Tag: youtube

  • Why Instagram Might Be the Best Social Media Platform Around

    Social media is almost like a perverse version of The Force from Star Wars in that it, “It’s an energy field created by all living things. It surrounds us and penetrates us; it binds the galaxy together.” Unfortunately, it’s so pervasive and intrusive that it’s become supremely annoying and an opportunity for marketers to continue…

  • Google/YouTube Buying Twitch Thoughts

    Here’s a vlog of my thoughts on the Google/YouTube Twitch buyout: Watch live video from conark on TwitchTV

  • YouTube: Google Why Do You Keep Sucking?

    I just checked into one of my YouTube accounts and noticed that the layout for the homepage as a logged in user has changed yet again. About a week ago, I had issues with users’ channel pages where the top menu bar disappeared under the banner. I managed to get around that limitation through adding…

  • Google: Don’t Be Evil, But We Do Harm? (The End of YouTube?)

    One of the so-called core philosophies in the way Google operates is their motto “Don’t be evil.” It was an idea adopted early on in the company’s lifespan. On top of that many of their product decisions was engendered through their “10 things” principles. As the company has grown to the mega-power over the years,…

  • YouTube: Normally Attached Girlfriend Lulz

    [embedplusvideo height=”388″ width=”640″ editlink=”http://bit.ly/15YU7nG” standard=”http://www.youtube.com/v/F6Ca1j-h9H0?fs=1″ vars=”ytid=F6Ca1j-h9H0&width=640&height=388&start=&stop=&rs=w&hd=0&autoplay=0&react=1&chapters=&notes=” id=”ep2239″ /] I love this video dearly. It hits the nail on the head about relationships in so many ways that it feels almost realistic in some ways. But let me start off by talking about the (in)famous girl in the video, Laina. I stumbled across her picture numerous…

  • Social Video Technology: Youtube vs Younow vs Twitch/Justin.TV vs Keek

    I decided to do a small round up of various popular video services and navigate the different aspects between them that I’ve seen and where they each fit in within the ecosystem of the online video world. While there are other services that might be similar, these four I think are interesting in themselves (of…