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Missed Connections
The thing is this: as a result of our (several) recent 10-hour roundtrip drives to Silicon Valley and our (several) meetings with some really awesome Web dudes & dudettes (thanks Chi-Hua, David, Fern, Ariel, David #2, David #3...) we've come up with something even better than our previously announced contest.
It's... a different contest.
In addition to casting our net for any- and everyone we can find to share their vids with the world on Yurth, we want to explore letting Yurth grow in very specific ways. Some call this editorial direction. We, too, call it editorial direction. We also call it playing to our strengths.
Before leaping headlong, caution-to-the-wind into Web 2.0, we produced TV shows (still do, truth be told). In the past month or so, Yurth has made an impression on certain agents and producing partners, as well as the afore-mentioned Web gurus. With their guidance we've put into development a TV series based on our favorite-est of all personals categories: Missed Connections.
Now this is where you come in: your Video Missed Connection post. ("Whole Foods, last Friday. I was near the aovcados, you looked up from the bulk dried fruits. Our eyes met...") It's GOLD. Potential gold, anyway. Pull out your Webcam, your camera phone or your camcorder, record your missed connection story, then upload it to Yurth.
Then comes the fun part. Get your friends in on the act, build some word of mouth and try to track down your missed connection.
We'll be flagging the best missed connections and watching the responses -- from friends, from witnesses, from rivals. It'll all go into the mix as we piece together stories for Missed Connections, the series.
Your Missed Connection video on Yurth: free. Hearing back from the one that got away him- or herself... priceless.
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