I find myself linking to YouTube videos on Twitter at least a couple times a day. Usually to music videos, funny commercials… You know, the light, fluffy stuff that gets you through a 4PM slump when you should be working, but all you really want to do is take a nap under your desk. But I believe that some videos need more than 140 characters.

At a recent dinner to celebrate a friend’s upcoming wedding, I was asked if I  had ever seen a video called “99 Balloons.” Immediately I thought of the pop song by Nena and German lyrics that I can never seem to remember. But I was assured that it was a video worth checking out, and having now seen it, I’d say that is possibly the understatement of the year. It is, quite honestly, the most beautiful video that I have ever seen on the Internet. It is a story that is simultaneously heartwarming and heartbreaking. It’s a story that I think everyone ought to know, because it is the ultimate example of hope, faith and love. Honestly, there is nothing that I can say that will do it justice… Just watch.

Now that I’m in my third week of class at Ryerson AND working as a web intern at St. Joseph Media, I’ve become slightly obsessed with all things web-related. Back in the summer when I was browsing through job listings, I kept running across the phrase “Web 2.0″ and had absolutely no idea what it meant. I Googled it, of course, but the details were still a little fuzzy. 

Enter Kat Tancock, my Creating Website Editorial prof at Ryerson (and web editor of Best Health magazine). On my first night in class, she shared a great video by Michael Wesch that is not only very cool, but does a pretty good job of explaining the awesomeness of the Internet. And because I think it’s so fabulous, I’m going to share it with you. Enjoy!