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It's been an interesting year in technology. Nintendo invented a video game you control with a magic wand. A new kind of car traveled 3,145 miles on a single gallon of gas. A robot learned to ride a bike. Somebody came up with a nanofabric umbrella that doesn't stay wet. But only YouTube created a new way for millions of people to entertain, educate, shock, rock and grok one another on a scale we've never seen before. (Time, 2006)

YouTube is Time’s Invention of the Year for 2006 not because how it was created, but how it changed our Internet society. People show, create, or found their identities in YouTube. Others have been fooled (by lonelygirl15). Quality isn’t everything, as Time said, ‘The yardstick on YouTube is authenticity.’ This phenomenon reminds me WoW issue, the image quality of the game is far behind virtual reality Technology, but it’s enough for players to immerse themselves in these digital worlds. YouTube videos aren’t professional, but good enough to convey message, and sensation.

Educational value: To become a video blogger, you’ll have to learn a lot about video editing software, screenplay, and public speech. Yes, it’s authentic, but you don’t want to embarrass yourself by talking wordily and pointlessly in front of the web cam and eventually in front of the largest public network.

References:
Best inventions 2006, YouTube. Retrieved November 7, 2006, from TIME Web site: http://www.time.com/time/2006/techguide/bestinventions/inventions/youtube2.html

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