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andouilles:

i really hope this already hasn’t been done

This is what One Direction sounds like to me almost all of the time.

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‘American Idol’ Sets Four Social TV Records [STATS] futuristgerd: Pretty amazing. TV industry lucked out in converging with the web:))) We should all keep in mind that’s 625,000 unique commenters out of an audience of 21,500,000.  And at it’s peak, barely more than 25,000 tweets were generated. This isn’t to say that these numbers aren’t impressive. But infographics can sometimes be deceiving. Also, what does that “1.9 comments per commenter” graph look like? At what point did they comment and how long did it take for them to comment again (and again)? Did they favorite anyone else’s tweets? Were repeat commenters using Twitter the whole time or did they just go on to express their surprise/disappointment/elation? Networks are pouring bags of money into second screen apps. Hopefully they’re doing it because they’re trying to make existing practices better for audiences, not because they see raw numbers like “1.2 million” and want to issue cool graphs like the one above.

‘American Idol’ Sets Four Social TV Records [STATS]

futuristgerd:

Pretty amazing. TV industry lucked out in converging with the web:)))

We should all keep in mind that’s 625,000 unique commenters out of an audience of 21,500,000.  And at it’s peak, barely more than 25,000 tweets were generated.

This isn’t to say that these numbers aren’t impressive. But infographics can sometimes be deceiving.

Also, what does that “1.9 comments per commenter” graph look like? At what point did they comment and how long did it take for them to comment again (and again)? Did they favorite anyone else’s tweets? Were repeat commenters using Twitter the whole time or did they just go on to express their surprise/disappointment/elation?

Networks are pouring bags of money into second screen apps. Hopefully they’re doing it because they’re trying to make existing practices better for audiences, not because they see raw numbers like “1.2 million” and want to issue cool graphs like the one above.

My storyboards for a new Know Your Meme intro to transition everyone to the new cast.

About a year ago I came up with this idea for a new Know Your Meme intro to transition the show from the old cast to the new one. The whole thing would have been set to a banjo song that would sound like the theme of the 1970’s Land of the Lost:

With no disrespect to the new cast, by presenting the new team as students (maybe in over their heads the first couple of episodes?) it would allow the audience to cut them some slack as they worked to develop their own voice.

We never shot this but I kind of wish we did for the sake of both the old fans and the new cast.

This idea was totally unsolicited, btw. I don’t think Ben even knows about this.

It’s so emotional to me just having other writers connect to the show, and become passionate about the characters, and watch people have fights about the characters. TV is something that you create in your head, and you write the pilot, and it’s yours. It’s really cool to kind of watch as the characters become so many other people’s, as they belong to other writers.
Liz Meriwether, creator of ‘New Girl’ (NYMag: The New Girls)
garychou: This is how I wake myself up in the morning. Ok. I’m not the only one. At least Gary’s aren’t labeled “Get up!” “Really, get up!” “For real this time.” “Might as well work from home.”

garychou:

This is how I wake myself up in the morning.

Ok. I’m not the only one. At least Gary’s aren’t labeled “Get up!” “Really, get up!” “For real this time.” “Might as well work from home.”

Final Boss Form

When I first saw this video I was going to use my old person voice to say that my cousin used to do this *without* the use of scratch (sample) records. And then I read this comment on the YT page:

“Why do you switch vinyls?”

And my brain fell out of my skull. I forget how old this tech is and that some people may look at this video and have absolutely no idea what’s going on here. Even cultural technology can become outmoded. This is probably a very good thing.

thekidshouldseethis:

Check out this DJ Angelo mashup sporting some serious turntablism.

(via faketv)

Final Boss Form

PBS Idea Channel is one of my favorite things on YouTube right now.

Well paced, great ideas, charismatic + engaging host (nice, Mike), and an entire last minute dedicated to fanservice.

So many traditional networks are throwing bags of money at traditional production companies thinking that Superior Production Value® will give them some sort of competitive advantage in their webseries. Any look at the top YouTubers should make it obvious that it won’t. Audience development is the key.