YouTube Instant Shortlisted for Best API Use in .Net Magazine Awards

October 4th, 2011 | 1,184 views | 1 Comment » |

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YouTube Instant made it onto the shortlist for Best API Use in the .Net Awards. It’s right there with Instagram and Gowalla!

I want to thank all the people who voted for me — I feel so honored and humbled by all the attention. I’ll do my best to keep making cool stuff that delights people.

Also, I want to thank the good people at .Net Magazine for putting on this awesome award series to recognize so many of the creative people who work in web design and development.

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YouTube Instant Around the World

April 5th, 2011 | 4,092 views | 5 Comments » |

A lightning fast glimpse of the worldwide news coverage for YouTube Instant.


Update: The video included a DragonForce song that caused YouTube to block it in all countries except Japan (weird!). It’s on vid.ly Vimeo now, which works excellently. Or, download it.

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What is it like to get a job offer via Twitter?

January 27th, 2011 | 4,466 views | 3 Comments » |

Twitter Job Offer

Re-posting an answer I offered at Quora:

What is it like to get a job offer via Twitter?

What pros and cons do you see in using this recruiting method?

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Qwiki: YouTube Instant

January 26th, 2011 | 4,496 views | 2 Comments » |

Have you heard of Qwiki? Qwiki’s goal is to improve the way people experience information. Qwiki is working to deliver information in a format that’s quintessentially human – via storytelling instead of search.

And they have an awesome page for YouTube Instant. Check it out:

I also love the page about Stanford University.

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One Million Visitors in 10 Days

September 24th, 2010 | 172,244 views | 62 Comments » |
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The last ten days of my life have been sleepless, surreal, and an amazing adventure!

This is what’s new with YouTube Instant:

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