Here's an item from the Institute for the Future of the Book on SciVee, originally posted at slashdot.

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Anyone who has watched Web 2.0...The Machine is Us/ing Us knows how effective a web video version of an academic paper can be.

One of the frustrations of a typical conference is having to choose between two equally interesting sessions because the times conflict. Sure, you can ask for a copy to read later, but you miss the presentation. This medium could reduce that frustration and help people who missed the conference presentation to read the paper and have a sense of the presenter's style. If it were artfully done it might become a preferred mode of presentation.