For the last few videos I’ve uploaded to YouTube, I’ve discovered a disturbing trend. The default thumbnail (image that represents the video) isn’t predictable. YouTube appeared to be departing from the model of using the center frame and the 1/3 and 2/3 frame. At the risk of spreading potential Twitter rumors, a little birdie says…
The Viral Video Villain (www.viralvideovillain.com) just got a $1 million investment. Dan Ackerman Greenberg, who caused quite a stir with his “Secret Strategies Behind Viral Videos,” is now 750 Industries. Or as TechCrunch put it, “The Viral Video Guy Gets $1 Million.” Greenberg explained 750 Industries to TechCrunch’s Michael Arington as, “a startup providing viral…
This is perhaps one of the most memorable moments of online video I’ve seen, and it’s from regular WillVideoForFood reader/commenter James Jarvis (Marquisdejolie). The former homeless man lives in Marshall, Texas and has posted 852 videos to date (and for reasons I can’t understand, has fewer subscribers than videos). Before you comment on “Drunk Naked…
Rhett and Link’s Alka Seltzer road show (see previous post) hit Philadelphia recently, and it didn’t take them asking more than once to convince me and a bunch of YouTube Cewebrities to hit Pat and Gino’s to appear in this video. I picked up CharlesTrippy, ShayCarl, TheMightyThor1212 and those gals to stop by before the YoTube events….
No I’m just kidding. Television isn’t dead yet (but I’ll let you know when it is). You didn’t waste money on that high definition set, and you advertising executives still have a little shelf life. But here’s a new tidbit of research that verifies that online-video consumption is eating into our television viewing time. Courtesy…
It pains me to see so few views on YouTube for something this well written, acted and edited. It’s called “Font Conference” and it’s a great personification of the fonts we know so well. Baskerville Old Face and Bookman OId Style duke it out. Arial Black feels discriminated. Wide Italian played by an overeating fat…
When I think about uploading a video to YouTube, I envision five audiences: The people I know in online video- fellow creators and members of the online-video community. Permanent record: is the video going to be a tattoo I might regret? Will it cause my kids or family any embarrassment that I haven’t already inflicted? The folks…
A “trip” down memory lane thanks to hours of YouTube searching and RetruJunk.com Electric Company Intro Zoom Then there’s HR Puffnstuff (see Drugachussets parody). Reading Rainbow (Rhett and Link do a great version of this) Land of the Lost intro Little House on the Prairie (Jo loved it, I hated it) The Muppet Show
Are you really, really bored? No- I mean SUPAH FREAKY bored? Okay then here’s a challenge. Make a montage out of these nearly 100 video replies to my “bore me” challenge (where more than a year ago I invited people to make 30-second videos that reach into their inner bore). I’ll feature your montage here…
Thanks to MCase (loyal WillVideoforfood reader) for pointing out Knol. This is Google’s answer to Ask.com or Wikipedia, where you can write about a subject and share in advertising revenue if anybody cares to read it (and is so bored by it that they click the text ads and stop). Here’s my knol biography, and…