Ryan will be participating in an AMA (Ask Me Anything) chat on the popular web site, Reddit, tomorrow afternoon from 3:00 – 4:30 p.m. Sask time (4 – 5:30 p.m. EST) You should plan to participate – where else can you go to find out if Ryan would rather fight one horse-sized duck or 100 […]
This had me laughing and laughing for some reason when I first saw it… I mean, with stuff like that, I always wonder “what is the thought process that leads someone to try something like this for the first time?” (h/t CP)
The entire Star Wars movie recreated in mash-up form from 15-second, fan-submitted clips makes for a very surreal viewing experience… (via MetaFilter which mentions that the sequel is now underway)
The Internet is amazing for the places it can take you and the things it can show you. For example, when I saw a video for “World’s Most Dangerous Ride” posted on MetaFilter, I thought it was pretty cool… But that thread led to more clips that were *way* scarier. On a bike… No safety […]
So MeiliMondays have replaced Music Monday for the last couple months which is cool and fine but makes me want to just post a really awesome song now and again. This little clip, a song I’m sure I’ve posted before but can’t find because I cleverly post song lyrics instead of song titles for those […]
A pretty heart-warming video, even if I’ve been trained to be cynical enough about videos like this that at the end I thought it was probably a viral video for Coke! (Turns out it’s a charitable foundation called Love Everybody). (via LyinRPL)
Just before the Sask NDP leadership campaign started, I compared a variety of social media metrics for each of the potential candidates. Now that we’re a couple months into things, I thought I’d revisit this idea but with a twist. Instead of looking up all of the numbers (and how they’ve changed) for each candidate […]
Pundits were split along ideological lines but most statistical analysis predicted it was a near-sure thing. But I still wasn’t sure myself, not after the paths for a Romney victory faded away, not even after CNN projected an Obama victory. But I’ve just watched Mitt Romney concede, am awaiting Obama’s acceptance speech and it’s going […]
[Edit: This video is now poised to be the first YouTube clip to reach 1 billion views, amazingly in less than six months!] [Edit2: Some further analysis of the revenue Gangnam created.] “Gangnam Style”, a quirky Korean pop song with a very “uniquely” stylish video is the second most watched clip in the history of […]
When I worked for the Writers Guild of Alberta, the biggest part of my job was probably working with beginning and emerging writers. So you can imagine my surprise when the phone rang one day and I heard a voice on the other end of the line say: “Jason, it’s Will, Will Ferguson calling.” He […]
