YouTube Senstion Takes Snowboards to the Streets of NYC
(CNN)Why stay snowed in when you can snowboard?
V iral filmmaker and YouTube star Casey Neistat snowboarded through the streets of New York City this weekend while being towed by a Jeep. He sailed through alleys, avenues and even through Times Square while carrying an American flag. His YouTube video has been viewed more than 5 million Read more...
Brand new social media outlet launched by YouTube phenomenon Casey Neistat
Launched about a week ago, Beme is a new video-sharing app built by viral filmmaker Casey Neistat and Matt Hackett, former VP of Engineering at Tumblr and Hacker-in-Residence at betaworks. The duo raised $2.6 million in seed funding led by Lightspeed Venture Partners, and have been working on the project together for about a year.
With Beme, video recording is done via the rear camera in four-second bursts. However, instead of hitting a record button and watching the screen to see what you’re filming, you capture video by covering your iPhone’s proximity sensor, which is the little dot next to the front camera. Read more...
Casey Neistat reaches one full year of daily uploads on YouTube and thanks his wife for her endless support
If you've never heard of Casey Neistat then you have probably been living under a rock for the last few years as he has skyrocketed to stardom on YouTube. His fame comes from the creation of videos he posts to the online media source labeling them as "movies" or "films." Over the last two weeks, Neistat has created a new video every single day highlighting his incredibly interesting daily life in New York City. Here are the results as he ventures into the future of filmmaking and vlogging.
First seeing Neistat's highly-addicting videos on YouTube some years back, I have been hooked ever since. It's been refreshing to see someone with such passion and drive continue to create and make something he is proud of for a living. Read more...