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
Social Media,Web Culture
6 April 2008 | View Comments
Dan Ackerman Greenberg’s guest post on TechCrunch sparked heated discussion about the ethics of gaming YouTube to get more views. I am not a fan of gaming the system with fake comments and trickery like changing titles, tags and thumbnails, but there is no doubt that many “viral video specialists” use these tactics to get [...]
Tagged in Dan Ackerman Greenberg, gaming the system, humor, TechCrunch, 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