Techcrunch and other sites have reported YouTube’s unplanned outage today. The REAL reason it happened? The team was enjoying the anchovy pizza I sent over (click image for video). Oh- you’ve seen this already? Yeah- it’s a rerun. Reruns are quite popular on those big monitors that don’t have keyboards. I’m bringing reruns back in…
Another humorous YouTube error message… this one has a very simple code to include in a report to the technical folks. I memorized it.
From Reuters… the chronologically challenged are also getting into YouTube. YouTube, the popular online home video site, has an unexpected star — a septuagenarian British widower — whose soft-spoken, humble manner has won the hearts of users of the youth dominated Web site. Peter posted his first video on YouTube about a week ago, under the user…
Like lemmings to the sea, everyone’s throttling YouTube with their stuff in hope of fame. Want a little secret? It’s hard as hell to breakout on YouTube. If you want quantity of views, you’re much better off in Google Video, Yahoo Video and some of the third-tier sites. Why? It’s the best kept viral…
Google is taking one more step to getting serious about online video. Getting real estate on the homepage of Google is like trying to install a golf course in Manhattan. But once you’ve searched something, you’ll notice a “Video: New” icon that allows you to refine your search. See below for example. The searches appear…
I was watching ABC’s Good Morning America this morning. It seems every time the media does a story on YouTube (which is about every 4.5 minutes) the reporter feels obliged to mention that the company’s headquarter is in a loft above a pizza place. Why is this important? Why are we obsessed with the company’s…
In an unprecedented moment corporate irony, YouTube Founders Chad Hurley and the other guy appeared on ABC’s Good Morning America today. They told Diane Sawyer that they sometimes lock employees from surfing YouTube since it’s hard to get work done while watching the viral videos. The interview was to kickoff a new segment on GMA that…
A nice report by “The Upside to Video Uploads” by Business Week. While this segment will undergo consolidation and specialization, a mini dot-com implosion is simply not on the horizon—and especially not for the reasons being cited by some pundits. Predictions about this collapse have focused on two issues: the lack of a business model…
Check out the footage of a reporter getting injured while covering a power problems in New Jersey, and exploding man holes. The surly YouTubers didn’t think it was as funny as me. I laughed out-loud. But then… I need a stupid pill.
This is pretty funny. It’s Smirnoff’s viral ad featuring rich Northeastern guys rapping… in top siders and circa 1980 preppy clothes. Again- subtle with the branding so it will probably get viralicized. But not pretending to NOT be an ad. Good balance. Tea Partay by Prep-Unit Raw Tea Records Director: Julien Christian Lutz