Courtesy of the recently retired GoogleTube Video of the Day blog, here’s one of the coolest videos on the web. These guys are doing Parkour, and making it look as easy as napping. These guys do it in a series of abandoned Russian buildings. According to Wikipedia, Parkour is a physical discipline inspired by human…
May not seem like a big deal… learning to tie your shoe a bit faster. But what if it could change your life? Here’s Rocketboom’s spoof on Shernglee02’s “Tie Your Shoes Faster” video, with homage to Sliding Doors. Source: LoadedPun, which features the video and asks the question… Will cameos by internet stars hold the…
Advertising Age writer Beth Snyder Bulik called Revver.com a TouTube rival with an model that’s a “kill app.” She describes the $30K profit Steven Voltz and Fritz Grobe made through their infamous “Extreme Diet Coke and Mentos Experiment.” Revver advertisers include Microsoft, Universal Pictures, Warner Bros., and American Apparel. Larger content creators are contributing to…
So my joking reference to the “second law of viral videos” at the close of this “YouTube Viral Video Broker” clip resulted in this question from Joe Chapuis: What’s the first law of viral videos? Fair question. I hadn’t really considered the rules yet… I was spoofing someone that would have the arrogance to cite…
One of the things that’s always comforted me about putting my videos online is the power I maintain to remove them. Any of them. At any time. Whether they’re on YouTube, Revver or Google Video. Then I saw this report below from Google Video. Nearly 300,000 people have viewed my “Google Earth: Has it Gone…
Oh this just great viral video here, folks. Only it hasn’t exploded yet. But it will… trust me… it will. Landlord Lane takes on the YouTube community. Wonder who’ll win? Source: Fark.com “Sling Blade is Real.”
NoMansBlog does a nice analysis of the most watched YouTube videos. So what’s viral? Here are some highlights: 58 user-generated content 31 music videos 4 commercials 13 home videos 13 talent/skill videos
USAToday reports that some YouTube amateurs are getting discovered and some producers are trolling it to find talent. To date my phone hasn’t rang. But if you’re reading, dear scouts, my stuff is here. Here’s a profile of 3 stars that “made it big.”
CNN Money reports that the folks from Eepy Bird have made about $30K via Revver for their videos featuring explosive displays using Diet Coke and Mentos. Not bad for a couple days of work and about $400 worth of food. Read more here.
As promised, here’s the edited version of the dramatic drive to the hospital yesterday from my anaphylactic fit. Here’s the background post for some context.