Wannabe Viewpoint,Web Culture
7 May 2008 | View Comments
Last month, Darren Rowse of ProBlogger.net asked his Twitter followers — that includes me – why they loved Twitter. He took those responses and turned them into a video slideshow on YouTube enhanced with a rocking instrumental track. Check me out around 4:03 AND AGAIN at 4:17. Yeah, that’s right — twice. Don’t worry. I’ll [...]
Tagged in Darren Rowse, early adopters, friend divide, meme, ProBlogger, Robert Scoble, social media, social networks, twitter, YouTube
Web Culture
24 April 2008 | View Comments
First, it was just a silly scene at the end of The O.C. episode “Dear Sister” — I know, of all TV shows to create a meme, The O.C. Then Saturday Night Live (SNL) made it into a digital short. After seeing it spoofed on SNL, YouTube users made remixes of popular Internet videos based [...]
Tagged in Dear Sister, meme, Saturday Night Live, The O.C., The Office, viral marketing, viral videos, YouTube
Web Culture
3 April 2008 | View Comments
If I am going to open a conversation on social media and community building on this blog, we are going to have to discuss Web culture from time to time. Hence, a new category! Want to know what makes a video go viral? Just look at the history. Here’s a quick Web culture test to [...]
Tagged in meme, Pownce, South Park, viral marketing, viral videos, YouTube