Me: Why the hell would anyone want to film their life?
Justin: Well, Ben... I thought it would be a unique opportunity to allow people to have a 24/7 video window into someone's life, and could be a lot of fun
Me: how do you plan to keep it interesting, are you going to make a point to do something interesting everyday?
Justin: I have been trying to do unique things every day, yes... although running around to random press events may be starting to get old. We're partnering with a few companies like Signature Days to do unique things on Justin.tv every week, like paragliding, getting extreme makeovers, etc. I am also trying to work in the story of building the justin.tv business at the same time.
Me: What is the business, is it setting up other people with a system similar to the one you are using?
Justin: Yes. We want to build out a network of lifecasters, and be the first live tv network on the internet. the goal here is to popularize a new genre of media, one that will democratize live video for all.
Me: I've heard a lot of speculation that Justin is not you real first name, is that true?
Justin: Its true, but thats not because im trying to hide anything. I've always gone by my middle name, which is Justin. My first name is Nat, as in Nathaniel. My parents wanted to call me Justin, but liked the name Nathaniel... and the name "Justin Nathaniel Kan" sounds like crap.
Me: Have you made a lot of new friends because of this?
Justin: Yes, i actually have... lots of people want to be involved in the project, which is awesome, and people always like to meet up. i love meeting new people, but was never very good at it, so Justin.tv is pretty cool in that way.
Me: Since using the phone to have people call into the show obviously didn't work what do you plan to do the let viewers contact you?
Justin: We're setting up a call queuing system, so we can get that back up. I love talking to viewers. They build me up :D (smiley because this chat was done in IM).
Me: When you started this did you have any idea that soo many people would care to watch your life? I've heard that there has been over a million views.
Justin: Yep, over a million. But no, I didn't have any idea about the popularity.
