YouTube

Hey everyone,

This post is a little late, but better late than never, so here's it is...

My new information technology is utube. This is a site where the average person can upload a video that they've created. These videos are available to anyone with an Internet connection. Instant distribution! In the film industry this is much more difficult to accomplish. These videos, however, are often made by amateurs and therefore the quality is not of the same caliber. Coroporations, businesses and individuals alike are using this technology to their advantages. The phenomenon of these social web sites have created a new way to share information that circumvents traditional means.

Wikipedia's definition, examples and is very thorough and will give you a good background on utube:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/YouTube

I found these two webpages on the utube site helpful. They provide information on how to post your videos and also give the person with a non-film background tips on creating videos:

http://www.google.com/support/youtube/?hl=en_US

http://www.youtube.com/t/video_toolbox

Enjoy and let me know what you think?