Google+ cooking school(blogs.kqed.org)

blogs.kqed.org

http://blogs.kqed.org/bayareabites/2011/08/04/cooking-lessons-in-real-time-google-cooking-school/

5 comments

I (and others) have mentioned this in comments to Vic Guntotra, but what Hangouts really need is an "audience" feature. 10 people participating is great, but image the things you can do if you have 10 direct participants and hundreds of viewers via some sort of YouTube integration.

Now that I see this, I'd like you guys to imagine Hangouts with audiences and Google's payments system integrated. Experts (developers, chefs, tutors, whatevers) can charge small amounts for participants and free for viewers.

I think part of the reason geeks like me (and HN, I think) are excited about G+ is because it really does have a ton of potential. I'd love to see the above implemented.

knowtheory15 anni fa

Damn it. I had this idea two weeks ago w/ my wife (who's a chef & dietitian).

I guess we'll have to compete on execution :)

kirubakaran15 anni fa

Also, this is not a 'winner takes all' space. You should definitely do it.

knowtheory15 anni fa

That's absolutely true. My comment was more on the immediate mindshare issue.

My wife and i actually gave a talk at Rubyconf2010 about nutrition stuff and the engineering mindset (http://confreaks.net/videos/459-rubyconf2010-healthy-hackers ), and got some positive feedback, and got a few requests to continue discussing the subject online but my wife has been busy w/ school until this past spring unfortunately).

It's definitely good to see more food/culinary content moving online.

jules15 anni fa

There is definitely place for more cooking help! Especially with more expertise and being more down to earth. The OP was a good show but there is a lot to be improved. For example the chocolate ice cream recipe was focused on not having sugar, but they substitute dates which contain a lot of sugar. Now that might make the ice cream taste better but that's not what they optimized for, so an actual recipe optimized for taste would probably taste better. And your wife, being a chef, will come up with a tastier pizza sauce than tomato paste + herbs :)

So I hope you will still execute your plans.

bennesvig15 anni fa

It would be nice if they had someone who could be assigned the "Director" role and choose which person to feature on the video.

charlesju15 anni fa

There seems to be that there should be a better solution than Google Hangout. Anyone have any leads for a better platform for this?

slpollack15 anni fa

My company (http://www.hotpotevents.com) is currently working on a platform to enable anyone to lead a fun, social, interactive cooking event in their home. Still early stage but we're aiming for private beta this Fall.

jsavimbi15 anni fa

Great idea that can be easily applied to any form of teaching and tutoring. Stand by for the influx of PhD's offering after-school tutoring as a business.