In February of 2005 Chad Hurley, Steve Chen, and Jawed Karim registered the logo, domain and trademark for YouTube, a video sharing site that, by various reports, was intended either to be part of a new dating app, or was designed as a video accumulator because Karim couldn't find clips of Janet Jackson's 2004 Superbowl wardrobe malfunction.
In April of 2005 Jawed Karim loaded YouTube's first video (his visit to a zoo) onto the site and opened the site to the public. And now, 14 years later, we have this Google monster that has, IMHO, done more to change the world than other small fish like Facebook.
I can't tell you how much time I've spent on YouTube watching things that I had no idea I needed to watch. And to celebrate the anniversary of millions of amateur videography monkeys throwing their poop onto the internet, I'd like to invite each of you to present a favorite video that you feel embodies the YouTubeishness of YouTube.
In April of 2005 Jawed Karim loaded YouTube's first video (his visit to a zoo) onto the site and opened the site to the public. And now, 14 years later, we have this Google monster that has, IMHO, done more to change the world than other small fish like Facebook.
I can't tell you how much time I've spent on YouTube watching things that I had no idea I needed to watch. And to celebrate the anniversary of millions of amateur videography monkeys throwing their poop onto the internet, I'd like to invite each of you to present a favorite video that you feel embodies the YouTubeishness of YouTube.