Oh Oh – OREO

[iDevice Link <— 282,295 views. Which is more experiential - People viewing this live in a mall somewhere across the world? Or sitting here in front of my computer... watching people view this simplistic creative masterpiece? Who wins? Genius. Notes: Linked Orea Webcam Commercial in description <— 50,011 Banned Oreo Webcam Commercial <— 169

JP Auclair – Avalanche

[iDevice Link] <— 0 views. After consulting with JP Auclair on the soon to be released Alpine Initiatives website – I began sorting through the masses of media we used to share back and forth.

This video amazed me back in 2005 and it still amazes me today. Shot in April, 2005 while skiing little goat in Haines Alaska. After I acknowledge he could be dead, JP recalls…

“hmm.. hard to say.. Seth was on top behing me.. so I’m sure he would have got to me in time.”

Even with someone like Seth Morrison who is exceptionally talented in the backcountry, I don’t think I would like to get caught in an avalanche.

Jim Hancock Sighting

[iDevice Link] <— 322 views Whenever you get an opportunity to see Jim Hancock - and not his shadow... you know it is going to be a good day. Here we have the 2010 Race of Champions in Düsseldorf where Sebastian Vettel uses his RB6 Formula 1 Red Bull car to create a series of wall art. I will personally ask Jim where these are going to be auctioned off this year and inform.

Red Sucks

[iDevice Link] <— 10,091 views. If there were awards for suckiness, Red would take first place. 'Cause it sucks. http://www.redresort.com/sucks.

Unacceptable is the new Acceptable. Genius.
Good repost Brett Wilhelm via Lynsey Dyer.

HYDLE – Skiing Day #1 – (Winter Park Opening Day)

[iDevice Link] <— 0 views. I managed to make it up by 3:00pm for 2 runs and 3 beers. The snow is fantastic and Mary Jane is expected to open on Saturday.

“Warren Miller… for 86 years that man has known what’s up. Get your ass out of the office – pack your car – ride a bus – carpool – get your ass to the mountains.”

Two things to note…
1) Monday – Thursday: Pass holders get $1 off beers (Blue Moon, Mary Jane, Coors Light, Coors O) at the Sunspot Bar and you can get a burger and a beer for $10.

2) Happy hour at the Derailer bar from 2:00pm – 4:00pm is fantastic. Cheap food specials + $2.50 Coors Lights + O’s.

Get your mountains on.

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Square for iPhone – by Chris OConnell

[iDevice Link] <— 22,727 views A nice revisit to a good friend doing good things. I asked Chris back in May when he posted this video what he was possibly thinking about when he conceptualized this idea...

“Just trying to push the limits of extreme, I wanted to do something that hadn’t been done before. I consider this accomplishment as important as the invention of the internet, or even television for that matter.”

Genius.

Arrogance is a bug in signal processing

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We care a lot about finding people who are brilliant, who get things done, who make a difference. We care a lot about finding a playwright with talent, a surgeon who can cure us, a programmer who can get the thing to work.

Along the way, many of the linchpins who are able to do work like this develop affectations, quirks and even obnoxious qualities. They might demand an over-equipped dressing room or a private jet or merely be a jerk in meetings (or show up late, which is almost as bad).

We often put up with this, because, after all, they’re superstars, right?

Somewhere along the way, we confused the signals with the work. Now there are people who start with the bad behavior and the affectations, hoping that it will be seen as a sign of insight and talent. And they often get away with it. “Who’s that?” we wonder… “I don’t know, but they must be good at what they do, because why else would we put up with them?” It’s a great plan when it works, but I don’t think it’s a strategy to be counted on.

The key to getting a reputation for being brilliant is actually being brilliant, not just acting like you are.