Welcome To Web Wednesdays!

It's hard to believe that there was actually a time before youtube. Growing up I was a huge fan of ebaumsworld and still love all of those original internet videos that came out in that era. All your base are belong to us! (If you didn't get that joke, then google it). When youtube came out I treated it as if it were just another ebaumsworld type website. I would only look at it to watch people getting hurt or other funny stuff like that. Since it's conception, youtube has evolved into a huge entity for which anybody can upload their own user generated content to.

When I was entering my Freshman year at Central Michigan University I got a phone call from my old friend Adam Brown. He had told me that his brother, soon to be internet sensation, Dan Brown (Not to be confused with the author of best selling DaVinci Code book) had just submitted a video on how to solve a Rubik's Cube. He told me to check it out and subscribe to him as soon as possible because he wanted to become a youtube celebrity. I laughed at the idea of a youtube celebrity. Later that day I went to his page to check it out and I subscribed as Adam had told me to do.

At the current time of this posting, that original How To Solve a Rubik's Cube video has 14,522,753 views. The power of new media outlets is simply astonishing. Do you realize how many people 14,522,753 really is? Well, it's a lot. I would like to congratulate Dan on his success, but at the same time blame him for my addiction to youtube. Dan was like my gateway drug to youtube. From his videos I proceeded to journey further and further into the rabbit hole.

Dan Brown was only the tip of the iceberg. Even though he has 206,867 subscribers he is not the only youtube sensation taking the world by storm. There are many others like him out there uploading their own content. Web Wednesdays will be a segment where I talk about youtubers like Dan, that really intrigue me and will hopefully interest you as well.

Below is an outtakes video from one of Dan's other videos, it's one of my favorites because His brother, Adam Brown himself, is in the background repeatedly ruining Dan's shot. And though Dan tells him to stop, Adam remains persistent. Check it out...Also here is a link to Dan's channel for you all of you to check out. Be sure to subscribe to him as well if you like what you see.