In today's crazy world, one has to make a choice for video placement in the world with all the various.  YouTube has lots of positive attributes and some negative ones.

Check out this article I found: The Pros and Cons of YouTube Video for Your Website

Ridley Scott sponsored user generated content from around the world to create a film about one day of Life here on planet earth.  The feature film is being released in theaters this week.

Check out the trailer here:   "Life In a Day"

An article talks about the film here with this excerpt.

There’s a telling moment at the end of the credits of the new YouTube documentary, Life in a Day, released in cinemas this week. The penultimate credit reads, “Directed by Kevin Macdonald and”; the final credit has several hundred names – all amateurs who sent in footage to YouTube of what they were up to on July 24, 2010.

Thousands of hours of their footage was edited down to a chronological sweep through the day, and around the world. And the terrifying thing for Hollywood is that the amateur results are far more compelling than a hundred lowest common denominator blockbuster feature films, whether they’re Marvel Comic movies, gross-out films or romcoms – now Hollywood’s staple diet.

TED is a major creative conference on 'Technology, Entertainment and Design".   It's gained more prominence over the years and now its videos are online for you to explore.   Suggested on Facebook by my friend, John Duffy.

About TED:

TED is a nonprofit devoted to Ideas Worth Spreading. It started out (in 1984) as a conference bringing together people from three worlds: Technology, Entertainment, Design. Since then its scope has become ever broader. Along with two annual conferences -- the TED Conference in Long Beach and Palm Springs each spring, and the TEDGlobal conference in Edinburgh UK each summer -- TED includes the award-winning TEDTalks video site, the Open Translation Project and TED Conversations, the inspiring TED Fellows and TEDx programs, and the annual TED Prize.

TED Videos Online:

We’re thrilled to announce the launch of the TEDxTalks video site on TED.com — where more than 7,000 TEDx videos are curated and tagged by topic, country, language, event. Play through 73 videos on Dance … 260 talks in Korean … browse our Editor’s Picks … or just see what’s new.

Another cool resource on this site: “Other videos.” Here you can see local TEDx trailers from around the world, and catch up on webinars and workshops about TEDx best practices from local organizers and experts from TED.

Amazon is a customer magnet for book and DVD sales, drawing in millions every day.   DIY (Do It Yourself) Fulfillment service takes up time and more.  But you make more on your work by self-fulfillment.   This article at the Jon Reiss self-distribution blog comes up with an interesting hybrid approach to maximize Amazon reach with a maximum return on your product sales.

Check it out:   How to Maximize Revenue Selling on Amazon

Socialist Chinese authorities have been installing devices on Hong Kong dual license plate vehicles to listen to conversations.

For years now Chinese authorities have been installing spying devices on all dual-plate Chinese-Hong Kong vehicles, enabling a vast network of eavesdropping across the archipelago, according to a Hong Kong newspaper.

The report in Apple Daily states that the recording devices began being installed as “inspection and quarantine cards” in July 2007. They were installed without charge by the Shenzhen Inspection and Quarantine Bureau on thousands of vehicles.

Smugglers were the first to note something strange about the devices. A source told Apple Daily that after the cards were installed mainland authorities had no trouble picking off the cars carrying illicit goods.

Hollywood has its fill of cliches and myths.  Every movies set in Paris has an apartment with a view of the Eiffel Tower.   After going to the store in Paris, you always have a baguette sticking out of the paper sack.    Here are 5 Gun Myths with some great videos to demonstrate the actual weapons as portrayed in Hollywood films.  This includes the use of machine guns - with endless ammo clips - as well as silencers, bulletproof vests and more...

5 Ridiculous Guns Myths Everyone Believes (Thanks to Movies)

Body & Seoul is a delightful romantic comedy about a music producer, DANTE CRUISE, who becomes a “fish out of water” when he is exiled to Korea to redeem himself and his career.

Dante causes a ruckus in Hollywood when he throws a TV set out of the Ace Records building and smashes a police car.   He must cool his heels out of town – way out of town – so his bosses send him to a far distant land to cultivate new talent – Korea.  Dante’s reaction: “Is that a country?”