The Time Traveller. Really? [Video]

Hello, it’s been a busy few days. I’ve been unable to post while travelling in the U.S.
Precisely, travel is the topic of this post. Not quite plain travel. Time travel.

The following video has been trending big time. So much that I learned about it on TV. I’d actually seen a few tweets, including by the HuffPost but wasn’t that attracted to read the content but when I saw it on the news (it might have been Fox or ABC, I frankly can’t remember) in DC this morning, I wondered.

So here is that footage. Look at the woman. 1929. Premiere of Charlie Chaplin’s The Circus. Is she talking on… a cellphone?

Hoax or not, it’s already been viewed 1.7 million times in 10 days. And probably because of the news coverage, it really peaked today.

Sofar, it has garnered 13 692 comments.

It was first posted on October 18th. As early as the following day, the footage was already viewed on a mobile device for the first time. And up to now, some 38 899 people have streamed it on their mobile devices.

In terms of population, men aged anywhere between 25 and 44 seem to be the most psyched by the mysterious time traveler. Gentlemen, what do you have to say to that?…

It is mostly trending in North America, but also the U.K., Scandinavia, Australia. Latin America shows some interest too but the most notable element is South Africa being tuned in more than Latin America, while no other country on the continent seems to be otherwise paying attention.

Looks like we’ve moved up on the ladder of spookyness: UFOs no longer rock. Time traveling is the new big thing. How many people are going to be scanning footage of street life at around that time now, in search for more evidence of the existence of a time traveler?

You tell me…

Life’s For Sharing [Video] – T-Mobile Live Ad

Another one of my all time favorites for the weekend: Life’s For Sharing, T-Mobile’s flash mob at London’s Liverpool Street Underground station back in January last year. Awesome.

Enjoy and have a great weekend everyone.

Buzz ? Viral ? The Virtual Tissue Demo

Have you ever wondered, in the end, what the words “buzz” or “viral” meant in terms of web ?

Yes, it’s exactly the same as in “organic” (yet another geeky term for “real”) life:
. “Buzz” is the word of mouth that turns a simple event/fact into an online gigantic tide.
. “Viral” is a piece of information that spreads, well yes, like a virus, and swells into a virtual tsunami.
Blunders or gestures made by famous people tend to instantly go viral: within a few minutes, or an hour, the whole world can see it AND comment on it.

Why did I decide to write on this, you say ?
Well, because this week, something happened in Haïti that perfectly illustrates my point. Have you heard of former U.S. President George W Bush wiping his hand on his predecessor, President Bill Clinton ? I almost put “supposedly” there but frankly, once you see the video, there’s not much doubt left.
… But I could be totally wrong. What do you think George Bush is doing ? Patting, poking,…. (what else is there?) Bill Clinton ?

You’re about to watch BBC footage that has been viewed over 700 00 times since it happened on Tuesday: now *that*’s buzz, that’s viral.

… Guess what ? This is not the first time President George W Bush is being caught red-handed (literally) with questionable manners: he already did it once on David Letterman’s show. Acutally, it wasn’t during the show but during a commercial break. Watch this, he actually… yes… is wiping his glasses on a woman’s top (a jacket, presumably) while she’s got her back turned to him.

When you’re famous, you’ve got to watch yourself before the whole world watches and judges you. When you’re famous, you actually make an impact on people so, again, watch yourself ! And you thought they’d know, right ?

Point made on viral and buzz. End of my virtual tissue demo.

So what do YOU think was happening in the Haïti video ?

My favorite quotes from smwf

A typical, light-hearted Friday post: quotes heard and collected on and off-stage. Unexpected, funny, geeky, … etc. Here’s my selection of 6 of them. Enjoy !

- Most agreed upon, on and off-stage: “enough of social media… let’s call it something else” – Suggestions were mainly for “digital”

- Most unexpected statement (and funniest): “Hello. I’m on my own, as always”, then turns his back to us. Eh ? I call them words of wisdom from a proud standalone at the Monday PM shindig while two of us were trying to be social as he was standing on his own (yeah, well) in a corner…

- Geekiest: “The pub with the plug”, describing our geeky bloggers’ needs for chilling out and power connection — quench our thirst and plug our devices (mainly laptops and iPhones, if you must know)

- Most tweeted single line: “Can anyone lend me his/her iPhone charger please ?” — a huge shortage apparently. Which practically raised status of the owners and lenders to semi-gods for geeks (I love geeks)

- Gimmick: “Control is so 20th century” — Lewis PR COO Paul Charles, advocating for clear and up-to-date internal digital guidelines

- Most personal – as it’s my personal branding line: I don’t do business cards, I connect to people and send emails right away. People were most of the time giving me the look, the bad one. But hey, guess what: another woman was doing the same… as blogger Josh Chandler reported: “I met Rebecca Hollis of Intuit yesterday, and she really drove home this message of “Not accepting business cards, and making a real-life connection with someone”. There, thanks Rebecca for the punchline !

Happy Friday everyone and thank you for reading my Friday mash !

Is your name linked to your activity ? And vice versa

It definitely looks like mine is.

Freaky find yesterday: 90% of people named Liva (as first name) on LinkedIn are in PR/ marketing/publicity, media and HR… which pretty much sums up my own areas. Amazing ! Ever tried such stats searches ?
Look at this on LinkedIn’s directory: http:// www.linkedin.com/pub/dir/liva/+/+/