Things are Interesting
Thomas Edison and the Original Cat Video
http://c.brightcove.com/services/viewer/federated_f9?isVid=1&isUI=1
The Finest from All over the World, Made in Japan
"It used be that the Japanese offered idiosyncratic takes on foreign things. White bread was transformed into shokupan, a Platonic ideal of fluffiness, aerated and feather-light in a way that made Wonder Bread seem dense. Pasta was almost always spaghetti, perfectly cooked al dente, but typically doused with cream sauce and often served with spicy codfish roe. Foreign imports here took on a life of their own, becoming something completely different and utterly Japanese.
...That doesn't mean the Japanese have turned away from the world. They've just started approaching it on their own terms, venturing abroad and returning home with increasingly more international tastes and much higher standards, realizing that the apex of bread making may not be Wonder Bread–style loaves, but pain à l'ancienne."
How Leaders Kill Meaning at Work
"Most likely, your company aspires to greatness, articulating a high purpose for the organization in its corporate mission statement. But are you inadvertently signaling the opposite through your words and actions?"
Nextpedition - A custom-made adventure from American Express
[youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=swtq2rHOps4]
The Next Step in Copying will be Physical
"We believe that the next stop in copying will be made from digital form into physical form," The Pirate Bay declares. "It will be physical objects."
[vimeo http://www.vimeo.com/36881035 w=524&h=295]