The Super Bowl, Irritable Bowl Syndrome, Bill Maher.

Posted on January 26, 2012 by

Whether you agree with the politics or not, one thing about this animated piece you have to agree with is, the animation and motion graphics are brilliant. Personally I like Bill Maher. I think he’s funny as hell, and pretty spot on about what he says, but like him or not, this is worth watching because it is an outstanding piece of animation, design, and motion graphics work.

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Network An Animation by Michael Rigley.

Posted on January 26, 2012 by

I really love this animated infographic on data usage by Michael Rigley. He manages to take something, that to most people would be boring statistics and information, and convert it into a dynamic and rich display of captivating facts and figures.

If you ever wonder what happens to all that information you send to people via texts, emails, Facebook updates, Twitter etc. This little video will show you. One very interesting fact is how long cell providers keep the data you send on record. AT&T keeps every text and email you send via your phone for 84 months. That is 8 years people.

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Drinkify Your Music Choices.

Posted on January 26, 2012 by

Every once in a while you stumble across a website that is simple brilliance. Drinkify is my case in point today. The concept is simple, “What music are you listening to right now?”, “This is the drink you should have with it.”

Powered by The Echo Nest, and Last.fm the site tries to make intelligent choices about drink suggestions based on the style of music, the period, and the musician. In my attempts it did a pretty good job, although I don’t think of Merlot when listening to Charlie Parker. I’m thinking more like a Manhattan, or Martini for his brand of Bebop. (They did get the quantity right though on the amount of Merlot Charlie Parker would have drank)

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Struck by Lightning a Jägermeister Documentary.

Posted on January 25, 2012 by

I’m going to say this up front, I think this ad is pure bullshit. I’m saying this for a number of reasons. First off it promotes something extremely dangerous, second I think it’s fake, third I guarantee some jackass is going to try and reproduce this and end up dead.

From a video production perspective its a really nice piece of film work. It has a great look, nice editing, and the story line is solid. But what the hell was Jägermeister thinking when they produced this? Yes it will probably go viral. Yes their name is on the end of it. No it has nothing to do with their product or brand, and more over it promotes something totally stupid and dangerous.

Wait a sec… totally stupid and dangerous… I guess that does work with their target audience.

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