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VidCon by the Numbers

2010-07-03 · Hank · watch on YouTube · Projects · announcement promotion

Days before the sold-out first VidCon, Hank says his mind holds nothing but VidCon and runs through the event by the numbers, then tells those who cannot come that online video happens online anyway.

What is said

00:00:00 — Hank's one-track mind: nothing but VidCon in his head, the hotel floor plan; apology that VidCon is sold out

  • ★★ Six days before VidCon, Hank says there is no space in his head for anything except VidCon, not even a tale about brain chemistry. (playful) — 00:00:00 · VidCon
  • ★★★ Hank apologizes for talking about VidCon again, since it is sold out and many people cannot come. — 00:00:23 · VidCon

00:00:52 — VidCon by the numbers: registrations, press, KTLA, emails, speakers, YouTube staff, wifi cost, Flip cameras, granola, live streams, ball pit

  • ★★★ Hank says 1,227 people have paid VidCon registrations. — 00:00:52 · VidCon
  • ★★ Hank has done two press interviews in the last week, one for the Toronto Globe and Mail. — 00:00:52
  • ★★ Hank, Charlie McDonnell and JustDean will be on a local LA news show on Tuesday the 6th; Hank tells LA viewers to tune in to KTLA. — 00:00:52 · Charlie McDonnell, Los Angeles
  • ★★ Hank has sent 1,165 emails from the VidCon 2010 Gmail address, which holds 1,516 threads; he apologizes to the 300 people he did not answer. — 00:01:21 · VidCon
  • ★★ 93 speakers and performers will appear at VidCon, and 24 YouTube employees bought tickets. — 00:01:21 · VidCon, YouTube
  • ★★ The hotel wanted to charge $40,000 for wireless internet, which is why VidCon will have no wifi. — 00:01:50 · VidCon
  • ★ Flip is donating 30 VidCon-branded Flip cameras as prizes, and organizers bought 37 bulk boxes of granola bars for tote-bag snacks. — 00:01:50 · VidCon
  • ★★ VidCon will hopefully stream three simultaneous live streams during the entire conference. (hedged) — 00:02:20 · VidCon
  • ★★ Organizers bought 15,000 playpen balls for a real ball pit at VidCon. — 00:02:20 · VidCon

00:02:49 — Online video is a community even for those not there; Hank's phone-minutes overage; it'll be on the internet; maybe again someday; next video from LA; sign-off

  • ★ Prompted by his phone ringing, Hank adds that he was 250 minutes over his allotted 750 phone minutes in June. (playful) — 00:02:49
  • ★★★ Not everyone can be at VidCon, but online video makes a strong community: it is in the end about online, so those who cannot come can follow it on the internet. — 00:03:17 · VidCon
  • ★★ Hank coyly says that maybe they will do VidCon again sometime. (playful) (hedged) — 00:03:17 · VidCon
  • ★ Hank's next video will come from Los Angeles. — 00:03:17 · Los Angeles

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