Aussie Alert!
I've been informed by friends living "Down Under" that DriveTime will be featured on this week's episode of Beyond Tomorrow, the Australian science and technology program. It airs Wednesday night in Australia, which is who-knows-when in Boston (some time on Tuesday?!) I welcome any reviews from Australian residents.
Long-time DriveTime viewers will remember when Kim Watkins took a ride in Studio-A last November.
Update:
Read the official preview description on the Yahoo7 page (note the reference to the "ageing Audi").
posted by Ravi at 7:52 PM
81 Comments:
We hear you ravi… . We are watching your episodes but the bandwidth allocation to this part of the world from your servers are quite narrow, some times it take up to 45min. so how about publish a low resolution edit or Divx format edit.
Don't..
Niran? Are you okay?! I hope you didn't knocked out in mid-comment...
In general, what you get *is* the low-resolution edit. I try to siphon down the data rate and frame rate to make the video files a little smaller.
im watching it right now :), (in aus, on TV)
its 7:45pm on the March 8th 2006
I saw the episode, it is one whilst I type. Cool idea. Love the glovebox email :D
Just saw it then, come for a look.
Yeah, same. It is taken quite a bit of time to load.
Just saw you on Beyond Tomorrow, so came to check it out
Hey Ravi,
Just finished watching the episode on TV. What a great idea... now if only you could get the video feed live to the net :-)
yeah...it was just on 5 mins ago. It was a good story. I'm sure you'll get lots of hits.
They made you out to be slightly weird and crazy, but nothing too bad.
Another Aussie!... Cool idea i didnt know there were such things as Video blogs
G'day Ravi,
Was just watching Beyond Tomorrow. I am in Melbourne Australia.
Congratulations on the idea mate. Must give you a bit of entertainment on your journey to and from work.
Will start to watch your episodes.
Thanks mate,
Jake
g-day i'm from melbourne, australia, and i'm watching you on t.v now, good idea, a little odd though, good luck in the future with this web blog thing are doing!!!!
good luck to all the competitors competing in melbourne for the commonwealth games!!!
cheers!!!!!!!!!!! :)
another aussie, saw the show but taking awhile to download.
great idea
aussie, aussie, aussie
oi, oi, oi
just saw u on t.v,weird idea!!
i like the coffee lid invention better!!
cheers mate
hi ravi
im from melbourne, australia and i watch beyond tomorrow and i think you're doing a great job mate. it's kool how you're broadcasting live from your car! Keep up the grouse work!:)
g,day ravi just watched beond tomorrow and loved the idea! what a great way to meet new people and have a bit o' fun
luke.
sorry im anonamous i dont have a username:P
Hi i'm from Australia. Just saw your show on beyond tomorrow..... You got at least 5 minutes on national tv..... Good Luck dude
im from tassie the small heart shaped state of aus just saying hi and you guys should come here for a visit love the show but the coffee cup was very cool!
Ravi what a cool idea. I spend the day on the road as a private investigator and your blog gave me the idea to do a PI TV blog. I hope you get a heap of hit, and judging by the amount of comment you already are! It only aired a few minutes ago and their already rolling in!
same i saw u down here
Great idea i saw it o tv here in Australia , hope it goes well for you the only people who want to talk to me when i am driving around Melbourne is the POLICE .
tc
Hi Ravi,
Cool idea, impressive.
Well done Ravi. Nice idea!
I'm from Melbourne Australia. Taking a while to dl the clip but thats ok! Keep up the good work!
Hey dude... Just saw you on Beyond Tomorrow. Great idea and an awesome way to utilise your spare time... I will be checking back very reguarly and dropping in to say "Hi" from Down Under again soon...
Adam \m/
Wow ppl r responding really fast
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Hey I'm an Aussie from Sydney and i saw your part on beyond tomorrow, it's a cool idea, do you just drop the people off once you get to work? lol Hope you don't encounter any psycho weirdos out there. Take care c u later
G'day from downunder Ravi,
My name's Taran. I just finished watching your segment on Beyond Tomorrow, it was so wicked:-) Commuting is soooooo frikkin boring most of the time, I drive almost 2 hours a day to and from work!!! Well done on a way of discovering how to fill the time in, ill have to try it. Your segment lasted around 7 minutes and you were portrayed really well. Unfortunately they didnt give yur web address but there is a link to you on the beyond tomorrow site.
You kick arse man, Keep it up and i bet that glovebox'll be pouring for a while to come!!
Love ya work,
Taz, Australia
sweet idea, maybe i should do it while im on the bus
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Hi! Anna here from Sydney. Just saw you on TV. Well done! Couldn't download the video as it took too long, but for 5 mins on prime time TV you would expect to pay close to US $20,000....so good work! Plus you got the reporter to fly over there especially (from what it looked like). I think it is cool when everyday people do stuff that is so appealing to so many :)
Is this the start of another reality show? lol
I can here them now....
RAVI RAVI RAVI!
You the man Ravi lol :)
hey im Tash i live in australia sydney and i watched beyond tommorow cos i got a science assignment due and so i watch beyond tommorow and then liked what u were doing and checked out the site its pretty awesome i wouldnt mind making my own show in the car either so im doing my assignment on your blogs cos its something no one has done before good on ya mate riveting idea!
G-DAY ravi,
another one from down under!!
maybe u can take a different root to work, and drive past my house (somehow) instead of me catching the train and bus to skool, lol
good luck mate, cheers
hi
ditto on the coffe lid invention...
Ravi Ravi Ravi
Oi Oi Oi
You need a slightly wider lens.
Great fun blog!
Cheers Marty
i live in melbourne (the most livable city in the world /and pround of it., australia rocks
and no we do not have kangaroos as pets in our backyards, u stupid americans!!!
g2g, the steak and sausages are burning on the BBQ, it'll go down nice with a cold beer!!
cheers mate
go the coffee lid invention!!!
that rocks
so do u ravi
whos watchin bondi rescue!!
it's bloody awsome
Hey Ravi!
Just watched beyond tomorrow here in Australia and saw your show. Very cool idea! I really enjoyed it. You've just made one new fan! I'll definately be bookmarking this page.
Do you have MSN? I'd love to get in touch with you if possible.
Take care!
im watching u on beyond tommorrow in Aus now...cool idea
australians are awesome!!
so is this dude,
Hi, just watched the segment on Beyond Tomorrow with you in it. Pretty cool.
Hey, You could sound a little excited about being distracted in a car driving crazy streets of Boston whilst avoiding collisions with other vehicles and pedestrians.
First you couldn't drink in a car, then use mobile phones or get a headjob...watch out moving video bloggers!!! you are next!!!
HEY RAVI!
We are in Australia and just saw you on Beyond Tomorrow. Had to search for ages to find this site, they didn't say it in the show.
Have fun in your Audi!
PS Get a HOLDEN - or as you may know it, a GM/Chev
G'dday Ravi
Just watched the program on Aussie TV - clever idea - ultimate reality TV.
Good on you mate!
It would make an interesting backdrop for a movie plot - any takers?
Cheers
Rod
oh and Prison Break is on next so hope everyones watching 7!
HEY RAVI WAKE UP!!!
wonder wat time he starts work...
can u say hello to us in your next episode???????!!! please
also jesse has a question - do u get any action from the people that you pick up?
oh sorry ravi - are u married? think u might be. Sorry bout that question dont need to answer
but can u say hi to us??
From Brisbane, Australia, here. Great original idea and I love that you're sharing it with the world for no other reason than that it's fun! :)
hey mate, good idea, just saw it here in darwin - australia. I'll have to keep an eye out when I'm in Boston in December this year. something i'll write about on my own blog
Saw your segment on Beyond Tomorrow not long ago. I live in Melbourne, Australia and drive 1.5 hours to get to work and the same to get home and I often think about filming the drive. This is a great site, keep up the good work.
Dez
Great idea :)
I'm an aussie and i've got a Computer in my car with a 7" XGA touchscreen in the dash and i have a webcam pointed at the road to video when i go on car curises with car clubs etc.
I never thought about video blogging tho thats a great idea but my trips 40mins and i don't think id be a good host.
I'm keeping u book marked to watch you do a great show its fun to watch.
My emails ninja@flashmail..com (remove second dot)
If you want to chat or need help :)
Great show i will be watching ;)
haha yeh Ravi give a shout out to some of the new friends you've made from down under in your next episode! I wanna go on your show!
Ravi,
Saw your piece on Beyond Tomorrow, it's such a cool idea. Consider it stolen. :)
Cheers,
Tone
hi Ravi, you have a great site, as froma aussie, loved seeing you on telly on "Beyond Tomorrow". i think it is something that will make it big time. something different to all the same stuff you see online.
thanks again, hope to talk to you soon,
Julie
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Hey Ravi..
Mate, Drivetime TV is bloody fantastic idea. It's just so original and I love it! Guess you'll have thousands of Aussie fans now too.
Champ!
~Mark
www.myspace.com/soulheist
im in perth WA i saw u too. pretty cool
I HATE ANNA CHOY
Hey Ravi, cool stuff, i just saw the episode of beyond tomorrow,thought I'd check out your your site, cheers mate.
Hey Ravi, Dan in Perth western Australia, cool idea, some fluffy dice and a B&S Ball sticker would be sweet mate. Keepn it up mate.
I LOVE ANNA CHOY SHES A HOTTIE!!!!!
Can't believe a WA personw ould say that :P hehe
G'day to all new Aussie viewers!
And thanks for the insights and "fresh" comments about DriveTime. I was previously thinking I really wanted to see the Beyond Tomorrow segment on DriveTime, but after reading these comments, I think I want to see the segment with the coffee lid invention!
Forget videoblogging -- I'm going into hot beverage lids! ;-)
Thanks for the sleuthing to find the site (and a shame they didn't have the correct URL in the broadcast?) You can also find the episodes through various aggregators (ie. FireAnt, iTunes), but I definitely appreciate the comments here (good and bad!)
We will *definitely* do some sort of shout out to our new mates Down Under in a future episode!
The Beyond Tomorrow description says:
"Even though his guests are ordinary people talking about ordinary things..."
What?! I wonder how they describe their own show then? You've had on artists, musicians, actors, a gallery owner, a cultural critic, the founder of a mobile social networking co, a radio producer, and more. It's not like you have your neighbor Joe talk about his last outing to the grocery store!
How are your guests more ordinary than theirs? On their latest episode they had a guy talking about a new coffee cup lid he invented. Hmmm, artists or useless-item-inventor. Give me your show anyday!
On the other hand, you did have one ordinary person on, who I consider to be your worst guest ever--Kim Watkins (host of Beyond Tomorrow) was dull! She had nothing to contribute--no ideas of her own.
Thanks David -- you may soon be crowned the official DriveTime publicist. You can tout it better than I can!
To be fair, I think Kim did fine. She had flown from who knows where the day before and still was chipper as can be -- though I did sense some hesitancy from her to shift from interviewer to interviewee.
Hey Ravi, did the today tomorrow crew leave you with a few of the extra cameras that they added for you.... to your so called ageing AUDI.
If they didn't its a pitty unaustralian. :x
You might ba able to get a sponsorship deal.....a new audi A4
Your a legend. just watch how many video bloggers start up now. You just got coverage to over I would say quite a few million Australians. :)
Hey Ravi,
My names Ebony and Im from Melbourne, Australia. What an awesome way to fill in what would normally be a boring trip to and from work!!! My best friend and i are in Boston on the 5th Jan 2007 for a few days... Would love to take a ride in the "ageing AUDI" for an interview!!! :) keep up the good work!! Youve won a new fan in me... and by the looks of the hits on your site youve won alot of new Aussie fans!!!
Cheers.
Hey mandy here..
I am living in Sydney... What a cool idea.. if i come your way can i be on it??
You did well... I think Aussies think your cool..
Have fun
Hey, you're hot.. lots of Aussie women will be trying to get in your pants now..
ljraggy -- I like your idea of sponsorship... it could be "the new improved Studio-A"!
Hi Ebony -- Boston in January... you do know that we *don't* have summer in January! Check out the Guest FAQ!
thanks for the well wishes mandy -- the aussie outpouring of goodwill is something indeed.
em -- uh... thanks!
Nice work. I watched the episode in Australia and really enjoyed it. I would love to be on your show if I ever meak it down your way.
Greetz, 'nother Aussie
Good work Ravi, very good idea :)got a free promotion on australian TV and 70 comments +70 people watching and downloading your show.
again, good work :)
~Rage
Hello Ravi, Another Aussie to add to your collection.
It's very hard to think of new ideas for websites. It's great to see some fresh ideas still coming out.
I also think the reason why Kim wasn't as interesting as the other guests is because she still had to be the presenter for the TV show, so she probably couldn't be as relaxed and had to have a degree of professionalism.
David: They wouldn't have down played the importance of the guests on purpose, they would have tried to make it sound like a great website, but you can only fit so much in a description. Plus the description is for people who probably wouldn't know the guests as well as people from the same country as this blog.
Once again, great job with the fresh idea Ravi. :D
Nice work!
Ravi,
Wow, the publicity machine hit the fan in this category. Good work me mate!
Hey, if you happen to get a copy of the "Beyond Tomorrow" segment, I hope you will have permission to post it for the dedicated (and new) DriveTime viewers.
Cheers wayne, rage, bello and og!
ken -- I'm going to ask to see your Australian passport if you're going to post to this thread! ;-)
What is this Beyond Tomorrow footage you speak of? (ie. "I know nothinggg...") I'm sure there are some enterprising Aussies that may have posted that...
I watched the story and now I'm in to video blogging and podcasting!
go get 'em kid!
Hi Ravi,
Another Aussie!
Love the idea and am now hooked just a question though is Sonia your wife? she is very pretty.
Keep up the good work!
-Renee
Sydney, Australia
Renee -- welcome aboard. Keep watching for "Aussie" shout out clues sprinkled through-out DriveTime! And yes, Sonia is my pretty wife!
I HATE THE PERSON THAT SAYS THEY HATE ANNA!!!! ANNA IS THE BEST!!! Whoever runs this website should get rid of junk comments like that!!!!!
Paul -- some people might say whoever runs this website should get rid of "junk" comments, while others might say whoever runs this website get rid of people who post in all caps.
But I won't let that happen. I've got your back!
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