Rocketboom, Meme Molly, Me, & Google+


I admit to having a total geeky girl crush on Meme Molly of Rocketboom. What is Rocketboom? It's a "three minute daily videoblog or Vlog based in New York City. We cover and create a wide range of information and commentary from top news stories to quirky internet culture. Instead of costing millions of dollars to produce, Rocketboom is created with a consumer-level video camera, a laptop, two lights and a map with no additional overhead or costs.”
This adorable English Internet Vlogging phenom & her perky gorgeousness explains in amusing & snarky pattois what's the lastest Meme and above...what Google Plus is all about & how it's different than The Twitters or The Facebooks. Fascinating history this Miss Molly Meme has...From the Wikipedias: "Molly started secretly making Youtube videos in her bedroom when she was 16 and eventually her parents found out about it. After a few years working independently in web video and a stint in Canada studying fine art, she went to New York to host, write and produce at Rocketboom. Also a YouTube partner, her mememolly channel on YouTube is #50 on the all-time most-subscribed list for the U.K., with over 50 million views. She has cited lonelygirl15 as one of her inspirations to start making videos."
Of course it's terribly shamelessly self-serving of me to post this video and if I had any modesty whatsoever I would have refrained (thank goodness I'm not burdened with that particular trait)...let's just say this brilliant video gets flippin AWEsome at the 1:47 mark. Just sayin. [coughshameless!terrible!cough] But really? When EVER will I get such geeky street cred cool as to show up in a Meme Molly Rocketboom vid, after all? I mean...Pinch me!
Here's another cool way to explain the 3 different social media formats...don't quite know if I agree with it.

My favourite (natch!) is below!

Now....to quote Molly speak I'm terribly gobsmacked & chuffed & must go call my Mum & tell her!

WAIT! Eh, Wot? You want more Molly?
Related then to my previous post - Harry Potter and the Tearful Farewell --Here's Molly to give you the lowdown on my favourite Wizard!

Geeky Girl crush over...I'm back crushing on the Weasley Twins! Woohooo! Give me some ginger boys! Or.....Snape! Wait!...no, no....Eric from TrueBlood...Yes! And don't forget Danno! [swoon!]

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Rocketboom was created and founded by Andrew Baron. Rocketboom is co-produced by Andrew Baron, Barry Pousman, and Mememolly.

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  1. AngelaAugust 17, 2011 at 9:45 PM

    How entertaining is she! Thanks for sharing and congrats on the shoutout!

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