Since Newsweek’s latest issue is trumpeting the not-so-very-recent development of user-generated sites like flickr and MySpace, it seems like a good moment to take stock of what the .com’s second coming offers in terms of travel info. What better place to start than YouTube, the site that launched a thousand clips into blogs and inboxes all over the internets. While YouTube definitely veers toward viral, “Natalie Portman Raps!”-type content, they do have a “Travel and Places” channel that’s chock-full of clips. There are an awful lot of shaky, hand-held shots of sunsets, wildlife, and vacation bloopers to sift through, but a little digging can turn up the goods: nicely shot and edited clips to dream on – like KidPlastik’s reel of street scenes in Shanghai,
self-produced travel documentaries, or what may be the best. airline. advert. ever.
Posted on Mar 29, 2006 04:46 PM by kristin
