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Really funny video (via The Onion): How Will The End Of Print Journalism Affect Loons Who Hoard Newspapers?

If newspapers stop printing every day, what will those loons do that collect and hoard newspapers?  Tough question. Should the loon way of life be preserved?  Watch the video. For more serious take on the Future of News join me for my presentation at the INMA 2010 World Congress in NY, April 27/28 ;)

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Really funny parody (video): The Social Media Guru

Great stuff. Social Media is certainly a space for a lot of far-out people;) And this video covers a lot of ground in making fun of them. Thanks to TheMediaisDying (via Twitter)

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iPhone mania: there's an App for that (2 videos)

The trend towards everything becoming an iPhone app is really amazing. Go to a bar with your buddies and you'll be certain to hear 'hey - there's an iPhone app for that'! Some of us used to talk about cars, sports, tech... now it's all about 'check out my cool iPhone apps' and swapping them. Techcrunch just reported a pretty cool, 30-day online background music app by designer Philippe Starke, too. A-mazing... I'll be watching.

The official Apple version The spoof (really funny)

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Funny Onion Video: Use Twitter & Facebook to spy on your Kids

I love the Onion guys - this video is really funny.
Facebook, Twitter Revolutionizing How Parents Stalk Their College-Aged Kids

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Kevin Spacey explains Twitter to Dave Letterman - hilarious!

Boy - there is a lot we can learn from this - and have a good laugh, too. Both of these guys are just great, in their own way. Check the comments on the video, too - some real morsels there, as well. Nice to see CBS is finally sharing some clips, too;). Thanks to Techcrunch / Crunchgear for sending this my way.

In case of emergency... Do Not Use Twitter (picture)

Do not use twitter
Originally uploaded by gleonhard

Found this on the Net - a sign of the times ? Or photo-shopped;) p>

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Honda Interactive Campaign: 'wake the beast' cranks the engine via SMS

Kind of a cool idea: Honda developed an interactive campaign for the Civic Type R by integrating mobile technologies provided by Púca Mobile.

Hilarious Onion Video: Obama Drastically Scales Back Goals For America After Visiting Denny's

I couldn't resist - this is really funny (especially if you live in Europe)
Obama Drastically Scales Back Goals For America After Visiting Denny's

This is what cool companies do in their Shareholders Meetings now: Southwest Airlines GAAP Rap

Just ran cross this via Digital Media Wire:  "Southwest Airlines’ Rapping Flight Attendant, David Holmes, explains Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP) in a “GAAP Rap” at the 2009 Shareholder’s Meeting held at the Company’s Dallas headquarters on Monday 20th" Really funny, and a very unique way to bring some really boring points across.

Image via Wikipedia

To me, this shows that:

• Southwest Airlines is still cool, and funny
• Public Relations is now solidly intertwined with Online Video
• People love stuff that's different
• You can be funny and serious about business, at the same time

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• Funny parody of Amazon's new Kindle DX (Video) (mediafuturist.com)

Funny parody of Amazon's new Kindle DX (Video)

Image via CrunchBase

A nice parody of the current Kindle craze, via Mashable and Mike Ashworth.

"Amazon’s Kindle DX reading device launched this month, with a bigger screen and a much higher pricetag than the Kindle 2.0.

The device itself features a larger screen with more shades of gray for better display, a bigger hard drive (3.3GB) that can hold up to 3,500 books, and auto-rotation, so that users can read content in either portrait or landscape mode... What's next in store for the Kindle? Atom Films reckons it can only get bigger, skipping ahead to the “Kindle 9XXXD” in this parody video...."

Funny Videos | Funny Cartoons | More Video Clips

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Funny video on Twitter (via Current.tv)

Have a laugh - and dive into Twitter;)

Jon Stewart: I have no idea how Twitter works, and why it is (funny video)

This is hilarious - check it out!

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Checking-in online is not... normal

Interesting angle on the Caribbean Airlines website - I guess online check-in is still not 'normal'? ;)
 

More on the Lessig - Colbert affair (really funny video)

Larry Lessig and Stephen Colbert have crossed and re-crossed their swords - this one is the latest video, by Stephen Colbert. Hilarious!

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Larry is doing a great job here, standing up against Stephen Colbert's bizarre verbal ambushes - a must watch: "This is Artistic Socialism"  Via ZDNet.

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