Love is Blind

Becoming a star on You Tube

Yes, yes, yes.

You tube can change your life.

Well this is a subject I could talk about for hours, but I’ll be short.
You tube has given a chance to people to get known and succeed in certain area, and really make it big.
But, the thing about it, is that you always have the “you tube” with you, it never leaves.
“You Know Esmee…from Youtube”
However Esmee is the good idea of a YouTube Star.

Ken Lee

There was this woman from the Bulgarian version of Idol – Valentina Hasan, she sang a song by Mariah Carey(originally “Without you”) called “Ken Lee”.
The case was that she didn’t know English, and she was singing what she was actually hearing and it came out ridiculously. She didn’t got into the show, of course, but the video with her casting performance was posted on youtube and she eventually got more than 20,000,000 views and actually became more famous than the winner of the show.
There were all kinds of merchandise with the text “Ken Lee”, remixes of the performance, and she even got a record deal.
So, becoming famous with the fact that you are a bad singer is not that fair, but lets say it’s simply luck.

Top 10 Ways to make yourself famous on YouTube

…with the help of Britain’s leading gadgets blog Tech Digest and gadget review blog TechReviews

1. Lip-synching

2. Animals do the funniest things

3. Have an original idea no-one else would bother to do

4. Original Comedy

5. Get your cam phone out at gigs

6. Be very good at videogames

7. Be Creative, and funny.

8. Be Stupid.

9. Sing good

10. Sing Bad

Follow the Flow

THE Twitter

Having in mind that companies like Google, Facebook, and even Apple are trying to buy Twitter (a service that does not earn money) really makes me wonder, what makes tens of millions of people use it?

Twitter in 3 lines

The best thing about Twitter is the limitation.  If you have only 140 characters to say something,  you basically cut off all the unnecessary stuff.
As Flickr is a universal platform for importing and exporting photos,  Twitter is the same, but for thoughts.

At First

When you join Twitter you might see a lot of nonsense and personal things, which at first could be quite repulsing.

But, as correctly noted by Jason Cats in upholding essay about Twitter – “You hear such things in the streets around town, so you shouldn’t be surprised at all”

Interface

The good news is that Twitter is an open platform (you can transfer the API) And does not limit you to the official login and interface page.

For a long time I wondered why their website is so simple, but on the other hand – slow. Then I installed TweetDeck (requires Adobe Air – the new Flash), TwitterFon and TwitterBar and since then I have not seen what twitter.com looks like.

The Communication

In the beginning its a little bit like having a Skype with no people inside.  But as you add more people, it becomes interesting.