Christopher Bazin - Developer and Analyst

Christopher Bazin – USC Grad Student/Webmaster/Sprinkle-Donut Hunter, exploring the technical world and learning how to communicate!

Earthquake – Youtube Witness

Social media is everywhere, happening all the time and, at times like this, act as a witness producing a byproduct. This video of a girl recording her solo guitar/singing debut (we have all seen this on youtube) began her recording session when the Mexicali earthquake hit. The shaking lasted for almost 50 seconds.

NEW Creative Jobs from iPad

VIV Mag Featurette: A Digital Magazine Motion Cover and Feature for the iPad from Alexx Henry on Vimeo.

The iPad is just weeks away from being released and magazines and other ad agencies are excited. Why you ask? Take a look at the video. Although most, if not all, of the examples in the video are generated, the potential is amazing.

This really brings a whole new dimension to professional content.  I am excited!!

Viral Videos

Today Mashable shows us one of many trendy new viral video formats.  The slo-mo dog.  Humorously, they break down the formula for a viral video like this:
Cute dog + Silly Activity/Article of clothing/amusing prop = Viral Gold

In a word – Adorable!

Advertisers – So not cool

This video link is directly from Brian Solis’ website in which by pointing out what advertisers are currently doing it illustrates the advantages of social media to directly listen to customers. Brilliantly done.

Windows 7 – my idea!

If you are tired of the Windows 7 commercial about the new operating system being “my idea” then watch this.

How to tell the news

This was posted by Raanan Bar our speaker this week.  It is a video by Charlie Brooker on how to deliver the news.  Hysterical and not really related to social media.  Still very funny.

SocialGo – Some Great Features

The video is a feature on SocialGo as NBC’s website of the week. One of the big points the makers drive home is that the creater of the network owns the content and contacts. If you leave SocialGo you take your users and they will not spam your users with recommendations.
One other point – they have a large list of widgets that are available for purchase.

Dolphin Sexy Network

This video is a little cheesy but they get the point across.  The platform is super sexy with a lot of features.

iPad – It looks so good


It looks so good, but is it good enough. Check out the video. The engineers and the presentation is very convincing. I am convinced that I will get one. How about you?

Youtube Caught with Pants Down


When youtube suspends this 8 year-old’s account for apparently violating the terms of service for the age requirement, youtube gets a surprise from the supporters. Community members for 4chan banded together and had its members/supporters upload questionable content using the privacy setting making it not public. The next morning the users changed the privacy settings of the content to have youtube scrambling to remove it. Although his account still stays inactive, there are more than 250 tribute videos digg.com reports. Amazing!