One of the biggest business headlines of 2020: Salesforce just purchased Slack, a work messaging app, for $27.7 billion. According to Seeking Alpha: "Tech companies have had a phenomenal year and Salesforce is no different. Its shares are up 100% since the lows experienced at the start of March. There are good reasons for this. The increasing digitization of business has contributed to the proliferation of data …
Like Real Campfires, Digital Campfires Are Meant to Illuminate
Lucky Post Helps Craft Launch Video Featuring Animation & Design To Inspire Change There's a new media project in town. New_Public, a media project seeks to build better digital public spaces. Edited by Vice Media and Wall Street Journal alum Marina Garcia-Vasquez, and backed by an editorial board of leaders in technology, media, and design, New_Public is a new hub for individuals imagining and building a more …
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Not Compassionate: Medical Marijuana Patients Face Pointless Barriers in Texas
The Texas Compassionate Use Program was first established in 2015, allowing the use of high-CBD, low-THC cannabis oil only for Texans diagnosed with intractable epilepsy. Though legal, marijuana is still classified as a Schedule 1 drug and is not covered by insurance. As a result, the cost for treatment can range from $250 to $1,000 per month depending on the patient and the severity of the condition. “Medical …
Feather’s Story Is The Story of Our Time
Agency MABU in Bismark, ND created a beautiful animated video for its pro-bono client, National Congress of American Indians. "Feather's Story" is the first-person account of a child's struggle with the negativity and chaos of the modern world. The combination of a child's story, watercolors, stunning animation, traditional dance, and original song combine to make a powerful and lasting impression. I don't see …
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Words Matter; Ergo, The Content That Fortifies Dictionary.com Matters
Words. There are so many of them. It's hard to know them all or to know what they all mean. We used to have a dictionary and thesaurus nearby to look up unknown words. Today, we make a quick visit to Dictionary.com to confirm our hunch, or to get the official version. For instance, here's a word you might see on the SAT or GRE. Unctuous (adjective): excessively smooth, suave, or smug. Maybe you know …
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Ad Chatter (The Pilot)
Two advertising dudes pull up a chair and Zoom in. What do we talk about? Commercial outputs during pandemic times—not all are created equal. Push play to hear me and Seattle copywriter Dan Goldgeier discuss a spot from Farmer's Insurance that we both like, a new and different spot from GoDaddy, and two funny spots from Ramen Hero. https://youtu.be/5EhMGpKv-FU Dan Goldgeier first contacted me when I lived in …
Meet Li Ziqi, A Bohemian Chic Capitalist from the Mountains of Sichuan Province
Meet Li Ziqi. The 29-year-old is one of China’s biggest social media stars. She has 22 million followers on the microblogging site Weibo, 34 million on Douyin, and another 8.3 million on YouTube (which is banned in China). Ziqi lives in the village of northwestern Pingwu, Mianyang City, Sichuan Province, China. She began posting rustic-chic videos of her life in rural Sichuan province in …
Did You Know That Bon Appétit Has 4.61M Subscribers on YouTube?
People love food-focused programming. Yet, many food brands rely on TV to carry their messages, which is an expensive way to build an audience of buyers. San Antonio-based grocer H-E-B, one of the nation's largest family-owned businesses with 350 stores throughout Texas and northeast Mexico run lots of TV commercials but only has 32K subscribers on YouTube. SUBWAY Restaurants is on TV every day, but the …
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Five Hot Mods for Your 2019 Chevy Silverado
https://youtu.be/XafpqJQVYJQ In this episode of “The Haul” from AmericanTrucks, host Sara Riordan selects five aftermarket parts for the all-new 2019 Chevrolet Silverado 1500. GM’s bigger, lighter, and more powerful Silverado pickup is more efficient than previous models thanks to a complete redesign for the 2019 model year. With these enhancements for the completely new fourth-generation Silverado comes …
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Åsk Wäppling’s Adland Torpedoed By “Nuisance DMCA”
Åsk Wäppling is a warrior in the midst of a legal battle to preserve 20 years of her digital work. Thanks to the Digital Millennium Copyright Act and the lawyers who misuse it to intimidate everyday citizens, Adland.tv is now offline. DMCA criminalizes production and dissemination of technology, devices, or services intended to circumvent measures that control access to copyrighted works (commonly known as digital …
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