Yes, bloggers, we can laugh at ourselves
My former colleague at the Post-Dispatch, Adam Jadhav, and current colleague Joel Currier, have issued another video spoof — this time on bloggers. Adam himself has left the P-D to become an international blogger/journalist, now in Kenya. Adam gets to goof on bloggers because he is one, and he’s one of the most multimedia, open-to-new-stuff guys I know (note: some language isn’t for little ears).
You may remember these guys from their previous spoof outing, the holiday video, “God Rest Ye Weary Journalists.”
NFL videos could be 2-stage viral campaign
Chris Cooley
My son insisted I go to YouTube last night and watch the NFL Fantasy Files with him. The videos are spectacular. Even if you’re not a football fan, you’ve got to watch them. I’ve embedded one of the combo videos below.
My question: Where’s the “how they did it” video? The videos themselves are incredibly cool. Why don’t they show us how they did them? Wouldn’t it keep the buzz alive?
The premise of the videos: Stars from the NFL show-off the reason fantasy football players should “pick me” — that’s the tagline of the campaign — for their fantasy teams.
Washington Redskins tight end Chris Cooley shoves his hands through a wall to catch a pass blind. Arizona Cardinals place-kicker Neil Rackers (from Florissant, Mo.) lines up four footballs from at least 30 yards out and announces he’ll hit the left upright twice and the right upright twice — which, of course, he does. New England Patriots runner Laurence Maroney (from Normandy High in St. Louis) highlights his ability to find holes in the defense by leaping through the front-seat windows of an SUV. Read more
Interesting stuff I saw online, Aug. 12 to Aug. 14
Here’s some of the stuff I thought was interesting while stomping through the Internet from Aug. 12 through Aug. 14:
- Video: Social Media Revolution – Great video, lots of stats about the boom in social media growth. Thanks @stevebuttry
- Employers Are Freaking Out About Twitter and Facebook, Study Shows – Fascinating Citizen Media Law Project post includes hysterical example of dumb employee, Facebook and her boss.
- The 7 Deadly Sins of Blogging – "The same problems come up again and again, keeping bloggers from building a real audience for what they have to say. So how about you? Do you commit one of these seven deadly sins with your content?"
- News numeracy: online tools for reporting numbers – Journalism.co.uk: "Following on from Steve Harrison’s excellent two-part guide on news numeracy, ‘How to: get to grips with numbers as a journalist’, here’s a round-up of some of the best online tools and sites for journalists when reporting figures and stats."
Kurt's Tweets- Funny. SW airlines magazine bothers to mention that pacemakers are always authorized electronic devices. #fb
- A disgrace, St. Louis. People still litter? http://post.ly/OUsk
- Redemption for Lindsey Jacobellis in snowboardcross? Only click if you really wanna know. http://bit.ly/99OgbM
- West Countians: If you're in the market for a pancake supper tonight, there's one here: http://stmartinschurch.org.
- The fiddling continues, even as Rome burns.