If you ever wondered how big your career could get with that Hammond organ you got as a kid, consider the budding success of Pomplamoose . Hyundai tapped the YouTube-born indie-rock duo to star in some holiday ads (see below). Now, the pair are populating the Korean carmarker's YouTube channel with making-of videos (one posted after the jump) ...
4,000 dollars, that’s what Inflation and Ounce are reporting. It now takes $4,000 American dollars to purchase a whopping total of 4 ounces of metal. One ounce of Gold, Silver, Platinum and Palladium. It’s worth noting that Silver only contributes $31 dollars or so to the figure. The Ounce.Me Metric has been with us for [...]
YouTube has released a list of its top ten videos of 2010. I learned something. I learned that if you want to be “most watched,” be Justin Bieber or a talking orange. Let’s ignore the titillating topic of transient tastes and concentrate on my favorite of the videos, an Old Spice ad, and what it [...] Related posts: Lessons in Personal ...
Some may call it scorn or bitterness, but the Winklevoss twins say it’s all about the money, and there’s just not enough of it. In a 2008 lawsuit launched by the twins against the founder of Facebook, Mark Zuckerberg, they allege that the company failed to disclose their accurate profits and earnings. As a result, [...]
About 1.2 million sites have been compromised by hacker attacks that integrate malware into the site’s source code. The strong majority of these sites were just typical spots on the web, intending to give customers some useful features or information — not steal their identity or sell their contact information. However, security issues ...
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It's pretty easy these days for amateur filmmakers, or even any "idiot" with a camera, to make a pretty awesome video and slap it up on YouTube. Like this film by Jamie Stuart , Idiot with a Tripod , beautifully shot throughout the 2010 Snowpocalypse in Astoria, Queens. In fact, it's so brilliant that movie critic, Roger Ebert , has declared it ...
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AdKeeper, a startup that allows consumers to save online ads for later, has raised $35 million in Series B financing. The new round brings ten-month-old AdKeeper’s total financing to $43 million to date. The company is led by About.com founder Scott Kurnit.
You want to start off 2011 with the right mindset? Consider picking up StrengthsFinder 2.0 (amazon affiliate link) and Wellbeing (amazon affiliate link) by Tom Rath. The first gives you a really great assessment test to figure out what you’re best at doing, so that you know how to build your life around your strengths. [...]
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‘Twas a merry holiday season. Even the economy showed signs of holiday cheer. According to the Commerce Department, consumers enjoyed their biggest shopping spree since the recession began and retail sales rose 0.8% in November lifted by a 2.8% jump in department store sales. These better than expected sales figures have prompted many to revise [
I grew up in Cape Breton, where there’s been a long — and far from uniformly successful — history of government agencies trying to support and grow the island’s economy. Back in the late 1980s, when I had gone from an aborted decision to go to graduate school to being a freelance journalist, there were full page ads being ...
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Insights, inspiration, and practical leadership and business tips and advice for meaningfully integrating your life and work using the On-Purpose Approach by Kevin W. McCarthy
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This ad for the Chevrolet Silverado HD pickup truck appears on an ice chest outside a supermarket on Deer Isle, Maine. Jonathan Welsh of Driver's Seat thinks it is about the best place outside Texas to pitch heavy-duty trucks, given the needs of the local fishing community. He's probably right, but will shoppers know to look inside the Silverado ...
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When we think of car advertising, television and magazines typically come to mind, along with those huge billboards by the highway and other big-ticket media. But car makers are increasingly focusing their marketing budgets on cheaper, simpler ways to get consumers’ attention. Sometimes it doesn’t take much.
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2011 will see new web trends emerge and old ones solidify into standards. Like the teenage obsession with FarmVille in 2010, there are some web novelties we could never foresee, and we will see more of those in 2011.
Para experienciar o que os sem-abrigo sofrem, a Samusocial criou uma acção sensorial em que os utilizadores podiam 'ver' o dia-a-dia destas pessoas. No entanto, quando queriam deixar de navegar no site da acção, não conseguiam fazê-lo, aparecendo a mensagem: "Não é fácil deixar as ruas". To experience what the homeless live through, ...
Sprint has announced a new partnership with health monitoring systems provider BodyMedia and the result of which could be a newer, healthier you. At least that’s the pitch that Sprint and BodyMedia are trying to make in a clear effort to capitalize on the fitness frenzies that usually accompany the start of a new year [...]
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