GigaOM TV Episode 2 Review - The Family and Friends Edition

Update: Looks like the show hit Digg home page. Would be great to see numbers sans-Digg on viewership. 

Om and Joyce are back for Episode 2 of GigaOM TV. I reviewed episode 1 last week and thought it was a bore. So let's see how tonight's episode goes! It seems that on the show are Jason Calacanis and Kevin Rose. The show starts out with their five hitlines which are boring. I actually think this could be a good part of the show as I think Om is knowledgeable but the segment moves too quick.

Now on to the guests. GigaOM TV believes in disclosure! Here is the list of disclosures:

• Jason is married to Joyce's sister
• Joyce is Mahalo's corporate attorney
• Kevin is founder of Revision3 who produces GigaOM TV
• Kevin is longtime friends with Om.

Phew. That was a bit much, ja? On the second show do we already need to hit up our friends (and family)?

Some notes from the discussion:

• Jason: Netscape was evolution of Digg, Pownce is evolution of Twitter
• Kevin spoke about Mahalo and basically said he didn't really get it for the first week (Allen's note: he dugg Mahalo to the home page on the first day, so he dugg something that he thought wasn't worthwhile, seems like a story there!)
• Kevin found the Mahalo airline tickets page to be very beneficial and useful.
• Jason thinks the user interface work that Kevin does is great. He thinks Pownce has nailed messaging and file-transfer.
• Om notes that Jason is "not much loved" and that most people hate him. Jason says after people meet him, they love him. Jason believes in bluntness and his role is to be blunt.

They close with some user comments. Actually one user coment about the open chested shirt Om wore. He claimed it was too hot to keep the shirt buttoned up. Lastly they offer 100 Pownce invites to the viewers.

Overall the show was similar in quality to last week. No catchphrases tonight. The promo talked about "Internet mega-duel" but both Kevin and Jason were so kind to each other. Om seemed exhausted during the hitlines. Not sure when they film, but I would suggest they try earlier in the day. What did I learn? Kevin thinks Jason is great, Jason thinks Kevin is great and everyone on the show tonight is related in one way or another to each other.