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Raw Bytes Computer News KPBX FM 91.1 Radio National Public Radio Network Frank Delaney Producer Broadcast on Wednesday Morning 7:35 AM During Morning Edition Support Public Radio ! The Theater Of the Mind |
In computer news this week 06/06/2007
We’ve
seen the growth of
tribes on the internet; large colonies of people with similar
interests; and we’re beginning to witness a sociological and
anthropological evolution of online communities – people who
communicate and interact online through the internet. One of
the tribes I belong to is Youtube.
I have several videos I’ve done on my computer, humorous ones
and some guitar and music videos, and although I have them on my website, I
was looking to join an online community that has high traffic with millions
of visitors. I thought I might meet other people
interested in making movies using digital cameras and computers, and I wanted
to see what other people had done with these technologies, and I was already
familiar with youtube, as I keep getting emails from friends with links to
humorous or educational youtube videos. So I went
out to www.youtube.com to check it out
and see about becoming a member. First of
all the price is right – it’s free, and it’s relatively
easy and intuitive to join and get started on. Their
opening screen says it all: What Is YouTube?YouTube is the home for video online:
Sign up now to join the YouTube community!To join
Youtube all you have to do is click on the Signup button and answer a few
questions and give some information:
So you
give your name and email address, create a password for yourself, tell where
you live, and if you’re male or female, your birthdate, agree to the
terms of use – which I’m sure nobody reads – and Voila !
You’ve got your own Youtube account and now the entire wired world is
the audience for your videos. Let me
point out that Youtube is both the
technologically correct and politically correct way today of making your
friends and relatives aware that you have become a film producer and are
now making movies. By having a Youtube site you can now send emails to people
telling them what you have movies they may want to see ,
and by placing a link to your youtube movies in the email so they can click
on the link and see your video if they want to. The technologically and politically
INCORRECT way to do this
– which unfortunately many web troglodytes still use – is to
actually email your video to people who may have no interest in seeing it,
and just get really irritated receiving a 5 megabytes email from you which
clogs their email box and might take forever to receive if they still have
dialup.
Would you like to share and see a movie of my
gargoyle kids, or my trickless dog, or me making a fool out of myself trying
to do something which I think is clever but you think is painful
? If not, don’t click on the link in this email. I already had dozens of Youtube
videos favorited, mostly music videos. and I was
anxious to learn how to get my own videos on Youtube. Next week on Raw Bytes, how it all
works in the Youtube world. |
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