I’m not sure what they put on your issue of Time magazine, but my copy says I’m the “Person of the Year.” From Time (with a few editorial embeleshments): …Look at 2006 through a different lens and you’ll see another story, one that isn’t about conflict or great men. It’s a story about community and…
Interesting article from PBS MediaShift about the nuances of the YouTube homepage. As many have discovered, an editor’s pick on YouTube is a career-changing moment. Take Mark Day with his Smiley Intervention. He’s transformed from a local California comedian to an “web-lebrity.” I have nightmares about his bald face against a yellow wall. This MediaShift piece also clarifies…
This one’s going around a bit. Kelly likes her shoes. Some profanity, so keep the young’ens away. “These are cool. These shoes suck,” she sings. Well… he sings.
Video enthusiast, Chris Pirillo, is about to marry. In his blog he ponders about what his child might look like. I have my answer in this photo. I dunno. This baby has his wife’s smile, but someone else’s eyes. What do you think, sports racers?
Is NBC beginning to understand and embrace the vehicle it once squashed? It’s considering providing video moments of SNL rehearsals via the web. Brilliant. Says The Daily Reel: The very idea that rehearsals could be deemed as funny — or even funnier — than the actual production speaks not only to our changing predilection for…
Home Purchasing Club is a new web-only video series by cast members of Saturday Night Live, The Groundlings, Napoleon Dynamite, The Drew Carey Show and Office Space. Spoofing ridiculous home shopping network segments, HPC just launched its first episode as part of VH1’s V-Spot player on and will premiere new episodes on the site every…
This certainly isn’t the only cause-driven use of viral video, but I thought I’d showcase it as further proof that online videos don’t have to be funny and profitable. A neighbor of ours (whose kids play with our kids) is on a mission to help save and improve lives of animals who are left at…
One Last Post on LonelyGirl15… …Then I Promise I’ll Stop. Meet the founding father of LonelyGirl15 in this Forbes.com interview (click to see interview).
The world comes in three flavors: People who have never heard of LonelyGirl15 People who have heard of her, but don’t really care The rest of us who are rather entertained or obsessed If you’re in the first two categories you probably skipped this post. Or you’re looking for a good reason to stop reading….
Gerry McGovern, an “expert on managing web content,” has warned that Web users are leaving a personal record and history on the web, which may one day come back to haunt them. McGovern’s caution coincides with the release of his new book “Killer Web Content” published by AandC Black on 29th November. Says Gerry McGovern:…