Asimo's run

Amazing robot from Honda. I saw the earlier version live in Amsterdam, but this new one is even more great.



See also the official videos from here

Brilliant music video

Check this one out - really weird way of doing a video, but really fun to look at!



Shows really how one can do miracles with a great idea.

IPhone video

Today's pick is an easy one - see the Apple's iPhone in action.



I think this is one the key gadgets to give the whole smartphone market boost it needs. Hope all the best to Apple. And looking forward to getting one :)

Olli Hokkanen - the Finnish YouTube phenomena creator

In the time of media 2.0 a lot of absolutely non-predictable thing can break through to become phenomenal success. One of these is the total failure of a 19-year-old Finn from Mikkeli, Olli Hokkanen, trying to drink a 1,5 litre Coca-Cola bottle in as short period as possible. He fails miserably. He commented in TV his failure with words: "Ei pysty, olipa hapokasta"="Cannot do this, too acid".

His lousy performance was posted to YouTube and now he has become an short-term cult figure.



At the moment more that 550 thousand views... and looks 73 remixes or additions on the video. Moreover he gained his own Wikipedia-entry. Moreover, yougsters abound Finland are participating in Olli Hokkanen Open - cola drinking competion. Additionally, Olli's slogan is now available as a song and also as t-shirts.

If this is not 15-min of fame, what is then... and on this one I am absolutely sure that Coca-Cola did not order this kind of marketing campaign for their products. This is really web 2.0, must say!

Why people "YouTube"?

OK, here we go, initial posting here - an explanation why people post vidoes to YouTube.

Purpose of this blog

As part of our experiment in web 2.0, I decided to dedicate this blog to collecting audiovisual content, especially online videos. My target is to learn to understand:
1) How will my behaviour change if I will look at YouTube nearly daily?
2) What kind of videos at the online video universe attract me to bookmark them?
3) What kind of support does Blogger give for publishing av-content, esp. in comparison with Wordpress

Let's see where will this trial evolve into.

Moreover, I would like to give credit to Henri, who gave me this idea through his own video blog.