Broadcast yourself
IDEA No 82
YOUTUBE
A limitless bank of streamable songs, trailers, talks, films, best-ofs and random home videos – all for free. What’s not to like? Nothing. That’s why YouTube is the third most visited site on the Web.
‘Me at San Diego Zoo’, the first video on YouTube, uploaded on 23 April 2005 by co-founder Jawed Karim.
YouTube has made stars of talking dogs, laughing babies and South Korean rappers. It’s democratized TV and redefined what it means to be popular.
It began on 23 April 2005 when co-founder Jawed Karim uploaded a short clip entitled ‘Me at San Diego Zoo’. At the time, finding online video was like a treasure ...
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