Common Craft Blog
Kansas, We Owe You One (Updated Election Video)
By leelefever on July 31, 2008 - 2:38pm
I'm not sure how this happened, but there is an error in the original version of the "Electing a US President" video. The original version says that there are 3 congressional districts in Kansas. As we discovered today, via a nice email from Gerry Deman of Kansas, there are actually 4 districts.
Here's what we're doing about it:
We have created a new, corrected version of the video. It's embedded below and we have replaced the video on the original blog entry (and embed code) with this new version. We've also replaced the downloadable versions in the Store and other places where it is shared.
Unfortunately, this means that two versions will exist on YouTube, because it's impossible to replace a video. By deleting the original version, we break the connections to the You Tube players on blogs that embedded it. If you embedded the original version, please do replace the video with this new version.
It's a good thing that folks like you keep us in check so we can limit the potential confusion. We'll count better next time, I promise.
Mistakes
Hey, this just proves you guys are human. We haven't lost our faith in you.
And the crowd roars! :)
Thanks
for sharing this!
Sources for Kansas congrssional district
I am sure that it was a left-wing, neo-conservative pinko fascist plot to make you look bad!>
Oh, you say miscounted? Never mind. And keep up the great work (even your boo-boos are funny)
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Right-wing plots in Kansas
What is missing
I miss the humming.
Add annotation to the old YouTube-video?
Can't you cover it up by adding an annotation (the recent text comment function in YouTube) in the old video?
But what about...
....Nebraska and Maine. Inquiring minds want to know!
How do you select your content?
Lee and Sachi,
I continue to be impressed by the quality of your work and the choices you make about your business.
Now that you're completely independent and relying on the licensing model rather that custom videos, how do you decide what to make videos about? Maybe you could write about that on your blog.
Rebecca
Selecting Content
Hi Rebecca!
Thanks for the kind words. We're still working through our plans for future videos. Having the store and licensing model at the center of our business does give us slightly different motives. Our goal is to have a positive impact, so we're most interested in making videos that help general people on the Web and also give companies and individuals a resource for educating and influencing others. This may be a hard balance to strike, but like everything we do, we'll start and see where it heads. Maybe I will write about this soon! :)
Do a video about it
I think you should do a video to explain exactly what the mistake was, what you did about it and the consequences.