0 comments by Ben Koo on 7/3/2008
Below is a great interview with Yardbarker CEO and my boss, Pete Vlastelica. A lot of my job entails explaining our company and the value of joining our vertical advertising network. I think I am doing a pretty good job, but nobody does it better than Pete. Check out the video below to get a […]
0 comments by Ben Koo on 7/2/2008
Below are some random things on my mind tonight. – Yesterday I commented on Tesla Motor’s big announcement to produce cars in California over New Mexico. Today another big rumor is floating around that Tesla has reached a deal to sell batteries to Mercedez in their efforts to sell electic cars by 2010. With other […]
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Didn’t see any commercial that blew my mind, but did see a teaser while watching television for an upcoming movie. Definitely peeked my interest. Not sure if this is the initial commercial I watched, but it’s suffice for now. http://youtube.com/watch?v=eEp7OEYt77c
0 comments by Ben Koo on 7/1/2008
Below is a video of Arnold Schwartzenegger announcing that California has secured Tesla Motor’s new production facility to mass produce electric vehicles. New Mexico was earlier announced as the destination for the facility, but the Governator (big fan and owner of a Tesla) worked hard to come up with an incentive package to get Tesla […]
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Awhile back I did a Bucknuts article on Alex Coates who made the great video below. Ohio State Where Amazing Happens Today a new video surfaced via creative Iowa fans, poking fun of the Michigan Football Program. I give it pretty high marks.
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Busy Day, but thought I would post another Hulu clip. From a classic and all time favorite. Yes, that’s Sean Penn..Great movie, great clip, and great start for Cameron Crowe [vodpod id=Groupvideo.1351201&w=425&h=350&fv=] more about "More Hulu- Fast Times at Ridgemount HIgh", posted with vodpod
0 comments by Ben Koo on 6/30/2008
If you watch ESPN ever so often, then you are well versed in Stephen A Smith. For those who know him, feel free to skip the video below and paragraph below Stephen A on a typical tirade Smith came to ESPN in 2005 and was tabbed as a rising star in sports broadcasting with columns […]
0 comments by Ben Koo on 6/29/2008
I am a big fan of Hulu and blogged about it a couple months ago. At a high level, Hulu is a higher resolution Youtube with advertising except all the videos are legal and come from big name media companies so there is no user generated content.You can watch entire movies and television shows with […]
0 comments by Ben Koo on 6/27/2008
A co worker asked me if I wanted to live the blog the NBA Draft for Yardbarker. I jumped at the opportunity as I have never really “live blogged” anything. I think I did okay, and the Yardbarker community gave me some good marks. Check it out here. http://www.yardbarker.com/nba/articles/Live_Blogging_the_NBA_Draft/282761
0 comments by Ben Koo on 6/25/2008
This week’s commercial of the week has aired in multiple shorter incarnations during the Euro Cup. Below is the full 2 minute piece. Its directed by Guy Ritchie of Snatch, Lock Stock, and Madonna fame. The commercial is uptempo, exciting, tells a story, and has loads of soccer star power. What sets it apart is […]
0 comments by Ben Koo on 6/24/2008
Wanted to throw a couple of interesting updates on the Green Technology fronts. I have covered Tesla Motors and even had the pleasure of visiting to their offices in San Carlos. The overhead costs associated with launching a car company are ginormous and rumors are that Tesla is seeking some more dough to help get […]
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The newest viral hit, is… Shaq freestyling with his newest hit “Kobe.. Tell me How my Ass Taste?” It’s catchy and funny. But the question begs, is this a better performance than the Kazaam video below? Let me know your thoughts. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=357o0kPWGFc&hl=en&fs=1
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Awhile back I blogged about how the NHL’s television deal on Versus was a significant detriment to the league’s continued growth and success. On the flip side, ESPN (the NHL’s former television carrier), was discretely stagnating its efforts in covering the NHL with no business incentive to cover the least popular of the the big […]
0 comments by Ben Koo on 6/23/2008
Technology blog GigaOM had a great piece analyzing Linkedin’s billion dollar valuation in their latest round of funding. Accompanying that piece was a video (featured below) made by Linkedin’s marketing team gathering the opinions of various investors including Dave Sze who is featured prominently in Sarah Lacy’s great book “Once You Are Lucky, Twice You […]
0 comments by Ben Koo on 6/21/2008
Below is a very interesting but kind of long interview with Bill Gurley from Benchmark Capital (investor in Vudu, Open Table, and Zillow) and his soon to be colleague Matt Cohler. Cohler spent the past three years at Facebook where he headed product management and before that was integral to Linkedins’ efforts to get off […]
