Just spotted this Video from Nerdfighter Rebekah Austin:
It's part of the Exchanges Connect video contest, which I'd never heard of. Exchanges Connect is basically a social network for the whole world that was started, oddly enough, by the US State Department. It allows us not only to connect within our normal spheres, but also throughout the world to people whose lives are very different than ours.
It's, like, exactly what I would've done if someone wanted me to create a soc… Continue
I don't get angry easily. I have a very broad view of how people should live their lives and very few hard beliefs of my own. I find it very easy to see both sides of an argument. I like arguing, don't get me wrong, but I can do it from either side of most of the big controversial issues of our day without inconvenience. Arguing, for me, is like playing tennis with a friend. You don't keep score, you don't really care, and you do it until you feel like doing something else.
That is not the case… Continue
So here's the thing. There are nerdfighters out there who were not at all happy with the "shot gun noise" ending to Vlogbrothers, and I've got some things to say about that. So let us begin.
First, and most simply, I made about 20 of the clips to begin with, which was a fairly complicated and time-consuming process, so I wasn't super-excited about having to change noises out, despite the fact that folks have legitimate concerns about whether Shotguns increase worldsuck.
Second, where I come fr… Continue
Just posting Nerdfighteria Island, because I forgot to do it. But I also wanted to bring something up.
So, just today, YouTube posted a little note up on their logo bragging that they had hit One BIllion VIdeo Views PER DAY! Obviously, big number. But it's more important than it looks.
My first instinct was to take that number and find out what percent were vlogbrothers video views. Since, y'know, I want to know exactly how important I am.
I discovered that we're responsibl… Continue
Yo! I'm in the studio right now recording a song called "Nerdfighteria Island" written by Tom Milsom. So, for the video, I need LOTS of images of "nerdfighteria island." If you send something in, I promise it will get in the video. Hand-drawn or computer-drawn or photoshopped...all fine. Add them as comments here and… Continue
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Margo Travels the World!
In which Hank sings a song that Nerdfighters helped him write and shows a video that Nerdfighters helped him make. All because of a book John Green wrote. Continue
I wanted to make this video for a few reasons. First, because I wanted to try my hand at putting ridiculous things on / in my face during a video while being really strange and using #hankvideo twitter responses.
But, second, because I wanted to expand on the idea of doing stuff because it's awesome...which I don't think I really did particularly well, I think...because it's hard to explain. I'm going to try again in a blog post here, because maybe I'll be able to think more… Continue
First, let me tell you what John told me on the phone today. I quote him directly, because I took a mental note. He said that this video was "Literally the nicest thing I think anyone has ever done for me."
Of course, what he means is that it's the nicest thing that any GROUP has ever done for him...but I think we all recognize that.
While I did have to kick my computer's (and my own) ass a little bit to get this to work (I was editing at 4:30 AM last night) I couldn't help… Continue
Please share this video and support this work by rating, commenting and favoriting. Words can't express the hell I went through to get this video up.
Thanks to everybody supporting my work on YouTube & Twitter. This wouldn't have been possible without you guys. Also thanks to Save the Children for their assistance.
New to the uncultured project? It's not an organization or charity. It's just the name of the work I do as an individual. You can find out more at:
http://un… Continue
Seriously...we need to think about caring differently. We'll never be able to love everyone like we love the people close to us, we can't and we shouldn't. So let's understand the ways in which we care for everyone, so we can get rid of some of the guilt and replace it with actual effective change. Continue
This is a brand new song from my and Tom Milsom's upcoming EP, Taking Leave, out July 15th on DFTBA Records.
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Video will be privated in 48 hours.
Song features Kristina Horner on backing vocals.
http://youtube.com/italktosnakes
Lyrics:
I never saw a reflection more true,
before the day I saw myself in you,
a love, separated by miles of sea,
call it long-distance
but we call it a new journey
and now I'm watching you, watching me
from beyond places that I bel… Continue
So John's Punishment? To eat a Carl's Jr 6-dollar portobello mushroom burger HIS WAY! Which is to break it down into 900 calories of constituent parts and then re-mix them...and you get to decide how he does that:
