What if there was a documentary about a collaboration of some of the top YouTube creators, but the collaboration never existed? And what if the video of which they spoke was complete garbage? Such is the story of Tortuga ‘n Periquit wtf, a horrible video I made over the weekend. The initial intent was to make…
Obama shoots bird at McCain
Per my previous post, here’s my ode to Walter Bishop. This morning our babysitter was quite frigthened by the large wooden Walter in our garage. But I just love the lil’ guy. It’s nice to be sponsored by a show that I love so much- Fringe’s season debut is Tuesday night. I’ll be glued to…
A few weeks ago I was asked to review some episodes of Fox’s Fringe, and propose some ideas on how to promote the show via online video. At that point, I watched virtually no television beyond The Office and 30 Rock. But I became immediately captivated by the show, and voraciously consumed every episode via…
Remember The Richter Scales and their controversial “Here Comes Another Bubble?” Common- a photographer named Lane Hartwell sued, and they had to pull the video down? I was furious and held a contest for those who could do the best mosh-up of Hartwell’s photos? Courtesy of TechCrunch, here are The Richter Scales at TechCrunch’s “The…
Thanks for the “get well” post and comments after my fun-packed spinal fusion surgery. Here’s the video I shot to pass on my appreciation (but couldn’t get it to post). I’m back home from the hospital in fairly constant and often intense pain (largely because I can’t take these nasty pain meds). But today’s highlight…
Trivia time! You can use web video for your business if you have: A server to stream video A savvy technical team and widgets Legacy of video assets from marketing or training A story 2 and 3 but not 4 and 1 unless 1 is less true than 4. Did you get the right answer?…
What wins? Sites for the community or mocking the community?
I’m drafting my 2009 predictions for online video. I’m trying really hard not to repeat previous predictions, and to be realistic about what can happen in a year. This space has made enormous changes in 2008. Last month I made more on YouTube advertising revenue than I made in a month from my first job…
I don’t often quote press releases, but this release by Vmatrix is quite accurate: Two hottest trends in online marketing – streaming video and video SEO – will take off in popularity in 2009. According to online marketing studies, Google’s universal search algorythms, which allow multimedia to appear in search results along with web page…