Interjecting characters from a painting into a modern life situation to promote an opening at a museum. I say this is genius. Plus 3.7 million views on YouTube isn’t bad.
Incredible Football Play
This is an incredible football play. I’m surprised that we haven’t seen it before.
The T-Mobile Welcome Home Flash Mob
This is a pretty good video and ingenious marketing campaign.
The Muppets Perform Bohemian Rhapsody in 1080p
This is a great rendition of this song by the muppets. You need to put it on 1080p and turn on the full screen.
The 44 Presidents
This is a pretty cool video showing the 44 Presidents in under four minutes. The photos morph from one to the next in order.
I am a TWIT too!
I like and listen to several of the podcasts that are on twit.tv by Leo Laporte. They are informative, entertaining, and are a great community. I feel that I know many of the people that are on the various podcasts that I listen to.
Well ringtonefeeder has developed a video and has posted it on YouTube and has captured most of what being a TWIT is. Take a look and enjoy.
Thanks to @JasonCalacanis on Twitter for sharing this.
Freezing in Grand Central Station
This has been out for a while (early February) but I thought that I would post it on my blog. This is pretty cool. Imagine walking into Grand Central Station in New York City and seeing about 100 people frozen in place. Some were pretty dedicated.
Do you have a Facebook?
I saw this on Chris Brogan’s blog and thought it raised some interesting questions about privacy and who is behind the money of Facebook.
It is interesting to think about. I don’t know if all this information gathering is taking place because of Facebook, I think it is something that would be talking place anyway.
Sarah Silverman on Jimmy Kimmel Show
I saw this video that Jason Calacanis posted on Pownce this afternoon and was rolling on the floor. It is pretty funny and worth watching.
VideoEgg Not Worth It
I had just listened to Leo Laporte’s radio show from September, show #385 (I know I am behind), and he spoke about VideoEgg. He said that it would allow you to control which pages or sites that it could play on. So I tried it out.
It just didn’t cut it. This service was no different than any of the others and it doesn’t come close to Vimeo.
VideoEgg limits your upload to 5 minutes or 100 mb. At least YouTube allows you go up to 10 minutes. Also, if you mark your video as private, people still can copy and embed your video on their site. It doesn’t limit which site can play your video.
I was trying to find a service so I can post family videos and have them show up on my blog, but not allow people to copy the embed code and play it on other sites. Well VideoEgg allows you to make a video private, but then it allows people to copy the embed code and put it on their site.
I use Vimeo now and really like it. It has a lot more functionality than VideoEgg and I think a bigger network. There are several levels of privacy and you can prevent people from downloading the original format if you want.
Vimeo provides a great way to share original videos or just videos amongst family and friends. Vimeo also allows for the uploading of HD Content, allows for albums, and even has channels. It is a great service.
YouTube is YouTube and I probably won’t be putting anything else up on that site.
What I am looking for in a online video player is a player that does what Vimeo does and a just one thing more. I would like it to restrict what pages a video can play on. For example, I upload a video to Vimeo and then have a setting that prevents others from embedding the code on their website, but still allow people to see the video without being a contact or using a password.
Vimeo is a great service and worth the time to get an account. Try it out, for me it is the best way to share video online. You will like it!
Mile High Soapbox 