Saturday, June 28, 2008

Top 10 Video Blogs

For those of you that watch video blogs via Miro or even Google Reader, I've compiled my top 10 favorite feeds/channels. These aren't the top 10 most popular world-wide, but rather my humble opinion as to which have the best content. Feel free to disagree, and please share your favorites in the comments.

And without further ado:

10. Harvard Business Video Ideacast (feed - info)
The Harvard Business Review is one of the most respected business magazines in the world. Some of their writers also have blogs. Some of those blog postings are turned into an interview with the author and/or another subject matter expert.
9. WallStrip (feed - info)
The host, Julie Alexandria, spotlights another stock each episode. She gives an executive summary version of the news related to that particular stock. Occasionally, she conducts interviews.
8. Onion News Network (feed - info)
A satirical news show, the Onion will make you laugh as it observes life, news, politics, and business. On 1 episode, the "breaking news" was regarding human feed-bags. Hilarity ensues.
7. Mahalo Daily (feed - info)
Mahalo Daily is a variety news and story show. They interview experts and regular folk about cars, puppets, hot air balloons, and anything else that tickles their fancy. Formerly hosted by the internet-famous Veronica Belmont, Mahalo Daily is now hosted by the talented Leah Demilio.
6. GeekBrief.TV (feed - info)
One of the "Top 50 Most Influential Female Bloggers" (list), Cali Lewis, hosts a "shiny, happy tech news" show. Her and her husband, Neil, seem to do the whole thing themselves and they do a great job. They seem to really get geek culture and have quite a following.
5. Loaded from CNET TV (feed - info)
Loaded is another tech news show. It's done by Natali Del Conte, former host of TeXtra, who has also been a writer for TechCrunch. One thing that's great about Natali is that she doesn't really pull punches. In her own humble way, she'll tell AT&T that they're being evil and urge them to change.
4. Tekzilla (feed - info)
"Tips, tricks, product reviews, and how-to's" is their motto, and they do it well. Hosted by Patrick Norton and Veronica Belmont, the show is very informative (see my last post) and the hosts obviously have a lot of fun. This show actually has two varieties, "Daily" and "Weekly". The Daily version is about 1 minute, and the Weekly version is about 40 minutes. Both good.
3. Scam School (feed - info)
From the revision3 website: "If Harvard offered a PhD in deceit, this would be it. Award-winning magician Brian Brushwood takes viewers on an inside tour of bar tricks, street cons, and scams. If you watch carefully, you'll never have to pay for a drink again!" Great tips and tricks abound on this show. I don't know how much the host gets paid, but I would think that this would be a magician's dream gig.
2. TED Talks (feed - info)
From the TED website: "TED stands for Technology, Entertainment, Design. It started out (in 1984) as a conference bringing together people from those three worlds." TED has since broadened their horizons to include several other industries and ideologies. Speakers are instructed to give the talk of their life in less than 18 min. Many deliver.
1. Experiment of the Week (feed - info)
Robert Krampf, "The Happy Scientist", comes out with new video every week demonstrating something really cool about physics, chemistry, optics, or other sciency topics. He has a real knack for explaining using everyday words and analogies. Most of the time they include an experiment that you can try at home. Never stop learning.
Well, there they are, now you can check them out via the aforementioned Miro.

Feel free to plug your favorites in the comments.

Honorable mentions:
Now you know,
Garrett Woodroof

1 comments:

Anonymous said...

Pretty nice list there. Thanks!

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