Google ? ...Naah... Youtube !

These days when I need to search something on the internet I don't try Google first. I try it on youtube and mostly get interesting videos that not only solve my issue at hand but also show me how to get the job done. Try this out sometime and you'll know what I mean. I have also become a pretty reasonable cook in the past one year thanks to Youtube & good broadband.

Though Youtube is not immune from the vagaries of the net,( like too much quantity and not enough quality) the folks at the website have done a pretty decent job at the filtration options made available. I especially love the sidebar which shows the related videos to the one playing.

It's also intersting to note how 'video' as a form of content delivery is fast becoming a hit on the web. Most of the websites now prefer putting up a video of someone explaining about them than mundane text all over the place.Talking of videos , I remember a chat convo that I was having with my friend in Chennai last night . He was telling me that the whole city was under heavy showers since early morning. And for some reason, that made me miss the city more than ever before, I remembered those rain soaked bike rides to office which I used to truly cherish. Gut instinct made me search for 'Chennai Video' and what do I get... This website here provided me live feed from Chennai onto my screen...Yep, Live feed. They have cameras installed at traffic signals and they stream it onto the web ! I am not too sure if any of the US cities have anything remotely like that. But yep,as for me, I did get my splash of Chennai rains onto my screen :)