Via PaidContent.org, we have news from the UK’s Times Online that MSN is launching a video sharing site this summer. “The Microsoft site will launch this summer as the world’s largest software developer moves to increase the reach of its MSN portal by tapping the explosive growth of social networking sites such as MySpace.com. It…
I’ll get the out takes up soon. They’re much funnier than this spoof of a worker trying to get laid off for the severance. Pretty cool that my real boss agreed to helping on this. And she managed to not crack up once… even while I was eating crayons.
Here’s a beefy Mercury News article about online video, with an emphasis on YouTube and its long journey toward profitability. It confirms that the YouTube folks are indeed thinking it would be good to make money, but are (in my opinion) way too paranoid about losing their cult-like appeal. Read my letter to YouTube’s founders to get…
Courtesy of Steve Garfield’s “Off on a Tangent,” and Joho the Blog… We give you the Ted Stevens Tube Rap: Click to here Ted Stevens Tube Rap (opens MP3). For more, visit CNet’s Political Blog (All Your Internet Are Belong to Ted Stephens). You have to love the fact that the person REGULATING the Internet…
This is why I keep my video camera with me no matter where I go… Footage from this afternoon.
Oh please watch this. I shot coffee from my nose this is do damned funny. You don’t have to know much about Rocketboom (who recently announced that Amanda Congdon has left the show). I have to admit to only learning about Rocketboom recently via ZeFrank’s videos. But I’ve seen enough of them to appreciate the…
This is a private letter to Brad Hurley and Steven Chen. The YouTube founders don’t really respond to e-mails or prank calls, so I’ve decided to blog ’em a private letter. It has ideas that will save their company, so please don’t read this if you’re not them. Especially if you’re a competitor. Are the…
It’s not every day that I have a chance to videotape a zillionaire without him knowing. Here’s “Bill Gates Raw!” The idea was to see how many subtle Mac or Linux comments we could make before driving the Microsoft founder off the deep end.
Now that we’re seeing several online video sites that share revenue with video creators, it’s time for a comparison grid! For now I’m starting with Revver vs. Panjea vs. Eefoof, since they’re the only prominent sites that share revenue. I’ve also included YouTube and Google Video since they’re popular and give us a comparative base on some non-revenue…
People often ask how I have time to make so many short videos. The truth is, it typically takes about 1-2 hours per edited minute of a video. This depends, of course, on how packaged a video is (and packaging doesn’t always equate with the “viralness” of the piece. This time includes conceiving, scripting, shooting,…