iPhone Mania!
Posted by scottblackman in Blogging, tags: Evolution of Dance, iPhone, Judson LaipplyWell we finally did it. We all got iPhones last weekend. We waited for v2.0 of the iPhone to come out because I was just sure v2.0 would be better. It is in many ways. No so much in others. But we’re all still thrilled to finally have one to call our very own.
Despite all of the doom and gloom reported in the press, the wait wasn’t too bad and the activation process also went smoothly. Though I admit that the average person would still think that waiting in line for 2 hours to buy an phone was crazy. But our wait was different. We had fun. We met some nice folks and it was generally a pleasant experience.
I struck up a conversation with the guy in front of us because he was using a Kindle and I was curious to hear what he thought and to get an upclose look at it. It’s a pretty amazing e-book reader but does much more. AnyWho – turns out my Kindle buddy is also world famous Judson Laipply. 
World famous you say. Who the heck is Judson Laipply you say…..ever heard of the Evolution of Dance? THE most viewed video on YouTube EVER. I’m talking 92+ million views. Yes million.
Judson is an Inspirational Comedian and an all around nice guy. I think it’s safe to say that the Evolution of Dance was truly the first video to go “viral”. Popular term these days for videos that everyone is talking about around the water cooler (and, boy, does that term date me!). People are always asking him “how do I make my video go viral.” I suspect if he knew the answer he wouldn’t have been standing in line waiting for a iPhone! Seems to me that that’s the essence of viral video: it just tends to come out of nowhere. Amazing stuff. Shows the power of word of mouth these days – for good and for bad. In Judson case I think it’s probably all good.
You can learn a lot more about Judson at www.theevolutionofdance.com. Thanks for hanging out with us Judson! (That’s Judson in the aqua shirt between Alex & Sam)
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