Music Tuesday: Death Cab for Cutie, Cibo Matto and more
Tuesday, May 31, 2011
Thanks, YouTube community, for two BIG gifts on our sixth birthday!
Wednesday, May 25, 2011
First, your video. Back in November we challenged you to up the volume of videos you uploaded to the site. And boy, did you take the bait. Today, more than 48 hours (two days worth) of video are uploaded to the site every minute, a 37% increase over the last six months and 100% over last year. From videos documenting a baby’s first steps in San Francisco, Calif., to a protest in Syria, to a commencement speech at Yale University, we’re continually impressed and inspired by the quality and breadth (in addition to quantity) of videos that you upload to the site every day. On our end, we're constantly evolving to provide the best video sharing and viewing experience for you from faster processing of uploads to longer video lengths to the launch of self-service live stream capabilities to partners.
What can happen in two days, you ask?
- You could drive non-stop across the country from our office in San Bruno, Calif. to New York City
- You could undertake a massive movie marathon by watching the entire Back to the Future trilogy eight and a half times (we’d recommend you do that at YouTube Movies)
- An ambitious cheetah (the fastest land animal at an average running speed of 75 mph) starting in South Africa could traverse 3600 miles of the African continent and reach Egypt
The first six years of a person’s life are incredibly important for development. The same could be said for a company. For the last six years we’ve grown and evolved in our quest to push video forward and deliver the best possible experience to you. So when will we reach 72 hours a minute, or 4 billion views a day? That’s up to you. For our part, we'll continue to work at delivering the diversity and quality of content you're asking for, from live streams of music festivals to campaigns around social inspiration and change, rockstars in education to citizen-journalist coverage of global events and YOU showcasing your own talent. You’ve made YouTube successful because it’s a reflection of you and your world. If this is what we’ve accomplished together in six years, we can only imagine where you’ll take us in the next six!
The YouTube Team recently watched “An Adorable 6-Year-Old Dancer”.
Music Tuesday: Under-the-radar artists, music from everyday objects and Making Friendz
Tuesday, May 24, 2011
Pomp and Circumstance....and speeches!
Monday, May 23, 2011
Here’s a small sampling of the speeches available on YouTube:
Angela Lin, YouTube EDU Manager, recently watched “Bill Cosby’s Keynote Speech”.
- Conan O’Brien, Harvard University, Part 1, Part 2, 2000
- Oprah Winfrey, Stanford University, 2008
- Ellen DeGeneres, Tulane University, 2009
- Steve Jobs, Stanford University, 2005
- Meryl Streep, Barnard College, Columbia University, 2010
- Lisa Kudrow, Vassar College, 2010
- Winston Churchill, Harrow School, 1941
- John F. Kennedy, American University, 1963
- Randy Pausch, Carnegie Mellon University, 2008
- Tom Brokaw, Stanford University, 2006
- Hillary Rodham Clinton, Barnard College, Columbia University, 2009
- Stephen Colbert, Knox College, 2006
- Tim Russert, U. of Mass, Boston, 2002
- President Barack Obama, Notre Dame University, 2009
- J.K Rowling, Harvard University, Part 1, Part 2, Part 3, 2008
- Bono, University of Pennsylvania, 2004
- Bill Cosby, Carnegie Mellon University, 2008
Angela Lin, YouTube EDU Manager, recently watched “Bill Cosby’s Keynote Speech”.
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