Behind the scenes (and in front of them) at 5min
Posted in Music on Nov 11th, 2009
I discovered music relatively late in my life: I was in my early twenties, doing things I didn’t really want to do, far away from home. A friend gave me his MiniDisc for safekeeping (those were the dark-ages, MiniDisk was worth his weight in gold). Most of the music on it was Heavy Metal, Black [...]
Posted in 5min, video games on Sep 27th, 2009
True story: six months ago, my brother ruined my life. It all started with an innocent phone call. My secretary (AKA girlfriend) said it was my brother was on the line and that he said it was urgent. I took the call that changed my life.
“Say Mo, what do you recommend, Xbox Premium or Elite?”
I [...]
Unlike some people , my father is not a Doctor (He is a veterinarian actually, but that’s beside the point). However, I always dreamt to become a one, Gregory House style , the whole cane-chauvinism-misanthropy-pure coolness thingy . Alas, life takes you to weird and magical places like law school instead, and my dream was [...]
Posted in 5min, Technology, web on Jul 28th, 2009
What would life be like if everything was as easy as twittering 5min videos with our new player?
You’d get to work in the morning by blinking, and earn some precious moments of sleep every day. By simply saying the word “lunch” it will pop up and appear in front of you. Oh yeah, step aside [...]
Posted in 5min, News, Technology, video, web on Jun 17th, 2009
For weeks now we’ve been working at full capacity to bring you the latest version of 5min’s Smart Player – the third major release of our flagship distributable player – now sleeker, noticeably lighter, faster and above all – more customizable than ever before, making it the ideal white-label player solution for your site.
During this [...]
Posted in News on Mar 17th, 2009
For a while now, we have been enjoying an ongoing partnership with wikiHow, the web’s largest text how-to manual that you, the users, can edit and contribute to. As a part of our collaboration with wikiHow, the wikiHow community can now embed videos from the vast 5min library of how-to and instructional videos, in any [...]
We’ve been so busy with the holidays, the U.S. elections and the subsequent Obama-mania, that we almost forgot to let you know about the many new and wonderful additions to the 5min website!
Check Out What Videos Are Hot Right Now:
Want to know what people are watching right now on 5min? Easy! Just check out our [...]
Posted in 5min, News, Technology, web on Jan 22nd, 2009
OnMedia announced today that 5min.com, the leading syndication platform for broadband instructional video, has been chosen to be a part of the 2009 OnMedia 100 List. The OnMedia 100 Award is given to private, emerging technology companies in the advertising, publishing, marketing, branding and public relations spaces. 5min was selected by the [...]
Posted in 5min, News, Technology, web on Jan 18th, 2009
After recently launching the 5min VideoSeed syndication platform, we are pleased to announce that this powerful distribution tool is now available to 5min publishers – for free.
VideoSeed provides website publishers with a direct source for tens of thousands of videos from 5min’s extensive how-to and knowledge-based content library. VideoSeed, the semantic heart of the 5min [...]
Posted in 5min, News, Sports, Technology on Dec 28th, 2008
1) The Large Hadron Collider
For some, the way to know how everything began. For others, the beginning of the end, and according to some, 2008 was supposed to be the last year of our collective existence. Planet Earth, eaten by a black hole. As far as I know, the world is still spinning on its [...]
