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[caption id="attachment_2657" align="alignleft" width="225" caption="Young Mother Stands with Her Child after Cyclone Aila Hit"][/caption] Let me introduce you to this young mother I met in Galachipa, Bangladesh. This photo was taken just after Cyclone Aila - you can see that part of her house's wall is missing. Trust me, I don't bring this up as a downer. After I met her, I explained to her what I was doing: that I'm not a charity official or employee - I'm just a guy. And, with my camera and camcorder, she could send a message to all my friends around the world. I asked her: ...

Beyond Blankets

What would you say if I gave your donations to someone whom (until recently) I never met, who used it on a country I've never been, and helped people I've never seen? What you would get is this video: First, it must be said that this is far less sketchy than it seems. Rohan was a friend of mine long before I sent him a dime. I trusted him enough as a friend before I entrusted him with part of this project. That, of course, does limit how often I can do things like this. Second, there is a specific reason I wanted ...

Why I Went to VidCon

[caption id="attachment_2489" align="aligncenter" width="481" caption="Hank & John Start VidCon Early in the Morning (thus the rare shot of empty seats)"][/caption] VidCon. In a word? WOW. As one friend put it, "it's like the internet exploded into real life". It was surreal, amazing, & awesome to meet people that I've only been able to see through my computer screen. Even though there wasn't nearly enough time, I'm in awe at how seamlessly online friends turned into "real life" friends. In most cases it's like you've known someone for ages and are just hanging out. [caption id="attachment_2488" align="aligncenter" width="482" caption="This photo makes me look more ...

My 5 Fact Pitch to Save the Children

It's the first of April, and I'm standing in a dimly lit room with a bright projector light blinding me. In front of me, some high ranking officials who came to hear me speak. This is no April's Fools joke: this was my presentation to Save the Children USA's Global HQ. [caption id="attachment_2423" align="alignleft" width="300" caption="Save the Children's USA HQ (pic by Madge Canning)"][/caption] After an hour of Keynote slides, graphs, and videos I was pleased to see that my presentation was well received. Lots of nodding heads. But I needed one more thing. I need to drive the message home. It ...

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YouTube Honors Update

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on December 27, 2007

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From what I’ve noticed, most people who get honors on their YouTube videos usually don’t blab about it on their blogs. But, I can’t help it because I just can’t believe that these videos are getting that popular.

For the first time, The Uncultured Project has shown up on the first page of the daily honors. In the Travel & Events section, Christmas in Dhaka is currently the 15th most discussed video of the day. It even surpassed “Santa Gets a Blowjob”.

This video is also currently 50th top favorite for the day (Travel & Events), 16th top rated for the day (Travel & Events), and 83rd top rated for the week (Travel & Events). Wow!

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YouTube Honors for Uncultured Project

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The video I made as part of Hank and John’s Project for Awesome ended up getting some honors. At the time I took this screenshot, my video Project for Awesome: Save the Children was the 89th most discussed video of the day (in the nonprofits & activism section), 66th highest rated video for the day (in the nonprofits & activism section), and the 91st top favorite video for the day (again, in the nonprofits & activism section).

These honors are amazing. But, being part of the nonprofits & activism category of YouTube means that these honors won’t be publicly accessible/listed – at least very easily. The nonprofits & activism section of YouTube is the only category that isn’t publicly listed in the videos tab of YouTube.

I would really love to be able to inspire others to start making more videos about making a difference (whether they go overseas or around the corner). But if they list it in the nonprofits & activism category – they may not get noticed, even if they get honored. Hopefully, YouTube will consider changing this in the future.

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