VidCon 2010 edition
stage · status: retro
About: VidCon, Los Angeles
| date | event | what | video |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2009-12-10 | launch | Hank announces VidCon, a real-life online video conference he and John will hold in Los Angeles on July 9-11 next summer, with talks, performances, an insider track and paid registration. | ANNOUNCING! VidCon: Online Video IRL 00:00:36 |
| 2010-03-03 | milestone | Hank announces the preliminary VidCon schedule is finished, with the 9th and 10th packed and the 11th left open for attendees' own activities. | VidCon Schedule Spectacular! 00:00:00 |
| 2010-03-11 | rule-change | John states that any VidCon proceeds go to charity and that tickets are fully refundable until June 15. | New Tour! New Book! (Remember Books?) Your Q's A'ed! 00:02:35 |
| 2010-04-24 | rule-change | Hank says VidCon 2010's third day, Sunday July 11, will be user-generated conference content decided by the community, and that the event will be streamed live. | VidCon: User Generated Conference 00:00:00 |
| 2010-04-24 | milestone | Hank reports that VidCon attendees get hotel parking for $12 a day instead of $35. | VidCon: User Generated Conference 00:03:07 |
| 2010-06-11 | milestone | John reports the VidCon hotel has no rooms left (a group rate is arranged at another hotel), prices are about to rise for the last time and VidCon is almost sold out. | Mmmm....PARTS 00:00:45 |
| 2010-06-11 | rule-change | John adds a VidCon hotel rule: attendees under 18 need someone over 18 in their party to check in. | Mmmm....PARTS 00:00:45 |
| 2010-07-03 | milestone | Hank reports VidCon is sold out, with 1,227 paid registrations, and runs through its preparations (wifi, Flip cameras, live streams, ball pit). | VidCon by the Numbers 00:00:23 |
| 2010-07-14 | retro | Just back from VidCon, John counts down his top ten VidCon moments. | Top 10 VIDCON MOMENTS 00:00:07 |
| 2010-07-17 | retro | Hank thanks everyone who supported VidCon and attributes its success to low expectations and the amazing community. | VidCon, Oil Spill, Punishments, Shane Dawson, and my Balls 00:03:11 |
| 2013-08-09 | retro | Hank recalls launching VidCon as an active move nobody asked for, panicking on launch day when one ticket had sold after three hours, and thanks the first ticket buyer. | What I Learned at VidCon 00:02:37 |