YouTube and you, me and everyone else

Yesterday I tried to include this YouTube clip as a gadget on my blog; I spent way more time than I care to admit trying to do this and it never did work. So now I added a URL enclosure link, something I found in the blog settings. The title of this post is a direct link to one of my favourite skits of all time.

I consider the Carol Burnett show among the classics of comedy, and I've watched this Tim Conway / Harvey Corman skit more times than I can count and I still laugh. Comic genius!

A survey of the teenagers I live with (aka The 2 E's) quickly got me straight on what they use to stay connected: XBox Live, Facebook, MSN. They watch videos and stay up to date -- even on politics -- on YouTube. When I say I'll email something to them they look at me like I've grown another head. Who uses email?

Podcastalley.com blew me away by the sheer multitude of podcasts; I scrolled through lists that went on seemingly forever, with really great names. http://podcast.com/ is the correct link to a nicely organized grouping of podcasts. I got closer to what interested me here, and found a podcast by Nancy Pearl, who has incredible insights into books and a shhhhing librarian doll bearing her name (hey, its closer to fame than we'll ever get): http://podcast.com/show/7077/

I finally figured out why I couldn't get into the Yahoo podcasts. This article: http://www.readwriteweb.com/archives/yahoo_to_close_podcasting_site.php explains that "The site never came out of Beta before the plug was pulled. There's not much information available beyond an underlined non-link now at the top of the site reading "Yahoo! apologizes deeply, but we will be closing down the Podcasts site on Oct. 31, 2007."

So, its obvious that all of this is in a constant state of flux. I bet the 2 E's don't have their own blog! Its all very interesting. Its all a bit overwhelming after these weeks of layering one web2.o thing on top of another.