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    Batelco Infinity

    Commercials — Leave a comment
    March 25, 2011

    A brilliant and stunning video ad campaign is virally expanding through the interwebs recently (and when I say “virally expanding” I mean “my dad got it in his email”).

    This is a campaign for Batelco Infinity, a telecom provider from Bahrain. From the crisp looks, tons of money had been poured into the production.


    Contagious Magazine:

    Bahrain-based agency FP7/BAH worked for over a year to bring together a super glossy short film. Batelco wanted to launch into the market with the proposition of ‘Bringing ideas to life’ to show the potential of its offerings to facilitate global communication.

    Jazarah.net:

    Infinity is an ambitious project by Batelco to launch its new brand positioning “Bringing Ideas to Life”, I don’t remember seeing such an amazing work coming from this part of the world, Batelco has certainly nailed a huge exposure and scored a milestone with more than 111,000 fans on facebook.

    This ad is one of the top ten of TED’s Ads Worth Spreading.


    Tags: Brilliant Stunning
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    Does Twitter need a promo video? Apparently So

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    March 23, 2011



    Very well done.

    Tags: Twitter
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    The Urwerk UR-110 Torpedo

    Crave — Comments Off
    March 19, 2011

    Behold the UR-110 Torpedo from Urwerk, an elite luxury Switzerland watch maker.


    Many more details and analysis can be found aplenty at the aBlogToRead article.

    Regarding the price? Based on similar watches on the market, I presume something in the $50K or more.

    (Sigh) Till I found a watch worth wearing.

    OK, keep dreamin’.


    Tags: Watch
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    J.J Abrams “Super 8″ Trailer Unleashed

    Sci-Fi-Fantasy — Comments Off
    March 10, 2011

    A new J.J. Abrams movie? With Spielberg producing? The expectations are high after Cloverfield, IMHO one of the best Sci-Fi films of the last years.

    A trailer for the new secret project was unleashed earlier today on Twitter, and as expected is virally expanding.

    I love his use of the hand-held cameras – this movie seems to revolve around the same theme again.

    The hopes are high, J.J – Do not disappoint please!

    Teaser:



    Trailer:


    Tags: JJ Abrams
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    Facebook Comments : A Threat to the Open Web

    Open Web — Comments Off
    March 5, 2011

    Urgh. Facebook rolls out a new commenting system for embedding on external sites, with the benefit of easy user sign-on and identification for comments.

    Beware, It’s a trap. Your comments on sites OUTSIDE of Facebook will be owned by Facebook now. The plan: Become the the identity provider for the web, on the way to replace the web itself with a single site: www.facebook.com.

    Welcome to the new world.

    Edit: Just had time to read Theoblogical’s clearer explanation of why this is a bad thing. Good read.


    Tags: Arrgh, Facebook, OpenWeb, Rants
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    Tron Uprising Trailer debuts

    Sci-Fi-Fantasy — Comments Off
    March 5, 2011

    Disney will launch an animated series based on the world (and visual design) of the latest Tron: Legacy, which is a stunning visual treat.

    From the below trailer it seems they got the feel of the visuals right. I guess I will need to get used to the animated faces, that look too Anime to me.

    I Hope the story and characters will not suck – but I am afraid they will.

    Ariel


    Tags: Tron
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    Battlefield 3 Trailer – Jaw Dropping

    Games — Comments Off
    March 4, 2011

    Battlefield 3 gameplay trailer is jaw-dropping, amazingly realistic and scary as hell – or, better, as real war is.

    The official name is Battlefield 3 Fault Line Episode I: “Bad part of town”. The trailer states that this is an actual gameplay footage based on pre-alpha software. I guess this means the actual release will be even more awesomer?

    Full screen HD recommended.

    Episode I – A Bad Part Of Town




    Episode II – Good Effect On Target


    Tags: Games
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    Quote of the day

    Bits — Comments Off
    March 2, 2011
    Joel Spolsky
    @spolsky Joel Spolsky:

    it’s strange that there’s an entire, ‘nother city right next to New York called “Brooklyn.” With a downtown, streets, firemen, everything
    Tags: Funny, Quotes
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    Love is… Mesmerizing

    Music — Leave a comment
    February 16, 2011

    This album came out of left-field and hit me like a brick wall.

    A surprising and beautiful new album by Daniela and Ben Spektor, after a promising debut by Daniela last year. Deep and moving, “Love is” is a brilliant combination of Daniela’s sweet vocals and folk acoustics with Ben’s ambient electronic harmonies. The result is an engaging reflection on love and partnership, packed with hypnotic patterns of electro-pop rhythms and dance beats.

    Its a rare event having an album where each song is competing for the “best one”. The first single released to the radio is “Cut it out” – but each of the other tracks is as good.

    The sound of this album does not give any hint to the fact that the two live in Israel – this could have been easily a Seattle or a London production. Ranging from the acoustic vocals in “Home” that are almost taken from a Mohave 3 or Mazzy Star album, to the metallic dance beats in the track “Love is”, which sound to me like a love song the Cylon babes in Battlestar Gallactica would dance to.

    “Love is” is distributed through BandCamp.com (and iLoveMusic.co.il in Hebrew). It was quite refreshing to see a site that makes is easy for artists selling their music directly to fans, with no fat labels getting in the way. BandCamp takes 15% of the revenue, and all the rest goes directly to the artist. This is a much better deal than the 30% taken by iTunes or Amazon (as far as I remember).

    On top of that, the buyer can specify how much he is willing to pay. “Pay what you want” is a disruptive model, pioneered by Radiohead long ago (and later abandoned). Daniela and Ben set the minimum price to 25 NIS (~$7) – but this album deserves much, much more.

    Ariel

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    Tags: Music, Recommended
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    Best Super Bowl 2011 Commercials

    Commercials — 1 Comment
    February 8, 2011

    I just love the Super-Bowl commercials. Those expensive, uber-produced, work-for-months type of commercials.

    Here are my best picks.

    1. Motorola Xoom – Empower The People

    Motorola achieved greatness with this ad, that stabs at Apple using Apple’s own 1984 commercial concept – just in reverse: Guess who is the totalitarian regime now?
    Smart, superbly done, subtle, emotional and captivating.



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    Tags: Brilliant, Funny
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