Anyone that knows me, knows that I have an infatuation with hooded sweatshirts and own a lot of them.  So when I saw this video earlier today on other uses for them, I found it interesting. Hey you can keep warm and carry your computer if you get to hot – or are too cheap to by a bag.

However, when looking at the related videos, I saw this one on using a hoody for a baby carrier. It’s kind of disturbing and I hope no one would really try that.

Think this was a case of trying too hard to be funny or something feasible?

Interesting numbers in this video:

• 81% of emails sent in 2009 were SPAM
• 84% of social networking sites have more women than men using them
• Facebook has 37.4 Trillion page views per year
• Facebook has 30,000 servers and still growing
• 1 billion videos are viewed on YouTube each day

JESS3 / The State of The Internet from Jesse Thomas on Vimeo.

Steve Garfield’s Get Seen (click here if you can’t view the video) is a great book to pick up for novices and experts alike in the realm of video. On top of being a helpful how-to on all things Web video related, the book also walks you through setting up blogs to host the video.

The tips within the book helped get this video picked up by both CNN and the BBC. If only the BBC would send me the link, bloody wankers. So if I can do it, so can you.

Hell, my cat Mookie is even a fan. You can pick up your copy for less by visiting this link (ad) – Get Seen: Online Video Secrets to Building Your Business (The New Rules of Social Media)

If you are an author or flack for a publishing company or author and would like your book reviewed, feel free to contact me.

Late last year, I wrote on the annual rite of passing for the holiday season – Elf Yourself. The viral phenomenon has invaded inboxes, status updates and blogs for each of the past three years. This year, a troupe of elf yourself dancers took over Union Square in New York.

This real-life adaptation of the viral hit was posted in November and has since generated over 334,000 views on YouTube. While I am late to the viewing party it not only raises awareness to the Elf Yourself brand, but also adds juice to the OfficeMax brand as fun, whimsical and relevant to an audience outside of the traditional office-superstore shopper.

Do you think this video adds to the Elf Yourself experience or does it help make it more annoying?

Earlier today, I came across this article in Social Media Today that dubbed VW’s Swedish Piano Stairs video the most ever with over 7M views along with a giant number of Tweets and blog posts on it. Click here to see the full breakdown of the statistics.