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YouTube’s Accidental Rocket: Whoa, duuuude.”

ByNalts

"There is a sense that YouTube accidentally built a rocket and is willing to hang on to see where it goes," observes Technology Writer Kevin Maney in an article from USAToday. "Co-founders Chen and Chad Hurley can be like the main characters in Bill and Ted's Excellent Adventure, who go for joy rides in a…

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Pranking the Coffee Mascot

ByNalts

Blogs can be fatiguing to maintain (sans revenue) until something like this comes along. Mascot Roommate. These guys prank their poor roommate who has a job promoting a coffee shop. It takes the fun out of it to think it might be staged, but there's certainly tips that would suggest that. One thing's clear to…

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Sasquatch Helps Market Beef Jerkey

ByNalts

I just about peed on myself looking at the videos on this Jack Link's Beef Jerkey campaign website. To see some really funny ads, click on the video camera hanging on the tree. They feature hikers taunting Sasquatch with various pranks.  You may also want to visit Sasquatch's MySpace. (Courtesy of Adrants). Someone please post…

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Feature Film Released in Short Chunks Via Web (WorkingStiff)

ByNalts

Who needs Hollywood? "WorkingStiff" is an independent film being released via www.ProjectWorkingStiff.com in short chunks via the Internet. The release began Memorial Day, and is being rolled out in 3 to 5-minute increments until the complete 94 minutes has played. Each day’s episode is stored in the lineup until the whole movie has played. The…

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Bus Uncle: I have PRESSURE

ByNalts

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…

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Secret Recipe for Viral Video Popularity

ByNalts

A recent article about YouTube reveals that 50,000 videos are uploaded a day, and 50 million are viewed. This ratio has changed, no doubt, over time. But that basically means the average views per video should be around 1000. Most videos, however, never surpass 10-100 views. Others get more than 10 million. So what’s the…