Category Archives: Society
What Bitcoin is and how it works!
Originally created by the pseudonimous developer Mr Satoshi Nakamoto, bitcoin is an online commodityfirst described in 2009, who tagged it a peer to peer electronic payment system. Based on an open source encryption protocol, bitcoin is not managed by any central authority, bank or institution. Bitcoin miners, servers that automatically create bitcoins run on an ……
The best Japanese commercial ever. James Brown selling miso soup!
James Brown, the Godfather of Soul, recorded some commercials for a japanese ready made company, where he aimed at selling Miso soup.
The recordings made in 1992 show Brown in a sparkling blue suit dancing around soup in what can be labeled s nothing else than catchy, funny and memorable.…
Steve Jobs’ 2005 Stanford Commencement Speech “Connecting the Dots”
On June 12, 2005, Ateve Jobs, the iconic co-founder of Apple and Pixar Animation Studios, addressed the 2005 Stanford class in a commencement (the university’s 114th commencement) speech labelled “Connecting the dots”.
As video use grew in popularity in the internet via the use of Youtube and similar tools/companies, the recording of the speech grew in ……
Anna Wintour’s “The September Issue 2009″
Anna Wintour has been the chief editor of American Vogue since 1988. Through her support of young designers and widely praised eye for trend spotting, she has become a true institution throughout the fashion world.
Her name became known to the mass market and general audience after a 2003 best selling book written by one of ……
Yves Saint Laurent: His Life and Times / 5 Avenue Marceau 75116 Paris
Yves Saint Laurent, (August 1, 1936 – June 1, 2008), was one of the greatest names in fashion history. In 1985, Caroline Rennolds Milbank wrote, “The most consistently celebrated and influential designer of the past twenty-five years, Yves Saint Laurent can be credited with both spurring the couture’s rise from its sixties ashes and with finally rendering ready-to-wear reputable.” He is ……
Bill Cunningham New York
Bill Cunningham is the official fashion and society photographer for the New York times. A Harvard drop out who move to New York to work in advertising, he has become over time an icon of New York fashion, producing a tremendous work of art over the years that has showcased the New York society and ……
Steve Jobs, The Lost Interview, by Robert Cringely, watch online for free
In 1995, two years before Steve Job’s return to Apple, he was interviewed by Robert Cringley. At that time, Steve Jobs was running Next, the company he founded after being ousted from Apple by John Sculley, the CEO Jobs had brought from Pepsi to take the company with him to the next level.
Robert Cringely interviewed ……
JK Rowling’s Harvard Commencement speech. The fringe benefits of Failure
Joanne “Jo” Rowling, known as J. K. Rowling, is a British novelist, best known as the author of the Harry Potter fantasy series. The Potter books have gained worldwide attention, won multiple awards, sold more than 400 million copies to become the best-selling book series in history and been the basis for a popular series ……
Ali vs Foreman “When we were kings documentary”
Little did Don King, the boxing promoter know that the documentary to be produced on the fight he organized between George Foreman and Muhammad Ali in 1974 in zaire, would end becoming a documentary to win an academy award, an Oscar, and effectively become a cultural event that would live forever in the american collective ……
Documentary – Valentino: The Last Emperor
(May 1932), commonly referred to as Valentino, is an italian designer founder of the fashion brand “Valentino”.
Valentino had a prolific carrier. After being interested in fashion in Italy he moved to Paris to pursue his design studies and looking for work at atteliers such and ended working for Jean Desses. After 5 years in Paris, ……