Harry Shearer was the first artist signed to My Damn Channel when we launched four years ago in 2007.
Harry first encountered satellite news feeds when he worked at SNL. He's fascinated with the contents of videos that you normally never get to see and we call these clips: Found Objects.
We just uploaded a new Found Object on My Damn Channel, Diane Sawyer: "I Have Nothing."
Here's the link.
Harry writes, "Diane Sawyer is on the scene after a tornado has ripped through Joplin, anchoring a live broadcast from the city. But it's not easy for her."
He adds, "This is a portrait of a fly-in anchor covering a disaster. Diane may be Diane, but this is pretty much what you get when you send high-priced anchor talent into a place where everything has fallen apart and nothing works. The quote, 'I have nothing,' of course, should more appropriately be coming from a tornado victim.'"
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weird news on 2/4/2011 7:14:20 AM by Dubs
It's like Y2K all over again! And what I mean by that is nothing will happen at all but now you have a five-year supply of bottled water and duct tape.
Here's the thing -
the internet has run out of IP address for websites. Weird, right?
The first website ever made launched in 1991. Twenty years later, we're out of the numerical IP addresses that run behind the name of the website to track all the information. Good thing we got ours already, suckas!
Don't worry though. A new format is being introduced that will allow for trillions more IP addresses. Holy craps, that's a lot of webjunk.
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iPad on 8/5/2010 1:49:12 PM by Virginia Reiff
Procrastination is 1% inspiration & 99% incapacitation.
Followed by 100% Extension.
You got it.
You now have an extra week to make your 3SOME video for a chance to win:
3rd Prize: 3 days on the My Damn Channel homepage
2nd Prize: 8GB iPod touch
1st Prize: 16GB iPad 3G
Deadline to submit videos is now FRIDAY AUGUST 13TH.
Winners announced Wednesday August 18TH.
Please keep your video under 3 minutes. We have Attention Deficit Disorder... Oh look at that shiny thing!
Read the rules.
xo
Professor My Damn Channel
The 2010 Streamy Awards honor excellence in original web television and those who create it.
The annual ceremony will be live online from LA on Sunday, April 11. The official red carpet live stream starts at 4p pst.
It's a HOT NIGHT for NERDS.
We're feeling guilty about getting too many nominations (14). Time to put the spotlight on ALL good humans making the best in original video online. Magnanimus, huh?
We're asking all talented humans to make short promos for the Streamy Awards - to inspire more people to seek out the best original video on the web.
Two requests only. Keep your film in the :30-2:00 zone and include a graphic that says:
Watch the Streamy Awards LIVE
Sunday, April 11 at 5:30p PST
www.Streamys.org
We need your videos ASAP - NO later than Thursday, April 1 (yes - that day).
We'll feature many/most on My Damn Channel for 11 days leading up to the Streamys, 4/11.
If we ROFLOL, and experience deep, emotional sensations, you'll be all over the My Damn Channel home page and on our other syndication partners.
Get tech specs and learn how to send us your videos by emailing DAN here.
Packed in four more speed dates yesterday meeting financial and strategic partners to grow the My Damn Channel monsta. All of them - matchmade by Warren Chao, our Chief Operating Officer - the smart one we call "H-POD" (Honest Promise / Over-Deliver). He's a lawyer - a former venture capitalist - a biz dev exec. He's the man who finds and manages the money that makes our media machine run. In his spare time, he put together all our tech, ad sales, legal, and administrative. He runs our LA office. I'm ceoing headquarters in NY - getting to do all the fun stuff -with our talent - & building the world many venture capitalists fear: CONTENT.
A few brave backers are finally warming to the fact that it's becoming as much about WHAT you watch - as HOW you watch it. Full respect is due every sili-co-con in the valley who built the pipes and pathways that bring all the tech starring back at you through this screen...but we've figured out a way to produce high-quality videos at low-cost. Advertisers are coming on board to pay the freight. Our artists get rare, transparent deals that start with total creative freedom, segue to fully-funded video channels, and end with a rocking share of the revenue. Back to the dating game.