April 2010
96 posts
Reel Good Show host Bobby Miller’s fans are on the verge of a Bolshevik-level...
– The Webby Awards: Webby People’s Voice Awards: Daily Digest DAY 10 - Who Do You Love?
Go Bobby Go! Look how close he is. Vote for The Reel Good show here!
(via nextnewblog)
120 MINUTES Archive: Episodes from MTV (1986-1995) →
Um, yes. I am of a certain age and this makes me happy.
[via hypem]
Laughing Squid's Tumblr is just way too good. →
I have to fight the urge to reblog every post Scott does, so it’s my recommendation of the week, with an “EPIC” sticker to boot. Follow Scott, you won’t regret it.
[As always, I’m grateful if you’d like to recommend shey.net, or second my nomination and recommend laughingsquid. Thanks!]
mikeambs: I love this video. I just do.
stevewoolf: It’s pretty much perfect.
Yeah, nothing more to say. This is awesome.
via the Bui Brothers.
Backyard FX, ThreadBanger lead Webby votes in DIY!
nextnewblog:
It’s currently a two-way battle between two of our greatest shows for the Webby People’s Voice for How-to and DIY. Way to get out the vote! Please keep them in the lead by voting for your favorite today!
Go Erik and Corinne! So proud of my pals.
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It was the last wish of the Icelandic economy that its ashes be spread over...
– A joke going around Iceland, via Reykjavik Journal - In Iceland, Mostly Clear Consciences - NYTimes.com.
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$99MV: Help us win the Webby Award for Music! →
99dollarmusicvideos:
That’s right, $99 Music Videos was nominated for a 2010 Webby Award! Please take a moment and vote, we’re in a tough battle against the Muppets and Daryl Hall! We know everyone loves the Muppets, but you can always vote for them in Viral! (though if you want to vote for our friends & fellow NNN series Auto-Tune the News, we wouldn’t mind)
Please leave a comment on the...
Thrilla Killa Clowns, “Magical Mysteries”
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From a solidly funny SNL last night. [Hulu]
The net is Twitter rocks.
– Loic Le Meur Blog: F*CK you naysayers. Twitter did NOT f*ck us and just rocks.
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Computers are boring.
– Great post from Marco: Marco.org: New MacBook Pr—OH LOOK, AN IPAD!
Justine: One last comment
A great comment below on the Streamy Awards from Justine Bateman, who we’re damn lucky to have in our space. And personally, I don’t think the Streamys have been guilty of this — catering to celebrities. One of my favorite things about the Streamys is their egalitarian nature — everyone who’s onstage is a star — and I think that was well-preserved this year....
Re: The Webbys →
mikehudack:
I’d like to offer congratulations to the Web video Webby nominees… That said…
I don’t disagree with Mike in principle (read his post) — the web video community absolutely needs its own, free-to-enter, non-profit web video awards. That’s why we all love the idea of the Streamys, why I’m a founding member of the IAWTV, and why Next New Networks...
Re: The Streamys and the State of the Union
Evan Gotlib, Blip.tv’s smart head of sales, weighed in on the Streamys conversation that’s been going on to say what a lot of us think about online video: “The state of our union is strong.”
Next New Networks hit its three year anniversary last month, and we’re nearing 1 billion all-time video views on over 6,000 episodes of our regularly scheduled web series, some...
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Next New, The Onion, College Humor lead Webby... →
We’re really excited to be tied with our friends at The Onion as the most-nominated company in the Online Film and Video category this year with six nominations each.
Wow! Our full post & nominee list here.
Barrett Garese: Season one, episode 17 →
“This will be a hard entry to write, as I’m friends or friendly with many of those involved with The Streamy Awards. I feel that in light of last night, it’s important enough to not pull any punches for the sake of nicety though.”
Barrett gets right to the heart of what should be done to make The Streamy Awards what we all want (and need) them to be. Really thoughtful and well done.
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In three months I’ve gone from network television to Twitter to performing...
– Conan O’Brien
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