The Australian blokes are mangling sting rays to avenge Steve Irwin’s untimely death. It won’t bring back the animal lover but it will prevent a dangerous “sting ray” revolt. We were at the Camden, NJ, aquarium this weekend and I caught one reading Edgar Allen Poe’s “Telltale Heart.”
Here’s some footage of folks catching a sting ray– presumaly before they sliced him up.
I hope this doesn’t distract these folks from dingo hunting.
It was a good week for YouTubers on NBC. Key of Awesome’s Mark Douglas appeared as Ian in the “Woggles,” a PG-13 version of Australian children singers, “The Wiggles.” And “Chocolate Rain Guy” (TayZonday) gets an SNL impression by Kenan Thompson! See Buzzfeed for a collection of Woggles media or see the entire episode of “30 Rock”…
Are those two beautiful words. Just soak in them. Viral Videologist. Bruce Haring of DIY Convention asked if I’d speak about YouTube success stories on Sunday, February 11 at the Egyptian Theater in Hollywood. Mark your calendars, folks. Free beer with admission. Anyway it turns out I was scheduled to be presenting 6 miles from there that same…
Tom Schmoyer created a ReelSEO video to summarize a bunch of YouTube changes (below), and navigates them for creators and advertisers. Changes include a new uploader tool for creators the ability to link directly from videos offsite to fundraising (Kickstarter, Indigogo) new ways to select ads (monitization) preferences, 150K options for free music you can add…
I recently added an RSS for this new blog: FredGraver.com. Who’s Fred Graver? Well you should be embarassed you had to ask, but here’s his Wikipedia bio (and I won’t tell him you had to “refresh” yourself on his history). Fred works in big media, but he’s not afraid of the online video space. His…
The thing that put YouTube on the map was easy file sharing — quick uploads and fast Flash-based streaming. Lately YouTube is experimenting with high definition, which is a slight improvement from the typical squished Flash format. Here are the key things you need to know: It’s in testing, and it’s not perfect. The audio…
So you’re too busy to buy a copy of my book (Beyond Viral), but maybe want a quick scan of the topics? Here are some of the key points addressed in each of the 18 chapters… these digital documents also identify the many experts who contributed to the book. From Daisy Whitney (This Week in Media),…
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Killing a stingray won’t bring Steve Irwin back.
Attaching him to some metal diodes, giving him a kangaroo heart, the hands of a dead convict and asorted body parts from mutilated Aussie rules football players, then waiting for lightnight to strike your lightnight road and screaming…. “It’s alive! Crikey!” That’s how you bring him back…
DONT KILL THEM.
I AM GOING TO SHOOT YOU.
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