My friend Andrew McLaughlin had pointed me to this very cool video and this post a while back – re Technology and the White House transition – and I only now got to see it. The way the new techies in the White House are thinking about government and governance is really innovative – they [...]
Nice idea for a social enterprise to build a guerrilla marketing campaign on:
Interesting article on an effort to bridge the frontier between the real and virtual worlds of gaming and entertainment, an area that interests me a lot. Booyah Wants You to Level Up, Online and Off By Jenna Wortham Tricking out your video-game character with the biggest weaponry, the brightest enchantments and the rarest pieces of [...]
Art is a lie. A lie that makes us realize the truth. – Pablo Picasso
A few people are funnier and sweeter in real life than in their hilarious comedic personas. Danny DeVito is such a person. Here is a new quirky project from Danny, our friend and Board member in the Foundation, courtesy of Rhea Perlman, the only person on earth who is even funnier than Danny. Watch till [...]
In an interesting note about the gap between knowledge and learning, Gidi Grinstein pointed me to this amazing video that highlights the quick pace at which information is growing. This year, more information will be created than was generated in the prior 5,000 years.
My friend Justin Fox appeared on the Daily Show and provided some compelling insights about why markets and people behave irrationally… The Daily Show With Jon Stewart Mon – Thurs 11p / 10c Justin Fox www.thedailyshow.com Daily Show Full Episodes Political Humor Joke of the Day
This campaign from VW is hilarious and very effective. (thanks to Eytan Heller for bringing to my attention) Start by visiting Helga’s myspace page. Then visit these:
Our amazing friend Jason Alexander, whose George Costanza character in Seinfeld is the furthest thing different from the real Jason, spoke to OneVoice youth earlier today about the Imagine 2018 essay and film project and caught a ton of media attention. It cracks me up how amazing stuff happens every day by ordinary Israelis and [...]
You cannot do a kindness too soon, for you never know how soon it will be too late. -Ralph Waldo Emerson Thx to Natalie, Erica and Kim for pointing me to this one and including it in the Essence of KIND presentation – very much in sync with KIND and the KINDED campaign.