We Are the Media

When I think about what I wrote in the last post, and I look at Zennie's video and I see so many cameras. So many people doing what he's doing. And so many people are doing it on Youtube and Google Video and Live Video and Revver and iFilm and so many other outlets, it makes you realize that in a sense we are becoming, or that we already are the media. That the old paradigm of waiting for some elite group of "journalists" to tell us what's news and what's not is fading slowly and thankfully away. We inform ourselves and we do a much more thorough and complete job of it than the conventional media, who are by definition not democratic and who, because of who owns them, and their closeness to power, must necessarily have their own agendas.

Barack Obama Hosted By Sen. Barbara Boxer In San Francisco

This is a video by Zennie Abraham, one of the people I met at As One San Francisco. He's in one of the videos below. It is a great example of the kind of citizen journalism that Youtube has the potential to produce. And is producing. It gives us a view we don't always get from the conventional media. I'm still trying to get around to the videos of people I met at As One SF and as I do I'm more and more impressed.

Google is the Devil!!!

This is priceless.

As One Gathering San Francisco - Part Cinq

Last Saturday the Youtube community came together in San Francisco. We stepped out from the anonymity of our webcams, to met people in the flesh that we'd only seen as 425 by 350 pixels on a computer screen. As real people. Then we videotaped it so we could go home and watch it on our computers. Cause that's what we do. We're Youtubers. It was kind of like the Summer of Love for nerds. Peace.

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As One Gathering San Francisco - Part Sept

Part 7 in the continuing saga of a bunch of Youtubers wandering around Pier 39, filming each other.

As One Gathering San Francisco - Part Six

More of my video from As One in San Francisco. This is some random footage mostly of Renetto.

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Does YouTube Have Celebrities?

A response video to Khayav, http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l1A2d_7EAaw.

Youtube As One Gathering - San Francisco Part Quatre

Having some fun with Renetto at the As One gathering in san Francisco.

Youtube As One Gathering - San Francisco Part Trois

Mr. Safety, is that a chicken between your legs...?

Youtube As One Gathering - San Francisco Part Deux

Part Deux of my footage from the As One Youtube gathering in San Francisco. Spricket24 shakes her groove thang at the gathering after party.

Youtube As One Gathering - San Francisco Part Un

My footage from the As One Youtube gathering in San Francisco last weekend. I am just getting it online. Am I lame or what?

What every girl can expect for Valentine's Day. This one's especially for those ladies without a special someone today, http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BaPc5KvdvAQ. A video response to tokenblackchic's E-Valentine!!!!!!!!!!!!!!, http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PL4Uzun4CKA.

Baby I Swear No Hot Chick Could Distract Me From....

He swears to the maker of the "Guide to the Hot Chick", http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=boJc3ze6Qjg, that he could never be distracted by a hot chick while sitting across from her. A response video to....

tubeworthy POTD

My tubeworthy Pick Of The Day is kind of random. Just because I haven't posted one so far today. I was scouring the Internets searching for worthy videos, or was it that I was wasting time watching hours and hours worth of videos, and this one was one of the one's that appeared at the end of another video I was watching. You know how they put those two random videos which may or may not have anything to do with what you just watched up at the end of each video and they keep switching them. And recently I figured out you can flip back and forth through that list with the arrows. Ok, I would say I digress, but this entire exercise is digression.

Annnyyyywaaayyyy, I was researching videos of people I want to feature as artists (read that again, wasting time watching videos) and I clicked on this one because I had some ideas about using bluescreen and it was titled, Trying out GreenScreen. I looked at her profile and it said, "I am a very random girl...." So, it's not particularly impressive for anything but the fact that it is quintessentially Youtube. If that means anything at all. I think it does. And I like it. BTW, anyone featured here gets a free Premium version of our tubesurfer widget, a $9.95 value (wow!). We'd give t-shirts but we can't afford them. Now, go play with my widget! http://www.tubesurferwidget.com.

Our First Tubeworthy Artist Pick: HappySlip

HappySlip, a one woman production team, is the true spirit of Youtube. Not to put down two or more person production teams, but to me this medium is especially for individual, talented, but low budget, artistic expression. Most of all it’s about fun. HappySlip is also funny, talented, and not at all hard on the eyes. Her videos are fun, with good production values and without an edge. Many feature hilarious, but loving, impersonations of her family. Especially her mother. I could say more about her, but her videos, especially HappySlip Vlog #1 (at right in the widget) tell her story much better than I can.

The featured video above is one of my favorites. It’s a one woman soap opera where she plays that cliché of all soap opera clichés, twins. One, of course, evil. Happyslip u r tubeworthy. So, r u tubeworthy? Know someone who is? Comment @ our blog at tubeworthy.com, or write us @ tubeworthy@tubesurferwidget.com. Now, go play with my widget.

Criswell Predicts Bears Over Colts in 1956

This stunning Bears over Colts Superbowl prediction was made by the psychic The Amazing Criswell back in 1956. Making him without a doubt the world's first Superfan.

Our First Tubeworthy Pick: The Superfan Shuffle!

I don't need to remind anyone that the Superbowl is tomorrow and that the greatest team in the history of the NFL ever (except for the 1985 Bears) Da Bears, are playing some other team (if that team even bothers to show up). La, la, la, la, la...I can't hear you saying Da Bears haven't won or been in a Superbowl since 1985 because I'm a Superfan and my fanship defies all logic or reality. Da Bears are great. Period. Ditka is the greatest coach ever and the Superbowl Trophy should be a Ditka. No disrespect to Vince Lombardi, he just happened to have coached the Packers. Nuff said.

But I need to get to the point. Do I have a point? No, a Superfan does not need a point. The video above Da Superfan Shuffle Music Video is Da tubesurfer's first ever pick of a tubeworthy video. More tubeworthy picks to come. Now, go play with my widget....

Update: Sadly as everyone knows by now, da Bearsss did not get it done yesterday. And without rehashing the whole sad affair I have to say I had a moment of clarity before the game as I watched hour upon hour of pre-game coverage on CBS. It was when they showed a shot of our Rex Grossman coming off the bus and walking down the hall to the locker room. Immediately afterward they showed the same shot of Peyton Manning. Not to dog Grossman, because he's a young quarterback and he will get better, but the man looked like he'd seen his own ghost. Manning looked like he was going to a business meeting. That told the whole story in advance.

Of course I immediately lost that perspective when Devin Hester ran back the first kickoff of the game for a TD. Again, I won't be one of those people to dump on Grossman here. He will improve, but the fact is, he'll never be a Peyton Manning. Manning is the QB of destiny and will be one of the NFL's greatest. Alas, I must say what Chicago sports fans have learned to say over the course of many years: Wait till next year!

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We here at tubesurfer have a serious problem. We can’t seem to stop playing with our widget. We think that if you play tubesurfer awhile, you’ll understand why. It’s an addictive mashup of Youtube, Myspace and Blogger. With tubesurfer, visitors to your profile can surf your Youtube videos on Myspace, the sidebar of your blog, on your vlog or almost anywhere you can go on the web. tubesurfer is like an iPod sized version of Youtube that you can use to feature all your videos, playlists, and Youtube’s list of featured videos. But that is not all. With tubesurfer premium visitors can surf the top 15 most viewed, most discussed and most favorited videos.
Soon all the kids will be sporting this sweet widget on their Myspace and Blogger pages. But you’ll have the chance to be the first kid on your block to have one. For our introductory offer of we are slashing the price from $19.95 to $9.95. We’d give it away but we’re all ready giving away the free version. However, we caution you in advance. You won’t be able to stop playing with it. Thank you.
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Criswell Predicts Widgets!

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* Feature up to 100 of your Youtube videos.
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Myspace Issues & Workaround

Due to issues of security, Myspace attempts to disable links to outside websites in Flash applications in Myspace profiles. We say attempts because in some cases the links work, and in some they don’t. For example, we’ve found that with Flash 8, the links work in IE7, but not in Firefox 1.5. We understand Myspace’s desire to keep its users safe from malicious applications that may be hiding in seemingly harmless places. But we also feel it unfairly punishes the makers of legitimate and safe apps and their own Myspace community who can’t use them.
We have a very basic workaround for the problem above. There’s a link that will launch tubesurfer in a separate window on Myspace. Click the link below tubesurfer and the widget is launched in a separate window. Popups must be enabled and you will have to click the back button in the main window to go back to your Myspace profile. We apologize for the inconvenience and maybe Myspace users can convince them to make a safe alternative exception for legitimate apps like the tubesurfer widget.