Samsung

Samsung Unpacks 36 Million Viral Views on YouTube.

The power of viral. The video below dropped less than a week ago on YouTube and it already has more than 36 million views. No it doesn’t use some magic formula, and no it wasn’t lucky. It went viral because it plays off of the genre of “unboxing” videos that are all over the internet, and because the production value of the video is rock solid. When combined with the Samsung brand, the nostalgia that surrounds some vintage tech, and the possibility that you might see some piece of unreleased gear, things get a bit nutty.

“From the release of the SH-100 mobile phone in 1988 to the first wristwatch phone. The World’s smallest TV phone to our first MP3 phone. We introduced the S Pen with the Galaxy Note series and paved the way for Phablets. We’ve even climbed mountains to make the first 3G call from Everest. Gone underwater to test the ability of the Galaxy S5 and curved glass to create the first dual edge screen smartphone.

Wherever there’s a barrier, we see it as an invitation to go further, together.

Who knows where progress will take us.”

“Beyond Nature” with the Samsung NX30.

For whatever reason, as of late I have been on a kick about gear, budgets, and what you can create with everything from bare bones to big budget. The video below from aprilgarden was shot on location in Bolivia and Chile on a Samsung Galaxy NX30 with just 3 lenses. I know there is more gear involved. Things like tripods, extra batteries, memory cards etc, but the total cost of the entire kit was probably less than $2500.00 total. The results however look like they were shot on a much more expensive camera rig, which brings me back to “These days you don’t need the most expensive gear to get insanely great results.”

15 Years of Apple Home Pages.

So Apple stock is down today, and everyone is acting like the world is ending. Frankly I think everyone is going through a “Chicken Little” syndrome and running around shouting “The sky is falling”. Apple’s stock dropped ten percent, but it is still a thousand times better than it was 20 years ago. And while Apple is selling less computers, they are selling a ton of phones, tablets, and other devices. And yes Samsung is taking a bite out of Apple’s cell phone market share, but it doesn’t mark the beginning of the end for Apple.

I’m not an Apple fan-boy by any means but the fact is they do make a superior product that exemplifies good design, easy of use, and seamless compatibility with all Apple products. So before everyone freaks out and sends Apple to it’s premature grave, take a look at 15 years of Apple home pages, and take note of all the killer products they have released in that time.

<div style=”margin-bottom:5px”> <strong> <a href=”http://www.slideshare.net/choehn/15-years-of-applecom-15990876″ title=”15 Years of Apple's Homepage” target=”_blank”>15 Years of Apple's Homepage</a> </strong> from <strong><a href=”http://www.slideshare.net/choehn” target=”_blank”>Charlie Hoehn</a></strong> </div>

Prisma from Toncelli = Want.

One of the things that has always bugged me about our house are the Ikea cabinets that were used in the kitchen. There is nothing really wrong with them, I just want something with a better fit and finish. We haven’t pulled the trigger on a kitchen upgrade yet for a couple of reasons, one of them being finding the right look for the house and extremely open floor plan.

The current kitchen setup is a large white island with a black Paper Stone counter. It is void of hardware, and the glass cook-top disappears into the surface creating a large black area floating in the center of the room. There is a single wall of cabinets that run floor to ceiling behind it. The kitchen is minimalist, clean and utilitarian.

Today, while browsing through Toncelli’s website I came across the new kitchen designs for 2012 and saw something I really like. Something I would install in my house in a heartbeat. Toncelli’s new PRISMA line. This is a high-tech kitchen with a minimalist aesthetic, great geometric lines, high-grade surfaces and finishes, and remarkably similar to what already exists in my home.

PRISMA is simple, modern, and dynamic, with revolutionary technologies provided by Samsung (the funny thing is, that sure looks like an iPad in these photos not a Samsung tablet) . Prisma was designed in collaboration with user experience design firm Experientia from Turin. This partnership has resulted in a series of surfaces that create a “prismatic” composition that transmits an immediate sense of weightlessness, emphasised by the lights that illuminate the pieces from below. The invisible handles, which include a vertical version for the refrigerator help to minimize the look of Prisma giving it a sculptural quality.

The counter surfaces are an interactive workbench that features a Samsung touch-screen computer, with an internet connection for constant updates to content from a programmed menu.