Daisy Whitney, creator and producer of “The New Media Minute” is ending the nearly 5-year-old show. Whitney posted her final episode last week, and says she’s, “just going old school reporting on media in articles and columns instead.” Whitney will continue her reporting on new media for such outlets as MediaPost, Cynopsis, @Beet_TV. For as long…
I almost always argue on the side of budget, and frequently write about how to get professional looks on amateur equipment. In the pursuit of “balance” (and to make another futile attempt at affiliate links), here are some reasons to spend more on a video camera. You don’t always get what you pay (very often…
A few years ago, a video could be considered “viral” if it hit a million views. Now I’d like to propose a more stringent definition, and tell you that President Obama meets the criteria. A video, I submit, is “viral” if it gets more than 5 million views in a 3-7 day period. So Obama…
Who’s that guy in the green shirt dancing in Sprint ads? Well you heard about “double dream hands” guy here first, right? (Heck I even own one of his yellow shirts). Now he’s back with “double dream feet,” which appearance in a Sprint television ad (and, above, as repurposed on YouTube). He’s John Jacobson, and his…
Why has America’s Funniest Videos (AFV) not died in 20 years even despite the age of “instant gratification via YouTube”? How does AFV manage the logistics of culling through massive amounts of user-generated clips? How many clips does AFV producer Vin Di Bona own? Why has no other show or format “cracked the code” of…
Who’s the YouTube CEO? Not Chad Hurley anymore. It’s Salar Kamangar. Let’s introduce the YouTube community to Salar Kamanagar, and get him to Vidcon2011 (the YouTube version of South By Southwest spawned by Hank/John Green and the Nerdfighters). This article gives you some interesting cultural nuances about Google and YouTube which are rare in print….
2100 pages and 50 jotter books, but it got full marks… so the displeased eskimo may be pleased with this work.
With apologies to you seasoned film enthusiasts, I’d like to introduce the Wilhelm Scream to those still left oblivious to it. You see, I used the sound effect in a recent YouTube video and was again reminded that it’s not as widely appreciated as I should think. Klaxoncow said it best: The scream, which originated…
Believe it or not, I debated the headline of this post longer than you might imagine. I can’t sum this video up. It’s just your responsibility to watch it, and realize that… if my videos are chocolate flavored Doritos, ChurchofBlow’s are fine French meals, followed by a creme bruleee and an espresso. This is the guy…
Today, December 17, is the third-annual “Project for Awesome,” where thousands of Nerdfighters will be using online-video to “reduce world suck.” Even if you understood nothing in the headline or lead, I encourage you to keep reading because you’ll learn a lot about online-video through this story. John and Hank Green were brothers who lost…