It’s time for the first annual WillVideoforFood.com’s Top 10 Stupidest Moments of Online Video in 2007. This list is my first draft, so I invite and encourage moments I’ve no doubt missed. I haven’t kept a notepad besides my bed all year, and I try to suppress these moments. That said, I did review hundreds … Continue reading Top Ten Stupidest Moments of Online Video in 2007
I’m starting to write this post not having even looked at my 2007 predictions once in the past 11 months. But it’s so rare that someone owns up to their predictions — especially when they were wrong. So it’s time to score myself (letter grade style) on how accurately I predicted the future of this … Continue reading How’d I Do With My 2007 ‘Online Video’ Predictions?
I’ve been called everything from a sellout to Satan (this video is the best hater video I’ve ever seen, and features me with a sign “Will Video for Souls” as I transform into Lucifer). So it gives me some relief to know that the online-video community has found a new Osama. His name is Dan … Continue reading The Internet’s New “Viral Video Villain”
Growing up in a family of 7 (5 kids) I learned two things. Eat popcorn very quickly or there will be none left for you. When a new carton of ice-cream is opened, you have to move fast to be the first poke. The 2007 version of the ice-cream “first poke” is the strange pride … Continue reading First Poke
What video site pays you the best? Visit this post from Mashable for details, and you may see blip.tv winning by a long shot. The focus is on the raw $ per views. Keep in mind that I’d take a significantly lower payment per view (average seems to be .05 to 1 cent) in exchange … Continue reading What Video Site Pays Best? blip.tv Winning on Mashable Poll.
Okay, I’m being deliberately melodramatic in the headline, but it got your attention didn’t it? Here’s the latest news on mainstream celebrities charging into online video. While this will never stop user-generated content and amateur video creators, it will definitely steal a piece of the viewing pie. On the upside, it will also help mainstream … Continue reading The User-Generated Fad is Over
During the holidays a bunch of video bloggers (the kids call us vloggers) got together in Philadelphia. Micki Krimmel, the Revver’s V-Pixie, captured some of it and made a talkie. See it on Mickipedia. She did a lot of editing because I’m pretty sure she had about 30 minutes of b-roll of the raw meat … Continue reading Mickipedia Visits Philly
I pulled out my crystal ball this morning, and I’m predicting the most significant online-video highlights of 2007. I’ll be citing these selectively at the end of 2007 (only those in which I was right). Okay I didn’t use a crystal ball. This video tells a better story about the process I used to arrive … Continue reading Top 10 Online-Video Predictions for 2007
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. … Continue reading Dove Beauty Video (Parody)
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 … Continue reading 12 Days of Web 2.0 Christmas