12seconds: It's Like "Twitter" For Video

dgridley · 11-22-2009, 10:56 AM

If a picture is worth a thousand words, how many words is 12 seconds of video worth? 12seconds.tv lets you find out as you record and upload 12 second video status updates from your phone or webcam and share them with all your friends and family, post videos to your Twitter, Facebook and Friendfeed accounts or even embed them into your blog or websites. 12seconds is like "Twitter" but for video!

You can find out more here: 12seconds Help | 12seconds.tv (beta)

or add the 12seconds Wordpress widget to your Wordpress blog to display 12seconds videos in the sidebar, a page, or a post.

WordPress › 12seconds Widget WordPress Plugins

dgridley · 11-22-2009, 09:32 PM

Might be good for 12 second product reviews

nicedomains · 12-26-2009, 10:01 AM

Good idea, but I think 30 seconds is a better idea... How much info can you really pack into 12 seconds??

WebForging · 12-26-2009, 10:47 AM

I agree.

We do a lot of "30-second commercials" for business owners at Wisconsin Business Owners - hard to do a lot in 12 seconds.

Still - a neat idea.

Regards,
Keith

dgridley · 12-26-2009, 07:52 PM

Many cut-scenes in movies are 15 seconds.. alot of commercials are 15, 30, and 60 seconds in length.

Strong on descriptive visuals, short on verbiage should do the trick..

Quote:

Originally Posted by nicedomains

Good idea, but I think 30 seconds is a better idea... How much info can you really pack into 12 seconds??

dgridley · 01-03-2010, 03:26 PM

Checking out those super short commercials for the Flip camera.. seems like they'd be a good fit for 12seconds..

I also wonder how long the average YouTube video is? Anyone know?

EDIT: Average Video Length: 2 minutes 46.17 seconds

Time it would take to view all of the material on YouTube (as of March 17th 2008): 412.3 years

from: Digital Ethnography Blog Archive YouTube Statistics

dgridley · Today, 03:23 PM

Now offering 12Mail:

12mail is an awesome video messaging application that works on your iPhone and on 12seconds.tv. It allows you to send video messages to your Twitter and Facebook friends.

12mail Video Messenger for iPhone | 12seconds.tv (beta)

dgridley · Today, 03:33 PM

Another fun aspect: you get badges for all you "milestones".. there's even one for "kissing".