John Green's Blog, page 36
June 15, 2012
Flinching in the Shower
***Fahrenheit 451: http://dft.ba/-montag - read along or else quite a few of our videos won't make any sense this summer!***
In which Hank talks about Flinch (http://dft.ba/-flinch) and Foo Camp and takes a very VERY cold shower.
This video, I admit, isn't terribly well held together, I go a lot of places, not including the shower. But my point is, we have to become more effective people not for ourselves, but because the world needs more effective people. Effective, intelligent, good-willed, and kind. That's what we need and don't have enough of.
June 12, 2012
Chris Colfer, John Green, Mob Wives, and Jeffrey Eugenides: Thoughts from Places Book Expo
A Thoughts from Places video in which John Green attends Book Expo America in New York City, also known as BEA, where he thinks about celebrity and secular worship after meeting the super-cool Chris Colfer from Glee, as well as some of his favorite writers, including Darin Strauss and Jeffrey Eugenides. Also discussed are writers M. T. Anderson, Shannon Hale, Cassandra Clare, Libba Bray, Michael Chabon, Kadir Nelson, Ally Condie, and Lois Lowry. And some so-called real housewives. Boy, that's a lot of name-dropping.
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June 8, 2012
How to be More Productive…With Hank!
In which Hank gives some stellar productivity tips so that you can use your time more efficiently, be a more effective person and, also, stop having fun!
Co-star - Michael Aranda: http://www.youtube.com/michaelaranda
Rescuetime: http://www.rescuetime.com/
Real productivity tips: http://lifehacker.com/
June 5, 2012
The Dangling Rope of Terror: It’s Question Tuesday
In which John answers a wide variety of your questions as he travels to beautiful New York City for Book Expo America, where a rope dangling from outside his skyscraper hotel room window terrifies him. Issues addressed include romantic relationships, the cover of An Abundance of Katherines, the banning of Looking for Alaska, favorite YouTubers and Beatles albums, etc.
June 1, 2012
Adorable Squirrel and Table Topics
In which Hank and John answer questions from Table Topics (http://dft.ba/-2JZe) in Seaside Florida. Also, there is a really adorable squirrel. Herein we discuss product placement, Diet Dr. Pepper, time travel, marriage, nerdfighteria, psychics, sentence fragments, parties, and farts.
May 29, 2012
Nerds at the Beach: A REUNION VIDEO!
In which John and Hank return to the seashore, scene of their first reunion video, to prove that they are still massive nerds. Also, Hank is briefly shirtless....ladies.
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May 25, 2012
The Subway Where I Used To Go (Somebody That I Used To Know / Gotye Parody)
In which Hank breaks up with Subway in favor of Jimmy John's (through a parody song) and then talks about advertising for a while. Because advertising is very interesting and a little bit disturbing.
Also, thanks to Phil for shouting us out. Welcome to the DeFranco nation.
Thanks the Michael Aranda for shooting and editing the music video: http://www.youtube.com/michaelaranda
CrashCourse - Snorkeling Camels: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a6XtBL...
My AdBlock Rant: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i_SVd9...
Lizzie Bennet Sucks at Video Games: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XSYQAx...
May 22, 2012
You ARE The Product
In which John discusses why facebook and other free products are free--and why they are so valuable.
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May 18, 2012
Facebook IPO – What it Means
Because there is a bit of confusion about what IPOs are and, really, what the stock market is and how it works, I thought I'd take the IPO of Facebook as an opportunity to discuss it. In general, the "financial" part of our economy seems kind of crazy and embarrassing. Especially as, these days, a lot of what our economy does is just re-investing in our economy, seems dangerous. Maybe I will talk about it more in the future.
As for Facebook, I really believe that it (and lots of other companies that offer free services to their users) are dramatically overvalued. I think Facebook went public at the right moment, and that it's stock price will dip substantially before it is correctly valued and starts growing again. But, y'know, I'm not a financial analyst. I do know that if Vlogbrothers was paid based on the same metric of $100 per user, we could sell our property for $20,000,000, which is, of course, several orders of magnitude of crazy.
But if you want to own a piece, just to say you own a piece, Facebook is FB on the NASDAQ
May 15, 2012
Religion and Gay Marriage
In which John discusses marriage equality, what a traditional marriage actually is, and what role (if any) theological understandings of marriage play in the legal definition of marriage. Let's continue this conversation in comments, but in doing so, let's remember that nerdfighteria is about respect and generosity. Thanks.
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