Intern Row - The Official Revision3 Intern Blog

As I write this post, I am frantically trying to pack for my 8AM flight out of Oakland Airport.  I am going on a great two-week vacation to Priest Lake, Idaho.  Tonight a bunch of the interns and some (former) diggterns went to a San Francisco Giants game to get together one last time before everyone goes back to school.  I am so bummed because everyone is leaving in the next few weeks while I am gone.  Basically, the 2008 Summer Interns kicked ass.  Straight up.  I am so proud to have worked with each and every one of them.  I really hope that all of you interns keep in touch with me, because I will sincerely miss your company while screwing around in the Revision3 office/studio. I love you all!

p.s. please welcome Long Vo to InternRow. He is the new intern around these parts.

(p.p.s. I live here in SF so that is why I am staying…probably forever.)

UPDATE: I am not leaving Revision3, I am just going on vacation so i felt compelled to say goodbye to my lovely intern buddies!

Interning at Revision3 is awesome. We get to do work that actually gets noticed/published. Unfortunately for some of my friends, they aren’t so lucky. Why do companies think it’s cool to blog into space?

I wrote a post about it at HackCollege. Check it out: Blogging: The New Shit Job for Interns?

As some of you might know, Revision3 has a kickass Facebook page.  We want to interact more with people through Facebook so we are having fans ask questions on our wall and then we will answer the questions with quick videos.

So head on over to our Facebook page and post your questions on the wall!

Glenn Answers viewer questions on facebook. Click here to see the video!

Check out a little viral video about the iPhone fiascos last week. Several interns were in on the production/conceptualization.

… But nobody could’ve done it without Tyler and AJ, who found the brick.

After a few minutes in the office this morning, a crowd had gathered in the main thoroughfare of the office. Roger Chang was attempting to peddle off some old XBOX games for lunch money. Is this legal?

Scam School producer Eileen won a throw earlier by calling and then rolling a 7.

As I sit here procrastinating on my homework (yes I am taking summer school),  I am pondering what to do for the iPhone 3G. Should I wake up at 5AM on Friday and head on down to the Downtown Apple Store? Should I camp out? Should I be worrying about this?

I am not so sure if I want to spend the night on the dirty streets of San Francisco for a phone that probably won’t be too hard to get a hold of.  The office has been buzzing about the iPhone 3G for the last week but overall I think we will just play it by ear.  Michael Benatar, Patrick Norton, Roger Chang and myself are pumped.  I mean straight up pumped.  Will you be camping out?

I’ll let you know what we are doing as soon as I know for sure what that is.  For now, just know that the Revision3 crew will be at the Downtown San Francisco Apple Store at 8AM on Friday July 11th.  We are getting iPhones.

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I love riding bikes in San Francisco. I ride my bike to work and school every single day. It is great exercise and generally faster than cars and buses. Last Friday, I decided to go to Critical Mass with some buddies.

Critical Mass is an event typically held on the last Friday of every month in cities around the world where bicyclists and other self-propelled commuters take to the streets en masse.

As I was heading down market street with hundreds of other cyclists, I ran into Kelly and Chris (Revision3 interns!).  I knew they were going but I was highly doubtful of actually running into them. We cruised with the pack of cyclists and had a great time.  I know that Chris was blown away and was laughing the whole time.  Shot a quick video as well:

Have you ever ridden critical mass? Do you ride bikes? Let us know in the comments.

Though some of us have only been here but a few weeks, viewers may have already noticed the intern-influence on some of the Revision3 shows.

Kelly Sutton has appeared on several popSiren pieces, most notably, his debut as an assistant/axe-murderer:

Victor Shwanke, production intern, appeared as a zombie on Internet Superstar: (Note: the still image on the player is not Victor Shwanke, as a zombie.)

Though I work for the most bit-part-ed show on Revision3, I’ve only earned a mention thus far on Internet Superstar. It was quite flattering nonetheless:

Keep an eye out for the interns as our entry-level quest continues…

For a lot of you this is your first visit to Intern Row, welcome!  In the interest of giving you a reason for coming back, the interns all ears when it comes to suggestions.

Is there a certain topic you would like us to cover?  If so just leave a comment on this post and we will look them over and choose a few to write about.

We look forward to seeing what you guys come up with!

This is my story.

Arrested Development , the so-post-modern-it-hurts show that met a tragic end a few years ago, has been all the buzz at LMU. Or, it was the buzz 2 years ago. I’m just now catching up with the times. The show was canceled after 3 seasons (53 episodes!) of critical acclaim but lackluster ratings. While marathoning through the 3 seasons, elements both of the show and how I watched the show hit peculiarly close to home.

We All Know We’re Dysfunctional, But We Get Along

Everyone at Revision3 is weird, in the traditional sense. I am probably the weirdest.

Like each character on ArrDev, we each have our strange nuances, quirks and reclusive hobbies. Also like the show, it all seems to work at the end of the day. All our shows get out on time. The shows get better as they go along. And most importantly, our viewers love us (even if our ratings aren’t as high as our competitors ).

Hulu Through the Hoops

Revision3 is in the online video business. It’s a little flattering to know that our content is right next to Arrested Development on Hulu , the result of NBC and FOX dating online.

It’s also scary. Hulu is strict about which shows make the cut and get in their system. With Revision3 on Hulu, we’re no longer just a Podunk little Internet TV company. We compete with network TV.

But now comes the "through the hoops" part. Revision3 is playing on many different video-serving fields (Viddler, etc.). Please keep in mind all of this is coming from a poorly-informed intern’s perspective. NBC and FOX are pretending to play nice around the teachers (making a video website for the content) but are being bullies when it comes to playing with their peers (other companies producing content). Although Revision3 is on Hulu, you would probably never know unless you went looking for it. Revision3 content doesn’t stand a chance (currently) against Family Guy clips and the featured section seems to be quite incestuous.

Growing Older is Just the Persistent Lowering of Standards

I watched all of Arrested Development on Hulu. Part of the reason why I love Revision3 so much is the integrated sponsor messages in the programming. I know that production costs must be absorbed through some form of advertising.

And that’s what made Hulu so annoying at first. The forced undirected, heavy-handed advertisements every 7 minutes almost killed the entire experience. But the brilliance of Arrested Development kept me motoring through the advertisements. Now, I don’t mind the advertisements.

That’s great for me, because I stay sane. That’s probably bad for the advertisers though. I couldn’t tell you more than 1 company that advertised on Hulu. I start checking email and Twitter during commercial breaks. Props to Hulu for making me ambivalent to lame commercials. Your advertisers, unfortunately, won’t be getting any business from me, though.

This might just be the fanboy in me, but I’ve already sunk a few hundred into GoDaddy products for side-projects, all because of Revision3. Our loyal viewers say they like our way of making money and I agree. I guess we willll see if it works out in the coming years…