Entries from December 2008

December 18, 2008

Conspiracy Theorists – STFU!

The absurd number of random, off-topic comments I have been getting on YouTube lately from conspiracy theorists has pushed me to far.  Time to strike back in the only way I know how – lots of swearing and shouting!

And don’t take it personally Alan,  Despite the fact we disagree on a [...]

December 12, 2008

YouTube in the news

There’s an interesting article in today’s New York Times about YouTubers who are actually making a living doing videos. Prominently featured are two of my friends from the site, Michael Buckley of “What the Buck” and Cory Williams of SMP Films.
It’s good to see some non-hysterical coverage from a mainstream media outlet, pity the same [...]

December 10, 2008

YouTube Censorship

So, YouTube have announced changes to some of their policies regarding the content of uploaded videos. Many in the mob are screaming “censorship!” and technically they’re right. It does qualify as censorship but it’s hardly new – YouTube has always placed restrictions on what they regard as acceptable content. It hardly seems like the end [...]

December 8, 2008

Reggie Watts – Fuck Shit Stack

Here’s a little moment from YouTube Live (some two weeks in the past now) that I feel compelled to share.  Who says swearing indicated lack of intelligence?  Lots of people but fuck them – they’re wrong.
I wandered around outside the YTL venue quite a bit before the show.  Partly because I had no idea what [...]

December 4, 2008

Tube-Vember retrospective – the community OWNZ YouTube

Those who have been paying close attention would know that I christened November “Tube-Vember” due to the large amount of YouTube related activity I had that month.  And because I am almost totally unembarrassed by using stupid neologisms.
To summarise: we had a mini-gathering in Melbourne on Nov 15th, I flew to the US for YouTube [...]

December 3, 2008

My new career as a public speaker

I am seriously working on developing a career change and moving into public speaking – specifically on IT and new media related topics.  I picture myself as being the “funny guy” they use to close IT conferences.  I’ve been thinking about this because
(a) I seem to have more first hand knowledge than most people I [...]

December 2, 2008

Did you miss me?

I feel almost embarrassed at how much I’ve neglected this blog over the last couple of months.  I haven’t felt like I’ve had the right mindset for writing longer pieces and I have this weird thing where I feel that writing shorter pieces is kind of cheating.  Which is stupid.  I get like that. 
Given that I’ve [...]