I’m not so sure this whole Internet thing is going to catch on after all.

So now everyone can be published and broadcast over the internet. Fame and fortune await us all. Well fame anyway.

I read the article about the vanishing television audience, and found that the problem isn't as cut and dried as that. What's happening is that people are watching television differently. Instead of setting up a time, a television and a tray of tantalizing treats, we're recording the shows and watching them on our own schedule. According to the article, this prevents effective tracking of the popularity of the show.

Regarding the popularity of Video Ninja, it does seem that a relatively short video, available at any time, would get more hits that a longer show that is broadcast on a specified schedule. The same could be said for LonelyGirl15. According to the Wikipedia article, "Despite the high amount of views, many of lonleygirl15's videos are rated low." I guess people will watch anything.

Come to think of it, the current state of online video reminds me of 1950's television - the so-called "Golden Age" thereof. Some of the material is very innovative and surreal, some of it so mundane it will drive you up a tree. And lot of it consists of "Talking Heads," people doing just that - looking into the camera and talking. I'm not too interested in what Kurt Colbain or Jim Morrison would do with online video. But if Ernie Kovacs could take a shot at it, now that would be something!

Before I move on, please check out Tiki Bar TV - Forbidden Cocktails in a Swank Pad. Here's a link: http://tikibartv.com/tikibar_display.php?vid=30&pver=f8 (hope it works!).

Of all the applications available via SEOmoz, I think the most useful would be those under the category of Collaborative Writing and Word Processing. Nice to have if you don't have access to Microsoft Word.

Namaste, y'all!