The Semantic Web, beautifully explained
Posted on 14. May, 2010 by benmckenna in All Posts, Film, Technology, cool
Long time no blog. Sorry about that but I’m sure you’ll manage. I’ve recently been doing a hell of a lot of production stuff for clients which has taken up a gigantic amount of time, on top of that I’ve been doing some very exciting work around education. More on those soon. Much, much more [...]
Social Media Training, some reflections
Posted on 12. Mar, 2010 by benmckenna in All Posts, PR, Policy, Technology, Twitter, cool
Last week I had the pleasure of delivering Totaal’s first large-scale Social Media Training session at Immage Studios in North East Lincolnshire. I have done many a one-on-one and small group session before but this one was a very different animal indeed.
All in all there were twelve different attendees and representatives from two different companies, [...]
Nice bid video from London for the 2018 World Cup
Posted on 15. Oct, 2009 by benmckenna in All Posts, Film
Just a quick one, happened upon this lovely video for London’s bid for the 2018 World Cup. It almost makes me homesick it’s so good, even considering the only bit of green space is Primrose Hill (at around 1:20).
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It’s also specially lovely when you consider that they have two stadiums (Wembley and the Emirates) which [...]
Carl Sagan – ‘A Glorious Dawn’ ft Stephen Hawking
Posted on 25. Sep, 2009 by benmckenna in All Posts, Film
Here’s a lovely little vid I found where, via the gift of autotune, Carl Sagan – renowned astronomer, author and astrophysicist – sings about the beauty and complexity of the universe. Not to be outdone Professor Stephen Hawking, with that distinctive voice of his, pops in for a verse to give us the benefit of [...]
British weather in quite good shocker, hello and sorry
Posted on 13. Sep, 2009 by benmckenna in All Posts, Film, animation, cool
Firstly just let me say Zdravo, Merhaba, Halo Hej and Ola to my recent visitors from overseas and a plain old ‘awight to you grubby lot from closer to home. Earlier today I checked my statcounter figures and since I last posted I’ve had some delightfully random visits from far places as far flung as [...]
Reaction to Samsung’s new viral somewhere between antipathy and ambivalence
Posted on 26. Jul, 2009 by benmckenna in Advertising, All Posts
The latest viral effort from the worlds largest conglomerate has been released to a fairly widespread derision. South Korean megacorp Samsung generally create fairly decent technology but, unlike say Apple or Sony, they seem to have perennial problems with actually managing to be likable.
We are, after all, talking about the same [...]
Cliffhanger video – Sheffield gets the Parkour and MTB treatment
Posted on 07. Jul, 2009 by benmckenna in All Posts, Film, cool
As if Volleyball wasnt enough, the good people at this week’s Cliffhanger festival have produced this fantastic viral. Cliffhnager is one of the UK’s largest outdoor outdoor-pursuits festivals, based in one of Sheffield’s biggest green spaces. Anyway, enough of me prattling on about how blinding it is, it takes place this Saturday and Sunday. Visit the site [...]
All hail Swede Mason
Posted on 13. Jun, 2009 by benmckenna in All Posts, Film, cool
There are very few people who, in my mind, are undiscovered geniuses but this guy has to be pretty close. Swede Mason seems to have the unerring ability to take the seemingly mundane aspects of the rockpools of pop culture and turn them into the funniest, most original little videos there is. Here’s a link [...]
Sheffield gets spiked!
Posted on 23. May, 2009 by benmckenna in All Posts, Film
Here’s a volleyball promo I did with my erstwhile collaborator Phil Parkin of Quickfeet Productions, the campaign itself was hugely successful getting over 200,000 views in six weeks. This is the “off campaign” version as many of you who know me will attest, I am a stickler for measurement and monitoring.
The FIVB Volleyball World [...]