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• YouTube launches citizen news channel

  YouTube has just launched a citizen news channel, pointing out efforts like The UpTake. And they've hired a news manager, Olivia Ma, who can be reached at citizennews@youtube.com. Congrats, YouTube! Thanks to David Cohn for the pointer. Read More... Posted May 20 2008, 06:09 PM by Social Media Filed under: Video, Citizen media, citizen journalism, youtube, citizen news

• 'Here Comes Another Bubble,' v. 1.1

  You may have read the controversy over the Richter Scales' video Here Comes Another Bubble, a smart, clever sendup of Web 2.0 culture done to a Billy Joel tune. Lane Hartwell objected to the band's inclusion of her photo (for a split second) in... Posted Dec 19 2007, 11:44 PM by Social Media Filed under: Web/Tech, Video, tech, technology, Amusing, Digital life, youtube, web 2.0, here comes another bubble, tech bubble, satire, sendup, takedown, bubble, richter scales

• Download and watch YouTube videos

  Once of the things I've immensely disliked about YouTube since its launch is that the site offers you no way to download a video. I've previously written about MobileWhack (download YouTube videos to your iPod) and about Spain's vDownloader... Posted Nov 11 2007, 04:56 PM by Social Media Filed under: Video, transcoders, video transcoding, video converstion, youtube, transcoding, transcode, downloading videos, flv files, video transcoders