Every week, in case I run out of things to talk about, I have a list of extra things that have happened on Facebook or Youtube or changes on other social media platforms within the last few days. So this week, we are dedicating the 9 minutes and 42 secs of my radio spot to this subject.
A big problem in the fast past world of Social Media is all that stuff is so last week it’s not around or makes no sense anymore.
However, I did look over those notes for four months of nostalgia, and a few are worth highlighting:
Week 3: (January 26th)
Hey Jude: sung by a little Korean kid: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GsJCqD4lRc8
I have to appreciate (the lack of r’s replaced by w’s)
I’m Yours(ukulele) : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ErMWX–UJZ4 (FAV)
Week 4: (February 10th)
Haiti was all over social media: Texters in the U.S. contributed $3 million to the Red Cross Haiti earthquake relief effort in the first 31 hours:
This week was a great time to get on Twitter in Canada, as the talk, chat and socialization around the games made for a welcomed subject change for newbies. It was kind of like tweeting a two-week-long Canucks game… Maybe not!
And Avatar hit a record $1 billion mainly due to the strategic release of media clips via Youtube. Now has just broken the all-time Blue Ray release, so what; is that more than five copies?
Week 8: (March 15th)
Alexa Rankings had Facebook #1 over Google.
A new clip for the Twilight saga -Eclipse, was released and hit the most viewed item within 4hrs that week. Teenage girls still enjoy waiting for this to arrive at the theatres.
Conan O’Brien is still following only one person, while he has 680,000 people following them at the start of his saga.
Week 9: (March 23rd)
Ipsos Reid says it’s official: “Canadians spending more time each week online than watching television.”: http://bit.ly/9lUiPp
Week 10: (March 30th)
If you want a good laugh, it is worth checking daily for a smile; http://www.Failblog.org, some crazy random videos.
Week 11: (April 7th)
Courtesy of Dan Freeman: Real Bears Playing hockey http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nah3nMStXV4
Take this as you may but: TRENDING ON TWITTER: JESUS I LOVE YOU (still hope for the world)
Week 12: (April 13th)
The New Tiger Woods Nike commercial with the voice of his father.
Better are some of the spoofs: leave this one off air http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qMdoohboZQ8&feature=related
And the Taiwanese Lin Yu singing Whitney Houston: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4afcyExEMZ
The iPad Blend: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lAl28d6tbko
Trending on Twitter in Canada: World Poutine Eating Championship (only in Canada, eh!!)
Week 13: (April 20th)
Apple loses its prototype 4G phone in a bar in Redwood City
This Is Apple’s Next iPhone
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C8Se6YI8zGg
not that there is a little speculation on this 1. 6 million views in a day!!!
Ultimate YouTube Star!! [H.Q.] Justin Bieber feat. Drake – Baby {Remix} (2010 Juno Awards Live (OMG)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4WbBsr17WQg
This week:
If you had not bought a $5,700 PowerBook G3 in November 1997 and bought Apple shares, they would be worth a whopping $1.3mill today.
MIA video restricted by YouTube: The new video from the confrontational musician – whose Clash-inspired track Paper Planes featured heavily in the Slumdog Millionaire soundtrack – shows armed U.S. troops taking ginger-haired children and youths into a desert and attacking them. View MIAUK.com
Also, Erykah Badu has a controversial video, Window, Seat, seen stripping where President Kennedy was assassinated in 1963: what she is trying to get across is still not quite sure.