When you leave town do you have someone watch your house? And your MySpace account? Here’s a wonderfully self depricating piece called “House Sitting,” by Mo Collins (MadTV, 40 Year Old Virgin). She spoofs her own neurosis and her career, and it’s a fantastic low-budget irreverent piece. Via Revver blog.
How many views does it take for a video to be defined as going “viral”? It’s not 1 million, and it’s not 2 million… read on. I’m a big fan of Smosh’s Teleporting Fat Guy (see original video seen more than 4 million times). So I was thrilled to see the adorable chubby guy return…
This Guardian Unlimited Technology writes about the 1% Rule. As it turns out, if you get a group of 100 people online then one will create content, 10 will “interact” with it (commenting or offering improvements) and the other 89 will just view it. Writes Author Charles Arthur (say that 5 times fast): It’s a…
Keek raised $7 million to fuel a relatively new social-video sharing site, joining a crowded space including SocialCam, Viddy and Twitvid. VatorNews announced, “Keek is a social video network that lets people upload video snippets of just about anything from their mobile phones. It’s a bit like Twitter but what’s shared isn’t 140-character Tweets, but…
While I’m blogging about people who read my Beyond Viral book, I’d like to thank Rhett & Link for the product placement. Aren’t they cute? They called it an “insightful tome,” and not just because they’re in this fancy hardback book. They also mentioned Daisy Whitney’s “Mockingbirds.” So did the SweetestVegan (see video on Dailymotion)….
If you had asked me a year ago, I might have told you that comedy troupes would dominate the most-subscribed channels on YouTube. It’s a medium built for comedians that perform before audiences on a regular basis. They know what’s funny and what’s topical. The problem is that just as most stand-up comedians can’t do…
Take it from the author of “Beyond Viral,” dear reader. Viral video is like fire. It can create a toasty fire or get people burned. Today we learned out the Times Square billboard hack video was part of the campaign for the film, Limitless. The deception was the brainchild of the viral-video maker “ThinkModo,” according…