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Best of YouTube III: Did You Know? 3.0 & 4.0

Yavor — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 01:56:29 +0000

Every now and then something comes around that really makes you wonder and puts things in perspective. For example, we all know how quickly the Internet has become THE most important communication medium. But what does that really mean? Is it just a fad? Is it all going to be completely different in 2 years? 5 years? 10 years? These are questions that most of us wouldn’t even think to ask, and would rather just go with the flow.

Do yourself a favour and spend the next 10 minutes watching the video below. I say 10 minutes, because you will want to see it at least twice, just to make sure your eyes are not deceiving you (and secondly because the soundtrack is Fat Boy Slim’s “Right Here, Right Now”)

Impressive, no? If you want even more, I have another one for you, this one came out just recently:

Best of YouTube Part II – ImprovEverywhere – Frozen Grand Central

Yavor — Wed, 11 Mar 2009 19:39:52 +0000

Art comes in all shapes and forms. ImprovEverywhere is a new type of “performance art” with anywhere from 20 to 700+ performers. Their stage: The streets of the concrete jungle. Based in New York City, the group has grown exponentially and now sees supporters in many of the world’s major cities. But what do they do exactly? Basically anything out of the ordinary. For example, if you see someone on the subway with no pants you will think they are crazy — especially in the winter. But what about 700 people? What if all the workers at a food court started singing the same song together while you were eating?

Those public events include synchronized fountain swimming, shopping shirtless at Abercrombie & Fitch, the Subway mirror, and many many more organized events. The most notorious one that even made the news several times is the Frozen Grand Central where 200+ people “froze” in time for 5 minutes, amuzing everyone around them:

This is a prime example of what Web 2.0 has to offer in ways other than intended. The group is getting world-popular and new events are organized all the time. For more information check out their site.

View the original IE blog or check out the YouTube channel

Best of YouTube Part I – Windows Symphony Orchestra

Yavor — Wed, 11 Mar 2009 16:00:07 +0000

Welcome to a new time-waster of mine: Whenever I see something ridiculously cool on YouTube, I will post it on my blog for all of you to enjoy.

In the first part of this series, SomethingUnreal has created something truly cool out of the most uncool sounds on a computer – Windows Sounds.

Bravo! Now for the video: