What used to be hours and many minutes have now been converted to few minutes or seconds. That is what the world of entertainment has become: sound bytes, flash videos, and instant gratification.

. Even those kinds of videos have made their way through the buzzing cyber-wires. But, I am most excited about two others kinds of development.

The focussed capsule of entertainment is one of the first fallouts of online videos. So, you know exactly what to expect. And when you get it, you know you got it. This is akin to the bite-sized, some would call it fun-sized candy bar.

The web does not make videos, but is sures makes distribution real easy. Sure, the Internet does not create videos, but it sure seems to encourage their production. So, now, everyone is a producer. And while they are at it, a director, an actor, a scriptwriter, a screenplay writer, and a voice over artist.

Initially, I was worried that online videos would turn out to be garbage. It is refreshing to see the take of these new digital creators. In fact, online videos have become the eyes of the world with enthusiasts rapidly shooting everything that needs to be shot.

We are on the threshold of a great new worl for online videos. In addition to production qualities getting slicker, I think we are also in for a more meaningful discourse coming through. This will probably be aided by the fact that many erstwhile free video-sharing sites might actually end up paying video producers.

If that happens, there will be a fresh new lease of life to producers and the flow could be so strong that what we have now would seem like a trickle.

If all that I am saying is not connecting, please do visit any entertainment site. Most of them will have online videos that you can watch for free. If the site actually makes editorial decisions in choosing the videos to display, the quality of videos would shoot up.

Everyone has their favorites, I lke bloopers. I don't know what is wrong with me, but there is some exceptional pleasure in watching people accidentally make a fool of themselves! Sorry, I know that is kind of mean, but hey, it is funny, what can I say?

If you somehow missed this entire phenomenon, get going now. Watch a few online videos.