Archive for the ‘viral prediction’ Category

Viral prediction: Gorillaz new video (Stylo)

Posted by Ricardo | Filed under Viral Campaigns, viral prediction

Gorillaz are have turned into a huge phenomenon since they band got conceived in 1998.
Now they are coming out with a new album in a few days time – Plastic Beach – and the marketing campaign they launched is really smart and getting a lot of viewer attention.
First off, they’ve been releasing small, bite-sized clips [...]

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Read more | Comments (View Comments) | Mar 2, 2010

Viral prediction: The Simpsons 20th Anniversary Special

Posted by Ricardo | Filed under viral prediction

Fox had director Morgan Spurlock (Supersize Me) do a documentary on the Simpsons’ 20th Anniversary.
And the result is this, a great documentary about one of the most successful and beloved TV shows ever, and featuring a lot of TV personalities from Conan O’brien (former Simpsons writer) to Sting.
But more than me explaining, you should see [...]

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Read more | Comments (View Comments) | Jan 11, 2010

Viral prediction: Google Nexus One video

Posted by Ricardo | Filed under viral prediction

As mentioned earlier and in many places on the web, today was the public presentation of the Google phone – the Nexus One.
And it has been the case lately, Google released a cool video for their new product and one which has a great potencial to go viral in the next few hours and days: [...]

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Read more | Comments (View Comments) | Jan 5, 2010

Viral Prediction: Waving Goodbye to 2009 [UPDATE]

Posted by Ricardo | Filed under viral prediction

From the same guys who made the Google Wave Pulp Fiction and Good Will Hunting Wave videos, comes another very cool video with Google Wave.
This time, they put the year in perspective using Wave’s tools and multimedia. It’s kind of an information overload, but well made.
It has less than 24 hours and 1.700 views, but [...]

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Read more | Comments (View Comments) | Dec 22, 2009

Viral prediction: The Super Glue iPhone Prank

Posted by Ricardo | Filed under General Commentary, Viral Campaigns, viral prediction

I don’t remember where I spotted this video this morning, but when I saw it had so few videos and was posted just yesterday, immediately thought this is going to be viral: pranks and iPhone, what better elements to have on viral video? Just if you auto-tuned the whole thing!
Anyway, in the morning it had [...]

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Read more | Comments (View Comments) | Nov 24, 2009

Viral video prediction: Stylophone Beatbox

Posted by Ricardo | Filed under viral prediction

While we’re at it today with predictions, let’s finish this day off with another one.
I saw this at Gizmodo and immediatly thought that this is going to be viral soon enough. Its a device with pads that trigger samples from a UK beatbox champ named MC Zani.

Isn’t it cool/awkward? Doesn’t it make you cringe and [...]

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Read more | Comments (View Comments) | Oct 14, 2009

Viral video prediction: Dyson bladeless fan

Posted by Ricardo | Filed under viral prediction

Tech videos sometimes go viral.
That has been the case, for instance, with Google Wave’s presentation (a 80 minutes video with more than 5 million views), Boston Dynamics Big Dog… in fact, writing this is giving me the idea of doing a top5 tech viral videos post.
And yesterday I learned about this new product from Dyson [...]

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Read more | Comments (View Comments) | Oct 14, 2009