Wikipedia to charge users in order to keep site free

Hey friends,

Check out this fake news video I just made with the help of a few funny friends:



http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ISUX50FkEEQ

I got the idea to do the video after seeing those increasingly emotional "personal testimonials" on the top of Wikipedia asking for voluntary donations. For what it is worth, I love Wikipedia. Love it.

Love you, too.

nate

Babies

Hey friends,

My latest video is a parody of the trailer for the new Focus Features doc Babies, set to come out April 16, 2010. My version is called Babies: Look Who's Talking Still:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c68dvASusmY



I first got in my head that I wanted to do a parody of the trailer when I saw it before seeing Where The Wild Things Are in theaters. It was just too celebratory and jubilant not too. The four vocal tracks that I to the existing music are basically just what I hear in my head when I watch the real trailer.

Love,
nate

TwitPrompt

Howdy friends,

I hope you're all having nice Decembers so far. I'm writing to let you know about my latest project: TwitPrompt.

Here is how it works: everyday I post a new prompt on Twitter that you can Tweet a response to, if you feel so inclined. For example, today's prompt is #Snowmen_make_me_think_of.

If you are the Twittering type, please follow TwitPrompt here:
http://twitter.com/twitprompt

Any feedback would be appreciate.

I hope whatever you are doing, you are happy and healthy.
nate

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http://natedern.com/

QLP, my one year video log, is over

Hey friends,

Recently I celebrated my 25th birthday, which marked the end of my one year weekly vlog project "Quarterlife Pounder." If you ever have 270 minutes (or so) to put out of commission, you can watch all 53 videos here:

http://www.youtube.com/user/nateonjesuslane#grid/user/D8FA8D90334DFA31



Love,
nate

escalator trick

Howdy,

In this installment of Monumental Works of Art, Nate Dern does the escalator trick:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cQwIFLjAtg4



Cinematography by Graham Johnson.

Love,
nate

My first revenue sharing video on YouTube

Hey gang,

So, a while back I made a silly choose your own adventure video on YouTube. It recently has been approaching 100,000 views, which in YouTubeVille is evidently just enough views to qualify it for revenue sharing. Such a milestone might not seem significant to some, but I'm pretty stoked about it. So watch, enjoy, click the ad that appears next to the video, and by so doing you will be sending fractions of a penny into my wallet:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q2ivvPyLF-I

Stomach flu,
nate

HAVE A GREAT DAY!

Love,
nate