Someone Writes About Something Beside Google & YouTube
Can you believe this guy? He’s writing an article about 10 newsworthy events that aren’t related to Google/YouTube. Is it just me or does Steve look like Brad Pitt?
Can you believe this guy? He’s writing an article about 10 newsworthy events that aren’t related to Google/YouTube. Is it just me or does Steve look like Brad Pitt?
It wasn’t long ago that YouTube was known as the video version of early Napster. If you needed a free television show, music video, or even a featured-length movie, YouTube was your source. Now the company, under Google, has developed perhaps the most robust content ID library in the world (see YouTube business blog). It’s…
Which online-video site is mostly likely to be part of the bridge between television and the Internet? You can fault the model, and question it’s sustainability. But Yahoo TV is well poised to leverage its partnerships with Verizon and TiVo to start serving its bite-sized video content via television sets equipped with broadband boxes. Take,…
YouTube announced on January 30 (see YouTube blog) that UK ‘tubers can now join the Partners program and share in advertising revenue. Why do journalists often frown at this? Here’s a Texas journalist who is saddened by the idea. When I was interviewed by Fox after the program started in the US, the interviewers had…
AOL is launching an online-video hub that will feature 14 content channels and centralize AOL video in one place, according to The Chicago Tribune. “We believe that in years ahead people will want to watch television on their PCs and Blackberrys,” said AOL CEO Tim Armstrong. “Wer’e unrivaled in this new category of web-based moving…
… you know you’ve been written up on HappySlip. I had assumed everyone knows who she is, but I’m finding out otherwise. Get over to HappySlip’s blog right now. Her blog is People Magazine to my East Baltimore Guide. Who did your logo, HappySlip!? It’s splendid.
Here’s one man’s depiction of typical reactions to online videosĀ (note- explicit language included). He spoofs the many moronic comments that videos attract. His parody is around some of the themes of Metacafe’s comment audience, but many of these are universal truths to video comments: That’s boring That’s fake You suck
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Nalts – I will assume you are not getting enough sleep? I can think of at least 3 reasons that this post is in poor taste.
As I hit send and got in my car, I thought about that. I even remembered the Steve Irwin moment (which I think you flagged). So you’re my designated taste editor. Sometimes I’m too edgy.
In this case, the joke was supposed to be on bashing Steve for reminding us that there’s other news besides YouTube/Google. What was supposed to come across was self-depricating humor depicting me as caring about nothing else and resenting anyone that does.
But it’s cleansed. At least two things are. Couldn’t find the third.
E-mail me the original.
Nevermind, found it. The original was better. I’ll punch him!
Kevin, you told us we need to get on the ball about making a video site, so I just made a test site! I hope you like it.
http://r.zackscott.net/
DANG! COOOOL