links for 2006-12-09

• Viral Video Chart – Today’s Top 20 Viral Videos
  Not sure where they’re getting their data from. I also saw this great show on DirectTV on the JetBlue flight to UNC last night which was basically viral videos and vloggers.
  (tags: youtube video memes chart viralvideo)
• Politics & YouTube In Review
  The idea for this blog is awesome, but in practice it’s mostly just “videos I think are funny.” I’m fascinated with YouTube blogs though because they are filling the need for YouTube editorialization. More please.
  (tags: youtube blog politics viralvideo)
• The Amazing YouTube Tools Collection
  Enormous list of YouTube greasemonkey scripts, third party tools, editing software, etc.
  (tags: youtube video viralvideo videoediting tools lists)
• Some intimate details on the Google YouTube Deal – Blog Maverick
  Of course this is a shady FWD FWD FWD from a friend of a friend at Google, but it might be useful for the paper.
  (tags: google viralvideo youtube gootube business)
• Video Clips – The Internet TV Charts
  Of course heavy on boobies and Family Guy.
  (tags: video youtube lists statistics tv videos web2.0 chart googleidol)
• Anti-U.S. Attack Videos Spread on Web – New York Times
  Good solid article about videos from Iraq being posted on YouTube. Fairly measured and reasonable.
  (tags: video youtube war politics iraq)
• The social life of powerpoint
  Fantastic article about PowerPoint’s affordances. Is the Gladwell article online anywhere?
  (tags: powerpoint socialsoftware toread theory essays cmc)
• Metaverse Roadmap: Industry Conditions
  Huge braindump of virtual worlds, including history, economics, and current conditions. Crazy data.
  (tags: history virtualworlds mmorp videogames gaming cmc community)