Category: Video

Web by Joe WilcoxApr 21, 201010:35 pm

Downfall’s Downfall

[vimeo https://vimeo.com/11086952]

If you can view the video clip above, Vimeo has not been compelled to take it down. Gulp, yet. The clip, using new subtitles, is from “Der Untergang“—”The Downfall: Hitler and the End of the Third Reich”. I rented the captivating German film from Nextflix in August 2005. In the original scene, Hilter learns that he has lost the war. Its revision is one of the most successful and visible Internet memes of the last half decade. The scene has been repeatedly parodied, replacing the subtitles so that Hitler rages about something else.

News Media by Joe WilcoxApr 1, 20104:50 pm

Nokia N97: The Truth is False

[youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vJpEuMidcSU]

While checking RSS feeds yesterday, I came across one of John Gruber’s many cuss posts. By cuss post I don’t mean bad language but his cussing out something or someone, often with one word and link to source. John used “What a turd” to describe a video comparing Nokia’s N97 promo video against supposedly real world experience (Post title: “Nokia N97 Promotional Video vs Real Life”).

Living by Joe WilcoxMar 7, 20109:30 am

Embrace Life: Always Wear Your Safety Belts

[youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h-8PBx7isoM] Photographer Carl Rytterfalk summited this video in response to my Nov. 5, 2009, post about about him. This is exceptional marketing—the kind of video people just won’t remember; they can’t forgot it.

Living by Joe WilcoxMar 2, 201010:30 pm

Neistat Brothers: ‘Bike Thief’

[youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ooa3NVfFlEU] The other day, I saw a bike in the bicycle rack at the local Henry’s market. On the way out of the store, I looked closer and found that there was no […]

Web by Joe WilcoxMar 2, 20102:52 pm

State of the Internet

[vimeo https://vimeo.com/9641036] Jesse Thomas’ “The State of the Internet” video is chock full of data, data, data. You want Net stats, Jesse has got them: Percentage of e-mail that is spam, number of Facebook […]

The Arts by Joe WilcoxMar 1, 20107:00 pm

Ted’s Birthday Bash

[youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0EjuEx95u3Y] Those rascals at Improv Everywhere are at it again, this time picking a random person in a bar and throwing him a birthday party. Chris is suddenly Ted, with 30 so-called friends […]

Video by Joe WilcoxFeb 25, 20104:12 pm

Flip Flap

[vimeo https://vimeo.com/9730852] Recently my wife attended a seminar in Las Vegas; she returned with a souvenir, Flip Flap, for our daughter. While sick with the flu last week, I made two quickie videos for […]

Society by Joe WilcoxFeb 25, 20101:47 pm

Chatroulette Calling (Don’t Answer)

[vimeo https://vimeo.com/9669721] Now this is what every short video should be like. Casey Neistat’s short on Chatroulette is great artform and storytelling. Casey and brother Van have a TV show coming to HBO sometime this year. […]

Pulp Media by Joe WilcoxFeb 25, 20108:48 am

Hollywood is Faker Than You Think

[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=clnozSXyF4k] Whoa, is anything real anymore? This Stargate Studios short shows how much Hollywood studios use computer-generated graphics to fill in locations or to fake them. What? You thought Jack Bauer was in Washington? He […]

Apple by Joe WilcoxJan 20, 201010:49 pm

If Ovi Store was as Good as This Video About It…

[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4cjTtkTE5po] Nokia would have kicked Apple’s ass long ago.

Living by Joe WilcoxJan 5, 20103:32 am

Stuck in Newark Airport

[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HQeG1kaddsw] I agree 100 percent. “Maybe there is hope for our ever-increasingly isolated and anti-social (no, Facebook is making us less social) society after all”, nmook.

People by Joe WilcoxNov 5, 20097:56 pm

The Story Carl Rytterfalk’s Camera Tells

[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1-W2Ia9tar8]

Before there was Twitter or before Facebook gained popularity, I followed people online directly through their Websites or RSS feeds. I’ve long favored personal blogs over professional news sites. The best stories are told by and are about people.

Fast forward five years, people are what make the social Web work so well, and why my profession, journalism, is in state of chaos. Why read something filtered by a reporter/editor when the single, or even crowd, source is available? Interaction is more personal and direct.