WEB VIDEO: I’ve been talking a lot about the growing importance of web video. It looks like The Wall Street Journal thinks it’s important, too, as they’ve set up a new video page. It’s free. The WSJ seems to be doing a lot of cool new stuff with their site lately.

UPDATE: Speaking of Web video, Amazon has another short movie up on its website. It’s called “Agent Orange,” and it’s directed by Tony Scott. And they’re soliciting filmmakers for future projects, which makes me think it’s more than just a marketing stunt.

What did I think? It’s not a bad short, though the dialogue was a bit, er, cartoonish. . . (Here’s the permalink in case you’re reading this later in the archives). And I think that Bruce Sterling’s new lamp should have made an appearance! But I’m more interested in this venture as a harbinger than anything else. I think it’s significant that both Amazon and the WSJ are making a big run with this stuff. And I think that smaller operators can get involved, too.