From The Guardian today: Dick Parsons, the chairman and chief executive of Time Warner, fired a shot across the bows of Google, saying his group would pursue its copyright complaints against the video sharing site YouTube.com. Google paid $1.6bn for YouTube this week amid concerns that some of the fledgling website’s 100m videos breached copyright…
He’s evil. And that makes it hard for EvilFist (see videos) to meet ladies. But this photo was submitted to him by a potential mate. He thinks she’s kinda hot, even with the Tammy Fay makeup job. Isshehotornot.com?
While Google/YouTube may change the dynamic of video search, it’s still hopelessly frustrating to find a video online. Wall Street Journal writer Jessica Vascellaro wrote a nice article on video search today. I liked it not just because it was the first time I’ve been mentioned in the Wall Street Journal. The article shows that companies have made significant efforts…
Arthur Blank, founder of Home Depot, once returned to my alma mater (Babson) and reminded his classmates that he had offered any of them stock in the company. He asked the crowd to raise his hand if they bought any, and indeed none of them had. Then he proceeded to tell them how much it…
Cute little print cartoon about viral videos. It’s kinda “Garfield” funny not “Farside” funny. But it’s topical. Courtesy of tk42one.com.
Can you believe this guy? He’s writing an article about 10 newsworthy events that aren’t related to Google/YouTube. Is it just me or does Steve look like Brad Pitt?
Some call it “virality.” YouTube Broker called it Viralaliscicy. Let’s call it “Viralacticy,” a play on viral and “elasticity.” What’s the formula for viralacticy of a viral video advertising? It’s simple. Punch x Message = Impact. Scenario 1: Let’s say for instance, that we had a viral ad that delivers a killer punch. (Punch is…
My chest hurts from laughing at this.
For weeks and weeks I’ve found myself walking around saying “Ahhh Yayasss” like this guy. It’s a video by “Canefro” that won the Panasonic Online Video Contest this summer. Paranthetically, I was a runner’s up which seems to be my pattern for these contests. Now I’m warning you. Don’t watch this video unless you’re willing…
A new arrival in the battle of video searches. Currently a video searcher might choose Google (which now indexes its own videos, and offers a homepage filter for it), Yahoo (which queries additional videos beyond those on Yahoo), or simply go to YouTube directly (which is typically what I do). Now there’s a new option….