I’ve always had lots of respect for Leo Laporte, Kevin Rose, and Patrick Norton. They always struck me as some of the bright lights around a lot of dim bulbs at ZDTV/TechTV. They’ve certainly proven their commitment to technology, tech journalism, and technoculture. Almost immediately upon jumping the TechTV/G4 ship, as it was about to beach itself on the shores of MTV-land (or was it Frat House Island?), they began doing podcasts, both audio and video. Recently, they, and other TechTV alum, such as Chris Pirillo, have been talking about creating a sort of cut and paste network of their respective projects under one Web banner, i.e. the TechTV talent minus the network. (Talk about your post-broadcast television.) The results are UndoTV, or it will be, when the site actually launches. According to a short piece on Wired News:
“Pirillo and LaPorte hope to attract a sponsor and begin producing original content, but for now will let the site evolve from the ground up. Contributors will keep 100 percent control of the content they provide to the site, Pirillo wrote.”