About this product: If you are between the ages of twelve and seventeen, you have probably spent quite a bit of time looking at the videos on YouTube. In fact this age group is their primary audience. Some of the most interesting things in the world of technology start with a few people brainstorming. Chad Hurley, Steve Chen and Jawed Karim were three guys who had an idea about creating a "virtual vision" where people could share their videos.
At first they were considering limiting the content, but then decided to say something like what the heck, let's do it all! From their small beginnings they ended up being the "most popular video-sharing site" on the internet. Did you know YouTube has been banned in some countries? Were you aware that there are about seventy thousand clips added every day? You may find some very interesting tidbits you may not have known about when you read this book.
This was a fun and interesting book to read and I enjoyed finding out about the founders and how they started YouTube. It's not a lengthy book, but is well written and concise. Many people have become virtual stars almost over night. Remember the Numa Numa guy? If you have some hidden talent, you could become `the someone' we'll want to watch next week!
About this product: An anonymous musician plays Pachelbel's Canon on the electric guitar in a clip that has been viewed over sixty million times. The Dramatic Gopher is viewed over sixteen million times, as is a severely inebriated David Hasselhoff attempting to eat a hamburger. Over 800 variations, parodies, and parodies-of-parodies are uploaded of Beyoncé Knowles' Single Ladies dance. Tay Zonday sings Chocolate Rain in a video viewed almost forty million times and scores himself a record deal. Obama Girl enters the political arena with contributions such as I Got a Crush on Obama and gets coverage in mainstream news networks. In Watching YouTube, Michael Strangelove provides a broad overview of the world of amateur online videos and the people who make them. Dr. Strangelove, the Governor General Literary Award-nominated author that Wired Magazine called a 'guru of Internet advertising,' describes how online digital video is both similar to and different from traditional home-movie-making and argues that we are moving into a post-television era characterized by mass participation. Strangelove draws from television, film, cultural, and media studies to help define an entirely new field of research. Online practices of representation, confessional video diaries, gendered uses of amateur video, and debates over elections, religion, and armed conflicts make up the bulk of this groundbreaking study, which is supplemented by an online blog at strangelove.com/blog. An innovative and timely study, Watching YouTube raises questions about the future of cultural memory, identity, politics, warfare, and family life when everyday representational practices are altered by four billion cameras in the hands of ordinary people.
Sams Teach Yourself YouTube in 10 Minutes offers straightforward, practical answers when you need fast results. By working through 10-minute lessons, you’ll learn everything you need to know to view videos and post your own videos on the YouTube site.
Tips point out shortcuts and solutions
Cautions help you avoid common pitfalls
Notes provide additional information
Plain English explains new terms and
Definitions
10 minutes is all you need to learn how to…
View YouTube videos
Share videos with your friends
Create video playlists
View HQ and HD videos–as well as XL videos for large displays
Post videos to your blog
Link to and embed videos on your own web page
Shoot and edit your own video
Upload videos to YouTube
Annotate videos with note boxes and links
Replace a video’s soundtrack
View YouTube videos on your iPhone
Participate in the YouTube community
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Covers: YouTube
User Level: Beginning
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About this product: Terrorist attacks today are often media events: information and communication technologies have developed to such a point that these groups can film, edit, and upload their own attacks within minutes of staging them, whether the Western media are present or not. In this radically new information environment, the enemy no longer depends on traditional media. This is the "YouTube War." This monograph methodically lays out the nature of this new environment in terms of its implications for a war against media-savvy insurgents, and then considers possible courses of action for the Army and the U.S. military as they seek to respond to an enemy that has proven enormously adaptive to this new environment and the new type of warfare it enables. (Originally published by the Strategic Studies Institute)
About this product: It happens in America every four decades and it is about to happen again. America's demand for change in the 2008 election will cause another of our country's periodic political makeovers. This realignment, like all others before it, will result from the coming of age of a new generation of young Americans-the Millennial Generation-and the full emergence of the Internet-based communications technology that this generation uses so well. Beginning in 2008, almost everything about American politics and government will transform-voting patterns, the fortunes of the two political parties, the issues that engage the nation, and our government and its public policy.
Building on the seminal work of previous generational theorists, Morley Winograd and Michael D. Hais demonstrate and describe, for the first time, the two types of realignments-"idealist" and "civic"-that have alternated with one another throughout the nation's history. Based on these patterns, Winograd and Hais predict that the next realignment will be very different from the last one that occurred in 1968. "Idealist" realignments, like the one put into motion forty years ago by the Baby Boomer Generation, produce, among other things, a political emphasis on divisive social issues and governmental gridlock. "Civic" realignments, like the one that is coming, and the one produced by the famous GI or "Greatest" Generation in the 1930s, by contrast, tend to produce societal unity, increased attention to and successful resolution of basic economic and foreign policy issues, and institution-building.
The authors detail the contours and causes of the country's five previous political makeovers, before delving deeply into the generational and technological trends that will shape the next. The book's final section forecasts the impact of the Millennial Makeover on the elections, issues, and public policies that will characterize America's politics in the decades ahead.
How would you like to build an Xbox game, use your Nintendo Wiimote to create an electronic whiteboard, or build your own peer-to-peer application? Coding4Fun helps you tackle some cool software and hardware projects using a range of languages and free Microsoft software. Now you can code for fun with C#, VB, ASP.NET, WPF, XNA Game Studio, Popfly, as well as the Lua programming language.
If you love to tinker, but don't have time to figure it all out, this book gives you clear, step-by-step instructions for building ten creative projects, including:
Alien Attack: Create a 2D clone of Space Invaders with XNA for the PC, Xbox 360, and Zune
LEGO Soldier: Create an action game using Popfly with a custom-built virtual LEGO character
World of Warcraft RSS Feed Reader: Use WoW's customizable interface to have feeds pop up while you're gaming
InnerTube: Download YouTube videos automatically and convert them to a file format for off-line viewing
PeerCast: Stream video files from any PC
TwitterVote: Create custom online polls on Twitter
WHSMail: Build a website with ASP.NET for Windows Home Server that lets you view the messages stored on a computer with Outlook
"Wiimote" Controlled Car: Steer your remote-controlled car by tilting the Wii Remote controller left and right
Wiimote Whiteboard: Create an interactive whiteboard using a Wii Remote
Holiday Lights: Synchronize your holiday light display with music to create your own light show
The perfect gift for any developer, Coding4Fun shows you how to use your programming skills in new and fun ways.
"This book is amazing! The scope is so wonderfully broad that anyone who has an interest in designing games at any level should read this book."
-- Alex Albrecht, Creator of Diggnation / Totally Rad Show / Project Lore
About this product: <>VIEW. UPLOAD. SHARE. That's what YouTube is all about–viewing, uploading, and sharing your favorite videos. And the book you hold in your hands will help you get the most out of this hot website. You'll learn how to find the latest viral videos, share your favorite videos with friends and the YouTube community, and shoot and upload your own videos to the YouTube website. YouTube 4 You is the first book to take you inside YouTube, show you how the site works, and provide tips and tricks for becoming a more successful YouTuber!
You’ll Learn How To
• Find and watch the latest videos
• Manage and share your favorite videos
• Download and save YouTube videos to your computer or iPod
• Upload your own YouTube video creations
• Get more out of the YouTube community
• Troubleshoot viewing and uploading problems
Contents
Introduction 1
Part I YouTube 4 Everyone
1 Welcome to YouTube 7
2 Getting Around the YouTube Site 13
Part II YouTube 4 Viewers
3 Finding Videos to Watch 27
4 Watching YouTube Videos 39
5 Managing and Sharing Your Favorite Videos 49
6 Downloading YouTube Videos to Your PC–and Your iPod 61
Part III YouTube 4 Video Makers
7 What Type of Videos Do You Want to Upload? 75
8 Creating Videos 4 YouTube 89
9 Uploading Videos to YouTube 99
10 Managing Your Uploaded Videos 109
11 Who Owns What: Legal Issues with YouTube Videos 117
Part IV YouTube 4 Advanced Users
12 Joining the YouTube Community–and Creating Your Own Channel 133
13 Adding YouTube Videos to Your Own Site or Blog 153
14 Profiting from Your YouTube Videos 163
15 Getting More Out of YouTube–With Third-Party Tools 175
About this product: Tap into the power of YouTube, Video Marketing for Business and consumer-oriented media, and get this book filled the Foundation you need for Tactics, Tools, and Strategies for Business Success.
Want to (start) using YouTube as Powerful Business Tool? Do you want to learn how to use YouTube to share information better and make users More Powerful? This book is your guide on YouTube and Everything You Want to Know but Are Afraid to Ask. This book will give you insight and clarifies how to use YouTube and Leverage YouTube to Grow Your Business - the history, the background, the successes and the failures.
In easy to read chapters, with extensive examples, references and links to get you started right away this book covers: YouTube, Video hosting service, Flash Video, User-generated content, History of YouTube, Chad Hurley, Steve Chen, Jawed Karim, Social impact of YouTube, Criticism of YouTube, Blocking of YouTube, CNN-YouTube presidential debates, List of YouTube celebrities, Comparison of video services, YouTube Awards, Alternative media, List of Internet phenomena
Topic relevant selected content from the highest rated Wiki entries, typeset, printed and shipped, combine the advantages of up-to-date and in-depth knowledge with the convenience of printed books. A portion of the proceeds of each book will be donated to the WikiMedia Foundation to support their mission.
About this product: Probably the world can be divided in our time between people who really know what YouTube is and people who don't. YouTube provides you the opportunity to not only advertise your business, blog or website for free but to also get paid for your contents. Its time to learn and utilize YouTube for generating extra cash by turning your leisure time into dollars with almost zero investment. YouTube is incredibly popular. People are marching in droves to the web to watch videos. everyday 65,000 new videos are uploaded to YouTube's site, and every day the world's people tune into 100 million of these videos. One consultant with time on his hands has calculated that during YouTube's short life, people have spent 9,305 years watching it. YouTube have 12+ millions page views every day in average so it's great way to advertise on YouTube for free. This book can turn you into a YouTube Guru. Here is an opportunity to capitalize on virtual world with your daily use gadgets. So learn and earn from the comfort of your home or from any connected device around the world.
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