POPROCKS.COM
The online home of Jess Barron

Web content and community expert, writer, editor, blogger, and internet video producer.
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In 2004, a guy who I don't know named Jeremy Abbate saw my website and wrote a song called "I Wanna Be As Cool As Jessica Barron." It still amuses me. Here's the mp3 and here are the lyrics.

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See how this site looked in 1998
Poprocks.com screenshot from early 1998
and how the place looked in 2000.
Poprocks.com from June 2000
Yahoo counted me as a "cool person" from 1997-2001. How far have I fallen?!
Yahoo counted me among the "Cool People" in 1997-1998.
The internets have come a long way, baby...

November 17, 2009 Judges Jamie, Jess, Jonathan... and Yoo
For the past eight weeks the Yoostar Casting Tour has traveled coast-to-coast looking for new talents and filming thousands of people using Yoostar. Here are some photos I took from the Casting Tour stop on the 3rd Street Promenade in Santa Monica.

Screenshot of Yoostar Casting Tour Facebook Voting application Now, it's your turn to play casting agent. Which performances are best? One talented person will win a walk-on role in a 2010 LionsGate film.

We spent the past month working with Buddy Media to build an interactive Facebook App that will enable you to vote for the best performance for each stop on the tour. From Boston University to University of California at Irvine. Today it launched. Check it out: apps.facebook.com/yoostarcastingcall/

Along with Jamie Kennedy and Jonathan Small from Break Media, I'm one of the judges who will choose the Grand Prize winner based on the finalists you determine from each location. We're watching all the videos and choosing our favorites.

No, don't send me cookies or bribes. That won't work. But you can tweet at me (I'm p0pvulture -- and the 0 is a zero) with links to your favorite performers, and I'll take a look. Also, go to the Casting Tour Facebook Application and cast your votes!

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posted by Jess Barron @ 9:18 AM