Keep ‘em coming Rick. Read my earlier “Listen and learn” post or this new one from Rick Segal to know what I’m on about. Here’s a teaser:
“VCs are typically stupid when it comes to this section so be prepared for a dumb question blizzard.”
Clueless sometimes…
Brilliant. The toilet in a nightclub in Hamburg was specially prepared so that after entering the toilet, the lights would go out and the room would be bathing in blacklight… highlighting a bloody crime scene in the room. All of this to promote the exclusive thrillers on 13th Street - the action and suspense channel. I’ll say it again: brilliant.
[Via directdaily]
In times when every single blog around the globe feels the need to think of some joke to post on April Fools Day, there was actually only one post that made me smile today. Lifehacker Gina Trapani posted a top 10 of harmless geek pranks and they look like pretty good office fun indeed.
Whether you install the Blue Screen Of Death screensaver on a colleague’s pc, replace the desktop with a fake version or rather customize the printer’s console message this is a post you should bookmark for whenever you’re up for some geek fun.
Just found this image and many more on a new blog called Photoshop Disasters, a destination I would recommend to all designers to bookmark. If ever you’re finishing some late job, tired, … take a look at this blog and you’ll get some energy back to finish in style. And not like how some of the work you’ll see here.
[Via Adverblog]
During the pre-conference we had at MIX08 there was also a presentation from one of the guys that works on the Surface team. To give an introduction of the Surface for those who wouldn’t have seen it he showed a video about it. The funny thing though was that he didn’t show the original video, but a spoof made by SarcasticGamer.com. Apparantly it’s around for a while but I hadn’t seen it before. Kudos to the guys who created it and also to the Surface team for using it in their own presentation!
This last post about the MIX conference is not that much related to the conference anymore actually. The conference stopped on Friday around noon and since most of the Belgians only left on Saturday morning, we had booked a helicopter flight over and trough the Grand Canyon with Sundance Helicopters. What can I say, if you are ever in Vegas do treat yourself with this, because it’s absolutely brilliant!
The Sundance company comes to pick you up with a limo by the hotel and drives you to their spot at the airport. Once you get there you sign in and about 15-20 minutes later you’re airborne, over the airport straight to the mountains. The total flight time is close to 90 minutes back and forth, and there’s a scheduled stop somewhere in the middle of the Grand Canyon offering you a fantastic view accompanied by a glass of champagne and a small lunch.
And as an image says more than a thousand words, here is what it looked like.
During the flight the helicopter films both inside and outside of the whole trip and you can buy the DVD with that footage. I’ll let you know if that’s any good by the time it arrives via post mail. Anyway, here is the full set.
We ended the day at Morton’s Steakhouse (a personal favorite) making this the perfect ending to a great event.
The key session of day 2 at MIX was without a doubt the Q&A between Guy Kawasaki and Steve Ballmer. You’ll have to watch it and see for yourself what you think of this, but I found it a quite unique experience (and I think many did with me). Can you think of any other CEO of a company such as Microsoft to do a keynote this way?
During the rest of the day, before and after the keynote, I focused mainly on sessions that talked about web2.0, social networking and mobile. Here are some videos worth watching of these sessions:
Sessions I missed but are worth checking out as well on video are:
There are a ton of sessions I still have to go through, all of them are up on http://sessions.visitmix.com/ for your viewing as well (requires Silverlight plugin).
That evening we joined the European MIX08 guests at the European party in Club 40/40 together with David Armano and his wife. The party was good fun and some magic but no pictures to share from this one… what happens in Vegas stays in Vegas I guess ;)
I have no idea what this campaign was for, but I kinda liked the idea. Maybe it’s from the billboard company, to fill up unsold billboards? Anyway, it’s a sign, that much is clear :)
- Photo from Armante
[Via Billboardom]
I know it’s a classic but when I spotted this today at Be.Interactive I just knew I had to share this here as well. Enjoy this classic cartoon.
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