Archive for the ‘YouTube’ Category

Infomercials Are the New Press Conferences

November 22, 2016

Infomercials Are the New Press Conferences

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Re-Imagining Work

October 10, 2013


Dave Coplin, Chief Envisioning Officer at Microsoft, addressed the Royal Society for the encouragement of Arts, Manufactures and Commerce (RSA), imagining how technology can empower an open, collaborative and flexible working culture. Video of his full lecture is here, but the short animated excerpt above is even more fun.

Illustrator: Andrew Park of Cognitive Media for RSA Animate.

Business Reimagined, Dave Coplin (Harriman House)

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Einstein Plays Mozart

September 21, 2013

Einstein played the violin. Was he any good? Well, it’s all, um, relative ….

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Lake Street Dive

February 23, 2013

The party starts at 0:27.

Lake Street Dive, on a sidewalk in Brighton, Massachusetts. Rachael Price (lead vocalist), Bridget Kearney (bass), Mike Olson (trumpet), Mike Calabrese (drums).

More videos here.

h/t: Maddie Oatman, Mother Jones

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Outrospection

December 8, 2012

Philosopher and author Roman Krznaric recently addressed the Royal Society for the encouragement of Arts, Manufactures and Commerce (RSA), explaining how we can help drive social change by stepping outside ourselves. Video of his full lecture is here, but the short animated excerpt above is even more fun.

Illustrator: Andrew Park of Cognitive Media for RSA Animate.

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The Horror … the Horror ….

October 31, 2012

Residents of Springfield, Virginia’s Greenspring Retirement Community celebrate Halloween in song lip-sync.

NotionsCapital wishes a safe and sane All Hallow’s Eve to you and yours.

Related:

“The origin of that terrible Monster Mash song,” Tracey Samuelson, Christian Science Monitor

“A Worldwide Celebration Of Halloween,” Zeon Santos, Neatorama

“Drop that Candy Bar, Pagan!” Peter Montgomery, Religion Dispatches

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The Internet is Made Out of Cats

September 5, 2012

The Internet is Made Out of Cats

“A cat wearing a short tie plays music on a cat-shaped keyboard (“Pancake Meowsic Video,” 185,459 views). A woman performs sun salutations with a cat on her back (“Cat Loves Yoga,” 1,539 views). A man slaps two cats on an ironing board to the beat of “Atmosphere” (“Cat Slap Joy Division,” 357,605 views; watch this one). (Now, I mean.) Kittens try to keep up with an accelerating treadmill (“Treadmill Kittens,” 3.4 million views). A fat cat walks on an underwater treadmill (“Fat Cat Walking on Underwater Treadmill,” 133,434 views). Two cats cuff at a treadmill in perplexed inquisition (“Cats Try to Understand Treadmill,” 1.9 million views). Search YouTube for “cat treadmill” and see how many results there are. Or, actually, don’t.”

— “In Search of the Living, Purring, Singing Heart of the Online Cat-Industrial Complex,” Gideon Lewis-Kraus, Wired

Cat videos are central to our cultural ethos. They were invented in 1894 by the father of the American entertainment industry, Thomas Edison:

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The YouTube Collection

April 1, 2012

Available April 1, 2012.

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Guacamole

March 11, 2012

Stop-action video recipe by PES (Adam Pesapane).

PES on Facebook.

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Online Film Festival

March 4, 2012

Online Film Festival

The PBS Online Film Festival has begun, and new independent films will be added each Monday until there are 28 in all. Start watching here.

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