Dave and Gio at Dork Lessons (friend: dorklessons) have an extremely dorky video up to promo their series of free video tutorials on things like Flash, Macs, Dreamweaver, Photoshop, and even some recent iPhone tips.
I meet a disturbing number of the dork criteria mentioned in the last part of the video, but there are still a few things I could learn from these two exceptionally dorky fellas, and the video effects used throughout the promo are pretty dorkalisciously cool. Great promo, and they offer a lot of really well done tutorials.
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Congrats to the man with the craziest morning hair and the VidChallenge entry with the most favorites, Derek (djsteen)! That is some very serious bed head, sir!
Keep an eye on the Community Spotlight on Monday, because we’ll be starting another challenges, and suggestions are more than welcome until then.
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We had some other really great entries that you can check out as well:
MySpace is offering karaoke, but not to Mac users???
As a Mac user, I am just as miffed as she is, regardless of the fact that I haven’t logged on to MySpace is probably three months. It’s the principle of the thing, right? Right! Everyone should have an equal, inalienable right to astound the internet with their astonishing singing abilities (or lack thereof).
Fork over the music and lyrics, MySpace. I want to see Justine singing “Living on a Prayer” on your fancy internet karaoke machine before the month’s out.
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Are you a Jonathan Coulton fan? Well, EvanSims has a whopping fourteen videos from a recent concert at Lakeshore Theater in Chicago, all full of Coulton wit and funny, geeky songs.
Thanks for sharing, Evan! Here’s the first of several videos:
Pop over to Evan’s videos, where you’ll find the other thirteen songs and other great videos.
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Do you have a MeToday full of exciting news? Are you a member of a group that deserves a shout out on the site? Have you noticed a new member who could really use a warm Viddler welcome from our community? Community Spotlight is for these types of community features, and we welcome constant input from YOU, the community!
TintoTV (friend: nasv) has a very special video up this week: they’re bottling their first batch of homemade wine for the first time, and you can watch the entire process of sanitizing, pouring, corking, labeling… the whole deal on camera.
Congrats to Stephany and Nico on their 24th episode and their first bottling! We can’t wait to see how the wine tastes in upcoming episodes, and it’s great to see how excited you guys are to have finally gotten to the bottling phase in your wine-making journey.
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Each and every day more of your favorite videos, from vlogs to viral, are showing up here on Viddler. Today is no exception. Now more than ever, thanks to Revision3 and all of its shows joining Viddler, you can watch your favorite Web video shows in your favorite Web video player!
What’s the matter? Too many really great shows to follow? Don’t worry, we’ve got you covered. Add your favorite Revision3 shows as friends (by clicking on the above links and then clicking ‘Add as Friend’) and you will be notified when new shows are released. You can be notified through your Dashboard and/or through email!
Want a taste? Here is Revision3’s flagship show, DiggNation “Live from San Francisco”. Not to be missed are DiggNation episodes that were recorded live from Amsterdam, London, the iPhone line, an Indy Car race track, and from CES. I think it is safe to say that Revision3, and its shows, bring a whole bunch of really great Internet programming to Viddler, and we’re really happy about it.
Getting excited yet? Here is what Revision3’s CEO, Jim Louderback, had to say about the Viddler and its community:
“Here at Revision3, we’re always looking for exciting and innovative ways for viewers to watch and interact with our programming. We love the advanced features of Viddler’s streaming video player – they’ve done an amazing job building in interactivity and navigation. We’re thrilled to be a part of the action.”
But wait! There’s more! Are you in the New York City area? Did you know there was a DiggNation meetup in NYC tonight? (Sorry for the short notice). There are more details on Revision3’s blog and on the official Meetup page where you can RSVP, but here’s the address if you can make it. The meetup begins at 5pm.
Lunasa Bar
126 1st avenue
New York, NY 10009
212-228-8580
Phew! This is great news for both Viddler and its community and Revision3 and their growing audience. Thanks to the Revision3 crew for joining the Viddler community and we look forward to much, much more in the future. What is your favorite Revision3 show? Have you friended them on Viddler yet?
Those of you who don’t subscribe to Viddler’s blog may not realize that we now have a section (headed up by Viddler’s new Community Leader, yours truly) called the Community Spotlight.
Here’s a write-up that I posted when starting Community Spotlight that basically explains what I would like that section of our bog to be, and if you would like to be a part of that, I’m wide open to feedback, submissions, and critique.
What you ALSO may have missed if you haven’t been keeping up with the Community Spotlight is that the first official VidChallenge winner will bepicked this Friday, so check out the challenge below and submit your entry to the VidChallenge group by Friday morning!
The winner will be picked based on favorites, so don’t forget to star the morning hair video that you think should win the challenge and be featured on Friday.
Right now, the Community Spotlight is not yet visible on any part of the site aside from the Viddler blog (like the Features and Announcements show up in your Dashboard), so if you’d like to add the Community Spotlight section of the blog to your RSS feed so that you don’t miss anything, here the RSS feed to that category:
Let me know what you think! Throw out some feedback and suggestions, and slowly but surely, I hope to make the Community Spotlight the type of community section that YOU want it to be.
Brandon (friend: bbautista) recently posted a hilarious video of his recent experience with OnStar. Brings back scary memories of almost every time I’ve had to talk to a customer service rep from ANY company on the phone.
Great job on the video, Brandon! I laughed through the whole thing, and I think most of us can identify with that horrible customer service experience we all try to avoid whenever possible.
If you would like to suggest a video to be featured on our blog, feel free to send me a message, use our forums, or just comment on this post.
I am having a lot of fun watching Mahalo Vlog Idol (friend: MahaloDaily), where Jason Calacanis and two celeb judges are picking a replacement for Veronica Bellmont, American Idol style. Not a huge fan of American Idol, but I’m really loving these short episodes with the quirky judges and the hilarious Pink Berry interviews.
Monday was my favorite episode so far because of the cliffhanger ending and Lucy Lawless look-a-like. Take a peek at the six episodes out so far and leave your pick in the comments… Who would YOU like to see as the next host of Mahalo Daily?
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I have to say that Lisa Bettany’s (friend: MostlyLisa) recent trip to the Ancient Mayan City of Chichen Itza is the first trip to Mexico I’ve heard of that involved the discovery of a Slytherin and a Transformer in the same day. What a beautiful view of one of the Seven Wonders of the World!
Do you have some travel videos of your own? I’ll bet the Traveling group would love to see them, and watching everyone else’s travel videos is by far the cheapest way to get a pretty good look at those far away destinations you might not be able to afford to visit yet.
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