Category: Cool Thinking

Fun Viral Video

Fun Viral Video

Nice viral video by Patrick Boivin a young French Canadian film maker and special effects guru. Check out his YouTube channel here. “I started by drawing comic books 15 years ago, and quickly discovered that it was faster to tell a story with video. Then I gradually became a movie-maker…” says Patrick in his short…

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Real Advertising Ideas

Real Advertising Ideas

Need some creative candy for  a great marketing idea of just want to see what real advertisng looks like. Check out this years Cannes Lions 2010 Champions. The Cannes Lions International Advertising Festival is the world’s only truly global meeting place for professionals in the communications industry. Don’t you wish you had gone. Well maybe…

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The Writer Who Could Not Read

The Writer Who Could Not Read

This is very interesting story that makes you appreciate something most of us can do with ease. We are inundated with visual icons every day and we use them to read. The mind does not use movement as part of that proses and for years therapists have been using physical movement to rewire the brain…

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Meet the Boss TV, My New Mentor

Meet the Boss TV, My New Mentor

Wow… Meet The Boss is an amazing service and it’s free. I stumbled upon this and checked out one of their (shorter edited intro) video interviews on flat management style… 3 minutes later I was registered and listening to a fascinating 16 minute interview with Rory Sutherland on how to most effectively manage your brand…

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Great Viral Ad

Great Viral Ad

Nice one Adidas. This video is screaming around the world thanks to a great Facebook based campaign to help it go viral. I have 4 people already posting it on their facebook walls. Enjoy a bit of nostalgic madness.

I Hate Your ipad… Get A Life

I Hate Your ipad… Get A Life

Wonderful read by on old writing busy from the Far East. You forget the importance of conversation and wonder why we have such disfunctional lives. It’s all the distractions… From Collin Piprell’s Lastest Blog post: Excerpt: In Thailand, the iPad mostly remains a rumor of digital utopia on the other side of the world. But…

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Don’t Be Scared Of Facebook, Just Get Some Privacy

Don’t Be Scared Of Facebook, Just Get Some Privacy

Just finished reading a log blog post (5 pages) by J.R. Bookwalter and thought it touched on some important ideas and information regarding Facebook privacy settings. So if you have a Facebook account check the excerpt below and list of subjects that he covers and if you have even the slightest interest in privacy I…

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Active People Have Better Thinking Power

Active People Have Better Thinking Power

Just finished reading a fantastic blog post By Ray B. Williams on management motivation and how the brain can be rewired to think the wrong way. Here is an excerpt from Ray’s post titled: Management Rewired: What Can Brain Science Tell Us About Leadership Behavior? By Ray B. Williams Charles Jacobs, author of Management Rewired:…

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