VidCon 2013 edition
project history · status: completed · last event: outcome (2013-08-06) · last mentioned: 2013-11-08
VidCon 2013 was laid out by Hank in November 2012 for 1 to 4 August 2013: an industry day, two open conference days and a Disney Day, with a third of tickets already sold. Afterward John called it awesome and Hank reflected on how much it had grown.
Parts: Hank's 36-hour Los Angeles trip to plan VidCon: a talent-agency meeting, YouTube's creator space and My Drunk Kitchen (2012) · John asks viewers to get VidCon 2013 tickets now, before they run out (2013)
Other editions: VidCon 2010 edition · VidCon 2011 edition · VidCon 2012 edition · VidCon 2014 edition · VidCon 2015 edition
About: VidCon, Anaheim, California, The Walt Disney Company
| date | event | what | video |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2012-11-30 | announced | Hank lays out VidCon 2013: industry day Thursday, August 1st, open conference on the 2nd and 3rd, Disney Day on the 4th, with an industry track subsidizing $100 community tickets. | VidCon 2013! 00:02:46 |
| 2012-11-30 | milestone | Hank reports VidCon 2013 planning is going very well, with about a third of tickets already sold. | VidCon 2013! 00:03:15 |
| 2013-08-06 (happened 2013-08) | outcome | Back from VidCon 2013, John says it was awesome but not restful and thanks the staff, the volunteers and Hank; he later thanks Hank for 'the gift of VidCon'. | Million Dollar Ideas 00:00:00 |
| 2013-08-09 | looked back | Hank lists what he learned at VidCon 2013, from sore feet and residual stress to PBS's success and the value of saying no to offers to sell or grow the conference. | What I Learned at VidCon 00:00:26 |
| 2013-11-08 | looked back | Having edited VidCon footage into his yearly montage, Hank says VidCon has grown hugely but remains a special time for online communities to meet in the real world, and he is proud of it. (hedged) | VidCon, Punishments, Comments, and Pumpkins 00:01:22 |
What is said about it
11 statements, by date (the events above are the turns of the thread; these are the details).
- 2012-11-30 · VidCon 2013! — announcement: Hank explains VidCon as a yearly gathering he and John started for everyone who loves online video: professionals, hobbyists and fans, creators, communities and the industry that enables them. — 00:01:47
- 2012-11-30 · VidCon 2013! — announcement: Hank says VidCon has two tracks: an expensive industry track that subsidizes the community track; community tickets are $100 for now and rise as the conference nears. — 00:02:16
- 2012-11-30 · VidCon 2013! — announcement: Hank gives the VidCon 2013 schedule: an industry day on Thursday, August 1st, the conference open to everyone on the 2nd and 3rd, and Disney Day on the 4th. — 00:02:46
- 2012-11-30 · VidCon 2013! — announcement: Hank says VidCon planning is going very well and about a third of the tickets are already sold. — 00:03:15
- 2013-02-19 · Doing Things, On the Importance of — ask: John: Most VidCon 2013 tickets are gone, so people who want one should get one now; John expects it to be really fun. — 00:02:39
- 2013-04-26 · Cat GIF Critique — Hank says his job gets intense in VidCon planning time, which is starting now, 90 days out. — 00:01:23
- 2013-08-06 · Million Dollar Ideas — John says he will never be the brains of the operation but is very grateful to be part of it, and thanks Hank for the gift of VidCon. — 00:02:59
- 2013-08-09 · What I Learned at VidCon — Hank: Because most people who want to go to VidCon cannot, Hank talks about what he learned there rather than how great it was. — 00:00:26
- 2013-08-09 · What I Learned at VidCon — Hank says that over four years people urged them to sell VidCon to a big media company, take investment, obey sponsors or grow to 20,000 people; saying no has always been best. — 00:02:07
- 2013-11-08 · VidCon, Punishments, Comments, and Pumpkins — In the description Hank says one of his favourite yearly things is editing a YouTuber's music with VidCon clips; this year (2013) he used Mike Diva's BFD. — video description
- 2013-11-08 · VidCon, Punishments, Comments, and Pumpkins — Hank says it is crazy how big VidCon has grown, but it still feels like a special time for online communities to come together in the real world, and he is proud of it. (hedged) — 00:01:22