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YTS VideoMap Facebook App Launches

YourTrumanShow, the personal video diaries startup, that launched, VideoMap, a video discovery widget at the DEMO Fall 2007 Conference has now released it to the Facebook world. VideoMap offers users the ability to see who links to them and who they link to as well as the video content they have collected. Users can follow along as a graphically rich visual map tracks the path of discovery, relationships, and content. VideoMaps also leverages YourTrumanShow's recommendation algorithms to help cultivate social interactions.

YourTrumanShow Video Widget Launches

YourTrumanShow, the personal video diaries startup, has just launched, VideoMap, video discovery widget at the DEMO Conference in San Diego, California. Catering to artists and online personalities, YourTrumanShow, looks to cultivate discovery within its network by exposing its interesting video linking feature to other social network and the Web via VideoMap.

Free Online Video Guitar Lessons

Strumming a six-string guitar can be a very relaxing exercise but it is not something you can learn to do well overnight. It takes time to practice and perfect your skills. Read/Write Web recently wrote an article listing a number of web 2.0 sites and services for musicians. I recently found one that was not mentioned but is worth mentioning called JustinGuitar.com (no this is not Justin.tv).

Your Truman Show Web Video Diaries, Where Celebrities & Artists Are Welcome!

Do you have a story to tell? If the answer is yes you might want to check out the recently launched Your Truman Show beta. Your Truman Show, a San Francisco-based startup, offers a video platform that aims to make the online personalized diary a dominate online video format. Founded in November 2006, Your Truman Show launched into private beta in April and has recently offered its beta to the public for a test drive.

Your Truman Show offers standard video site features but sets itself apart from the YouTube's of the world is by offering a unique rating system. The system is used to determine which artists are the most popular and puts emphasis on establishing returning visitors rather than viral one hit wonder type traffic.