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Archive for September, 2008

Hot SpotsYouTube just launched a new addition to their Insight metrics package called “Hot Spots”

Hot Spots lets you drill down into your video’s timeline, giving you an unprecedented look at how audiences feel about each moment of your content. (more…)

Two examples for you. First, a childhood hip-hop mashup:

Second, a drunken twist on historical docu-drama (after the jump)…

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Follow Your InstinctSomething I missed mentioning in the annotation post: Samsung is out ahead in the commercial annotations game with their campaign for the Samsung Instinct.

Follow Your Instinct is an annotation-powered choose-your-own-adventure movie in which you (a young heterosexual male office worker) must make a series of choices between (1) having sex and (2) doing boring shit. You’re rewarded for following your rebellious instincts (jury’s out on how the compulsively boring dudes out there feel about this).

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