A new Buckman project: tubeclan.com
January 21, 2008
My wife and I have started a new web site:
It’s a “best of youtube” web site, where you can sit and watch one fun thing after another, without having to sift through the junk. My wife and I take suggestions, watch them, and tag them so you can easily watch a single topic of videos (such as classical music, or satire)
I’m very much looking for suggestions of great youtube videos.
Please: email me with youtube urls that you think are amazing.
Not to worry, I’m still very much on BookMooch, this just seemed like a fun side project.
My wife blogged the launch:
http://london.redmood.com/blog/2008/01/introducing-tub.html
she wrote:
YouTube is another of those internet phenomenons that comes along every few years.
John and I are always emailing each other and our friends (and vice versa) with links to great videos on YouTube. Sometimes when I go to YouTube for a particular video, the related videos are just as good. But more often they are not.
The common reaction to YouTube is “what a bunch of crap” and it is. That’s what’s so fabulous about it. Anyone can post their home-made video, no matter how bad it is. But many of them are great.
So, how do you find the great videos on YouTube? John had the idea to start a blog that embedded our favorite YouTube videos so they would all be together in one place. We brainstormed over some names and came up with:
John actually came up with that name. All the names I thought of weren’t available, wah. We started it about a week ago and have been collecting our favorite videos. We also welcome suggestions for videos and will include the ones we like in TubeClan.
We hope you enjoy watching these videos as much as we do.
Absolutely brilliant. Now I can waste plenty of time without wading through YouTube.
Merci beaucoup!
I appreciate any resource that helps me find the best of the best. I look forward to sharing news of this little sideline project. Thanks!
Don’t have time or interest in watching tv: toomany books to read!
i dont remember the link to a nice youtube video, but its title is No Pork. I find it hilarious.
I appreciate the thought, but aren’t there already a ton of websites that do this? For example, Fark has a video tab where people submit urls. There’s also GorillaMask, etc., that are editor driven.
Great. One more website to waste my time on when I should be working! But at least my time will be wasted more efficiently than searching You Tube myself!
Good idea, but is it better than StumbleUpon?
As long as you don’t forget BookMooch – since I’m a pretty new discoverer, I would miss you too much!
But congrats on the innovation/energy you and your wife share!
Hi John, yes I may be predjudiced but let me say that when I lived in New York I spent all my time on the Elephant Sanctuary website, now that
I work at the Sanctuary, I spend my time on book
mooch. You have totally improved my quality of
life, I come from a literary world and have
been fortunate enough to find a second passion in life. We were very late to youtube but are thrilled at the response. Anyway, thank you for what you do. K.
So many books to read; too little time, too late smart.
What a great idea! I’ve just checked it out for myself as I’ve tended to avoid youtube due to misconceptions. So when I had a look I found things on your site that had me laughing so much that I cried. Everyone else make sure you check out The Mean Kitty Song. It’s classic.
Hi John, a fab idea. I have just sent you an email with two very funny links.
yes, i say yes to this you two creatives.
loved the two talking cats
have you see the YouTube
March of the Librarians
it just might make your best of the best kudos for tubeclan
Great idea guys! Keep ‘em coming!
I think that it’s a great idea!