I may be on vacation, but I’ve learned a lot in the past 24 hours since I was featured on YouTube (with Viral Video Genius). Let me share these with WillVideoForFood readers… YouTubers think this is a “you’ve made it” move, and I’ve received dozens of really encouraging notes from folks. The people in the…
Atom Films is still kicking. I haven’t gone in a while because the opressive prerolls are too much for my V-ADHD. But I was glad to hear that Patrick from www.idonothingallday.com was paid for a “best of” video. Patrick, as regular WVFF readers will recall, takes videos of pretty women in NYC. If you find…
Woah. This Wall Street Journal (a print newspaper based in New York City) is coming dangerously close to my “beat” today. They’re clearly running online video stories to see if they can steal from the rapidly growing readership of “Will Video for Food.” I may not be as classy, accurate, easy-to-read or comprehensive. But I’m…
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…
I don’t track technology stocks well, and I certainly don’t understand the nuances of video compression. But my friend Jim Walker (www.mindpalace.com) is the one that told me to buy Cisco stock in 1996. I didn’t. Now he’s hot on ON2. Here’s a recent press release the company issued. According to the release, ON2 is…
I’m sure the Disney PR folks are having fun with this video of Tigger punching some kid. What’s next? Mickey strips nude and frightens toddlers? I have a former co-worker that used to play Chip (of Chip & Dale). She said the characters all had mixed romantic relationships. Snow White was sleeping with Aladin. Actually,…
I pulled out my crystal ball this morning, and I’m predicting the most significant online-video highlights of 2007. I’ll be citing these selectively at the end of 2007 (only those in which I was right). Okay I didn’t use a crystal ball. This video tells a better story about the process I used to arrive…
In meetings for more than a year, Fox, Viacom, NBC and CBS have pretended that they can coordinate to create a network-friendly online video site. Competitors partering. The enemy of my enemy is my friend. During some meetings, Viacom executives have been known to pour fake tea in plastic tea cups. When some participants don’t…
Fliptrack, a privately held company in Mountain View, California, today launched a free online service for creating photo-music mash-ups. Users can upload photos and place them into a visual timeline. Even better, the application automatically synchronizes them to the beat or lyrics. Once complete, Fliptrack converts the creation into a flash-video for viewing as a…
I’ve only recently discovered The YouTube Guide (YTGuide). Each episode is hosted by a YouTube person who identifies some of their favorite video posters. The channel was started by Jim (SuicidalPassion) and is currently edited by Vicky (LestyoubeJudged). YouTube Guide, says Vicky, is “owned by all and the intent to feature lesser known people on…