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YouTube 2017 Rewind – A Year In Review

January 2, 2018 by Harry Hawk Leave a Comment

YouTube’s annual rewind video is always a well produced video that not only captures a year on YouTube but also a year on Earth….
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True or False: Only Teens Are YouTube Stars

June 30, 2017 by Harry Hawk Leave a Comment

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Country Food was created on YouTube by two creators (Srinath and Laxman) located in India, they were already traditionally employed in video post production, and bought their production values to YouTube. Srinath was even married with several kids; not the typical YouTuber profile.
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Julian Juenemann Growing Measure School with YouTube

June 3, 2017 by Harry Hawk Leave a Comment

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Julian Juenemann talks with Harry Hawk detailing how he has used YouTube to drive his educational services, and his professional consulting business.
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Material Design for YouTube

May 7, 2017 by Harry Hawk Leave a Comment

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YouTube is testing a new “Material Design” look for YouTube and you can check it out at YouTube.com/new – It is a progressive web app, built with the Polymer 2.0 framework. It brings a simplified look to YouTube, and introduces the Dark Theme as an accessible feature (rather than as a Easter egg-like hack).
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Coachella Live | Youtubular Conversations

April 16, 2017 by Harry Hawk Leave a Comment

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A discussion about YouTube’s exclusive live streaming relationship with the music event known as Coachella. I talk about the robust user experience YouTube/Coachella created and how this experience would be valuable for Communicators & their clients.
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Seeing Red Programming and Jenny’s Quilts

April 13, 2017 by Harry Hawk Leave a Comment

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This week we talk about money and video… and how YouTube is offering and pricing their premium products, explore PewDiePie reduction in monetization on YouTube and PewDiePie’s own content (which is increasingly non-monetizable). To then move the conversation away from money, I discuss Jenny Doan who has profited from YouTube by giving her content away.
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Gorillaz’s Humanz, DNN Sound Effects and Human Translations

April 2, 2017 by Harry Hawk Leave a Comment

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This week: Gorillaz – a virtual band in VR, deep neural networks (DNN) looking for sound effects and actual humans translating video titles and descriptions.
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YouTube Lost Major Advertisers Over Content

March 27, 2017 by Harry Hawk Leave a Comment

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With over 400 new hours of content uploaded every minute YouTube is struggling to categorize and monetize video without risking offending brands and their publics by placing ads from major brands near content that is perceived as disruptive, offensive, or derogatory. This week over 250 brands pulled or suspended their ads.
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Kahoot: Enhancing Video with Educational Engagement and Gameplay

March 22, 2017 by Harry Hawk Leave a Comment

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Gaming and video are two different ways of telling stories. Kahoot is a tool that “drives” learning through gameplay and it can be used to enhance engagement around your company with internal or external stakeholders. Kahoot can help even if you are not making videos. Kahoot can help you creating engaged presentations and drive home key takeaways for your next meeting.
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International Women’s Day and VR Video | Youtubular Conversations

March 15, 2017 by Harry Hawk Leave a Comment

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