Can You Follow Directions? [Video Experiment]

OK. If you’re in an RSS reader, please jump out and come to the blog. Please, please, please!

This has the potential to be epic- and if not, pretty cool.

A couple points of order.

• Do have clothes on. I’m going to ask you to submit your video via Vimeo or YouTube, so please make sure that your content is PG and that you’re ok with it being public.
• This isn’t going to scare, embarrass, shame, or otherwise do anything demeaning to anyone. This is just fun. (If at the end of this you don’t want to submit you’re video- you don’t have to! Problem solved right? Cool- glad we agree.)

There are some things you’ll need in order to participate.

1. Computer (hopefully you’ve all *checked*)

2. Webcam or video camera.

2.5 Decent lighting. Please just turn the light switch on in the room your in. Your face needs to be clearly viewable, please.

3. Ability to follow instructions. (seriously, if you can’t do this, just stop now. This entire experiment hinges on your ability to follow directions precisely.)

Get ready to begin after the jump- and DO NOT scroll to the bottom! Follow the directions, please!

Step 1.

SCROLL SLOWLY. You”ll know when to stop because there will be a set of lines like this:

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Instructions….Understand? Good.

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Step 2.

Turn on your webcam or video camera. Make sure it is capturing your face. Something like this:

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Step 3.

Are you still following instructions? Good. Is the camera on and recording? Good. How’s the lighting- need more, need less? Good.

START RECORDING NOW.

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Step 4.

Are you ready? Ok- scroll down just a tad more.
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LOL!

OK- you can stop recording now. Please upload your video to Vimeo or YouTube and then put the link to it here in the comments. AND, please make sure that the video is set to public and that it may be downloaded.

I’m going to let the submissions roll in for the next week or so and then compile them all into one great, hilarious video!

Thanks for participating! (And for following directions!)

Peace.