There was a time when, for a great many people, the Internet was Yahoo. This conversation lacks historical perspective. Yes, we may be in a time right now when someone thinks "Internet video" and then things "YouTube." That won't last forever, and the lifespans of such things get shorter every iteration.
Scott Lockman wrote: > > You know it's the real deal when it gets transformed from a noun to a verb > ala Rocketboom, "Man, they Rocketboomed my video - I'm famous." Or Google, > as in, "Jimmy's chances of getting the job evaporated the moment the > head of > HR googled his name." > > Such was also the case when FOX's Jane Skinner said that everyone would > YouTube her when she had so much trouble saying, "Top Cop" on the air > recently. She was right! They YouTubed her with a vengeance. > > Linguistically, the iPod seems to be precluded from such grammatical > shenanigans. The pronoun I at the front makes it very difficult for > iPod to > ever be more than a clause or a simple sentence. It doesn't seem to be > able > to work as a verb in the same way as google, rocketboom or youtube do. > > Many have tried. Who can ever forget when Robin said, "Holy homophone, I > can't believe I pecked and I pawed my way out of the slums of Gotham > just to > wear these leotards, mask and boots" to Batman? Though sounding like > iPod as > a verb, it just isn't gonna work. > > Zune it appears to have a far better chance of being used as a verb > the iPod > ever will. And it has Minesweeper, too. End of discussion! > > Thank you, > Scott > http://tokyocalling.org <http://tokyocalling.org> > > On 12/5/06, Josh Leo <[EMAIL PROTECTED] <mailto:joshleo%40gmail.com>> > wrote: > > > > I was in a coffee shop the other day waiting to film the tree lighting > > downtown and a news crew was there talking to people about the cities > > wireless internet plan. he asked me if they could interview me, and > I said > > yes. He noticed that I had some experience in terms of knowing about the > > lavaliere mic. etc... but when I told him that I have a video blog and > > that > > was why i was downtown he responded "so you got videos on youtube" ...to > > which I responded with "no they are on my own site..." he was one of > these > > guys who only waited for his turn to talk instead of listening (bad > > quality > > for a journalist)... > > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > >
