Our favorite homeless guy (who technically isn’t homeless currently), Marquisdejolie, is having surgery today at a VA clinic. Marquis, also known as James Jarvis, is a regular contributor to WillVideoForFood and a modern-day Andy Warhol. In honor of him, I’m posting one of my all-time favorites of his videos. The 30-day lunch break.
Have you discovered Mediated Cultures (Digital Ethnography by Kansas State University)? Professor Michael Wesch spoke at the Library of Congress, and posted his video of the presentation here. I haven’t been through the whole thing because I didn’t see Nalts in the index. Hah. It’s funny because it’s true. But I did see that Bnessel…
The Interactive Advertising Bureau (IAB) has now proclaimed metric standards in a PDF document available here. According to the report, “These definitions are part of a larger IAB effort to stimulate video industry growth by making the reporting of metrics for agencies and advertisers across multiple media partners more consistent” Thanks to Mike Abundo of…
Like two weak players forming an alliance before an immunity challenge, EMI and GoTiot (I hadn’t heard of it either) are banding together. EMI owns Capitol and Virgin. Here’s the story on Spin.com. The story reports that EMI “signed a deal to distribute its videos to consumers for free via Gotuit.com, the two companies announced…
Oprah did a show about YouTube yesterday. Ironically, I’m not sure many regular YouTube viewers and creators watched it. The show took the typical “mainstream media” angle of YouTube, and missed some of the more subtle but important aspects of online video: Community (there is an entire social fabric at the center of YouTube that…
At the request of Marquisdejolie (a fellow creator, loyal reader, member of the WVFF back row, and buyer of a new fridge for his mama), here is a survey of the unwashed masses. I’ve asked some critical questions and will report the results. Answer the survey questions. You’re anonymous. And one of the unwashed masses,…
Since I was dangerously close to having a “dark blog” here, I thought I’d share some recent online-video information that’s worth knowing. Online-video ad spending continues to grow, with 2017 looking to be passing $9 billion this year (it was $6.8 Billion in 2016). That’s according to recent research by the Interactive Advertising Bureau (IAB) as…
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You know the end of the film (and real life story of) Apollo 13, where everyone was waiting as the capsule re-entered the atmosphere, and time seemed to drag on forever for that three-ish minutes without radio contact? Having to wait around to hear from mdj after this is sort of like that.
Hope all is well.
Positive thoughts and well wishes!
Hurry back MDJ! Healthy and happy! :o)
all I gotta say is he better do well, he owes me five bucks!
this video made me hungry. I’m going to lunch, be back in a month.
I’m not showering until he shows up back on this blog.
Now I have a decent response to say to people who complain about my noxious odor.
Good luck Marqui!
@5
just stop farting, or take your farts outside
It’s alive.
🙂
I’m out for the night. Going back in the morning. Very agitated they didn’t give me any bionic parts. Thanks to all you taxpayers who footed my med bill. You’re gonna love socialized medicine. Hahaha!
MDJ: I don’t mind footing your med bill. So there! (Thanks for letting us know you’re still with us)
^Just to prove it’s me:
I’m supposed to be on home rest for tomorrow’s follow-up procedure but mom is on a Xanax withdrawal rampage because my sister is out smoking meth in the swamp and is too busy to drop mom her shit and I’m locked in my room with heavy furniture pushed against the door barely able to breath wondering what that acrid smoke is pouring in through the top of my door and I’d much rather be somewhere else juggling scalpels or better yet in Iraq or Afghanistan where I could at least shoot something.
[grabs Kevin’s copy of The Secret and tosses it to marquis]
here!
^ I think a book on exorcism might be more useful for my circumstances.