Video worth viewing - the entire Chad Vader series. Excellent stuff.
Library Dominos - please reshelve after your fun..
YouTube is probably the single most influential piece of Web2.0 around. It is redefining the the political debate, it challenges advertising censorship (e.g the banned Bondi Blonde Beer ad http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XWGGMWRfhQs ), music videos from all manner of bands totally circumventing the recording industry, and at it's darkest the release of amateur video from school fights , the gang rapes, firefights in Iraq.
So I think what impresses me about YouTube is less the technology, because really transferring movie file around is not the revolutionary, and if you go into the dark side of the net you can get plenty of video from the file sharing networks, but their rather brazen editorial policy of pushing the legal edges of copyright, censorship and government control, not to mention good taste. It is heartening that in the age of media mega-corporations, independant media is still valued and sought after. In that sense, YouTube reflects the values that Librarians are championing in their professional value statements of challenging censorship.
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Youtube creates a platform for freedom of speeech. It allows bands to showcase music etc... that would otherwise not be available to them without a record contact.
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