I just discovered "You Suck at Photoshop" [via Fazed], a series of funny Photoshop tutorials by "Donnie Hoyle". The big difference to other tutorials is that you don't only learn new things about Photoshop but you also about the disastrous relationship to his wife...
While seeing the video I was immediately reminded of another IPTV series that used screencasts. The Scene tells the story of Brian Sandro who is the leader of an underground movie releasing group. You can watch the whole series here. (You can skip the second season though, it's not that good.)
A while later it came to me that these "Screencast Soaps" aren't really an anomaly in the time of reality tv, amateur reporters and embedded correspondents. Even Hollywood is trying to bring the aesthetics of a home movie to the big screen with Cloverfield and Romeros Diary of the Dead. With that in mind it's only a small step from filming the real world to recording the things that happen on the screen, a world that many of us are much more familiar with...
