Okay. So we all know YouTube has been playing around with the layouts. Lots of people in the twittersphere (and no, I don’t only write about twitter events) have a strong viewpoint on these changes, but this article is about the latest ‘beta’ update. Google has never been known for its amazing design taste, but this takes the biscuit (irritating English expression demonstrating the most extreme instance of the context - you know you love it really):

At the bottom of most videos is a new button, labelled *new* YouTube Player …

You may remember, if you’re one of my more hard-core readers, back in the old blog, I used to make a few posts about the past present and future of the iPlayer. Well it turns out that it’s still growing rapidly into one of the main parts of the BBC. While competitors made an effort to launch their online services, like ITV’s Catch-up service (which nobody uses, due to the strict requirements) or the boom of 4’s 4od (now a part of Virgin Media or online), the BBC is still …

If you are wondering why this post seems unplanned and ‘out of the blue,’ you’re probably on to something, as the main reason why I’m writing this is that I just got my first mail from Google. Pretty big moment eh?

Inevitably, along with every other piece of paper that gets left around the house, it got written on, and in the good old blogging fashion, I thought I’d upload the left-on-the-work-top-too-long version on here as well. Oh and yes I did try and leave the poor bloke some dignity …