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Most of us default to retweets and quick shares on Twitter these days, but for posterity and future reference I’m going to blogroll a few articles I found particularly interesting this month. How an Offer to Sell Wistia Inspired Us to Take On $17M in Debt Most founders dream of building a product that eventually […]
A fantastically told founding story behind Naadam, a sweater company breaking a cashmere cartel. This video perfectly highlights the importance of good storytelling in shaping a genuine customer connection with a brand, and in turn selling lots of products.
It is both daunting and surreal to see what our generation can conceptualise, and in a few years from now build. To shape a future reality our children will see as quite ordinary!
In November 2014, from Cape Town to San Francisco, I was miraculously upgraded to fly first class. For free. On not one, but two long haul flights via Dubai. A total of over 20 hours in a flying palace. It was an incredibly surreal and scarily opulent experience. It was my first (and only) time […]
This week I discovered the artist “Twinkle twinkle little rockstar“. Thanks to an episode of Mr. Robot of all places. If, like me, you are a sleep-deprived parent used to the constant soft noise of baby carousels and nursery rhymes on YouTube baby channels, then this artist is a welcomed life line. There are some great covers to musically […]
For the last 3 years I have been exploring Table Mountain National Park in pursuit of capturing its beauty like never seen before timelapse video. Recommended in 4K! Follow Brendon Wainwright on Instagram.
Great to see what is possible today thanks to the Vimeo and Kickstarter communities. Modern day filmmaking at it’s best. Well done to Salomon Ligthelm.
David Blaine explains what it took to achieve his goal of becoming the Guinness World Record holder for holding his breath the longest.
Got 10 minutes to spare? Even if you don’t watch this video – shot and narrated by photographer Zack Arias. A story with a much deeper message than just the struggles of a photographer comparing himself to others.
http://www.mtvengineroom.com/flowplayer/FlowPlayerDark.swf?config=%7Bembedded%3Atrue%2Cloop%3Afalse%2CsplashImageFile%3A%27%2Fimg%2Fvideo%5Fthumb%2Ejpg%27%2CstreamingServerURL%3A%27rtmp%3A%2F%2Fstreaming.mtvengineroom.com%2Fondemand%2Fengineroom%2Fmer%2FER1%2Fshow%27%2CvideoFile%3A%27ER1_english_europe_embed%27%2CinitialScale%3A%27scale%27%2CcontrolBarBackgroundColor%3A%270×000000%27%2CautoBuffering%3Atrue%2CautoPlay%3Afalse%7D You might have heard? MTV and HP have teamed up to bring 4 teams of digital artists from around the world to New York City to compete in a series of creative challenges. The winning team takes home $400,000USD in cash plus HP gear. I love the concept of this show and will definitely […]