The Machine is Us/ing Us (Final Version)

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"Web 2.0" in just under 5 minutes.


This is a slightly revised and cleaned up version of the video that was featured on YouTube in February 2007.

I considered releasing it as an "eternal beta" in true Web 2.0 style, but decided to let it stand as is and start working on future projects. Many of my future videos will address the last 30 seconds of this video (the "rethink ..." part).

Thank you all for the helpful comments on the earlier draft. It has been a great experience to connect with so many people interested in
similar issues.

Once again, there are higher quality versions available for download:

Windows Media File (55 MB):


Quicktime File (96 MB):


Mojiti Version (for comments, translations, etc.):


This work is licensed under a Creative Commons
Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.0 License. So you are welcome to download it, share it, even change it, just as long as you give me some credit and you don't sell it or use it to sell anything. I received many more positive comments than negative about the song choice (great work Deus!), but if you are one of those who does not like the song just download the video and change the audio track to your liking.

The video was created by me (Michael Wesch), working alone from my house in St. George, Kansas. I used CamStudio for the screen captures and Sony Vegas for the panning/cropping/zooming animations. Someday I might make a video tutorial for those who are interested.

Channel: Education
Uploaded: March 8, 2007 at 8:14 am
Author: mwesch

Length: 00:04:33
Rating: 4.60
Views: 845488

Tags: ksudigg web2.0 ksu anthropology ethnography

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Video Comments:
Swisshide (December 1, 2008 at 2:14 pm)
Cool I like it!
eqrts4all (December 1, 2008 at 12:31 am)
Skilled.
KennTollens (December 1, 2008 at 12:26 am)
Awesome!
BMDMediaAZ (November 29, 2008 at 11:21 am)
This is an EXCELLENT video that explains what the internet has evolved into. Very well done! We have a similar video as well.
vh7nidzo (November 29, 2008 at 6:34 am)
I like it vary much :D 5/5
yoursplease (November 28, 2008 at 5:22 pm)
absolutely brilliant, beautifully put together and will thought out. the best Vid on Web 2.0 that I've seen so far.
mmvcentro (November 26, 2008 at 10:47 pm)
Talking about literacies... umaniet09 I Saw this video months ago and now that I see it again I grasped new meaning.
Thanks.
shaykha (November 21, 2008 at 7:05 pm)
thank you, great video. :)
Stoner075 (November 20, 2008 at 4:05 pm)
Cool!.
And the punchline is interesting.
I wonder what will come of this, What's the catch?.
part2themovie (November 27, 2008 at 7:58 am)
You watch the video and think "this is the coolest thing ever"

that's about it, then you go on with your life