Want to learn a new skill? Well, here’s a how-to video explaining the secrets of the Moonwalk! Dazzle your friends with the ability to walk backwards without lifting your feet. Better than a mini-course!

The famous film locales of Los Angeles.

A physics problem played out live.

Two videos to waste your time with.

New media is moving fast. Just six weeks after I first posted about how social media is becoming paid and professionalized, The New York Times reports that the United Talent Agency is recruiting online video stars. After the recording industry killed Napster, I’m really happy to see that businesses seem to be much more accepting [...]

Besides our own coverage of Colbert’s visit to NU, there’s a nice YouTube video of the mob surrounding him:

From the Facebook group: Stephen Colbert at Northwestern Homecoming Parade.

It’s somewhat speculative right now, but the Wall Street Journal reports Google is interested in buying YouTube.
Whether or not it actually happens, you can see the trends in online media:
Social media matters. Google already has its own prominent video service, but YouTube succeeds because it just feels so much more of a social site, and [...]

That’s a total of 9,305 years of viewing.
[Via MicroPersuasion]

There’s some outstanding articles this week on YouTube and what it means for culture, as people are moving past commenting on just why YouTube is popular.
First is The NY Times piece uncovering the identity of a mysterious, brilliant guitarist, which is notable because it treats YouTube as just another media outlet. I expected to hear [...]

A Slate article about how YouTube has transformed home videos since the wholesome days of Bob Sagat:
AFHV was a vacation slide show at grandma’s house. YouTube is a viewing booth in a porno shop.