Obsessing over Youtube Numbers and Stats

Hey Folks,

So anyone out there doing anything online, be it videos, blogging, podcasts, whatever probably knows about Obsessing and numbers.

I've even blogged about this before - and I'm considering making it a weekly thing.

Recently I've had this site (Vidstatx) permanently stuck in an open tab (hell I'm almost ready to make it a home page)

They Recently launched a new Ranking Proximity feature

It shows you other youtubers in your subscription bracket. (I've added a gray line to represent who I'm between and an orange box around the closet 3 youtubers on either side.)

What's amusing is, I think I may have heard of only one of these people (on the whole list). Though that doesn't really surprise me much, I don't wander youtube looking for new people these days. I'm too busy making things.

So what do you do with this information!?

Well ones first instinct might simply be to use this list as a guideline of who you're trying to beat, and who you're watching out for.

It's kind of like being in slow moving traffic on the freeway. You're watching cars in the other lanes. You know you've switched over from behind that Yellow Rav 4, and now you're ever watchful anytime it seems to be in a faster moving lane then you... and now, they're you enemy. Ironically minutes later when you switch over behind that same Rav 4 and that lane speeds up, passing all the other lanes by, you're now allies on the same time.

This is how this list works.

Healthy competition. Anyone who's using youtube as a means to be better then other people, probably needs to get out of the house and join a club IRL. This list now shows you other people to watch, learn from, collaborate with and in a good way compete with.

So go forth and create! And if you're on this list say hi! I'll be checking you out.

Stay Strong,

-SamProof

Working Together

Hey Folks,

It efforts to just be more productive and such - here I am online blogging.

Everyday can't be a vlog, and actually I don't even know that I could come up ideas fast enough to do so.

Which is why I've started a new video collab collective group.

I'm hoping to make it a place where people can find other people to collaborate on videos together.

It's also going to be a place for people to make suggestions for me to do.


So If you make Youtube/Web Videos

join the group and let's make take over youtube together!

Stay Strong,

-SamProof

Epic 2009 Collab Video

Hey Folks,

I don't know how 2009 treated you - but as I said in my last video - it was stone cold bitch to me. That year was like "yo buy me a skrimp dinner, and you ain't getting no play, and I'mma invote my friend over to use all your TP - biatch."

I mean sure, it dressed hot, and had big fake boobs. But 2009 - sucked it.

So I'm going to do a brief "Good Riddance" video for 2009.



DEADLINE : Sunday 11pm - January 10 th

This is what I want from you:

• say a short goodbye; good riddance, fairwell, suck it, get bent, get lost, etc
  
• you can be flip, terse, blunt, but keep it PG-ish (hell you can curse I'll bleep it out.. and maybe I'll pout up the uncensored version as well...)
• SD/HQ Standard quality is fine. I don't need HD for this
• Don't bother letter boxing.
• .mov, .mpeg are best but i can convert most files
• email to samproof @ gmail dot com

In return for your submission (and therefore permission to use your video) I will put a link back to whatever website of yours you want (youtube, twitter, homepage, facebook, etc). As well as your screen name.

So be sure to include 1 Link to be included in the video description.

if you send multiple links, I'll use the first one - the others will be included in the blog entry that accompanies the video (on this blog).


Please Leave any Questions below.

I do ask that if you send me a clip, you don't use it yourself (or at least wait to post it until the collab video is up first)


Stay Strong,

-SamProof

Be In my Next Collab Video

Hey Folks,

I'm still taking submissions for my second poetry Collab

Ode by Arthur O'Shaugnessy

So Click that link and send me your video.
you can read the whole poem, one stanza, one line - just send me something!

Also ignore the deadline get it to me before April ends!
and I no longer have a camera with letterbox myself, so just do a 4:3 format.

Stay Strong,

-SamProof

Invictus by William Ernest Henley by youtubers

In Honor of April 2009, National poetry month

I present Invictus by William Ernest Henley by youtubers:

(See poem in the youtube description)








I am doing another poetry Collab
check my blog for details in my entry
Poetry Collab # 2 - Ode by Arthur O'Shaugnessy
Ignore the April 14th Deadline... let's call it April 25th




Stay Strong,

-SamProof

Poetry Collab # 2 - Ode by Arthur O'Shaugnessy

Hey Folks,

I'm gearing up for a second poetry video collab.

This poem is quoted briefly in Willy Wonka, so feel free to dress up as crazy as you want! Let Gene Wilder be your inspiration.

and place yourself off center in the video. Maybe do it from the corner of the frame, or the top, let's jump around!

letter box preferred -widescreen (16:9)- if you can't do it, no biggie send me anything!
.Mov or .Mpeg preferred But I can handle most formats
email it Samproof at gmail dot com

Deadline Wednesday night/Thurs Morn April 14th
That's like a whole week! wangoooo!

This poem was a suggestion from Tracy K, thanks Tracy!

Ode by Arthur O'Shaugnessy

We are the music-makers,
And we are the dreamers of dreams,
Wandering by lone sea-breakers,
And sitting by desolate streams.
World-losers and world-forsakers,
Upon whom the pale moon gleams;
Yet we are the movers and shakers,
Of the world forever, it seems.

With wonderful deathless ditties
We build up the world's great cities,
And out of a fabulous story
We fashion an empire's glory:
One man with a dream, at pleasure,
Shall go forth and conquer a crown;
And three with a new song's measure
Can trample an empire down.

We, in the ages lying
In the buried past of the earth,
Built Nineveh with our sighing,
And Babel itself with our mirth;
And o'erthrew them with prophesying
To the old of the new world's worth;
For each age is a dream that is dying,
Or one that is coming to birth.



Stay Strong,

-SamProof

Caling All Video Collabists!

Hey Gang,

I'm finally taking on a new collab project (in fact several).
It's April, which means National Poetry Month.

So I've picked one of my favorite Poems to kick off the month, and I'm going to find three more so I can put on out for every week of April.

Please send me a very simple video of you reading the poem 'Invictus' by William Ernest Henley

letter box preferred - but I don't expect everyone to do it, so whatever
.Mov or .Mpeg preferred But I can handle most formats
email it Samproof at gmail dot com

Deadline Wednesday night/Thurs Morn! I know, that's not a lot of time. But it's a short poem and I want to get this up asap, (let's say Thursday 3am)

I'll try to figure out the next poem sooner so there's more time to get it done.
(and I'm taking suggestions, but let's keep it a classic poem, public domain and around 1 page at the longest)

Get the Poem Here

Stay Strong,

-SamProof

Life, What a Drag

I guess this falls under the samproof sightings category. But the other day Supricky aka Jungleboy asked me to be a part of this Collab video/parody song. I maintain that I was drugged.

Not too much to say about this. That's me, and hey I've got prime real estate as the first face seen that's not Chris. See kids, blow jobs get you everywhere!



Stay Strong,

-SamProof