Tag: video

Let’s hope he doesn’t ask them to sing their college fight songs or alma mater

Corporate Anthems – theme songs of big, soul-less businesses. An artist-prankster (Johannes Grenzfurthner of monochrom) checks in with employees of KPMG to see how well they know their corporate song. (Sorry about the annoying BMW ads.) Via Boing Boing.

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Now playing: Devo – Devo Corporate Anthem
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Friday Five: Spring cleaning edition

Ah, spring. When a young blogger’s fancy turns to uncluttering his Google Reader, or at least his starred items.

  1. The conversation has left the blogosphere and moved into a wide array of other online venues. Tips on how to keep up.
  2. But if you’re still reading blogs (and I sure hope you are), here’s one to follow: HighEdWebTech. Found via Brad Ward.
  3. How to find the best online information sources.
  4. Do you like free stuff? Do you like social media? Do you like to read? Here’s a great deal for you.
  5. Add “watch this video” to your to-do list, and then do it. If you accomplish nothing else today, then you’ll at least have watched a funny video.

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Now playing: Warren Zevon – Play It All Night Long
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Friday Five: Special Leap Day “29” edition

Today is Friday, so you know what that means: a Friday Five.

But it’s also Leap Day — Feb. 29, and event that only comes around once every four years. It’s the first Leap Day of this blog’s existence, so instead of our usual Friday Five fare, today ye shall feast on five 29-second videos that were entered into KansasCity.com’s 29-second film festival. (Note to amateur filmmakers: It’s not too late to enter. You have until midnight CT today. Here’s how.)

  1. The Show-Me Bullet Bike, a time-compressed video of a Missouri S&T student group’s attempt to break the collegiate land speed record last fall, created by our university’s very own award-winning videographer Tom Shipley. (Some readers may know Tom better as half of the ’70s folk-rock duo Brewer and Shipley, of “One Toke Over the Line” fame. But that’s another story altogether.) (And yes, this is a blatant promotion of a Missouri S&T student design project. If you’d like to see a longer video about the bullet bike, here it is.)
  2. Turbo Carrots. I like it for the guy’s Kansas City Royals jersey, if for no other reason.
  3. Uncle Sam’s Cash Advance.
  4. 29. Paging Jack Bauer.
  5. Family Values. Starring sweet, innocent 9-year-old Cassandra.

    6. And a bonus Leap Day video:

  6. 02.29.08.

Best college president holiday card of the season

Red River College decided to take a pass on the traditional holiday card this year and opt for a video version styled after an episode of The Office, starring RRC President Jeff Zabudsky as the college’s version of Michael Scott.

The RRC team did a nice job with the video. It isn’t perfect by any means, but it’s a refreshing change from the usual holiday fare colleges and universities churn out.

It’s especially nice to see a college CEO having fun. AS RRC’s Colin Fast explains on Karine Joly’s blog, Zabudsky was all for the idea. “He had a blast and didn’t hesitate to do anything we asked. He was really keen on developing a fun card concept and realized he might have to ham it up a bit for that to happen.”

The video is also available on YouTube, and more details about the production from Colin Fast on Karine Joly’s blog.

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Now playing: Over The Rhine – I’m On A Roll
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What’s your Gmail story?

Google is harnessing the popularity of its free email program, Gmail, with the power of storytelling and user-generated content for a viral video campaign: What’s your Gmail story?

I found out about the campaign via this link that showed up when I logged on to Gmail this morning.

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Now playing: Radiohead – Weird Fishes/Arpeggi
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