My family and I have discovered a fantastic way to save an hour on Sunday. The Drive Thru Church. They’re not available in all states, but worth looking for. I wonder if they’ll ever combine these with the Brew Thru’s for “soups to nuts” service.
One part of that Nightline report I can’t get out of my head… It’s how Ben Popken Consumerist.com refers to companies that monitor blogs without interacting… “ghosting.” Dear WillVideoForFood reader. Are you a ghost? P.S. Ben- would you please invite me to post on Consumerist so I can stop ghosting your blog? I’ve been biting my…
This consumer-generated advertising phase is soooo over. Get real. A bunch of idiots with a webcam will never threaten big agencies. In fact I “threw” this Heinz ketchup ad just to keep the advertising agency model vibrant. There were more than 2,600 entries to the Heinz Ketchup contest on YouTube. Voting occurs between August 27…
I’m so glad that CarriBugbee shared this on The Twitter. Here’s a video clip that sets things straight about the Internets and technology vernacular. Rachel Maddow’s correspondent Kent Jones shows how Montana Senator Max Bacchus referred to lots of “YouTubes in the Crowd.” A double whammy because he pluralized YouTubes, and presumably was thinking not…
As a result of this Fringe Walter-Bishop song parody video, I had the pleasure of meeting actor John Noble and his fellow cast members from Fringe (a new Fox show I adore). I shot some fun footage with the cast at ComicCon NYC today, and got some parody acting tips from the cast. The actors, their…
A once $200 portable video camera (Flip Mino HD) for $87. Not too shabby. Online-video was heavily influenced by the popular Flip cameras because they were easy to use and convert to YouTube. I was somewhat disheartened by Cisco’s decision to buy Flip in March 2009, but hey… what’s $590 million on 2009 sales of…
Get used to prerolls and video-enabled display ads. The UK’s office of the IAB (Internet Advertising Bureau) predicts online-video ads to become the most popular format (source). Today the bureau reports: “Video ads and rich media content are set to overtake more traditional forms of online advertising such as display and banner ads in Australia,…