Federico Viticci on Life After Cancer

Federico Viticci, on how iPhone and iPad apps are helping him stay healthy: I want to be healthier, I want to eat better, and I want to take the second chance I was given and make the most of it. What started as an experiment has become a new daily commitment to improve my lifestyle […]

Humans Need Not Apply

Let’s call self-driving cars what they really are – autos. What to do in a future where most jobs are humans need not apply? Direct link to video Via Twitter tweets.

This is A Generic Brand Video

Direct link to video Using a specific ratio of asian people to black people to women to white men, we want to make sure we represent your needs and interests or at least a version of your skin colour in our ads. Based on an article at McSweeneys using stock footage from dissolve.com.

Breaking News Promo by Sandwich Productions

Direct link to video When I see a story this big, I say “Whoah” Great promo video for the new Breaking News site, as well as a great back story on the video’s production by Adam Lisagor. I can’t wait for the inevitable wikipedia entry that links all of the Sandwich Video productions together in […]

At Google Conference, Cameras Even in the Bathroom

At one point as I climbed the stairs and approached the second floor, I saw a group of five people wearing Google Glass, all silently staring off into space. I couldn’t tell if they were wirelessly having a conversation through their eyeballs, or just bored by the presence of real humans in front of them. […]

Turn Off the Screen if You Can’t Sleep

It isn’t only that young people are kept awake by messaging their friends or using the internet. The light from the screen, held close to the face, is physically disruptive to the natural onset of sleep. From BBC News: Lack of sleep blights pupils’ education. I hear of a lot of people who complain about […]