Project For Awesome

The Project for Awesome, originally organized by the vlogbrothers on youtube officially starts today. I've attached a few of the many submission videos below.







That which makes The Project for Awesome so.. well... awesome, is that it is able to bring so many people together in a digital community. Through shared morale alone, hundreds of thousands of video makers and subscribers are able to work together for a wonderful cause.

Basically, the project works by having everyone rate and comment all of these Project for Awesome videos that are posted on the same day - today, Thursday December 17, 2009. Through rating and commenting these videos, of which all revolve around helping make the world a more awesome place, are able to completely take over the youtube home page, from which millions of other can see them.

The Project for Awesome is an amazing example of how the digital world is helping to connect us all.

Everyone please go, rate, comment, subscribe. Yet more importantly, help the world become a more awesome place.

Erosion - by Michael Aranda

Erosion is one of the most successful video production pieces I have stumbled across on the YouTubes. Michael Aranda, a self proclaimed nerdfighter, and host of channel - Arandavision - has combined his interests in video and sound production, as well as editing, and musical talent in a number of creative endeavors.

This is a wonderful example of creating a piece specifically for a target audience. At 2:31, the duration is quite appropriate for the youtube community attention span - typically anything over 3:00 minutes gets significantly fewer views due to people not wanting to "waste 4:00 minutes of my life on such a(n) [insert slanderous remark] video." In contrast to most YouTube videos, the production value of the video is quite high. It appears as the Michael does not shoot for the typical YouTube video, but instead strives to provide his subscribers with a quality designed experience through a convenient medium. In doing so, Michael is able to set himself apart, yet remain within the confines of self-made associations of the YouTube community.

Michael's ability to so beautifully integrate natural sounds into the soundtrack of a wonderfully shot exploration of the unknown has earned my greatest admiration.

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