I love GetGlue. I like the app and the sense of community it creates. My only issue with the app -more the data – is that it doesn’t address the long tail of “TV” watching. In other words, I don’t watch TV. (Except for Bourdain.) Instead, the majority of my time watching video is online: Vimeo, Tumblr & YouTube. I have been very fortunate to find some amazing videos online. Below is a small sample:
- Ryokou – The Shane Perkins documentary (Keirin cycling)
- What the Internet is doing to your brain
- Fresh guacamole by PES
- We are Legion – The Story of Hacktivist
- Hipster cure
- We Ride – The Story of Snowboarding
- Koenigsegg: Sweden’s Supercar
- Free diving into a hole
- Urban Skiing in Nipwitz Russia
- Tour de Francis (story of a man that does the Tour de France  route on his own)
- Anthony Bourdain on Yo Gabba Gabba
- The Johnny Cash Project
- The story of Ramona Pierson (HEAVY)
- Octopus camouflage
- Line of Sight (Fixie documentary)
- Magnus Walker – Urban Outlaw
- Last minutes with Oden (Incredibly sad)
- Motorcycle racing on the Isle of Mann (Zoom Zoom)
- The history of the Gif
Why so many links? The point is that there is a metric ton of content out there. (I don’t spend as much time online as you’d think.) If GetGlue would allow users to enter shows they’re watching and the source (URL, etc) GetGlue could get some real insight as to what resonates with people that don’t love TV. And there are a lot of us out there. Collecting this data could help shape future programming: on television and/or the web.
