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Monday, November 24, 2008

Video Scenes From YouTube Live: Obama Girl, Chad Hurley and Free Hugs

Here’s a video I did while attending YouTube Live on Saturday–well, live–at the Herbst Pavilion at the Fort Mason Center, right on the San Francisco Bay.

The last time I had attended a big tech industry event here, it was the launch of Windows 97 from Microsoft–which was quite a different scene than this entertaining but freaky show, in which online celebrities jumped a little shakily into the analog word.

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Tuesday, November 27, 2007

WSJ Online: How to Make Viral Videos

Here’s a great video from WSJ Online about what it takes for a small business to make viral videos.
I like it, of course, because it gives me a chance to also include another video from my favorite viral site, Blendtec’s “Will It Blend?” with the blending genius Tom Dickson. Here, he blends “Guitar Hero [...]

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About Kara

Kara Swisher started covering digital issues for The Wall Street Journal's San Francisco bureau in 1997 and also wrote the BoomTown column about the sector. With Walt Mossberg, she co-produces and co-hosts D: All Things Digital, a major high-tech and media conference.

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Ethics Statement

Here is a statement of my ethics and coverage policies. It is more than most of you want to know, but, in the age of suspicion of the media, I am laying it all out.

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