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Alan Lastufka

http://twitter.com/AlanDistro

YouTuber and Author

Biography

Alan Lastufka, a.k.a. fallofautumndistro, was one of the Top 100 Most Subscribed Comedians of All-Time on YouTube. His YouTube videos have had more than four million views. His live-streaming show has had more than one million viewers. One of his early short films received multiple airings on the Independent Film Channel.

On YouTube, Lastufka is widely praised for his collaboration videos. One of the more popular is the “iPwn” iPhone parody commercial, starring MadTV cast member LisaNova. Lastufka also appeared on YouTube’s Official Channel in a video announcing the expansion of the Partnership Program.

Lastufka has published a book about YouTube with O'Reilly Media, contributed articles to numerous international magazines and zines, including a Featured Article in Verbicide Magazine, while co-running the popular independent publishing project, Fall of Autumn, in Chicago, IL.

Alan is currently a freelance writer, editor, consultant and graphic designer, who writes the blog Viral Video Wannabe.

Blog

Alan's blog posts are hosted at:
http://viralvideowannabe.com/

I’m Live, Right Now! PRO EDITION

May 26 2009

DOWNLOAD NOW (.pdf, 1.5 MB) Hey broadcasters! Welcome to I’m Live, Right Now! Pro Edition. Last summer I wrote a free eBook to help new broadcasters quickly learn all of the basic functions of blogTV. blogTV is a wonderful site for hosting your own live shows and definitely the place to… read more

I’m Live, Right Now! PRO EDITION

May 26 2009

DOWNLOAD NOW (.pdf, 1.5 MB) Hey broadcasters! Welcome to I’m Live, Right Now! Pro Edition. Last summer I wrote a free eBook to help new broadcasters quickly learn all of the basic functions of blogTV. blogTV is a wonderful site for hosting your own live shows and definitely the place to… read more

Overall

May 02 2009

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Overall

May 02 2009

Last night, Jenny came home from a long day at work and complained the dishes hadn’t been done. Most nights they are, long before she gets home. But of course, you only hear about these things when there’s something to complain about, rarely do people acknowledge work when it’s getting… read more

The New YouTube Front Page

April 24 2009

A few weeks ago YouTube made the pointless swap of calling the featured videos “spotlighted videos” and renaming spotlighted videos to “featured videos”. Yesterday, we got our first hint at the reason why: YouTube has completely removed the Featured, I mean, Spotlighted videos from the front page. Instead, the front page… read more

BUILD-A-BLOG

April 19 2009

It’s hard to find something new to do on YouTube. Collab vids. Check. Annotated interactive vids. Check. Vlogs. Uh, duh, check. So about a week ago I had an idea for something that I hadn’t seen on YouTube before. I wanted to provide dozens and dozens of phrases, half-sentences and… read more

Literally two minutes

April 17 2009

Literally two minutes after writing that last post, the changes started to appear on YouTube. I need a break. The changes don’t look too bad, so far. Here’s a screenshot for those of you whose pages haven’t updated yet. It’ll be interesting to hear what everyone thinks over the next… read more

YouTube Channel Redesigns

April 16 2009

The first of many rumored changes taking place today on YouTube has happened to the channel pages. Go here to see an example of the new channel page layout. YouTube’s new channel layout redesign looks quite slick compared to the channels we’ve had for the past few years. Less boxy, less… read more

Surviving the YouTube Redesign

April 13 2009

While my blog titles as of late may sound sensational, they are only a reaction to the first major overhaul of the site… ever. Since YouTube began, the site has functioned more-or-less the same with only cosmetic upgrades from time to time. We, the YouTube community, have not really had… read more

The End of YouTube?

April 09 2009

As most of you have heard by now, April 16th is going to be a very important day for those in the YouTube community. For those of you who haven’t heard, in exactly one week, YouTube is planning a major redesign of their website. The redesign will structure the website so… read more

Purchase and Download YouTube Videos

March 19 2009

YouTube has recently announced a new feature which allows you to purchase and download YouTube videos in high quality. The feature is rolling out slowly, so only select content creators currently have the option. Video creators can set the price at any level they see fit, or allow the video to… read more

YouTube Musicians Release CD

March 17 2009

Are you one of the 300,000 people subscribed to DaveDays? How about one of charlieissocoollike’s 125,000 subscribers? If so, you’re familiar with their music. They, like thousands of other bedroom musicians, have been using YouTube for years to reach their listeners and fans. But until now, fans were stuck with… read more

Book winners and a special offer!

March 02 2009

Thank you to everyone who signed up for my email newsletter and entered the drawing for one of three free copies of my new YouTube book. The three random winners were chosen and contacted yesterday (I assigned everyone’s email address a number and then asked my friend Rachael to pick… read more

Book winners and a special offer!

March 02 2009

Thank you to everyone who signed up for my email newsletter and entered the drawing for one of three free copies of my new YouTube book. The three random winners were chosen and contacted yesterday (I assigned everyone’s email address a number and then asked my friend Rachael to pick… read more

Free YouTube Book Giveaway!

February 18 2009

Hey everyone, Starting today through Saturday, February 28th, everyone who signs up for my mailing list, by using the form below, will be entered into a drawing to win one of three FREE copies of my book! The book is called YouTube: An Insider’s Guide To Climbing the Charts, and I… read more
Alan Lastufka

"No one knows more about building a fan base than YouTube star Alan Lastufka. Alan and his co-author, the well-known independent filmmaker Michael W. Dean, will show you a variety of effective strategies for becoming more popular. Proceed into the wisdom of this book, and I look forward to seeing you pass me on the YouTube most subscribed list."
--John Green (vlogbrothers) YouTube Star & Author