Jul 31

Voice Recognition Elevator

Great fun with the Scottish accent in a voice recognition elevator and the word "eleven". Thanks to Mari Smith for sharing.

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Jul 1

Validation

If you haven't seen this movie, it's worth taking the 16 minutes to watch all of it. It provides such great insights to help businesses get their social media right today.

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Apr 17

Cause for Concern

This is a video case study of how an Israeli TV show used free social media as its only source of publicity.

The results: 4.7% rating for the season debut and 1,800 mentions in blogs, social networks & newspapers in Israel.

The apology here also reminds me of the apology in this case study of Domino's Pizza:

http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/chicago-pizza-guy-creates-social-media-domino-effect/

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Apr 16

Japanese Anime Localized For Americans

The Japanese anime "One Piece" has been localized for the American market. Localization includes both translation and culturally adapting the images where things like cigars and cleavage have been erased.

In this video you can see the original Japanese anime on the left and the American version on the right.

Read this article for more on the story of "One Piece":

One Piece Localization or Censorship?

This example of localization shows how much needs to be taken into consideration and how difficult it can be.

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Apr 4

Leadership Lessons from Dancing Guy

This is a great example!

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Mar 27

Generalizations Of England

England in brief: here's a fun review of generalizations about England, the Queen and the English way of life in 49 seconds.

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Mar 20

The Future of Publishing

Great video on two different perspectives of the future of publishing.

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Feb 14

65,000 Year Old Language Goes Extinct As Boa Sr Dies

A tribal language thought to have existed for 65,000 years has disappeared forever in India's Andaman Islands, taken to the grave with its last speaker. Read more here.