Saturday February 20, 2010
Follow up article from OKGO singer about the state of the music industry and video promotion.
Thursday January 21, 2010
Youtube are running an opt-in experiment using HTML5 video. Available in Chrome & Safari due to codec support (they're only offering h.264). This is dead exciting, HTML5 video in the wild for large scale, working really well.
Tuesday January 19, 2010
"Chaos theory has a bad name, conjuring up images of unpredictable weather, economic crashes and science gone wrong. In this documentary, Professor Jim Al-Khalili sets out to uncover one of the great mysteries of science - how does a universe that starts off as dust end up with intelligent life? How does order emerge from disorder? Amazingly, it turns out that the mathematics of chaos can explain how and why the universe creates exquisite order and pattern."
Friday July 3, 2009
Amazing music video made by cutting together lots of fans on web cams. Except that that everyone is perfectly choreographed.
Even trippier version, http://www.yooouuutuuube.com/v/?rows=15&cols=15&id=WfBlUQguvyw&startZoom=1
Friday April 17, 2009
"...the cost of running YouTube for one year exceeds $700 million. But the company makes only a fraction of that back in advertising—about $240 million in revenues for 200..." Web 2.0, the unprofitable revolution.
Friday March 13, 2009
Witness history as it's never been told before: Drunk.
People get drunk and recount historical events, then they get filmed (with occasional guest stars).
Remember Daft Hands? This is all that and more.
Wednesday March 11, 2009
8 tracks made from YouTube clips as samples, with original videos shown too. Pretty amazing stuff.
Monday March 9, 2009
YouTube is blocking all premium music videos to UK users after failing to reach a new licensing agreement with the Performing Right Society