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Wednesday, October 8, 2008

Web Application Review



There can only be one.....YOUTUBE

I am obsessed with watching video's on this website. YouTube.com has definitely revolutionized video and multi-media art over the last decade. YouTube is a video sharing website where users can upload, view and share video clips. During 2006 YouTube was the fastest growing website on the web. Alson in 2006 Google agreed to buy San Brunom, a video-sharing site including YouTube, in an all-stock deal worth about $1.65 billion.

Youtube has also inspired Internet celebrities to show off their stupidity.

Here's a list of a few:

Tourette's Guy
The Dramatic Chipmunk
Chocolate Rain
My New Haircut
Ask a Ninja
Afro Ninja
Shoes
Muffins
Kid From Brooklyn
Lonely Girl
The Winnebago Man
Star Wars Kid
Numa Numa kid Fat Kid on Roller Coaster
Myspace Movie GI Joe Parody Commercial
Quiznos Commercial
Dick in a Box


YouTube is a social networking site, which allows you to upload your videos and watch other videos as well. You can see podcast and web cams in full action, recieving information and news all over the world.

The site was created by three guys Chad Hurley, Steve Chen and Jawed Karim, who were all early employees of PayPal. They were a couple of computer geeks who loaded a bunch of videos online and started networking them so anyone could access them. YouTube made it possible for anyone who could use a computer to post a video. The wide range of topics covered by YouTube has turned video sharing into one of the most important parts of Internet culture.

Some of YouTube's latest newsbreaks... McCain proteseted the Youtube remove all of his campaign videos online because he is recieveing alot of negative feedback. McCain's campaign sent a letter (Monday) to YouTube, protesting the removal of unnamed videos from the site after receiving take-down notices claiming copyright infringement under the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA). The McCain campign goes on to suggest that YouTube set up a special process for reviewing the legal merit of take-down requests for YouTube accounts associated with candidates or their campaigns.


6 comments:

Alexandra Hasson said...

this is really interesting. I think its crazy how easy someone can just become a superstar via youtube.

Brian said...

I can't imagine what people did with their free time before this advancement in technology. I would be very bored without Youtube. This is a sad realization.

Johnny Unstoppable said...
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Johnny Unstoppable said...

You definitely nailed some of the bigger viral videos of the last few years.

I enjoy your sarcasm and writing but your font changes on black hurts my mind like Kobe hurts white girls.

ollieman772000 said...

Yeah I really don't know how the font was changed to black, but I guess something with changing the html maybe? I'm not sure. Score one for Kobe though!

Sksblog said...

Youtube is great because it allows a sort of freedom of speech for anyone that wants to post whatever they want to. I mean how many creative people have become instant mini celebrities. Just goes to show you how far technology has come.