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Gary Vaynerchuck drinks wine and kicks ass

This is required viewing for anyone who’s making trying to make a living online. Gary Vaynerchuck from Wine Library TV has made a few killer, inspirational presentations, but this is perhaps the best. Here’s Gary at the Web 2.0 Expo in New York in September 2008. He talks about hard damn work (“stop watching fucking Lost”), passion in what you do (“if you’re pumping out good shit, people will follow”), and personal branding (ask yourself: “what do I want to do?”). Anything can happen, but if you have brand equity, you’ll be fine.

“Legacy is greater than currency.” The only thing worse than failing and being skeptical is being irrelevant. Now go!

(Actually, he normally spits out his tastings. I do hope he drinks the stuff on occasion.)

Have you tried TweetDeck?

Not that tweeting is that complex of an operation, nor is my Twitterberry application ever that far out of reach, but I am excited for my Adobe Air installation of the TweetDeck beta application (for PC, in this case) to complete. I’ll let you all know how it goes!

Let me know if there are any “better” or lighter apps out there that do the same thing…

Our friend, Phil

This is a great short produced right here in Canadiana, starring my good friend Phil Dubrovsky. The Internet – what a great way to get artists’ names out there… Way to go, Phil!!

Be sure to click on the “HQ” button to view the video in high quality and to best appreciate the production value!

Enjoy!

How "Live" is Qik?

I often us a free app for my BlackBerry 9000 called “Qik” – it allows me to “broadcast” live video from my phone. However, it never seems to be truly live. There is always a slight delay – but still, really cool for a mobile app! Maybe the delay is due to the not-so-fast Rogers 3G network? Has anyone tried this on AT&T in the States, or Sprint? Or even Telus or Bell here in Canada?

[UPDATE] Hey, where’s the audio? Gonna have to try this again…

OK, so there’s no time stamp… This exercise didn’t help me much!

Video of the day: Feist’s Juno music video of the year

Anthony Seck won the 2009 Juno (Canadian Grammy award) for video of the year with Feist’s Honey Honey. If you haven’t seen this video yet, you will be mesmerized by the fantastical images and storyline and Feist’s ethereal voice:

While so many artists have neglected making creative music videos, worth more than showing off how great the musician is are or how big their boat is (or just that they’re… on a boat), it’s refreshing to see something about more than the performer.

Beautiful custom urban bikes by Republic

Republic makes gorgeous, customized bicycles for $344. By customized, we mean nearly every colour (saddle, chain, tires, wheels, etc.) and through a nifty interface. The physical bike is pretty standardized steel frame and components, but you can have fun and create a very unique looking bike. They come as interchangeable fixed gear and freewheel drivetrains.

Here’s one:

Check out the build quality. Looks like decent components:

The full bike weight a very reasonble 24 pounds.

What’s your Aristotle? Share it here. Here’s ours:

Again, we’d love to see some social media site sharing by this company!

Create your own Muppet (puppet)

Make your own Muppet for $90. Have fun. Here are approximations of your NorthGeek authors:
Daniel:

Noah:

This now is another toy customization ecommerce site, but we’d love to see some social media sharing going on here — make a Muppet and share it via your social network of choice!

What ever happened to Koolanoo?

With a promo video like this, how could they not be around anymore?

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Where the Wild Things Are: Movie preview out today

The preview, for what looks to be a stunning film rendition of the famous children’s book Where the Wild Things are, came out today, and it’s set to the insistent, dramatic beat of The Arcade Fire. See it over at Apple or click below.

Video of the Day: Creme that egg

A most creative way to break a creme egg: