12.seconds

Yesterday evening, friend and game journalist Robin Yang was kind enough to lend me an invite to 12.seconds. What I can best assume is a micro-vlogging site, 12.seconds takes a shot at being the vlog-o-sphere's Twitter equivalent by prompting users to create short video clips in under, you guessed it, 12 seconds. Built-in webcam recording allows for easy updates á la Macbook, and you can even send in movies you've recorded with your cellphone. Plus, if you don't have anything to talk about, you can participate in the 12second challenges with winnners everyday. Fancy!

Indiana Jones Light-up Spoons on 12seconds.tv

I'm sort of curious as to why the site specifically decided on 12 seconds as their cutoff time. I'm guessing it forces the vlogger to summarize whatever they have to say within a limited time frame, which is a great idea considering a lot of those folks tend to babble on with little restraint. Meanwhile, it also provides a nice slice of seconds for the novice vlogger to just say whats on their mind. When I was testing out the site I couldn't really think of anything to say that was particularly important, so naturally I opted to put on an Indiana Jones themed light show with my Indiana Jones themed light spoons.

12 seconds wasn't nearly enough time to accommodate the full stretch of the main theme song, and while that was frustrating, it was definitely enough time to get the point of the video. I'm not sure how often I'll use the site since I have a little more breathing room for video stuff on flickr, and even more so on Vimeo, but for the time being 12seconds does have its moments.

Comments

[brandonnn]

When I grow up and become a world famous VJ like Josh Robotkid, I'm totally gonna use the hell out of this.

Your creative commons are mine!

[.tiff]

Roll me up into a Katamari Mashup video? Anytime.

[Daniel Perez]

That video is so full of win! How do the spoons work? Did you have one of them play the song and you just flickered the lights back and forth to the music?

[.tiff]

Thanks!

The spoons have small buttons on their handles that make them light up when you push them. I was playing the Indiana Jones theme from my computer, and flickering them accordingly. They originally came from a two boxes of Frosted Mini Wheats, which I had to buy in order to get my limited edition Indiana Jones spoon.

[Steve]

This... is genius! I feel like 12 seconds was the exact right amount of time for me to be watching you do this.

[jessica]

I love this!! The first time I watched it was without audio, so it didn't make much sense. But now I see the light.

[supra shoes]

Agree with your point of view