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How does Malcolm Gladwell see the world? A peek into a social critic’s microverse...
Top-selling author and New York Times columnist Malcolm Gladwell says we could understand each other more clearly if we remember everyone exists in their own little micro-universe. In this video, Gladwell expands on this idea. One gets the impression that a ride through Gladwell's brain would be a wild one, indeed.
Is this the best or worst piece of marketing you’ve seen all year? [How...
Is it just me or are the most brilliant examples of marketing invariably those commissioned to sell the most reprehensible, unpleasant or just plain awkward products and services? While I suspect that this creative piece of packaging won't win any industry awards anytime soon, it nevertheless prompts me to ask the question: Could this be the best (or worst) piece of marketing you've seen all year?
The scrollwheel: The agony of watching others browse the web
When redditors come together many great things can happen. They can trash a video of the National Organization for Marriage or they can help a homeless man with a golden voice. This example ain’t nothing so fancy, but nevertheless proves that people can come together to give life to each other’s ideas.
Anthill Poll: Are these “3D Glasses” the real deal or eye-rolling tomfoolery?
After watching this video, we decided that something special was required -- that this clip deserves more than your average Anthill TV presentation (which, we humbly acknowledge, is not at all average, but rather superior to any video potpourri in the World Wide Webiverse). Oh, yes. This one demands a poll.
Human dynamo Creel Price shares his secrets for starting and growing a business [VIDEO]
Inspiring, entrepreneurial dynamo Creel Price is in constant motion, whether it's motivating fellow entrepreneurs, nurturing the next generation of capitalists or climbing Mount Kilimanjaro. He sits down with Jack Delosa and talks about how to start a business and romance your clients.
Capitalism could do with a rethink, claims Michael E. Porter
When it comes to smarts, Harvard professors and their Ivy League cronies always bring their A-game. So when educator Michael E. Porter recommended capitalism could do with a bit of a rethink, it’s worth listening to what the fellow has to say.
“The American Dream” employs engaging animation to tell a fiscal horror story [VIDEO]
"The American Dream" is a horror story told in "South Park" style. It says the U.S. Federal Reserve Bank has locked the US in a nigh-unbreakable cycle of loans, interest and debt, using an endless flow of currency that's backed by absolutely nothing. Side-splitting yet sobering, there's a lesson in this YouTube 'epic' for everyone.
Eat your heart out, iPad. Lenovo laptop screen detaches to become a tablet.
Lenovo has the tablet market all a-flutter with its new IdeaPad U1 hybrid. Is it a laptop? Is it an iPad inspired tablet? The IdeaPad is both, boasting a detachable resistive multi-touch display, an Intel CULV processor and a 128GB SSD.
Thinking is so overrated: Google ruins Sudoku for everyone [VIDEO]
Sudoku. What a wonderful puzzle game. Calisthenics for the brain. Keeps the ol' gray matter in fighting trim, yes, it does. To which Google replies: Pppbbhhhhttt.
Fruit-loopy video: Ronnie Corbett’s dongle won’t fit in his Blackberry [VIDEO]
It seems British comedy legend Ronnie Corbett's character has a problem with his Blackberry ... er, blackberry. In addition to this bit being incredibly smart (and deliciously old-skool), it also reminds us that even in the digital age, what's new is old, as we outfit common words and phrases with new definitions.
Future Capital founder Domenic Carosa talks about investing in internet ‘upstarts’ [VIDEO]
Domenic Carosa, at age 35, is already a wily veteran of online entrepreneurship. In this wide-ranging interview with Anthill, he talks about investing in internet upstarts (as compared to startups) and about what kinds of entrepreneur he's likely to invest in. Oh, and keep an eye out for a Special Guest Appearance at 5:23. Woof.
What were the dumbest mobile phone products in 2010? Ovum reveals the ‘winners’ of...
A service that employs a real person to call you each day to tell you how awesome you are -- and charges $45 a month for this 'feel good' moment -- was the forehead-slapping winner of Ovum's annual Wireless Turkey Awards.
This year, the world’s population will pass 7 billion. Here’s what that means in...
Sometime in 2011, the world's population is expected to tick past 7 billion. That's a difficult number to get one's head around, but National Geographic does a pretty good job in 2 minutes and 58 seconds of video.
What was Australia’s favourite YouTube video for 2010? It is ‘so dumb, so really,...
OK, Australia, what was the most-watched YouTube video on the continent in 2010? Was it the national election? The gulf oil spill? The rescue of the Chilean miners? Of course not! According to Google Australia, the pinnacle of the video chart belonged to this catchy remix.
OMG! Mobile usage in 2011 is going to be #reallyreallybig [STATS & VIDEO]
Five billion apps downloaded in 2010. A 347% jump in Twitter mobile usage. Mobile Future, a coalition of businesses, non-profits and individuals pushing for advances in wireless technology, wants us to know that mobile is going to be really, really big in 2011.
Wolf of Wall Street Jordan Belfort gives advice to entrepreneurs: “Go out and frikkin’...
One of Anthill's own -- two-time 30under30 winner Jack Delosa -- gives us a preview of a video interview with Jordan Belfort, the infamous Wolf of Wall Street. Just a few minutes of listening to Belfort provides a taste of the manic passion, drive and intelligence it required to soar so high and sink so low. He talks about making the big score, serial entrepreneurship, and schmoozing with Richard Branson. He talks about keeping it all about ambition instead of greed.
RetailMeNot’s Guy King talks about the acquisition of his business for a reported US$90...
RetailMeNot co-founder Guy King has much to be thankful for this holiday season. In early December, he and co-founder Bevan Clark sold the online coupon directory to WhaleShark Media for a reported US$90 million. The business was launched four years ago with only $30.00 in startup funding. Anthill's James Tuckerman caught up with King in the studios of Media Saints shortly before the 2010 Christmas break.
How does it do that? iPhone app translates text on the fly
If your reaction after watching this video is "they're yanking my chain," you're not alone. We had a similar reaction. It doesn't seem feasible than an app could not just translate the words on an object, but project the translation on the object itself. Right?
Well, ‘Hallelujah’! Choir gives shoppers an improv treat at food court
It starts with a smallish woman bundled up in a gray coat and a big, red scarf. She stands up from her lunch at a food court in a mall in southern Ontario, Canada. A cell phone is pressed to the right ear. She opens her mouth and reveals a fixture-rattling soprano voice that belts the first couple of lines to Handel's "Hallelujah Chorus." It's a very festive flash mob!
[email protected]! What if the Nativity played out in the digital age?
How would the story of the Nativity play out if Joseph, Mary and the Three Wise Men had access to email, smartphones, online social media and Internet shopping? A Portuguese web-development company put together a cheeky video Christmas card that offers a early 21st century version of the birth of Jesus.
