Freshly released teaser trailer for Pixar’s upcoming movie, “Up”. Excited? Yes.
Speaking of movies. “The Fall” looks amazing. Reviews are a bit split, but I loved “Pushing Daisies” (Lee Pace). And there’s no denying that this trailer is beautiful.
Year: 2008
Amway Global Ad – 30 Seconds of Confusion
While watching TV today, I saw this gem of an advertisement. The question is, how many brands can you shove at viewers in 30 seconds?
Nutrilite, Amway Global, Quixtar, and Artistry. And they dare to proclaim “Now You Know” at the end of this monstrosity.
China’s Newest Fitness Sport
New York Times making it happen with some quality video reporting about Chinese women and their newest fitness activity: pole dancing.
New Zealand’s Foundation for the Deaf: Lip Reading
Laughing at Facebook
Facebook ads are generating a laughable 7.5-cent CPM. The recent Facebook Developer Conference avoided discussing the impact that this has on both Facebook’s future as well as the future for application developers who are now expected to play nice and fight for Facebook’s good graces to really scrape up that golden pot of 7.5-cents.
The good news? Facebook Connect looks promising and can’t be as evil as Beacon. Microsoft is now running Facebook search and seems to be on the cusp of some interesting search technology dubbed BrowseRank.
Randy Pausch
I’ve been meaning to write a post about Randy Pausch and his “Last Lecture” since last September but never got around to it.
Earlier today, Randy Pausch passed away from pancreatic cancer. He was a computer science professor from Carnegie Mellon who delivered his final lecture after doctor’s predicted he only had 5 more months to live. The lecture quickly spread throughout the web and Randy Pausch’s hopeful remarks were viewed by millions. From his lecture, Dr. Pausch published a book which has now been translated into 30 languages. Hopefully you will find the time to listen to or read his words.
Randy Pausch Last Lecture: Achieving Your Childhood Dreams
Excellent Photo Collection by Phillip Toledano
Beautiful work by photographer Phillip Toledano depicting the last days he spent with his father. The emotions behind the photos and words struck me more than any other photo essay in recent memory.