitter right now and it makes it so easy to stay in touch. it is especially helpful for me down here because the internet connection is pretty terrible, so it’s nice to just hope on to twitter, type a few characters, and be done with it.
What are you doing for new years eve? will you be watching others on the net?
well, it’s 10:45pm on new years eve for me right now, so in a few minutes i’m going to suit up in me ECW (extreme cold weather) gear and hike to the top of Observation Hill with some friends. there’s about 6 inches of snow on the ground (in the summer!) and it’s still snowing. we’re going to bring in the new year in true antarctic fashion!
There’s also live streaming cams as well.
Earthcam is streaming NY NYE live, -5 GMT. MSN is promising a live NYE feed as well, but just don’t try to open the link on a Mac, or not in IE…ouch.
If anyone else has some NYE live links let us know in the comments.
Update: BlogTV has a live zone here.
Alternatively, you could just shut down your computer and relax for a day
Jon
Hello Michael, Happy New Year to you, your team, family and friends. Cheers!!!
Happy new year for all of you. May 2008 be the best year.
Nuno
thanks for the links of Eli and n8duke.
All the best for 2008.
Twitter’s an awesome tool, to stay in touch with those on the opposite side of the planet. In my case the Philippines.
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Happy New Year!! Buon 2008
Happy New Year TechCrunch.
Happy New Year!
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S.O.S.
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I can’t stop watching my LCD monitor… Happy New Year!
Wish you all Happy New year! Cheers!
There is Radiohead.tv too. They are streaming live tonight at 12pm.
Happy New Years!
2008 is going to be the year LiveCasting breaks out..
find out what’s on when and where.
http://www.nowhound.com
2008
Anyone know where I can find a feed of Rio de Janeiro’s celebration?
One Live New Years that was missed in this article is partyStrands. partyStrands and MTV are working together to bring in an interactive New Years, people in Time’s Square can use their cell phones to send message, vote on music videos and answer trivia questions. Even better people from home can participate in the event from home at http://www.mystands.com/mtv. Happpyyy New Year from partyStrands & MTV!
partyStrands will be launching in january check out the website at http://www.partystrands.com!
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Happy New Year everyone!
Coming live from cell phones across the globe are New Year celebrations on http://www.qik.com.
Happy New Year!
I was on Kyte when everyone was ringing in the new year. I shared some of my new year’s celebration via video to join the online party. It was great seeing other’s new year’s experience. You get an up-close and personal engagement that can’t always, or ever, be seen on regular tv!
Another wants to share their new year’s pictures should make a channel on Kyte and share it! Plus, it can also be embedded on myspace or facebook. I have it embedded on facebook and it makes it easier to show my friends
Feliz Año Nuevo, desde Costa Rica!!
PURA VIDA !!!
Soon we’ll all be watching other people celebrate, and they can watch us watching them and we can watch them watching us…
There is a crazy website that I found.
These guys are staying awake and celebrating all of the time zones and counting them all down.
It wasn’t your usual new year’s show. I laughed myself sick. Or it could have been the alcohol. I’m no longer sure.
Check this place out.
http://www.bren...ivenewyears.com
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