The Show with Zefrank
You know how a few years ago, everyone was going, "Oh, man, did you see last night's episode of the The Sopranos? That was incredible. I love this show, it's the best show ever," and you sort of went, "Uh, I don't have HBO," and then you finally got HBO a year and a half later, but it was cool, because while everyone else had already seen all the episodes of The Sopranos (or, as might be the case in your own personal paradigm, 24 and The Shield), being slow on the uptake meant you had scads and scads of hours of this stuff to watch via Netflix, which you subscribed to, you know, like three months ago.
I sort of feel this way about Zefrank, which I discovered last night, during a roundtable meeting with the Social Media Club, which I found out about yesterday afternoon, and where I was in all likelihood the lumpiest attendee when it comes to 2.0 and RSS and Wikis; hey, I don't even know what that stuff means! I might as well be sitting here chiseling words into stone tablets! And yet, SMC founders Chris Heuer and Alex Williams were the pictures of tolerance and wit; hey, they're here to help, and when Chris asked, so, anything to share or ask or offer? I said, well, I'd like to learn to podcast, and no sooner had I, than John Anthony Hartman tossed me his card. I can't even remember all the things he mentioned he's been part of in the evolution that is New Media, but suffice to say, this is like having Dr. J teach me how to play b-ball.
What I did hear three people mention last night was The Show with Zefrank, whose daily short videos Din and I started watching last night in bed. It's genius. Apparently, the shows began March 17 (Din's birthday, btw) and will continue for one year. Which means, while I am as usual late to the game, I now get to gorge and play catch up.
Thanks to Jackie for hooking me up.
You know, I have been meaning to check out Ze Frank for MONTHS. Now that even YOU have beaten me to it, I really must.
Posted by: Jackie Danicki | December 06, 2006 at 06:51 PM
Thanks! I think...
Posted by: nancy | December 06, 2006 at 07:31 PM
Yea, he is really funny and brilliant: check this one out as he explains why his "make the ugly MySpace" contest is so cool, from the wiki:
http://www.zefrank.com/thewiki/the_show:_07-14-06
Also, contact me when you can about UnionWiki.org stuff :-) Best, Mark
Posted by: Mark | December 10, 2006 at 04:32 PM
WOW! Thank you for you kind words and I hope I can live up to the billing. Dropped you an e-mail about coffee talk to you soon.
Thanks again!
Posted by: John Anthony Hartman | December 12, 2006 at 03:18 PM
Ze gave the keynote at the Macromedia/Adobe conference in 2005 in Anaheim, and he killed. He has the same schtick, and struts it out when he's appears at other tech conferences, but he really delivers.
He would be a natural on the Daily Show. Back in 2000 when he started his site, he spoke to the frustration of an entire industry of web professionals (being a web designer myself), and he has taken his brand of snarkiness to another level.
His appearance at the TED conference is a classic:
http://tedblog.typepad.com/tedblog/2006/08/ze_frank_on_ted.html
Posted by: The Guilty Carnivore | December 15, 2006 at 11:24 AM