In the recent post (the debate continues) I unintentionally arrived to a grimy Sturgeon’s conclusion. The main reason that most of the stuff we see is ‘meh’ at best is that it’s simply VERY difficult to pull out something truly great – whatever is that you’re doing – digital, TV ads, literature, science or art, [...]
The interweb is flooded with some absolutely amazing conference presentation videos, I’m starting to believe that the only reasons for you to pay some good money and go to a conference today is for the sake of personal contact, the social gathering and networking (Gd, how i hate this word) which are as valuable as [...]
Dedicated to the most recent (and extremely annoying) youtube phenomena – wonder boy, Fred. You can watch it here
It seems like the streaming live video from your mobile to the web is getting momentum is going to be the next big thing in user generated content. The opportunities here are endless. I’m less enthuse about lifestreaming but much more about worldstreaming. Do you remember life without Youtube? Thats what I think we will [...]
Video reactions are one of the most fascinating things on youtube. It’s a new form of dialouge, self-to-other expression platform which can take many forms and shapes depends on the context. I find this conversational form an anthropological goldmine. One video can spark a vast range of human communicative behaviours, from rant to praise, from [...]
earlier today when I saw the new verizon viral campaign I thought they have failed on the basic rule of viral, i.e instant gratification to the user and easiest means to spread it / share it with friends. and the ‘create your own film’ format feels a bit yesterday. but when i got my film [...]
Just checked on YouTube most viewed videos today and, unsurprisingly 34 out of the 100 most viewed videos today are the Virginia Tech wacco’s personal videos sent to NBC. As far as I know it’s an all time YT record*. That’s pretty ugly way to get yourself to YT top 100 Beware the copycats. *[The [...]
Concerning the fact the I’ve made my blogging career on YouTube it’s somewhat odd that I was never an active participant so there you go, my first youtube video which can be categorised under the UEC (user edited content). In one of the recent episodes, the boys are trying to foil a terrorist plot utilising [...]
A couple of weeks ago, Karl Long, one of my favourite bloggers, kindly invited me to co-blog on vcritic – his new initiative to explore the social video revolution. Here is my first riff where I expand the dabate on the definition of User Generated Content.