I explored YouTube and decided to find some videos with Myleene Klass, a new age classical pianist. I had been listening to her song "For the love of a princess" on Pandora (another web 2.0 tool) and wanted to see the artist.
I chose her video "Toccata and Fugue". It was a pop version very much in the vein of another female classical group Bond. It was not your typical classical music video and it was very enjoyable.
What I like about YouTube (copyright considerations aside) is that you can explore your interests from politics to music to viral videos. YouTube is a powerful tool for creating a community that doesn't exist on cable tv.
What I disliked about YouTube was the searching format. Unless you know what you are looking for exploring is not easy given the numerous videos.
It would help if they had more channels with subcategories and tag clouds.
In addition, the video image on YouTube is only fair. As people begin to use the Internet as a major video tool they will demand that the video image quality be improved.
I can see YouTube as a promotional tool for library events. Perhaps we could video the presentation for the Web 2.0 Grand Prize?
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