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Recently, I was lucky enough to get an invitation to the beta of real-time video-sharing service, Redux. So far, the experience has been awesome! Redux has provided me with an easy way to discover and share video from all over the web. By connecting me with multiple users and groups sharing all manner of interesting things (from funny, to serious, to music, to downright strange), I can watch video from YouTube, MetaCafe, Funny or Die, College Humor, Hulu (if I were in the US…), Viddler, blip.tv and more (see image for full list). Other services are supported as well, but you get linked out to another window with a handy Redux title overlay that you can use to continue to share and comment from.
All of this is updated in my personal stream, in real time, where I can comment on the fly while watching the videos I choose; as well as thumb up content, share on Twitter and Facebook, and follow users and groups that share videos that are more to my taste.
Perhaps my favourite feature, though, is TV Mode, which I will explain in a moment. First, I have something for you folks! Redux is still in closed beta, but the community is already thriving. I happen to have some 12 invitations left and I may be able to get more. I’ll let you know how you can get your hands on them after the jump.
Redux is growing and changing fast. The staff is clever and friendly and are highly focused on building Redux into the mother of all instant-entertainment machines. They listen to their community and build on good ideas quickly. In the month that I have been using the service, they have improved their sharing and commenting interface, made it easier to share new videos with the addition of a multi-browser bookmarklet, made it easier for users to deal with duplicate content, are adding more social options within the service, and have begun work on a new instant-action interface and the possibility of integrating your Facebook, Twitter and other social streams into Redux for a one-stop online experience. Oh, and they have added a Random feature to TV Mode, too.
I like TV Mode. It‘s what made the service for me. I’m a busy fellow, and I don’t have a lot of time to watch the crap that is on at scheduled times on TV anymore. It’s often hard to find an hour to watch an entire show these days anyway, and Redux makes it easy for me to blow off a bit of steam, get some info, and maybe bust a gut or two with no fuss and no bother. I just flip into TV Mode, go Full Screen, and either pick a channel I am interested in and start watching, or I just hit that cool little Random button and click away till I find something that suits me — which doesn’t take long. It brings me back to the zen experience that channel flicking used to be, only now I get to stop and stroke my budding ADHD for a moment with something that might actually be good! Yay, I say!
Redux is moving fast toward their official launch, and should be a very entertaining force to be reckoned with online before long. I highly recommend you check them out! To that end…
The first 12 people to hit me up in the comments for invites, quoting a line from an Arnold Shwarzenegger movie shall receive one of my 12 invites to Redux. If it turns out there is a high demand for more, I’ll bug the marketing people over at Redux and we’ll see what happens. And yes, you can have more than one invite if you post more than one comment with a different Arnie quote each time.
See you on the ‘dux!
UPDATE: I have discovered that you can also use Redux for sharing regular web content now. This link is a good example of that, as well as a good showcase of the toolbar overlay. It is also a bit weird…
alandr7 says:
“It’s not a tumor” – Kindergarten Cop
September 13, 2009 — 11:15 am
alandr7 says:
“Hasta la vista, baby” – Terminator 2: Judgment Day
September 13, 2009 — 11:16 am
alandr7 says:
“Get some rest and don't worry. I've been working undercover for a long time. They're six-year-olds. How much trouble can they be?” – Kindergarten Cop
September 13, 2009 — 11:19 am
chilyn says:
LOL! Very nice, alandr7! I'm going to need some emails to send the invitations to. You can send them to bobby (at) 40tech (dot) com.
September 13, 2009 — 1:12 pm
Geoffrey Kulik says:
I'll be back!
September 13, 2009 — 2:12 pm
chilyn says:
First invite sent alandr7! Check your email!
September 13, 2009 — 2:39 pm
chilyn says:
Ahhhhh, Original Arnie! Very sweet!
Hit me up at bobby(at)40tech(dot)com and I'll hook you up with the Redux invite. :D
September 13, 2009 — 2:45 pm
Anthony Russo says:
Remember, Sully, when I promised to kill you last?
That's right Matrix, you did!
I lied.
Anthony Russo
anthony.russo10@gmail.com
http://www.anthonyrussoblog.com/Anthony
Skype: anth.russo
Twitter: @AnthonyRusso
September 13, 2009 — 11:23 pm
Anthony Russo says:
I can't get the site at http://www.redux.com to load though?
September 13, 2009 — 11:24 pm
chilyn says:
LOL! Invite sent! One of my personal favourites, man! Actually, only about a scream and 2 lines away from one of my all time favourites… a cookie for anyone who knows what it is! :D
You must've caught them at a maintenance point or something Anthony. They are loading fine now.
Have fun!
September 14, 2009 — 9:53 am
Anthony Russo says:
– What did you do with Sully?
– I let him go.
Thanks.
September 14, 2009 — 10:05 am
chilyn says:
That's the one! A scrumptious cookie for you, Sir Anthony of the Arnie-Quotes! :D I loved Commando as a kid. I see it now as one of the most horrible — and yet so awesome… — movies ever made. Still love it though!
September 14, 2009 — 10:08 am
Anthony Russo says:
I don't know what is up with Redux for me but I cant get it to load. I tried with the invite and typing http://www.reduc.com into the browser and from Google search result. All wont load. Also tried Firefox and IE8.
September 14, 2009 — 10:10 am
chilyn says:
Post updated to reflect that you can also share regular content with Redux, as well! The link in the post also shows off the Redux toolbar overlay.
September 14, 2009 — 10:10 am
chilyn says:
You can't even get the homepage? Odd… maybe you are being blocked by your ISP or something? I am not having any problems here. Try contacting this guy: andy (at) redux(dot)com. He should be able to help you out.
September 14, 2009 — 10:18 am
Anthony Russo says:
I hope so. Email sent to Andy. It sounds like a great service.
Thanks for the invite.
Anybody got some milk for my yummy cookie? :)
Anthony
September 14, 2009 — 10:29 am
chilyn says:
*pours generous glass of milk*
September 14, 2009 — 10:46 am
Andy says:
Hey Chilyn and Co.,
Thanks so much for the coverage, and looking forward to seeing a cavalcade of Kindergarten Cop clips show up on Redux.
Anyone and everyone is welcome to hit me, Redux's self-described “Community Dude”, at andy@redux.com for anything and everything Redux related. As Bobby said, we're constantly making changes and improvements to the experience over here, and I'd love to hear what y'all have to say.
@AnthonyRusso: check your inbox :)
Cheers and happy streaming…
Andy
Community Dude Guy
September 14, 2009 — 4:43 pm
chilyn says:
In case you missed it, Anthony, the Man from Redux says check your inbox. :)
September 14, 2009 — 5:44 pm
chilyn says:
Thanks for weighing in, Andy! Now go, O Readers, and hit Andy! :P
September 14, 2009 — 5:45 pm
Anthony Russo says:
Been in communication with Andy over this in email back and forth a few times. Great support over there at Redux for sure. I'm sure we will get to the bottom of it soon. We will kill this problem blocking my enjoyment of Redux…and that leads to another Arnold line:
“Have you ever killed anyone?”
“Yeah, but they were all bad.” –in “True Lies”
Anthony
September 15, 2009 — 12:40 am
chilyn says:
Very nice! :D
I always liked: “Lot.. on your knife……………Not….. on your….. life!” – Conan the Destroyer
September 15, 2009 — 2:14 am