My 8-year-old son asked for help putting on his calculator watch this morning. He joked that he might use it during tests, and I quietly told him it might be a big mistake. His eyes perked up. “Why, dad?” “The alarm goes off… it’s really embarrassing when the ‘cheating alarm’ goes off.” He smiled, realizing…
Now thisis a speech worthy of mash-ups. I’m ashamed that YouTubers haven’t had fun with this yet. Enjoy 6 “guilty-pleasure” minutes of Robbin’s tuff love to the broadcasters at NAB. You know- the power elite that steward the Great American Ideal… The video wasn’t captured, ironically, because TIm Robbins forbid video recording of his speech. But…
When we weren’t having “my dad can beat up your dad” debates as children, we had the “Burger King versus McDonalds” debate. Of course, now I go wherever my kids tell me because they’re not going to eat a thing anyway until the meal toys are edible. But the WillVideoForFood 2008 “Fast Food Online-Video Award”…
Okay- I can respect the fact that MrSafety (SMPFilms) has the “top favorited” animal video in history (Mean Kitty). People love cats and rap songs, so the video deserves some love (even if 9 million of the 12 million views are from the same IP address, that happens to belong to MrSafety’s mom). Don’t get…
As you regular readers know, this WillVideoForFood blog is designed for three audiences: online-video creators who aspire to generate income from their work, marketers, public relations firms and advertisers looking to access the most visceral form of social media: online video (in a way that’s neither a “viral video gamble” or as uncontrollable as “consumer generated…
It seems there’s controversy brewing around a Wikipedia page about Nalts (me). It’s subject for deletion, and for the life of me I can’t figure out what the drama is about. A floor nickel to whoever figures it out. And if it goes away, must I retire? Or do I secretly create a new name…
I often do videos I don’t love, and they get lots of views for reasons I can’t explain. And then occasionally I do a video that I personally like, and the masses feel otherwise. This holiday video fits the latter category. I’ve watched it a dozen times, and it cracks me up. The stereotypical dysfunctions…
“There’s something about reading your own quote in print that makes you believe your own BS,” said Kevin Nalts on his blog today. A recent article in StreamingMedia quoted a few of my observations on production quality and how important it is in web video popularity and views: “…We’re still at a point where production value…
I probably had about 4 drinks at YouTube Live (a concert, party and gathering in San Francisco on November 22, 2008). But I’m hungover the same way I was after visiting LA to shoot HBO Lab’s “Hooking Up” and “The Retarded Policeman.” Here are a few of the photos wifeofnalts took while I was busy…
Yeah, so I’ve never been much for live vlogging. Kinda started and killed the blog.tv thing. But this sounds like fun… YouTube Live in San Francisco next weekend. There are a bunch of live performances per my promo about it with Chad from Clip Critics. It’s listed as an entertainment gathering party celebration. So I’m…