Just last week, YouTube announced their own video editor that allows you to edit your videos directly on YouTube. How cool is that! That same night, because I couldn’t sleep from the excitement, I created a how-to video showing how 5 easy ways to use the YouTube video editor.

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5 Ways to Use YouTube’s New Video Editor Tool

The other day, when I was editing Jeremy’s weekly viral video roundup post, it occurred to me that it would be nice to display a thumbnail image for the post, taken from one of the videos in his review.  I thought I’d write a short post to show you how to easily pull thumbnail images for a YouTube

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How To Get YouTube Thumbnail Images For A YouTube Video

I love YouTube.  I would love it even if I didn’t regularly consult or write about it.  It’s a fantastic service that has made video-sharing dead simple—and has simultaneously revolutionized a lot of industries.  It’s made adding video to your website free and easy while also removing the obstacle of bandwidth charges.  Every day millions

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7 Stupid & Petty Complaints Against YouTube

Last week, I noticed that there were some odd formatting issues with the new YouTube layout – both on the search results pages as well as on the single video landing pages.  I thought I would let it go a few days to see if it had changed but being that it has now been

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Hey YouTube – You’ve Got Some HTML/TEXT Formatting Issues

Please join us tomorrow, May 5th at 11am Pacific, for our free webinar all about encoding video for the web.  If you are producing video for the web and have any questions about video compression, and/or want to learn how to encode high-quality video for the web, then this is the webinar for you. You’ve likely

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Free Webinar Tomorrow – Got Questions about Encoding Video for the Web?

On the heels of Apple’s news that it’s sold 1 million iPads in the first 28 days of release, I bring you insight from “The Long Tail“ author Chris Anderson on why tablets represent a new era of measurability for advertising (they can now track your activity online and offline). This week’s New Media Minute also features

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Tablets Represent a New Era of Measurability for Advertising

Sometimes events occur that force a writer like me to suddenly get personal.  It’s like a blog version of the sitcom staple, the “very special episode.”  For me, that event is the Nashville flood.  If you haven’t heard about it, Nashville is largely under water today.

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How The Nashville Flood Demonstrated Online Video’s Power & Importance

Two big A’s continue their row. The latest round was fired by Apple CEO, Steve Jobs in a lengthy blog post entitled ‘Thoughts on Flash.‘ No it’s not some new memory technique or a way to save your childhood before old age strips you of it.

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Steve Jobs’ Flash Dance – Contradicts Self on Reasons for No Flash for Apple Mobile Platforms

LongTail Video, who made the JW Player, have acquired Bits on the Run. They can now begin offering a full range of video tools and management as well as an easily embeddable player. LongTail is well-known for the JW player, a Flash video player that can use FLV, H.264/MPEG-4, and even MP3.  It features their build

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Bits on the Run Gets a Long Tail

We all know that YouTube is the number 2 search engine on the Web in terms of query volume.  It sounds impressive, but what does that mean for local businesses trying to reach customers? After all, aren’t most of the 13+ billion clips watched each month on the site Lady Gaga videos

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5 Ways Small Businesses Can Take Advantage of YouTube