I say that lovingly of course, as I often reference myself in the same terms, jokingly - though he did rent his chest, which may make it a bit more literal than in my case.  First off, I must preface this by saying that Chris is a colleague, and over the past year plus, has also become a friend.  I relish the opportunities I have to actually interact with him, since he really defines what it means to ‘get it’, and more importantly he is a nice, smart guy who genuinely cares about people.

Why annoint him a media whore today? Because he is integrating one of the most compelling parts of the radio experience with vlogging (aka video blogging, vidcasting, user generated content, whatever).  His latest experiment, which I believe will be a huge hit that ultimately lands him with another TV deal, is to bring his old show from TechTV, “Call for Help” to YouTube.  See his pitch on YouTube and then read his post for more details.

Of course, the problem he will face is that “Human’s Don’t Scale”, so demand will outstrip supply until he can have other experts also answering video calls, ultimately weaving together the best answers and identifying others who really understand their areas of expertise and also communicate well.  So perhaps what he can do is buy up one of the old technologies from a defunct Answers.com or Wondir.com competitor (or maybe partner with one of them) store the questions and answers on YouTube, create a context for the topics like Chris is doing here and voila, you have a really amazing media property and incredible value for all participants - even the one’s who are stuck on their couches and not using mouses…

So anyone out there want to co-produce this and help make it happen?