YouTube and Music Video History

23. August 2007 · Write a comment · Categories: Uncategorized · Tags: ,

Thanks to YouTube, Geeky Boy has discovered Weird Al Yankovic. I’m so proud. No, really, I am. Last night, the Geeky kids and I had a little music history lesson. First, Geeky Boy showed me this:

And I said that to fully appreciate the humor, he needed to watch this:

Geeky Girl said, “Hey, they’re doing the same things they were in the other video.” We then discussed what a parody was. Then, the kids latched on to this video:

Geeky Girl recognized the wordplay. Can you?

Of course, I had to show them this:

And this (about halfway through):

Where would these important cultural references be without YouTube?

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Reinvigorated

26. April 2007 · Write a comment · Categories: Uncategorized · Tags: , ,

It’s funny how these professional trips exhaust me, and yet I come back feeling inspired about my work. The purpose of this trip was to begin my work as a NITLE Technology Fellow. It was great to meet the other fellows, all of whom seem incredibly cool and smart. I was describing some of our conversations to Mr. Geeky and he noted that it seemed like kind of a geeky crowd. And I said, yeah, it was so cool. It was great just to share ideas with everyone. I got so many great tidbits, from new podcasts to listen to to new ways to shape workshops. We did have to suffer through the painful process of having ourselves videotaped while teaching and then watch and critique it. Ouch. I hope that video never sees the light of day.

I’ll leave you with a horrible video of a show that I used to watch as a kid. It might explain some things about me. I shared this with the tech fellows. It was a good way to start the morning.

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Viacom suing YouTube

14. March 2007 · Write a comment · Categories: Uncategorized · Tags: ,

Hold onto your hats. Ironically, there’s no mention of the DMCA in the suit. YouTube already took down thousands of “unauthorized” videos. There’s an excellent discussion of the suit here. There’s some speculation that the suit has been brought simply because YouTube has been so successful. It’s by no means the only video sharing site out there with unauthorized material.

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