In today’s age, we don’t judge books by their covers. We judge them by their thumbnails. We also judge videos, e-books, software, and people the same way. Engaging an audience demands engaging them visually, no matter the medium. Some of our peers in the online video community recently noted that Tumblr allows the display of thumbnails for YouTube embeds on their dashboard, but other popular video sites, such as Vimeo and Blip.tv, are currently left out from showcasing their user videos with a thumbnail image.
Rocketboom R&D, the development unit of the Rocketboom network, has created a simple solution: a browser add-on that allows Tumblr users to see any video’s known thumbnail in their Tumblr dashboard. There’s no platform favoritism; this enables nearly every other common video platform the ability for thumbnail display. The add-on was created using Mag.ma, our own video aggregation service, to do thumbnail lookups for numerous video platforms with our simple API methods. The results? Uniformity for Tumblr users and creative support for content creators.
Get your browser add-on for Firefox, Chrome, or Safari, and visit the Tumblr Video Thumbnails add-on page for information, installation help, and more. Special thanks to our friends at Vimeo, Blip.tv, and Wreck & Salvage for their testing and support.
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I really hope that the next Republican candidate for President is a Tea Party supporter. Best video I’ve seen all week.
This is beautiful.
Africa's Informal Economy Revealed | Fast Company
“Steve Daniels, the founder of A Better World By Design and co-creator of Maker Faire Rhode Island, just published a book, Making Do, based on his research on informal economies in Africa. The shocker? He just graduated from college this year and is 21 years old. Here’s how one youngin’ is making inroads in the humanitarian design field. “
this is awesome and inspiring.
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FLASHING LIGHTS AND A DANCING BANANA!
Greg and I dancing in the background, what what…
via the KYM forums
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Vote for KYM Panel Session at the SXSW 2011!
We, the Know Your Meme senior scientists, are petitioning for an official expedition to the 2011 SXSW Interactive Conference to teach the disciplines of the Institute for Internet Studies. Our seminar will cover a wide range of interweb phenomena, from native web fauna like Advice Dog to the Photoshop experimentation of Sad Keanu to the half-life of Bros Icing Bros. But these things will only be discussed and dissected if we make it on the schedule!
SXSW 2011 is still months away, but voting for the panel events ends on August 27, 2010(!) Be an advocate for Internet culture and take a moment to vote for the Know Your Meme panel on the SXSW 2011 Panel Picker. If not 4 scientism, do it 4 the lulz, y’all.
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Ezra Klein: The Bush tax plan vs. the Obama tax plan in one chart - Grasping Reality with Both Hands
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For more info: http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=129120737132562
Life-Altering Bicycle Attachment of the Day: The James Dyson Award-winning Copenhagen Wheel from MIT’s SENSEable City Lab instantly transforms any standard bicycle into a “hybrid electric-bike” capable of offering a smart cycling experience complete with real-time exercise analysis, traffic data, and environmental conditions.
Market availability expected within 12 months. Tentative MSRP: $600.
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