Pummelvision, it's the new My Day Yesterday

A couple of years ago a 'meme' caught my attention called 'My Day Yesterday'. Using Flickr's 90 second limit on video, people were encouraged to create a video of a day in their life to fit in just 90 seconds. No musical soundtrack, no narration.

Recently I was alerted to something called 'Pummelvision'. This service hooks in to Facebook, Flickr or Tumblr and grabs the most recent 2500 photos creating a fast flip-book style video of them against a black background and set to an inspired piece of music. My efforts from Facebook and Flickr can be seen below.

What makes these two stand out for me and also what connects them for me is that after creating my own I want to see other peoples' efforts. I still return to My Day Yesterday from time to time and have spent a good couple of hours this afternoon viewing the pummelvisions of utter strangers. In fact it's a great way to quickly see enough of a person's Flickr stream to know if I want to peruse it at a slower and more considered pace.

My day, yesterday from Lewis Walsh on Vimeo.

My Pummelvision (Facebook) from Lewis Walsh on Vimeo.

My Pummelvision (Flickr) from Lewis Walsh on Vimeo.