I was totally taken by surprise by this one.
(A little further research has revealed that it was created by WCRS, and that there is some controversy over the originality of the idea. What a shame.)
Tag Archives: youtube
Take the Test
March 21, 2008 – 4:14 pm
Internet Helps ermm.. Harms TV?
November 27, 2006 – 4:22 pm
Remember last week, when CBS announced that its YouTube presence had lifted its audience figures? Letterman was up five percent in the month since they’d started posting excerpts on the service.
Well, today, the BBC publishes research that suggests the contrary:
Some 43% of Britons who watch video from the internet or on a mobile device at [...]
Not So Lonely
November 23, 2006 – 5:02 pm
The new Wired has a great feature about the lonelygirl15 story. Lonelygirl15, you will remember, was a hit YouTube vlog about a teenage girl, her family and her ambiguous relationship with her friend Daniel. You’ll also recall that the central character, Bree, turned out to be an actress called Jessica Rose, working with a guy [...]
Proof YouTube is Good for TV
November 22, 2006 – 11:43 am
It’s always been obvious that watching 5-minute segments of TV programmes on YouTube is likely to increase people’s desire to watch the real thing. Pete Cashmore reports that yesterday, some proof has emerged. US TV network CBS has announced that viewer figures have risen considerably since striking a deal to create their own channel on [...]
Remembrance Day
November 11, 2006 – 7:00 pm
Only tangentially about the sacrifices made by our grandparents and great-grandparents:
Another Post about GooTube, descending rapidly into specious generalisations
October 10, 2006 – 1:21 am
Quoted from Mr. Scoble (who is not specious):
“I do note that Google’s stock is up. Yahoo and Microsoft’s are down.”
The market believes this can work. Long-time readers will know that I am a believer in the Wisdom of Crowds. As the book says, when they’re properly orchestrated, the masses can make better decisions than experts. [...]
Pretty Infographic; No Substance
September 29, 2006 – 6:13 pm
Research outfit InStat has produced a press release relating to a new report. The release, which was promoted to the digg home page, says that:
User-Generated Content (UGC), such as that found on YouTube and MySpace, will continue to grow significantly in popularity and generate increasing revenue over the next several years, reports In-Stat (http://www.in-stat.com). By [...]
It’s a Tag World, My Masters
September 28, 2006 – 10:32 am
Exactly how useful are tags?
Tags and tagging are a big part of the Web 2.0 ethos. Instead of sorting items into folders, you describe them with a series of words. The words you use, the ‘tags’, are up to you. Some people refer to this as ‘folksonomy’ in the sense that tags are home-grown and [...]
