P4A 2009 edition
project history · status: completed · last event: outcome (2009-12-20)
The 2009 Project for Awesome was announced for 17 December, with a downloadable thumbnail and an upload time of noon Eastern; Hank's video supported The Nature Conservancy. It took place on 17 December 2009, and John called it the awesomest Project for Awesome ever.
Parts: Hank asks viewers to join the P4A 2009 mailing list on nerdfighters.com (2009) · Hank: send P4A 2009 mailing-list members nothing except P4A material (2009) · John asks Nerdfighters to spend the P4A 2009 days commenting, rating and favoriting videos via the live show (2009) · John: make a P4A 2009 video in support of malaria research (2009) · John asks Nerdfighters to make P4A 2009 videos for their favorite charities (2009) · John: auction his nerd glasses for P4A 2009 (2009) · Hank asks viewers to donate to the Nature Conservancy (P4A 2009) · Hank: give $1,000 of his own money to the Nature Conservancy for P4A 2009 (2009) · John asks viewers to donate to Malaria No More on behalf of his unborn baby via FirstGiving (P4A 2009) · John asks viewers to join him in donating to favourite P4A 2009 charities (2009)
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About: Project for Awesome, YouTube, Nerdfighter Ning, Livestream, Twitter, Avatar
| date | event | what | video |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2009-12-06 | announced | John says the Project for Awesome is coming, as it always does, on December 17th. | LOSERS!!!! 00:02:54 |
| 2009-12-08 | announced | Hank announces the 2009 Project for Awesome on December 17th and explains how it works. | Announcing the 2009 Project for Awesome!!! 00:02:05 |
| 2009-12-13 | milestone | John says a thumbnail for making Project for Awesome videos can now be downloaded at the Ning. | Eyelash Malaria 00:02:58 |
| 2009-12-15 | rule change | John sets P4A 2009 timing: upload as close to noon Eastern (5 p.m. GMT) as possible; a live show runs from Thursday noon to Saturday morning to coordinate commenting. | In Which A Secret Is Revealed 00:01:17 |
| 2009-12-16 | milestone | Hank posts his Project for Awesome video for the 2009 edition. | Project for Awesome: The Nature Conservancy 00:00:00 |
| 2009-12-17 | launched | John opens the 2009 Project for Awesome: 48 hours coordinated through livestream.com/projectforawesome, with a chat that needs a Twitter account. | THE 2009 PROJECT FOR AWESOME!!! 00:00:00 |
| 2009-12-20 | outcome | John reports P4A 2009 as the best ever: #P4A trending above Avatar, over 2,000 videos, over a million comments, three combined years of participation. | Awesome Project Is Awesome 00:00:27 |
What is said about it
15 statements, by date (the events above are the turns of the thread; these are the details).
- 2009-12-06 · LOSERS!!!! — announcement: John calls the balloon challenge a way of limbering up for the Project for Awesome, coming as always on December 17th. — 00:02:54
- 2009-12-08 · Announcing the 2009 Project for Awesome!!! — Hank explains P4A: a day when YouTubers promote charities in videos with the same thumbnail, and thousands promote them, fooling YouTube's algorithms by commenting, watching, favoriting and rating. — 00:02:35
- 2009-12-13 · Eyelash Malaria — announcement: John says that this year (2009) in the Project for Awesome he will make a video in support of malaria research, joking that it's because curing malaria will make him rich. — 00:02:05
- 2009-12-15 · In Which A Secret Is Revealed — John: Asked how long the Project for Awesome has been going on, John says this will be its third year. — 00:00:05
- 2009-12-15 · In Which A Secret Is Revealed — John defines the P4A: an annual tradition where many make videos for charities and many more rate, favorite and comment on them, so for one day YouTube's most popular videos are about decreasing world suck. — 00:00:25
- 2009-12-15 · In Which A Secret Is Revealed — announcement: John announces a live show from Thursday noon to Saturday morning, linked on Thursday morning, to organise going from video to video leaving comments, ratings and favorites. — 00:01:44
- 2009-12-16 · Project for Awesome: The Nature Conservancy — announcement: Hank is auctioning on eBay the original hand-drawn cover of So Jokes and the pen drawings for the CD, by the album artist and signed by both; links are in the sidebar. — 00:01:25
- 2009-12-17 · THE 2009 PROJECT FOR AWESOME!!! — John defines the P4A as an annual event where the YouTube community makes videos about charities and rates, favorites and comments on them to push them to the top of YouTube. — 00:00:00
- 2009-12-17 · THE 2009 PROJECT FOR AWESOME!!! — announcement: John explains the P4A is organised through Livestream this year (2009) because, though imperfect, it puts everyone in the same room; chatting only needs a Twitter account. — 00:00:00
- 2009-12-20 · Awesome Project Is Awesome — announcement: The description lists P4A auctions (bobbleheads for Malaria No More and charity: water; So Jokes cover and disc art for the Nature Conservancy) and says Fall of Autumn Distro matches donations to Save the Music. — video description
- 2009-12-20 · Awesome Project Is Awesome — John says #P4A trended above the movie Avatar for most of the P4A; Avatar cost $250 million to make, the P4A zero dollars. (playful) — 00:00:27
- 2009-12-20 · Awesome Project Is Awesome — John says there were more than 2,000 Project for Awesome videos this year (2009) and participants commented on them more than a million times. — 00:00:27
- 2009-12-20 · Awesome Project Is Awesome — John thanks the livestream hosts, from Maureen Johnson and Natalie Tran to several Five Awesome Girls, Liz, Karen Kavett and Alan of Fall of Autumn Distro, and the 2009 logo designer. — 00:01:22
- 2009-12-20 · Awesome Project Is Awesome — announcement: John says several P4A items are still auctioned on eBay, including a nerdfighter's bobblehead of John benefiting charity: water; links are in the doobly-doo. — 00:01:51
- 2009-12-20 · Awesome Project Is Awesome — John thanks Hank for inventing the idea of the Project for Awesome and for all the work he did to make it happen. — 00:02:21