Legos on YouTube
posted by Larry Weintraub | 12:09 PM |
I just finished Chris Anderson's book, Free. I mentioned a few weeks back that I was reading his book or rather listening to it, via the free podcast he'd made available at iTunes. It's very good. Especially at the price of free. It's easy to recommend a book that's free. Don't get me wrong, if it sucked I wouldn't recommend it. But it's good and it's free, so therefore I advise you to expend the energy and dedicate the time to listening to it.
Here's a piece that I really liked. In Chapter 13 Chris discusses how he can see a shift in the preferences of the newest generation by watching how his kids consume media.
Here's a piece that I really liked. In Chapter 13 Chris discusses how he can see a shift in the preferences of the newest generation by watching how his kids consume media.
A few weekends ago it was time for my kids to choose how to spend the two hours of screen time they are allowed on Saturdays and Sundays. I suggested that it was a great day for Star Wars and gave them a choice. They could watch any of the six movies on magnificent DVD on a huge high def projection screen with surround sound audio and popcorn. Or, they could go on YouTube and watch Lego's stop motion animations of Star Wars scenes created by 9 year olds.
It was no contest. They raced for the computer.
It turns out that my kids and many like them aren't really interested in Star Wars as created by George Lucas. They are more interested in Star Wars as created by their peers. Never mind the shaky cameras and fingers in the frame.
Labels: Chris Anderson, Free, legos, star wars, youtube
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Larry, Before you endorse Chris Anderson's fact light approach to selling books, you really should read Malcolm Gladwell's dissection/review in the New Yorker...
http://www.newyorker.com/arts/critics/books/2009/07/06/090706crbo_books_gladwell
Demosthenes, thanks for pointing this out. I just read the article and Gladwell, as always, makes great points. I still liked the book. There are definitely holes, but that didn't stop it from making me think. Even the quote that I pulled about his children's preference to watch YouTube videos vs. Star Wars on the plasma was interesting. Thanks for opening my eyes to the New Yorker article, I never would have seen it without you. Thanks!
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