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Archive for April, 2009

Faces (sequences)

Thursday, April 30th, 2009 Posted in Creativity | 2 Comments »

In my March 9th, 2008 post, I shared the 'Me girl' Youtube video of Ahree Lee, taking a picture of herself for 3 years. Two other people became famous by doing the same thing: Noah Kalina took a photo of himself every day ...

Greenpeace global warming ads

Wednesday, April 29th, 2009 Posted in Creativity, Taking a stand | No Comments »

Three great new adverts especially designed for Youtube. This is the first one, click on the balloon hint to see the next ones. You may have to look several times before you understand them. These are the other two.

Postsecret

Monday, April 20th, 2009 Posted in Creativity, Taking a stand | No Comments »

At the PopTech conference in 2008, Frank Warren shares how his PostSecret blog, which started as a gimmick 4 year earlier, turned into a blog making a difference to many people, and inspiring others to work out their own great ideas, ...

Susan Boyle

Monday, April 20th, 2009 Posted in ... Other | 1 Comment »

I can hardly imagine anyone missed this, but just in case: Susan Boyle at Britain's got talent of 11. April. Plenty of interviews with her on Youtube if you want to know more.

Adverts

Monday, April 13th, 2009 Posted in Creativity | No Comments »

We are being swamped with adverts everywhere. Maybe that's why it amazes me that people working in that business still come up with great new ideas. This is how Loewe markets their televisions: Hammy the hamster goes organic: The Russian website Maestro makes this ...

Lego

Monday, April 13th, 2009 Posted in Creativity | No Comments »

Lots of people express their creativity with Lego. Italian photographer Marco Pece recreates 10 famous paintings in Lego, others build a safe, a pair of sneakers or a miniature Stephen Hawking with it. Others do it a little bigger, like two ...

Did you know?

Tuesday, April 7th, 2009 Posted in Creativity | 1 Comment »

The Shift Happens video from Karl Fisch and Scott McLeod got this "2.0" update in 2007. To me, this indicates that we know less and less what is coming at us. Not as a problem, but just the consequence of ...