Web Evolution in Less Than 5 Minutes

It doesn’t happen very often, but every now and then I find a video on YouTube that I really like - and I think this one is probably the best one I’ve ever seen on the site, and quite possibly the best video that I’ve ever seen. This just blew me away…

It’s titled ‘The Machine is Us/ing Us’ - and it was produced by Michael Wesch, Assistant Professor of Cultural Anthropology at Kansas State University.

Let me know what you thought! :)

18 fantastic comments...

  1. Paul B May 30, 2007 9:12 am
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    Woah!

    That was absolutely fantastic - a lot of time & effort went into that, along with a lot of insightful thoughts….

    Very very clever…..

    Gotta run it again now :-)

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    I saw this a few months back. It is a fantastic piece of work, although possibly not quite as good as my video of Manchester United winning the European cup in 1999. ;)

  3. Paul May 30, 2007 12:59 pm
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    Paul: It needs a second run, and then a third (fourth, fifth, sixth…)

    Aaron: Is Manchester United one of those second-rate fourth division teams? You’re talking about Hockey, right? ;)

  4. Paul B May 30, 2007 3:14 pm
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    Acually Paul, I’ve seen it about 9 times so far…..and I’ve taken notes ;-)

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    Yeah, I saw this a month or two ago. It’s really intriguing, and wonderfully put together. Having said that, I do have to agree with Aaron :)

  6. zep May 30, 2007 4:58 pm
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    I saw this one in January, the original video has about 2 and a half million hits! You will like Mike Wesch’s new video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tYcS_VpoWJk

  7. Paul May 30, 2007 5:47 pm
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    It’s interesting to see him and his students, but I still think that first one was better! ;)

  8. Dirk May 30, 2007 6:33 pm
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    Paul,

    Thanks for sharing! Intriguing indeed.

  9. Paul May 30, 2007 6:35 pm
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    My pleasure mate! :)

  10. Sally Li May 30, 2007 7:03 pm
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    Amazing video, makes me a little uncomfortable with my ignorance of the web in general…
    Love your blog.

  11. Paul May 30, 2007 7:23 pm
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    I’m glad you liked the video Sally Li - and thanks for your compliment on my blog too! :)

  12. zep May 30, 2007 8:15 pm
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    Wow, I just read my last comment. It totally sounds smart-alec.
    To humble myself: Have you seen this funny Numa Numa video already?
    This hurt!

  13. Paul May 30, 2007 8:21 pm
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    A man who writes about non-rotting eyeballs could never be thought of as a smart-alec… ;)

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    This video rightly got the amount of hits it did. Superb message.

    I believe you’re right Paul, Manchester are a second rate team.

  15. david george May 30, 2007 11:05 pm
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    I did see it a while back but it certainly can take many viewings to pick up stuff that you don’t see the first time, still could watch it again.

  16. Crowley May 31, 2007 12:25 am
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    Wow. Regardless of the content (thought-provoking stuff!) the presentation is eye-catching and captivating. I’m impressed. Thanks for sharing!

  17. Paul May 31, 2007 1:30 am
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    David A: I’m not going to ask who you support! ;)

    David G: Thanks for dropping in! I’ve watched it about twenty times now, and it still fascinates me! :) Totally agree with your opinion on hospital interiors too… :)

    Crowley: My pleasure!

  18. Romeo June 3, 2007 7:19 am
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    that was not only entertaining but indeed very smart and with a load of information that is really needed to be heard.

    A very good post thank for sharing.

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