Poor Ernie. His friendly roommates play pranks on him non-stop, and document them on PrankVote.com. We’re not sure they’re all real, but we don’t care. In Library pervert, the guys replace Ernie’s Windows startup sound with porn sounds, and then put “art” books in his bag so the alarm goes off as he leaves the library. In…
Today I went to New York City and convinced a gullible doorman that I was HappySlip‘s brother. I did get busted, but not before I was able to get some footage of her place, steal a stapler and sing a piece of her Mac Beautiful on her keyboard. Here’s her version of Mac Beautiful, but…
Okay. I’ve been urging YouTube to share advertising revenue since before I started this blog a year ago. They finally decided to do so today. This was one of WillVideoforFood’s top 10 predictions for 2007. Needless to say, we’re very excited (see our video reaction). But why now? Top 7 theories. YouTube sensed the defection…
Paul Sanchez — biker, video junkie, PR machine, blogger, and maddman — has started an 8-wishes “tag chain” thingy. He’s asked me and other bloggers to post our 8 wishes and pass along the task to others. Parenthetically, Paul’s first wish was granted, as he recently interviewed Kinkos founder Paul Orfalea. So let’s be clear…
Mike Posehn is a time-lapse photographer and creator of the GBTimeLapse software that helps turn digital photos into time-lapse videos. In his post on GraniteBaySoftware’s blog, he compares various video sites. His goals are similar to many of ours: 1) Good video quality, easy and fast uploading and an attractive and flexible video player. 2)…
Revver’s recent change raises questions about the sustainability of amateur-created content, and whether Hollywood should be “dictating business models.” In a recent CNET article titled “YouTube Rivals Look for Answers,” Greg Sandoval reported that Revver co-founder Oliver Luckett and Revver’s Chief Technology Officer Rob Maigret have left Revver and are working together on a video project. The article…
I’ve been long begging for a technology that allows amatuer videographers to populate multiple video sites with ease. You may like the popularity of YouTube and the money from Revver, blip.tv and Metacafe. But you can’t afford to miss sites like AOL Uncut, Yahoo or Google Video since they do deliver volume. I think I…
During the holidays a bunch of video bloggers (the kids call us vloggers) got together in Philadelphia. Micki Krimmel, the Revver’s V-Pixie, captured some of it and made a talkie. See it on Mickipedia. She did a lot of editing because I’m pretty sure she had about 30 minutes of b-roll of the raw meat…
I’m really getting excited about online-video “serialized storytelling,” but still experimenting with the content and delivery mechanism. By this I mean fewer one-hit wonders like Blackberry Crackberry, and more narratives in 1-3 minute “chunks.” The goal is to keep people in suspense and coming back. Of course it doesn’t happen easily unless you have loyal…
YouTube is ending 2006 with dozens of technical support problems, and customer service that is reminiscent of AOL when it had a virtual monopoly. In fact, YouTubers have organized a “Bed In” to bring the company’s attention to problems. Ironically many can’t participate because the site, for days, hasn’t accepting videos in a timely manner….