April 2010
24 posts
WatchThe future of digital advertising - a truly immersive branded experience.
Unfortunately you can’t have the full experience in the embedded player, so hop over to Vimeo to take a look.
WatchIf this doesn’t put a smile on your face, I don’t know what will. Instrumenti - a Latvian duo who wear panda suits. Catchy tunes too (a la Mika).
What If I Had Bought Apple Stock Instead? →
A share today is worth over 40 times its value seven years ago… But I chose to buy the iPod. Argh.
Culture at Netflix
Think that Zappos is the only company that does “culture” right? Take a look at Netflix. Incredible.
WatchJust love this music video for The Album Leaf. Beautiful color-grading, shallow depth of field, very realistic. Most certainly shot with a 5DmkII.
WatchNuit Blanche by Arev Manoukian. All I can say is “wow”.
For Arev Manoukian, capturing the live action for his elegant short film Nuit Blanche came easy: He filmed two principal actors in four days on a green-screen soundstage in Toronto.
The hard part happened over the next eight months, as the 28-year-old Canadian filmmaker hammered out densely layered digital effects shots...
intheageoflasers:
Pomplamoose: “Don’t Want To...
Film Futures Trading Approved Over Hollywood... →
A big step in making the Hollywood Stock Exchange come to life… An exciting (and iffy) situation for the film industry!
The Future of Shopping... From Your Bedroom
I just had one of the coolest digital shopping experiences — tried on a pair of eyeglasses from my computer. Warby Parker seems to be using a unique service called FittingBox that allows for digital compositing of products on photos and webcam images.
This is augmented reality technology put to good use.
SeatGeek →
Great platform featuring a statistical algorithm for predicting the price of sports and concert tickets.
WatchTrailer for “Son of a Don” by Spielberg protegé Michael Koerbel
WatchHilarious commentary on California’s education budget cuts starring Megan Fox. Another hit for FunnyOrDie.
Yours Truly →
The online gallery of a Bay Area artists collective. Self described as “melody thirsty, hit happy, riff rabid fans in constant search for music that matters. On the flip side, we’re filmmakers, photographers, designers and storytellers…”. The site offers a view into some incredible live music sessions at their studio including performances by The Morning Benders, Thao...
