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Empire Of The Sun meet and greet

Written by . Posted on October 12, 2011. No comments.
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Hey guys, so after a few months of travelling, working like crazy, rearranging and expanding, we’re back from our leave of absence. It’s been a wild few months but we are back in the game and in it to win it. We have a couple upcoming projects that we’re very excited about and can’t wait [...]

Latest Facebook Changes

Written by . Posted on September 3, 2011. No comments.
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The world is now aware of the drastic changes that Facebook made to their website last week. And of course, these changes didn’t come without harsh criticism and opposition from its 800 million users.  Facebook users didn’t know what to do initially… except complain. A friend of mine wrote that “Complaining about the new Facebook [...]

Killin’ It: Joe Sabia

Written by . Posted on February 24, 2011. No comments.
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Joe Sabia is literally a viral machine, creative consultant at JoeSabia.co, he is responsible for multiple clips you’ve probably loved, like Google Wave Fiction and 7 Minute Sopranos. He’s also a super cool, down to earth to guy. Joe is, in every sense of the word, killing it. Name: Joe Sabia Job: Lead Creative at [...]

Weekly Ad-vice: NogPong

Written by . Posted on December 16, 2010. No comments.
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Nowadays, putting together a dynamic and tech-savvy social meda campaign is one of the most effective ways to boost brand interest, and accomodate fun. Take some ad-vice, courtesy of advertising powerhouse Saatchi & Saatchi LA: Everybody who’s been to college (or even high school) has had at least one experience with the plastic Dixie cups [...]

Edge of Progress Tour Hits Home

Written by . Posted on December 7, 2010. No comments.
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That’s a wrap! Urgent recently finished production on the Edge of Progress Tour‘s stop in San Francisco.  MacKenzie Fegan, along with our crew, stopped by GAFFTA (Gray Area Foundation For The Arts) to chat with executive director Josette Melchor. GAFFTA is a nonprofit dedicated to building social consciousness through digital culture, and is located in [...]

Edge of Progress Tour Hits Austin

Written by . Posted on November 30, 2010. No comments.
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Urgent’s team has been working with GOOD magazine + Ford to produce a series that follows a journalist across the country to interview some of today’s most influential innovators, stopping in NY, Austin, SF, LA, and Detroit.  The latest installment in the Edge of Progress tour takes place in Austin, a city that is big [...]

#TVittervision

Written by . Posted on November 23, 2010. No comments.
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Friends of Urgent (also formerly of Current TV), Chloe Sladden and Robin Sloan, are changing the way we watch television.  Fast Company came out with a juicy article today that features the pair as major players in the development of Twitter as the interactive platform for TV.  With the incorporation of Twitter in TV programming and [...]

Welcoming Back Conan to Late Night

Written by . Posted on November 9, 2010. 1 Comment.
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Tonight marks the night we will welcome Conan back to late night.  Following his departure from NBC, the premiere on TBS is sure to be a special one, especially considering the promotional content that’s been created around his debut: Also airing tonight will be a new American Express ad starring Conan in a clever spot [...]

Bonus video of the day: trailer for “Influencers” documentary

Written by . Posted on October 14, 2010. No comments.
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R+I Creative, a creative agency in Paris, released the trailer of their upcoming short documentary called “Influencers” this week.  Directed by Paul Rojanathara and Davis Johnson, the trailer features the likes of Rob Stone, Jon Cohen, and Jeff Staple commenting on modern-day “influencers” like Jay-Z, Obama, and Lady Gaga, to name a few. Someone like Jay-Z, [...]

@Audiodraft crowdsources original music

Written by . Posted on October 1, 2010. No comments.
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AudioDraft is hopping on the crowdsourcing bandwagon, leveraging a contest-model as a platform for helping musicians collaborate online.  Hailing from Finland, the founders of the company have developed a platform that allows businesses or individuals holding a composition-contest on their site.  They use open source technology as a way to help musicians collaborate online easily; [...]

New iphone app sends real life drinks

Written by . Posted on September 30, 2010. No comments.
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A new service called Bartab is allowing users to use their cell phones to send real drinks to their friends for $1 a pop.  Virtual gifts on facebook for birthdays and holidays are a thing of the past, now that Bartab (which identifies users via Facebook Connect) provides this virtual service that makes internet gifting [...]

Video of the day: “Barbra Streisand” and Duck Sauce

Written by . Posted on September 29, 2010. No comments.
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/Barbra Streisand (music video) Duck Sauce/ Turntablists Armand Van Helden and A-Track, AKA “Duck Sauce,” have only been releasing music for a year, but already individually have sold a resume of bangers under their belts.  The video for “Barbra Streisand” is an accomplishment in its own right, capturing the spirit of New York, in which [...]

video of the day: when Herzog met Phoenix

Written by . Posted on September 15, 2010. No comments.
I once impulse bought a book called “Digimodernism” from Amazon. I read about 4 pages of it to date, but I get it. It’s a cute way of combining “post-post-modernism” with internet things. Grad school, schmad school. Anyways, this video is Digimodern. It’s also dope. Enjoy.

Arcade Fire’s Personalized Video with HTML5

Written by . Posted on August 30, 2010. No comments.
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Indie band Arcade of Fire released a music video for “We Used to Wait” from their new album “The Suburbs.” Writer/director Chris Milk and Aaron Koblin from Google teamed up to create an interactive, personalized and experimental video using Google Chrome and Google Maps to support the HTML5 database. The video was posted today on [...]

Youtube’s Most Unwatched

Written by . Posted on August 27, 2010. No comments.
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Viral videos on Youtube are getting view counts pass the millions, many over 150 mission. But what about the videos with no views at all. These videos have been untouched, unwatched, and are unharmed with bad ratings. 0 Views on Tumblr features Youtube’s “Bottom of the Barrel” videos. They are pixelated, with bad audio, and [...]

Interactive Twitter Mural

Written by . Posted on August 25, 2010. No comments.
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The Canadian tourism industry is trying to lure American tourists to head to Canada for their next vacation by relating to them through social media on the streets. DDB Vancouver put giant, touchable screens (8X10 foot) in New York, LA and Chicago with real time twitter updates that people are posting about their travels through [...]

The Last Exorcism’s Viral Movie Campaign scary to users, funny to marketers

Written by . Posted on August 20, 2010. No comments.
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Chatroulette nightmare. (be advised, it contains strong words and unpleasant imagery).

Movie Trailer Game

Written by . Posted on August 10, 2010. No comments.
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Universal Pictures put some creativity behind the marketing of their new movie, “Scott Pilgrim vs. the World”, by doing movie trailers in a new way… making a game out of it. They’ve especially grabbed the attention of comic and gaming fans by creating this interactive game where you can click on icons that pop up [...]

Control Dan’s Life For A Year

Written by . Posted on August 5, 2010. No comments.
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Dan Brown, a video blogger who’s been around for 3 years but who is most famous for his “How to Solve a Rubik’s Cube” video on Youtube, is now taking interactive blogging to the next level. He is starting an interactive web show called Dan 3.0 where viewers can literally control his life for an [...]

“Will Make Art for Beer”

Written by . Posted on August 4, 2010. No comments.
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Around since 1882, Pabst the old-time brewing company famous for their Pabst Blue Ribbon, held an art contest for all the Pabst beer lovers to get involved with their marketing. The contest accepted paintings, drawings, digital media, photography and even poems that were inspired by PBR. Have you seen the winning en- tries around on [...]