You’ve all seen the Dove viral video that shows a homely girl being transformed into a model. Now watch the spoof video, as Nalts gets transformed from a balding, fat video guy into vlogger celebrity, ZeFrank. I did ask ZeFrank if he’d humor me with a high resolution version of his face to do this….
I don’t like to criticize sites when I don’t earn money on them, but this is just too funny to ignore. I’ve uploaded my best videos on Eefoof and after a few months I’ve got the results. The little “my earnings” icon (an image of a pile of gold) revealed my total is exactly one…
Here’s my new holiday song. I think it’s going to be a life-long classic. The 12 Days of Web 2.0 Christmas. Feel free to sing along. I’ve provided the lyrics. I spared you from the full, repetitive version. 12 blogger pingbacks 11 YouTube subscribers 10 Digged articles 9 Blog comments 8 Metacafe dollars 7 Stickam…
For a good example of using video for a social cause, check out 8 Wishes. Paul Sanchez is raising money for children with learning disabilities, and took a solo bike trip around the U.S. He’s now half way through his 30-day mission to have these 8 wishes met: Raise one million dollars 100 million views…
I’m not sure what they put on your issue of Time magazine, but my copy says I’m the “Person of the Year.” From Time (with a few editorial embeleshments): …Look at 2006 through a different lens and you’ll see another story, one that isn’t about conflict or great men. It’s a story about community and…
I’ve been told that there’s one person that selects the YouTube feature videos. I don’t know a lot about her, but I can tell from her taste that she’s funny, intelligent and pretty. I’ll bet she was a top student, and has a lot of friends. You can gather from the videos she features that…
Interesting article from PBS MediaShift about the nuances of the YouTube homepage. As many have discovered, an editor’s pick on YouTube is a career-changing moment. Take Mark Day with his Smiley Intervention. He’s transformed from a local California comedian to an “web-lebrity.” I have nightmares about his bald face against a yellow wall. This MediaShift piece also clarifies…
We’ve issued a press release on the GooTube Conspiracy, and the “participative storytelling” has taken some interesting directions even since we wrote the release. Here’s the creative challenge. The various plot branches are missing a trunk, as one of the videographers mentioned last night. Some of the characters — who submitted videos unsolicited — are asking…
Put on your thinking cap. This one gets a little complicated. It’s blogger tag. Video Blogging Guru Steve Garfield (Off On a Tangent) sent me this note: Jeff Pulver wants me to share five things. Jeff Pulver just found out about Blog-Tag: A Game for a Virtual Cocktail Party: “Turns out there is a game…
In meetings for more than a year, Fox, Viacom, NBC and CBS have pretended that they can coordinate to create a network-friendly online video site. Competitors partering. The enemy of my enemy is my friend. During some meetings, Viacom executives have been known to pour fake tea in plastic tea cups. When some participants don’t…