JIMMY WALES - WIKIPEDIA DONATION - THIBAULT-THIBAULT - JIMBO - OPLC - ZONBU - ZONBOX - THE TRUTH IN NUMBERS - THIBAULT HOFER

Introducing Jimmy Wales, Wikipedia's founder. Watch Jimbo (I think it's kind of his nickname...) explain how Knowledge still Reigns Supreme around the world and how Wikipedia needs donation in order to develop faster and better in certain countries.
The short film features pieces of The Truth in Numbers documentary and talks about the "a PC for less than 100$" project. (by the wau I think they are two, the Zonbu's Zonbox, and the One Laptop Per Child project)
Donations go here.
Jimmy Jimbo's blog there.

DIESEL LEARN DANCE DISCO 78 - DIESEL GOES VIRAL AGAIN - DIESEL YOUTUBE - ADAGE - TELEPORTATION - FINNISH DANCE MASTER - DIESEL - THIBAULT-THIBAULT

Diesel's power brand brand's power: or how the Italian fashionista jeans maker takes an old Finnish dance master's video lesson, re-edit it, add a bit of CGI (meant to be poor I guess by the way) and makes 53,777 hits on Ytube in 5 days...
Personally, I prefer this one, Teleportation. ("only" 44,024 hits in 3 weeks, see...).
Does anyone still wants to run TVC's ? (yes... I know).
films shot and written by Rozan&Schmeltz @ Surface2Air.

Update!
Well, after all, my post wasn't about this so called "success" (is it really?). I know that most blogs, sites and magazines in the business talked about this Diesel internet move, that probably explains part of the 55 K hits on Ytube. 'Come on people, let's be honest, the films are not interesting at all, neither particularly "viral ready", neither amazing in terms of production, and so on, and so on.
Well, here's the back of my thought: This stuff is absolutely not interesting. A proper documentary about finnish dance master Ake Blomqvist (and partner Leena of course) would have been way more. by the way here's the original footage used by Surface2Air and there, Master Blomqvist's real dance school).

inspired by AdAge's Steve Hall

THE ARCADE FIRE NEON BIBLE VIDEO - FULL SCREEN VIDEOS - HERON PRESTON - INTERACTIVE VIDEOS - THIBAULT-THIBAULT

hey hey,
was reading a post on Heron Preston's blog yesterday (have a look, good stuff) about "full screen videos" on websites. I totally agree with him, they're really nice, bringing something special to online moving images, that kind of TV feeling with an arty touch added... also agree with him that they can not be everywhere. anyway, here's an evolution of the technique (so to say): The Arcade Fire "Neon Bible" interactive video. (the group's site is really well done too) Mixing full screens vids and that interactive exchange probably gives a good idea of how next big hit sites will look like pretty, pretty, pretty soon.

thank you's go to Heron Preston and the Fabrica Blog.

MAPS OF WAR - HISTORY OF RELIGION - THIBAULT-THIBAULT

hey.
Guys at "Maps Of War" just did this crystal clear animation map of the evolution of major religions. as they say, 5000 years in 90 seconds.
worth the check.


thanx to the Fabrica blog

DOVE - UNILEVER - AXE - LYNX - ONSLAUGHT - DOVE ONSLAUGHT - THIBAULT-THIBAULT - DOVE

New Dove flick. here on Ytube.
Smart, smart, smart Unilever.
On one side, it plays it nice and gentle with the ladies via Dove, on the other it invites crazy young males, via Axe/Lynx, to catch them and f*%!£k them hard.
yeah!

AXE US - DAVID SPADE - THE WORLD'S DIRTIEST FILM - LE FILM LE DU MONDE LE PLUS SALE - AXE AXE AXE - LYNX - CONTENT CREATION - CONTENT - THIBAULT-THIBA

David Spade and Axe proudly present (?!?!) The World's Dirtiest Film, and here..
content, content, dirty content. Axe again.

MEKANISM - MEKANISM SAN FRANCISCO - AXE - SURFWIDE - SNICKERS - SEGA - BP - CLEARIFICATION - THIBAULT-THIBAULT

tons and tons and tons and tons and tons of quality work.
Mekanism, enjoy.

MP3 TAPE PLAYER - TAPE PLAYER - THIBAULT-THIBAULT

I want one of these.
buy it here.

COMMON CRAFT - INTERNET IN PLAIN ENGLISH - SIMPLE DEMONSTRATIONS - THIBAULT-THIBAULT - THIBAULT HOFER

easy, simple, clear.
all that we need, The Common Craft Show.



thanx to Fallon Planning

YOUTUBE - HISTORY OF YOUTUBE - FIRST VIDEO ON YOUTUBE - TUBE YOU - THIBAULT-THIBAULT

Here's the history of YouTube on YouTube.
Or should I say a super fast and growing history of YouTube on YouTube. Bonus, the first video uploaded on YouTube, and the first most popular YouTube's video on YouTube.
what are we talking about ?

MARC ECKO - BARRY BONDS 756 BALL - VOTE756 - AIR FORCE ONE TAG - MARC ECKO BASEBALL - THIBAULT-THIBAULT

"I bought this baseball to democratize the debate over what to do with it,"
Marc Ecko (Air Force One Tag with Droga5) won the $752,467 bid on Barry Bonds' record-breaking 756th home run baseball. He bought the ball, and let the public decide what to do with it (3 choices: sent it into outa space and never talk about it again, give it to the Hall Of Fame as it is or give it to the Hall of Fame branded (with an Ecko asterisk)).
Result... check the official, Vote756.
"The idea that some of the best athletes in the country are forced to decide between being competitive and staying natural is troubling."
The man is right, and probably did the best brand move in the past ten years.
nice.

BLU BLU - FANTOCHE - MEGUNICA - ANIMATIONS - DRAWINGS - THIBAULT-THIBAULT - THIBAULT - THIBAULT-THIBAULT - BLU - BLU - BLU ANIMATIONS

bluBlu.org.
Beautiful animations, amazing urban wall living paper creatures.
lovely.
incredible, here.

FRANK BUDGEN - SONY BRAVIA PLAY DOH - THIBAULT-THIBAULT - NEW YORK - FALON - CABRAL - SONY BALLS - THIBAULT-THIBAULT

you've seen it 100X of course,
but the making of is nice and easy. here.

TOYOTA TACOMA WORLD OF WARCRAFT - THIBAULT-THIBAULT

Toyota Tacoma + World of Warcraft.
If you wanna play red neck, do it there.

A FEW GOOD CREATIVE MEN - A FEW GOOD CREATIVE MEN - A FEW GOOD CREATIVE MEN - THIBAULT-THIBAULT - THIBAULT

nice work.
click here to view.