7 Social Media Videos You Simply Have To Watch

Video April 19, 2011

Rather than attending conferences I like to consume video online because I find that it gives you the exact same experience but form the comfort of your home or office and at a fraction of the cost with the online downside being that you miss out on the networking. The big problem of course is that there are literally 1000s of videos about social media every day of the week and most of them are not worth watching in any way. I’ve been bookmarking some over the last couple of months compiling this list so as you all had some great inspiring and interesting content to watch. You might not get through all of these in one sitting but I can assure you that each one of them is worth watching in it’s own way. Some are serious, some will fill you full of inspiration and some are just plain hilarious. So here are 7 of the best social media videos I have come across in the last couple of months…
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Denis Crowley Foursquare Keynote

I’ve never been a huge fan of Foursquare here on the blog but I do have a lot of time for Denis Crowley and this long keynote interview gives you some great insight in to the thinking of somebody who is developing a product that is changing how people using mobile.

Reid Hoffman And Tim O’Reilly Talk Web 3.0

If ever there were 2 people that were worth listening to then these 2 gentlemen should be. In this video they discuss data and it’s importance and how it could be Web 3.0. If anybody should know it is these 2 as Reid founded Linkedin and O’Reilly coined the term Web 2.0.

Bajillion Hits Interviews Mashable

If you are not familiar with the Bajillion hits website yet you should probably go over and check it out because he is one hilarious dude who basically rips the piss out of everybody! In this particular interview at SXSW his target is Pete Cashmore the founder of Mashable.

Kevin Rose Interviews Twitter Founder

This is the first in a series of video by Kevin Rose where he interviews some of the most interesting people in tech. In this video we get some great insights in to the person who founded Twitter…Jack Dorsey. A very serious person who is clearly very focused on creating great products like Square and Twitter.

Mitch Joel Keynote

This is a very engaging talk by Mitch Joel who is known for everything from blogging to having a large creative company and providing expert commentary on the industry. It’s a full 45 minutes long but I stumbled upon it one day and got lost watching it.

Jason Fried TED

So If I am totally honest this talk by Jason Fried doesn’t really have much to do with social media but he does work in the tech sector and I do love his work and this talk is so good that it is worth sharing far and wide. He challenges the way we work and the way office life conducts itself and asks us if we should be thinking differently in any way about work…

Johanna Blakley: Social media and the end of gender

Media and advertising companies still use the same old demographics to understand audiences, but they’re becoming increasingly harder to track online, says media researcher Johanna Blakley. As social media outgrows traditional media, and women users outnumber men, Blakley explains what changes are in store for the future of media.