ANTHILL TV
The Monthly Schwag (The segment formerly known as Cool for Comment)
At Anthill, we often find ourselves at the receiving end of unsolicited marketing gifts, from keyrings to… well… Beatles CDs. Last month, we decided to film our reactions and opinions about some of the best (and worst), and called it, ‘cool for comment’. The response was so positive (James got ambushed in a pub by a guy called Steve and Lachy's Auntie Jean thought it was 'swell') that we've decided to do it again, under the new and improved, more apt segment heading, 'the monthly schwag.'
Google Wave explained in two minutes
For all the buzz about Google Wave, not many people can explain it well in a couple of minutes (even the overview by Google developers Lars Rasmussen and Stephanie Hannon took over 1h 20m!). What hope do we poor sods without an early beta invite have?
Help at last. This brilliant, slick, two-minute video from EpipheoStudios.com explains Googles new communications platform/concept for the layperson.
New amphibious WaterCar will make your life awesome
At last, an amphibious car designed for The Dude. Californian-based WaterCar, Inc. builds high-performance cars that are also high performance boats.
Now going for a cruise really means going for a cruise. Put the top down, turn the tunes up and head for the big blue. As this promotional video reveals, there are bound to be bikini-clad grads on Spring Break, hanging around waiting to cheer you - and your WaterCar Python - on.
Magician cons real people into accepting blank paper as money
Derren Brown is a popular English magician (among other things) and host of the popular UK television series, Mind Control. In this clip, he achieves the seemingly impossible, conning people into accepting blank paper as money. Who do you think would be more likely to fall for his ruse? A street-corner hotdog vendor or an upmarket diamond merchant?
Words don’t do this mobile technology justice. Just watch.
Imagine that you are walking down the street with your mobile phone in hand and you'd like to know what is going on in your neck of the woods. You can now hold up your phone and, using your mobile phone's camera, see "tags" overlaid onto whatever you’re looking at. For example, you might observe a "Two for one coffer offer - Joe's Coffee." Or "Art Gallery Opening Today."
How can we stop companies banning social media apps at work?
I don't know about you (dear readers) but, whenever I'm stuck for an answer at work, I either look for an instructional screencast on YouTube, pose my question to fellow Anthilians via IM and Skype, request feedback from LinkedIn Groups or simply blog about it.
Remembrance of things past (a video to make you fear the future)
A dark animated short film set in the future where a major corporation has developed software that stores all the lost memories of humankind. We're looking for something here... Something real.
Ali G pitches Ice Cream Gloves to The Donald, VCs
Sacha Baron Cohen might be making more waves these days with his other alter egos, Borat and Brüno, but his original breakout character, Ali G (ayyyeee), was where it all began. In this clip, Ali G gets his entrepreneur on, pitching his idea for "Ice Cream Gloves" to a less-than-wooed Donald Trump and a series of bemused US VCs.
Anthill's Top 10 Most Brainless Consumer Products (Part #1)
Because it's Friday (and Beer O'Clock is nigh), we thought it might be fun to assemble Anthill's Top 10 Most Brainless Consumer Products. We made it to five before our thirst became too great. So, we're delegating the remaining five to you!
Anthill’s Top 10 Most Brainless Consumer Products (Part #1)
Because it's Friday (and Beer O'Clock is nigh), we thought it might be fun to assemble Anthill's Top 10 Most Brainless Consumer Products. We made it to five before our thirst became too great. So, we're delegating the remaining five to you!
Liubinskas at TechCrunch50: Aussie startup entrepreneurs from iPitch & spellr.us
Pollenizer's Mick Liubinskas, Anthill's man on the ground at this week's TechCrunch50 conference in San Francisco, has been wandering around with his trusty video camera hunting down Aussie startup entrepreneurs to interview for you.
In this first video, he interviews Green Lane Digital, the team behind iPitch, an online platform matching companies and investors. Below, Liubinskas catches up with another regular contributor, spellr.us founder Kevin Garber.
Liubinskas at TechCrunch50: Aussie startup entrepreneurs from iPitch & spellr.us
Pollenizer's Mick Liubinskas, Anthill's man on the ground at this week's TechCrunch50 conference in San Francisco, has been wandering around with his trusty video camera hunting down Aussie startup entrepreneurs to interview for you.
In this first video, he interviews Green Lane Digital, the team behind iPitch, an online platform matching companies and investors. Below, Liubinskas catches up with another regular contributor, spellr.us founder Kevin Garber.
Ari Gold's business startup advice is on the money
Ari Gold, the fast-talking fictional Hollywood agent in the hit TV show Entourage, may not be known for his sensitivity nor subtlety. But no one would accuse him of being naive when it comes to business.
Ari Gold’s business startup advice is on the money
Ari Gold, the fast-talking fictional Hollywood agent in the hit TV show Entourage, may not be known for his sensitivity nor subtlety. But no one would accuse him of being naive when it comes to business.
You think Twitter is indulgent. Check out "hauling".
"Hauling" = videoing yourself showing off items you have just bought and posting it on YouTube for the world to see.
This clip, from the Al Gore-backed Current TV, contains everything that is right and wrong with America.
You think Twitter is indulgent. Check out “hauling”.
"Hauling" = videoing yourself showing off items you have just bought and posting it on YouTube for the world to see.
This clip, from the Al Gore-backed Current TV, contains everything that is right and wrong with America.
How to get hired in sales – just ask Abott & Costello
Sometimes, all it takes to move ahead in life is being able to back up your fresh perspective with unique logic. Anyone can crank a widget, but how many people can prove that 7 x 13 = 28?
How to get hired in sales – just ask Abott & Costello
Sometimes, all it takes to move ahead in life is being able to back up your fresh perspective with unique logic. Anyone can crank a widget, but how many people can prove that 7 x 13 = 28?
The top 10 greatest Australian television commercials ever
One more round of beers and I'd pulled out my notepad and we were brainstorming the Top 10 Greatest Australian Television Commercials Ever.
The art of magazine cover design
There's no denying the decline of print media and the move to digital publishing.
