Chris Pratt becomes more powerful than you can possibly imagine in this video for Kinect Star Wars.
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I don’t travel that much but this looks like so much fun.
One Hour Of (Cat) Video Is Uploaded To YouTube Every Second
Seriously? Wow.
The much-loved (by some) Coca-Cola polar bears make their long-awaited (by some) return to high-profile soda-guzzling not only in 30-second Game Day spots, but also in the social sphere. During the game, you can go to CokePolarBear.com, which will be hosted within Facebook when it goes live, and watch the bears watch the game. The polar bears won’t just be sitting still either, they’ll be reacting to the action on the field.
via FastCo.
Source: youtube.com
We’ll Fix It In Post
“I have got one vote,” New Hampshire Republican Don Byrne told us just before the primary there. “Do I vote strategically for the person who I think could beat the President? Do I vote tactically for the person who I think represents my views?”
via Washington Week
I think this quote sums up my issue with the Republican party this year. Every news-bite I hear describes their entire strategy as, “Find the person who can beat Barack Obama.”
Never-mind that no one is truly happy with any of these candidates. Nope. We just want someone - anyone - who can beat the pants off that guy in the White House. In TV & film we have a saying for this: “We’ll fix it in post.” That refers to the idea that no matter what the problem is on-set, we can find a solution in the post process (edit, vfx, etc.) that’ll fix it. In other words, “We’ll figure it out later.”
This is the entire Republican strategy for 2012. Let’s find someone who can be just electable enough that he can beat the President. Everything else we’ll fix once he’s elected. Call me cynical but isn’t that just a bit depressing? How do you make postcards with that as a saying? Where are the bumper stickers with a catchy tagline?
Contrast that strategy with the Democrats from ‘08 and what’s sure to be the ‘12 strategy: “Yes we can.” Simple, positive, succinct.
I’m not saying the Democrats are perfect. But from an advertising stand point, they know how to sell an idea. That’s just how I see it.
The Glif. I hope to lessen my blurry photos now.
Project Management: Sometimes old school is best.
Has Snickers Gone Nuts on Twitter?
The Snickers Twitter stunt illustrated how social media can be exploited and those active on social networks do not appreciate being deceived. We constantly find ourselves in discussions with clients who see social media as the answer to all their problems, as they fling around buzzwords such as engagement and social media influence.
Twitter is such a huge, untapped advertising wild west that it’s still a trial & error type of opportunity for brands.
Foursquare last night unveiled a new video that appears on their logged out homepage. It gives users a sense of what foursquare is really about, but perhaps most telling are the things that aren’t mentioned.
As you’d expect, the new video focuses heavily on the recommendations aspect of foursquare. It also speaks to keeping up with your friends with photos and comments and redeeming deals offered by local businesses. In the 59 second video, “check in” is used exactly once (and then only in reference to unlocking specials).
Source: aboutfoursquare.com
Crunch: Extract & Preview Resources of iOS Apps
Federico Viticci, macstories.netThose who design and developer for iOS know how useful it can be to take a peek inside an application’s resources and see how other developers and designers chose to structure an app. This can be done by locating an app’s .ipa file in th…
I’ve been looking for something like this for a long time.
NimbleBIt’s Tiny Tower calls Zynga out.
The Normals Make It Complicated
From this Dec; a great article about the difference between ‘Normal’ people’s problems/issues and what ‘Techie’s’ think are normal people’s problems/issues & try in vain to solve.
Cox reveals the flaws in the ways that techies adapt their products for Normals with two different examples, one of a sample thought process that leads a techie into thinking they know what a Normal person wants and then, what a Normal actually wants (versus what a techie thinks they want)
[1] “There’s so much work involved in managing all my Twitter accounts, there should be a tool to manage that and Facebook and YouTube and my RSS feeds all in one place.”
[2] “My home theater isn’t great, but I’m not sure what I need to make it better. Tom has Blu-ray and is happy with it. Can your site help me with that?”
Unknowingly, I also touched on this around the same time in a post I wrote over Christmas entitled ‘Complicated’. It’s about how I, as a ‘Techie’, keep forgetting how complicated this whole ecosystem of software, apps, & mobile devices really is.
I’m talking about trying to explain to a layperson the difference between webmail in iCloud, the Mail.app program, and the Mail app on his iPad. Why he can do some things on one device but can’t on others.
I guess great minds think alike.
Fact Checking the State of the Union
PolitiFact is beginning to fact check some of the statements during last nights speech.
