Matt Cutts: Try something new for 30 days

[NinjaSleepWalker]

Awesome video, and MC is one great dude!

It was really cool, when he mentioned NANO and this pretty familiar situation with sweets and sugar=)

[adityawalia9]

G8 speech

[AshtonPhoto]

I'm going to stop watching inspiring YouTube videos for one month.

[ahyahyahy]

I've tried being Son Goku and turning Super Saiyan for 30 days, I couldn't even do a proper Kamehameha, I feel I've been lied to and want my 3 minutes and 28 seconds back..

[organizewithchaos]

As a professor I enjoy being casually (and often sloppily) dressed. For 30 days I dressed very nicely, and actually loved it !

[pizzaguys86]

Trying not to drop the d bomb is flippin hard

[sweetpotato303]

wish it was longer...

[theajtruth]

Try to give myself a BJ.

[aneagletall]

This is a video that got me thinking to start something positive about my life. Depriving myself of sleep but knowing that i hve achieve success. A very encouraging video i think everyone should follow his advise for 30 days i am.

[Elyphante]

Hey guys. I am a highschool student and I made an event on FB. I'm doing this with 200+ others for the month of December! Add yourself and your friends to the Facebook event! Hurry it starts on December 1st! It is called the "30 Day Challenge" and it is a public event. Thank you!

[DanielManahan]

I challenge everyone to go 'Non Speciesist' for thirty days. Eat whatever you like, double your cruel foods intake if you desire, but live your month as if all species deserve equal dignity to your own, beliving and living as though you are no more important than them in complete humility. At the end of the thirty days, go Vegan if still believe animals deserve dignity, to not be raped and bred to be eaten.

[AshtonPhoto]

@DanielManahan

850 million humans live without access to clean water while liberals focus on the important things, such as the dignity of dumb animals.

[MsKvora]

I'm a novelist:)

[Acebeats1]

I love Matt Cutts. Without him, google wouldn't be what google is today.

[SilverfoxG]

I don't really understand why people keep complaining about the intro of TED videos. You get so much valuable information from them, and all you can comment about is how you hate the first few seconds of each video. tsk tsk.

And seriously, it's not THAT bad.

[texasoilfields]

Fuck these people TED, keep the music.

[scy21achan]

This is beautiful...!

[ihateuutube]

moobs

if you have them, wear something appropriate until you lose them.

[MisterCovek]

Skip the loud intro, press 0:14

[dziutube]

like this ;)

[MrJosephinepridhamdo]

Thanks TedTalks!!

[cinata]

I'll be a privileged upper class white guy for 30 days.

[NBazingaN]

this guy is happy :) I like it

[about1983]

I'll try to keep calm for 30 days, but will others stop bugging me???

[ithinkyoubad]

I'll try to get a girl friend for 30 days :)

[robertbodily]

This video is great! It motivates me to go out and change those nasty habits that I've always wanted to change. I'm excited to start some 30-day change plans! I also found a great online resource that helps people change called Change Anything. It helps you create an online change plan to successfully change in 30 days and to make it a habit afterwards. So check out the site changeanything, and use the coupon code "hope1" to receive a free 1-year membership to the site!

[thatjohnharveyboy]

ive just completed 30 days without youtube, i dont really know what it did other than make me really exicted about coming back, i guess i wont be as dependent on it as i used to be though, and its been a real oppertunity to actually.....well......get a life.

[sapundjieva]

super nice idea will try it next mounht

[blackmask0071]

Today is the 01 August i guess i m gonna start something new to learn or maybe to improve myself better with practice and hardwork for next 30 days and more 30 days like them and it just goes on an on...

[StraightUpStreett]

1:57 umfffff!!! hahaha

[WizzieBob]

2:10 That's my photograph! :D

[QMcCallum]

@WizzieBob Niiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiice.

[ZENPUNKphase3]

Sometime, things go fast.

Sometime, it's need a long maturation.

Maturation is the longer part of a life experience.

Why ???

The younger you are, the shorter maturation is.

[ThePaperPineapple]

I agree with guy in the audience who laughed at 0:25. when he said "the great American philosopher Morgan Spurlock" Then I was speechless with disgust to realize he wasn't joking. Seriously? A speech about following a self-help book called "30 days"? Serious gag material right here. One of the worst TED talks ever given.

[TheFrameHunters]

@ThePaperPineapple I see nothing wrong with the concept. What are your objections exactly?

[ididjaustralia]

good idea

[CAPITALIZEDNAME]

I just realized i wasted half of my summerbreak sitting inside, not making new memories. I've been too passive since I was dumped by my girlfriend and dislocating my elbow. As if I couldn't do anything as i was semi-handicapped. This was a bit of a wake-up call and I shall try it starting tomorrow.

[ThemKneeGrows]

jack off 900 times in 30 days

[orangebud68]

When you started to use a bike to work ,you did not go nowhere , you are the same nerd..... on the bike......

[jtfostx]

30 days you say? OK, challenge accepted!

[iMeshaal]

i’ll try something new begining from next month

[Hayacafrita]

I'll try not to kill my boss everyday for the next 30 days...

[HuckMeHard]

I tried to stop masturbating for 30 days.

I lasted one week.

[IceSick88]

@HuckMeHard I did it i did it for 2 months once...But fuck that. I probly do it more now.

[kwchia]

very motivational, thank you

[pinkuteddy]

fck some1 everyday for 30 days!

[Ko252]

@pinkuteddy well, you are trying something new.

[coldfusion1111]

Must be nice to be wealthy and travel ....I dream. Maybe someday when I have an employer who understands me. Thank you.

[x1plus1x]

i'm going to stop eating mcdonalds for 30 days.

[theZ0g]

Some of the people on this page should try "not being and asshole" for 30 days

[urcritic]

TED should turn the volume down on their intro music for 30 days (ouch!)

[liquidminds]

TED should try changing the intro-music for 30 days...

[isforbliss]

this was sweet!

[dookiecheez]

I want to get decent sleep for 30 days. Not likely.

I want to be able to eat the foods I love without getting sick for 30 days. Not possible.

:/

[k1awdttt]

I shall shet on my neighbor's doorway for 30 days, for free!

[LunarFuror]

So... he hijacks someones idea and HE gets on ted?

[jacklondon5111]

@LunarFuror  Morgan Spurlock had his own TED Talk not long ago.

[stewinsalot]

I'm unicycling every day for 30 days!

[greycloud24]

i feel so lazy. i know what he is saying is truth, but i hate changing. i can hardly get myself to do something abnormal for 3 days let alone 30.

[iwanttodanceallnight]

Imma write a novel, and it is going to suck ass

but i am going to love writing it and have loads of fun

and then possibly burn it

[tojew]

this guy needs to work out for 30 days to get rid of his man boobs LOL!!!

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[capedchameleon]

This was a good reminder though. And I will try it.

[begily]

I'm going to gamble for 30 days.

[tokotokotoko3]

For the next 30 days I wanna punch this smug grin off this guys face.

[KemaTheAtheist]

If writing one bad book makes you a novelist, then I'm a dentist because I pulled out some of my baby teeth.

[sausage4mash]

I'm going to get drunk every night for the next 30 days ,thanx for the inspirational video

[595o]

Pah, I don't feel like I have time for that.

No seriously, every time I try something new I later regret it because it becomes a burden.

[loobyloo6890]

echoesofmyself blogspot blog... shameless self promotion but it is inspired by this ted talk....30 day challenges!!!!

[SubconsciousGatherer]

For the next 30 days, people who stand on stages and talk to crowds will NOT tell me how to live my life.

[qttytn]

As a desk-dwelling computer scientist (to be), I have actually adopted 2 new things thanks to this since it came out. Going to bed at least half an hour after the PC has gone off and learning to cook something new everyday

[Linyzas]

@WorldCittadinanza dude think about day 31... you will have a huge mess in your room lol

[Linyzas]

i will not mastrubate for 30 days... wait does that mean i have to stop doing that right now? No WAY!

[MrCattlehunter]

I will not poop, for 30 days, while eating 5000 calories worth of burker king hamburgers.

Then I'll make a documentary about how buger king was to blame. And people would love me for it.

[tossmeacarrot]

I have decided to plant something every day for 30 days. This is day 4, and as I look at what I've done I like what I see and that is shaping how I want to continue. I like this. I'll probably from now on always have a 30-day thing going on. It concentrates my mind very nicely.

[LuxuriousLuxembourg]

Bikes to work for fun. Still a nerd with a google tshirt on!!! lol. but cool video!

[HDvideosaregood]

Need some ideas.

[LetUsBeSocialTV]

Great YouTube

[qigong1001]

I tried masterbation everyday for thirty days...it works!

[loobyloo6890]

30 day challenge accepted :D made a blog to keep up with it and everything haha love ted talks!!

[faunos51]

Bullshit

[leonidasx666]

I'll try to go without sex for 30 days.

I've been (not) doing it for 3 years... what's another month?

[troglodyte3344]

Matt stop making TED talks and rank my website higher in the SERPS you son of a biscuit.

[doloppost]

I'll meditate everyday for 5 minutes for 30 days.

[bugsz1]

I have always wanted to try world peace, but alas our oligarchy wont allow it.

[heltok]

i will do nothing for 30days

[Excelsoft]

I'm watching great inspirational YouTube videos for the next 30 days!

[longbluefingers]

he's nice =)

[jimbob202019]

i will dance to work with my pants on my head for 30 days

[shagster1970]

I'm using Yahoo / Bing for 30 days plus.

[Omatunto]

i'm going to prepare for my CCNP certification exam then. just for fun...

[beforeyouknowit]

let's try turning off the intro music for 30 days.

[Yaalah]

@beforeyouknowit I FULLY agree! Especially the annoying machine-applause that runs right into the speaker's first word so you're forced to hear it!

[JingleJoe]

This is something I have noticed people don;t do: new things they want to do.

My motos; Don't not do things, get sxited and do things.

My life is a 30 day challenge. Why the hell isn't yours?

[maddawgqeiwfje]

Tried not to fap for a month, and came in my sleep after the 6th day. "Some things remain impossible" (Maddawgqeifje, 2011).

[paszTube]

Matt Cutts is probably the coolest geek alive.

[alexscotttaylor]

I'm gonna smoke Meth for 30 days.

[dsdougharty]

@alexscotttaylor I have a friend who actually did that, to his credit after 30 days he actually stopped.

[noshills]

Yeah raw food diet for a month!! Who's with me?

[miskee11]

I'm going to play Counter-Strike 1.6 every day for 10 hours for 30 days.

[musicincubator]

Matt, how about telling Google to try giving customer service for 30 days!

[timothystulken]

Did he make it sound like watching the news is a bad habit? What the heck? He should have said "Or subtract a habit, like watching Jersey Shore" Not "like watching the news."

[kurydebarcelona]

hey, how about the next 30 TED videos uploaded are actually worthy?

[lorizoli]

Cooool video!

[jimakosgian26]

STUPID MAN YOU ARE !! TRY LEAVING IN GREECE FOR 30 DAYS AND WE WILL SEE IF YOU WILL BECOME A BETTER MAN WITH MORE CONFIDENCE AND NOT A NERD!!!

[Individualism101]

@jimakosgian26 Well at least he doesn't write in caps.

[jimakosgian26]

@Individualism101 yes you are right sorry about that!!

[tcorp]

I'd like to be the CEO of Oracle for 30 days...and then retire.

[xjustamem0ryx]

america; land of the complacently cathartic caprice.

are we so wrapped in the slavery of political-economic-social stratification that change or aspiration have diminished into a lark we only look for in the little time we aren't locked away?

while change or aspiration have to start somewhere, and 30 days is as good a place as any, I can't help but feel the disingenuousness of the proposition: how we are to celebrate a false novelty that ought to endure organically--unhindered by artifice.

[Syntheticbrawler]

@xjustamem0ryx Why yes, of course we should never try to do anything new. You're correct. If it doesn't come completely organically and naturally, we should never, EVER do it. I mean, thank god no one invented unnatural computers for us to speak to each other on, and no one ever went to the moon. That would just be ridiculous. Thank you, justamemory, for pointing out the flaws in trying new things for a month to see if you like them. I mean, without men like you, where would we be?

[xjustamem0ryx]

@Syntheticbrawler

way to miss the mark completely. try reading it again and without blinders.

[WildMeemz]

it might've worked for u, but my 30 day things end on max day 2

[mazdaplz]

i already gave up sugar for 6 months.

you don't need it at all basically, carbs turn into sugar so eat some carbs and that's it

coffee actually tastes better without sugar, just add milk and enjoy the bitterness

[totmaga]

@mazdaplz

Frenetic. You just added a different kind of sugar, which will result in similar glycemic load on your body - although I have to admit that it's slightly better than sugar.

[MoOtJeMan]

@mazdaplz Really? I drink coffee but I dont like it without sugar.

[mazdaplz]

@MoOtJeMan

i started putting both milk and coffee mate in it, to make up for the lack of sugar with straight up greasyness. worked pretty well! got used to it pretty quick

[MoOtJeMan]

@mazdaplz I'll give it a try for a week. Thanks for the suggestion :p

[danielmartinex]

@mazdaplz True that, i did the same, and with times the taste of food changes... you find sweetness in things u didnt expected, like in some nuts! and nothing better than a dark chocolate or sugarless coffee/tea

[ApocDevTeam]

I'm going to change absolutely nothing. For 30 days!

[meotaku2]

@ApocDevTeam. I said to myself `do not read the comments because some negative loser will have written something `.

Too late.

[alexscotttaylor]

@meotaku2

I said to myself don't read the comments because some whinging self-righteous loser will have written something about negative losers (who are much funnier than the whinging self-righteous ones) writing something

To late

[DeepDuh]

@ApocDevTeam war, what is it good for? [..]

[ratholin]

@ApocDevTeam I did that. Man my socks got crusty as hell.

[pedrohadek]

But computer Scientists are much more awesome than 99% of the Novelists!

[0T3k0]

Guess he never tried working out, or trying to fix his lisp.

[hyperbolaisagraph]

@0T3k0 Guess you didn't watch the whole talk?

[0T3k0]

@hyperbolaisagraph Guess he still looks fat, and still has a lisp. Yes, I did watch the whole thing.

[akib89]

Matt Cutts!

[redxraccoon]

NaNoWriMo represent!

[iamthe7thwalrus]

i will not watch any youtube for 30 days.

[nanataraj]

@iamthe7thwalrus im checking your page to c if you logged in for the next 30 days.

[JohnButtonful]

@iamthe7thwalrus Haha! Good luck with that, oh well.

[Mr1234tico]

@iamthe7thwalrus are you sure thats sustainable? lol

[multipasse23]

I'm going to do this! Wait... no I'm not

[Ayla8711]

I need to get back into my old reading habits. I used to be able to read a book a week, sometime two. Now thanks Tony iPhone I only read one or two a month

[xaiomanga]

I've been working hard at Japanese through an intensive program at Cornell University.

[JanMarie1007]

Make sure I practice music everyday, even for 30 minutes. No skipping!!!

[alcyonae]

This has actually been my philosophy in life for a while now. I love this attitude

[Get2TheDeLorean]

imma stop smoking weed. nawww

[Janizzary]

Rick Moranis looks like he hasn't aged a day

[goog2k]

Very cool.

Bravo!

[brianphilip182]

I'm gonna watch YouTube videos for the next 30 days.

[tintiringa]

He should spend the next 30 days getting rid of his man boobs.

[gaiagale]

So TEDtalks sound people how about it?!? ...for the next thirty days lower the sound for the intros and outros so that they are gentle on our ears ...letting the talks be truly the focus

thank-you it'll be fun!!!

[BigBagsForRent]

@gaiagale Absolutely. That intro music is way too loud.

[kaminarigaston]

How about a 30 second challenge? I can get behind that.

[Aureious]

Perfect timing - Beginning of July.

Who here's going to try something new?

[Arzurnjekzolskajatzi]

Concept stolen from Islamic Ramadan, trololol

[WyldOrbit]

How about a new intro for 30 days.

[gaiagale]

@WyldOrbit brilliant idea! ...certainly lowering the volume would be a treat for the ears

[doford]

I'm so doing this. For the last 30 days i've given up smoking, for the next 30 days I'm writing a 50k word novel.

[CompulsiveOrigami]

NaNoWriMo! I love it!

[rahxephon52]

how convenient that this video came out on the 1st of July.

[lexbryan]

ok.. great... here I come with my 30day challenge...

Need to finish my app...

[Ramsez]

challenge accepted

[marcipoopescu]

what a woss; this 30 days is for people with pretty boring life

[kitty0tikara]

....What's wrong with being a desk dwelling computer nerd?

[Thealazor]

@kitty0tikara Nothing, unless you are not content with that. But yeah.. he´s being a little judgmental here.

[Zen4Zorba]

@kitty0tikara There's more to life than a computer screen and a keyboard... these challenges I guess are supposed to help you explore the other dimensions.

[openuniverse2003]

He looks like a pudgy fag. And someone who holds Morgan Spurlock as a role model is a LOSER.

[Jettox]

@openuniverse2003 Matt Cutts is the head of Google's Webspam team. If you use Google, the reason you get a better and more relevant search result is because of him. And if you own a website, its his SEO work that can help you appear higher in the results. Someone who doesn't do their research is a LOSER.

@Jettox Google is a shit company with a shit product. There is a lot of evidence that the ads crap that Google runs is fraught with fraud and scamming, and from what I have read, Google's hands aren't as clean as it likes to claim. Also, I note on the Drudge Report that Google is facing a lot of lawsuits, etc., re its invasion of privacy (see Drudge Report for links). Instead of being a good corporate citizen, Google hires a dozen new lobbyin