You just have to love the music industry's reaction to online videos. According to a recent article by the Wall Street Journal, The Recording Industry Association of America recently pushed for an aggressive stance against amateur videos using commercial songs. The article reports that some legal experts say the video sites are generatlly protected as…
I've always maintained that web video can't be longer than 30 seconds to 2 minutes, but this 6-minute clip (Bus Uncle) provide otherwise- it will entertain you silly and you'll soon be quoting it. Some poor 23-year-old in a Hong Kong bus tapped the shoulder of a real estate agent who was talking loudly on…
A man was charged for cruelty to animals after he allegedly posted a video on Myspace.com of himself holding the hind legs of a hog as it was bitten by a dog, according to records released Friday. The man said he posted pictures of himself butchering the hog on his Web page and also posted the…
There are some interesting videos of Ilana Yahav- a “sand artist” who makes images using her hands and sand. Here’s the site. It’s soothing for a few moments, but then “video ADHD” kicks in.
A Google ad caught my attention for WimpyMedia. Interesting site that displays various media through a collection of relatively low-cost tools. It's interesting to demo the variety of ways they can stream media. I'm guessing your hosting provider would have server requirements that enable these, but it's interesting to see how modular audio/video content can…
First let me thank you folks who responded to the last post. It's giving me a much better idea of what readers want. That said, I need to get something off my chest. Banners suck. One of our web developers learned at a usability conference that eyeball studies reveal that our eyes spend about .09 of…
You are a silent bunch of readers. I get three times as many visitors to this site as I do to Revverberation. But you're a silent bunch- almost no comments here on WillVideoForFood. If WordPress didn't give me stats, I'd be checking to make sure I plugged in my Internet connection and wasn't blogging to…
The Crackberry video I did early this week didn't take off at first, but now a few blogs (Micropersuasion and some Blackberry blogs) have started to point to it. Meanwhile, here's a recent story of a Chicago hotel that helps you shake Crackberry addiction by locking away your Blackberry!
Stephen King (not THAT Stephen King, but the one from the Institute for the Future in Palo Alto) spoke yesterday at my day job. He discussed the difference between legacy television viewing ("leaning back") and online video viewing ("leaning forward"). Obviously our attention span is different for each task- 30 minutes to hours for "leaning…
Time's pick of 10 videos that have exploded on the web. Interesting that the "cheerleader through the basketball hoop" has been brought down from YouTube.