Wednesday, April 27, 2011
Sunday, April 24, 2011
how to maximize your youtube experience
Youtube is great for finding amazing videos of crazy shit like this
But there is much more to youtube. Here are some of the best ways to maximize your youtube experience, and it starts with using the "My Channel" page.
tip 1)
Tired of seeing other people's videos of crazy people doing even crazier things...like this?
Make your own! It's easy...if you live in New York City like I do. All that's required is some luck, timing, and a touch of discretion. Friend of the blog Joey Boots decided to do exactly that, minus the discretion. He walks around NYC all day filming crazy people with his Flip Video recorder. This is a compilation of some of his videos. The "Michael Jackson Impersonator" video that he shot went viral
and landed him on hundreds of websites...and gave his own website a few hundred thousand views.
I decided to try it out as well. I soon learned that if you ride the subway long enough, you will have many opportunities to capture some of the more insane elements of the human condition. Here are a
few examples of videos I shot myself:
Once you have uploaded the videos (which you can do with your phone, btw), they are on your channel for everybody to see. You can now embed the videos on your friends facebook pages, email the link to friends, and create a catalog of anything you find interesting.
Eventually, you can move onto projects more challenging then filming crackheads in the subway. A guy I know was part of a youtube spoof of "There Will Be Blood." Their video got almost 750,000 views.
tip 2)
youtube is extremely entertaining. We all know this. But it can be educational as well. Subscribing to other channels offers a wide array of things, whether it be political/historical, music related, or news related. Two of my favorite channels that I subscribe to are:
Antihostile, who posts many famous Malcolm X speeches and James Baldwin interviews.
Anthony Arnove, who, along with historian Howard Zinn, wrote "The People's History of the United States."
Additionally, there are hundreds of channels whose sole purpose is to catalog and find amazing music within a specific genre. If you like funk, I cannot recommend a better channel than 805cowboy13's, who has hundreds of old, rare funk tracks.
If you like a certain record label and their artists, subscribe to their youtube channel. Whenever i go to my youtube home-screen, I am always updated with videos of new songs...or new albums about to be released, like this
I'm a huge hip hop fan, yet I had no idea that Pete Rock was teaming up with "Smif n Wesson" to make an album. Thanks to my handy subscription to their record label, DuckDown Records, I found out before all my friends did...which is extremely important for me.
tip 3)
Use your inbox! This is where other people can interact with you. Other youtube users can share videos with you. If you like what that user is about, much like facebook, you can become his "friend" and get updates as to his or her recent activity.
Furthermore, there are times where you need to interact with others. For instance, I wanted to know the name of a song featured in the Pete Rock video posted above. I commented on the video, "hey, does anyone know the name of the second Pete Rock song?" Two days later, I checked my inbox on a whim and got my answer. Somebody commented, "@mothernaturesson89 Pete Rock & CL Smooth - Straighten It Out." I am forever greatful.
If you want to reply to someone's comments, you can post @their account name, and they will see the reply in their inbox.
I hope I offered some useful tips. If you have any interesting videos you've uploaded, hit me up at @mothernaturesson89 on youtube. Or, check out my channel.
But there is much more to youtube. Here are some of the best ways to maximize your youtube experience, and it starts with using the "My Channel" page.
tip 1)
Tired of seeing other people's videos of crazy people doing even crazier things...like this?
Make your own! It's easy...if you live in New York City like I do. All that's required is some luck, timing, and a touch of discretion. Friend of the blog Joey Boots decided to do exactly that, minus the discretion. He walks around NYC all day filming crazy people with his Flip Video recorder. This is a compilation of some of his videos. The "Michael Jackson Impersonator" video that he shot went viral
and landed him on hundreds of websites...and gave his own website a few hundred thousand views.
I decided to try it out as well. I soon learned that if you ride the subway long enough, you will have many opportunities to capture some of the more insane elements of the human condition. Here are a
few examples of videos I shot myself:
Once you have uploaded the videos (which you can do with your phone, btw), they are on your channel for everybody to see. You can now embed the videos on your friends facebook pages, email the link to friends, and create a catalog of anything you find interesting.
Eventually, you can move onto projects more challenging then filming crackheads in the subway. A guy I know was part of a youtube spoof of "There Will Be Blood." Their video got almost 750,000 views.
tip 2)
youtube is extremely entertaining. We all know this. But it can be educational as well. Subscribing to other channels offers a wide array of things, whether it be political/historical, music related, or news related. Two of my favorite channels that I subscribe to are:
Antihostile, who posts many famous Malcolm X speeches and James Baldwin interviews.
Anthony Arnove, who, along with historian Howard Zinn, wrote "The People's History of the United States."
Additionally, there are hundreds of channels whose sole purpose is to catalog and find amazing music within a specific genre. If you like funk, I cannot recommend a better channel than 805cowboy13's, who has hundreds of old, rare funk tracks.
If you like a certain record label and their artists, subscribe to their youtube channel. Whenever i go to my youtube home-screen, I am always updated with videos of new songs...or new albums about to be released, like this
I'm a huge hip hop fan, yet I had no idea that Pete Rock was teaming up with "Smif n Wesson" to make an album. Thanks to my handy subscription to their record label, DuckDown Records, I found out before all my friends did...which is extremely important for me.
tip 3)
Use your inbox! This is where other people can interact with you. Other youtube users can share videos with you. If you like what that user is about, much like facebook, you can become his "friend" and get updates as to his or her recent activity.
Furthermore, there are times where you need to interact with others. For instance, I wanted to know the name of a song featured in the Pete Rock video posted above. I commented on the video, "hey, does anyone know the name of the second Pete Rock song?" Two days later, I checked my inbox on a whim and got my answer. Somebody commented, "@mothernaturesson89 Pete Rock & CL Smooth - Straighten It Out." I am forever greatful.
If you want to reply to someone's comments, you can post @their account name, and they will see the reply in their inbox.
I hope I offered some useful tips. If you have any interesting videos you've uploaded, hit me up at @mothernaturesson89 on youtube. Or, check out my channel.
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