YouTube is the greatest thing since sliced bread
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After e-mail, web, Google, tabs in Mozilla and Skype, I think YouTube represents yet an evolutionary leap in the utility of the Internet -- all of sudden, you have not just the information, but the sights and sounds of the entire world at your fingertips.
Want a flashback to sitting at the beach in a cheap Thai restaurant? Here you go. (Or a gogo bar, if that's your scene.) More in a Bollywood mood? No problem. Jonesing for the souq? Yalla yalla! (Although I haven't seen too many skirts like that in Gaza.) I mean, fer chrissake, you can even find low-budget Finnish gangster rap.
So my wish for Christmas is that, for once, the record companies and RIAA don't fuck it up.
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By jani on 2006-10-05 02:10
evan
Kind of eh
I haven't really caught up on YouTube. The Flash movies don't work on Linux, so I have to use KeepVid to download the movies. Not quite as much of a user experience that way.
jani
The user interface really is
The user interface really is key -- videos have been available off the Internet for a long time, but YouTube finally makes instant video on demand a reality. You can search for keywords and tags, get automatic suggestions of related items, comment on videos, create and save playlists. I shudder to think about the bandwidth bill though: when somebody figures out how to put together YouTube and BitTorrent they'll really hit the jackpot.
reen
Who was going to hit the jackpot you said...?
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