Want to send someone a holiday video right from Famed YouTubers like Geriatric1927 or Renetto? Coca-Cola is sponsoring a viral video “wishcast,” through which you can send a YouTube video (some are personalized by creators, and others are classic Coke ads). To my knowledge, it’s the first large-scale combination of eGreetings and videos… hence the…
I used to play a game with my kids. I’d tell them a bedtime story and stop. They’d have to finish the sentence. Then we’d take it in the direction they wanted. That’s the spirit behind The GooTubeConspiracy. The storyline is dictated by the viewers. Toss a good comment or video response and you’ll see…
The GooTube Conspiracy is becoming interactive. If you’re new to this, here’s the story. Steven Chen and Chad Hurley kidnapped me for reasons I can’t explain. My theory is that I did some anti-YouTube rants back in the 1970s and someone told them. Now I’ve been “on the run” from them. On the advice of…
I wish I had more than a few dozen hours of video content. Maybe I’d get a sweet little offer from Google like the networks are getting. Courtesy of the ReelPopBlog.com, here’s a Business Week article about Google’s efforts to keep networks and programmers from suing YouTube/Google. Here’s the funny thing. It’s the end of…
I’m going to have difficulty keeping up with the blog posts this week because I’m “on the lamb.” As some of you might have seen, YouTube founders Steven Chen and Chad Hurley kidnapped me in their basement. I was able to escape. Now I’ve warned my wife, and I’m going to keep away from my…
It’s conventional knowledge that Ambien causes a mild “black out” period if you don’t go to sleep when you take it. It also makes you gorge carbs. Last night I popped a delicious Ambien and got settled into bed. Just before dozing off to the final episode of Prison Break, I decided to check e-mail….
I’m a big fan of Revver because it splits ad revenue. Maybe you are too. But this guy has us both topped. See the Ultimate Revver Fan. He pits Revver against YouTube and Google Video in this weird and amusing rant. This just in! Visit the Revver blog and you’ll see three videos. Play them…
Having plenty of people viewing your YouTube videos has achieved such social status that prominent YouTube creators are “cheating.” In this video Redskulled describes the simple method to inflate total views on your video, and identifies some of the “famous” YouTube cheaters — and shows the crude and simple ways to cheat. Consider, then, the…
MadV— the masked street magician who does tricks to hip-hop music — is back after a 6-month hiatus with “One World.” The video invites YouTubers to respond with something written on their hands. MadV was on several video sites (and once dominated the “most popular” section of Revver for weeks), and then vanished because of…
Something terribly frightening occured to me this morning. I’ve always enjoyed taunting YouTube with prank calls, pizza deliveries and rants. I criticized the GooTube acquisition, and have generally visited YouTube like a parent chaperoning a high school dance. Most video creators start with a desire to entertain and are only now (1 year later) trying…