What’s Up with Start Ups

I’m just getting a little sick of the system that values aggregators of content more than creators of content, and presumes some kind of magical future where owning users free time results in lots of money.

Poetry Makes Nothing Happen: Thoughts on Ai Weiwei from the Indianapolis Museum of Art

Sarah does not appear in vlogbrothers videos, but you can follow her on tumblr: http://absolumentmoderne.tumblr.com 

In which John visits the Indianapolis Museum of Art, where his wife is a curator, and thinks about the work of the artist and dissident Ai Weiwei while walking through “According to What,” his first major retrospective in the United States. If you live in or near Indianapolis, you should really see the show. It’s very special, and will be here until July 21st.

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Hey fellow Nerdfighters!

John actually asked me to send this to you (I am thrilled!) hoping that you’d relate!! :)

Thanks!

Fur

Some Mind-Bending Earth GIFs

http://earthengine.google.org/#timela…

Google’s new Earth Engine, powered by NASA’s landsat satellites, gives a time lapse view of (pretty much) every land surface on earth over the last 25 years. The view is amazing, and inspiring, and at times terrifying. 

It can be hard to understand the scale here, but our impacts on this planet are huge, and at this point it’s clear that we’re putting ourselves in a bit of a tight spot.

So some of my friends and I spent 3 months working on a scene recreating “Best Day/Worst Day”  from Looking For Alaska. Hope you enjoy it. 

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The Clif Bars Go in the Jar Because Mice: An Office Tour

In which John takes you on a Cribs-style visit to the Indianapolis headquarters of Crash Course, mental_floss, and the Swindon Town Swoodilypoopers.

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“Should I Join a YouTube Network?”

I am asked this question a lot, and there is really no way to answer it. So, instead, I’ve just talked about what YouTube networks do and what to expect, and how to think about joining a network. 

It’s a bit long…TL;DW - When you join a network, you are hiring people (with money) to do things for you. Understand what you want those things to be, and make sure they’re going to do them.

Part of my new VidThoughts series.

Hank’s doing a new thing! He never does new things!

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In which I scream a lot

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I may be spending too much time on Tumblr…

DOCTOR GREEN

In which John makes a video about his forthcoming entrance into the ranks of doctors. And visits the dentist.

This is probably the most times in the history of nerdfighteria that the word “doctor” has been spoken without being followed by a single “Who.”