Thursday, January 25, 2007

23Things #20 YouTube... or other video sites

I've discovered YouTube awhile ago, so for the spirit of this thing I have been exploring Yahoo video and Google video.

Unfortunately I cannot blog directly from Yahoo video so I've copied across an embed script for a compilation of anime romance:



Although google video provided a button to blog and validated my blogger sign in, it then (twice), after I wrote and clicked the post button, told me that I had invalid login information! I can't be bothered doing it again. (It was only an animation apparently from Pixar with blue birds that was in a popular collection)... Oh okay, I've searched it out to copy the html (genre:animation birds):



Because I was frustrated I decided to post another video from YouTube - who told me it was successful, and it might take 24 hours to turn up.

When I looked back at the exercise I note Helene asked whether we could
see any features or components of the site that might be interesting if they were applied to library websites?


I'm not sure whether Helene was asking whether YouTube or other video sites might be useful tools to mash with a library's website, or whether library websites would be enhanced by social features such as patrons being able to upload their own stuff to the library site, or comment on things. On the latter: I don't know about uploading but I've already commented elsewhere that I love the idea (carried out at Ann Arbor) of patrons being able to comment and socialise around the collection via the online catalog. On the former sure - I've noticed a library tour video somewhere, and I can imagine something like the following playlist on a staff wiki:



Darn, I previewed three times before publishing and still forgot something:

I like being able to collect my favourites (or subscribe to another user's videos) at YouTube, which can also be done with Yahoo video but not google video. I went back to check, make sure I hadn't just missed it, but I still don't see an option for that, but I did find another funny video:

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