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2 Year Anniversary of Online Videos

ByNalts

Almost every interview I do, someone asks how I got started in online video. The reality is that I’ve been making short videos since I was in highschool, and most of them are still sitting in the basement on deteriating VHS tapes. Except Attack of the Killer Slinky. But online video for me started almost…

YouTube “AutoFill” on Homepage: Suggests Graduates from Google Labs

ByNalts

Google knows what you’re going to search for even before you turn on your computer. Google Suggests (see definition) — which is a real-time ‘auto-fill’ of your search words based on typical searches — is now part of a typical Google homepage search. The tool “graduated” from Google Labs according to a recent post on the official Google blog….

Woman Flips Out in Hong Kong Airport After Missing Her Flight

ByNalts

It’s called “A woman missed her flight at the boarding gate HKIA” and it’s quite sad and funny. Of course, she was missing Oceanic Flight 815, so it could be worse.  Sample comments. Let’s see you top them.  perhaps she didn´t make it home in time to watch “dancing with stars” or “american idol” Geez,…

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A Private Letter to YouTube Founders (Skip This Post)

ByNalts

This is a private letter to Brad Hurley and Steven Chen. The YouTube founders don’t really respond to e-mails or prank calls, so I’ve decided to blog ’em a private letter. It has ideas that will save their company, so please don’t read this if you’re not them. Especially if you’re a competitor. Are the…

Online-Video Ad Spend: Optimistic But Still “Sculpting Fog”

ByNalts

Don’t get depressed about the economy folks. Even wrecklessly stupid brands are squeezing old-media spending in favor of paid search, targeted interactive advertising, and … yes… even online video. Marketing and advertising spend on online video has a good future. Even though it’s a small sliver of online spending and difficult to measure (slicing fog),…