The two largest video-sharing sites (YouTube and Hulu) have business models that increasingly limit their ability to act as a complete video search engines. YouTube has been a Google-esque fast tool for finding video clips that are getting offline buzz, but copyright-law enforcement is weakening it (full examples below). And of course Hulu is meant…
Tim Chantarangsu, aka TimothyDeLaGhetto2 was fired from California Pizza Kitchen for negative “tweets” about the company. His title is “Twitter Got Me Fired,” but I think publicly bashing his employer might be another way to explain it. He had previously tweeted the nickname “CaliporniaSkeetzaKitchen,” and called the new black-shirt uniforms “the lamest shit ever.” He…
More than 1,300 people reading CNet voted that Apple will be taking on YouTube. But take this with a grain of salt. I’m not sure I see Apple in the UGC video hosting and sharing space, and the other options of this poll were somewhat implausible. Frankly I just hope Apple puts more effort into…
The New York Times and Wall Street Journal have reported that YouTube is in discussions with studios to allow the #1 video-sharing site to sell digital movies (ala AppleTV, Netflix, TiVo, and Amazon.com). This could get more interesting this fall as $250 and under devices arrive this fall that facilitate YouTube streaming on your HDTV……
Indigo Productions did a satire of the JK Wedding Entrance video (scored by Chris Brown, Forever) that went viral in the past weeks. Here’s the background from Yahoo. JK Divorce Entrance Dance @ Yahoo! Video
We surveyed. You answered. The results…
I recently wrote about the Sylvania DV-128, which was $40 shipped. I called it the “poor man’s FlipCam.” Well unfortunately, you get what you pay for. See the footage compared to the FlipCam Mino… the Sylvania is grainy and the audio is overdone… I had to turn it down so it didn’t blast you. I…
HappySlip celebrated 3 years on YouTube with this video, and it made me curious about different people’s first video. So let’s have a look: HappySlip’s (September 2006) LisaNova’s (June 2006) Nalts (January 2006) MrSafety/SMPFilms (October 2005) Zipster08 (August 2006) Michael Buckley (May 2007) ShaneDawson (June 2008)- but he references a previous one that’s gone SxePhil…
This is brilliant. A catchy tune celebrating our spot as the #37th best country in the world for healthcare! 🙂 (via Kevinkruse). The United States ranked 37th of the 191 systems surveyed by the World Health Organization.
At the request of Marquisdejolie (a fellow creator, loyal reader, member of the WVFF back row, and buyer of a new fridge for his mama), here is a survey of the unwashed masses. I’ve asked some critical questions and will report the results. Answer the survey questions. You’re anonymous. And one of the unwashed masses,…