Ru Zi Ke Jiao

I’m traveling back to Hong Kong this week. If any of you are in HK, I’d love to see you sometime this next week. Just leave me a comment and I’ll reply via e-mail. (Don’t worry, I won’t publish your comment.)

If things work out, I’ll be staying in HK and continuing my work there. If things don’t work out, I will be leaving by April 1st, to somewhere else in Asia where I will continue my work. Obviously, my first preference would be to return to the Chinese mainland, but until China welcomes me back, that isn’t going to happen.3

Speaking of flying, check out the flying camera pictured here. It’s not real, it’s only a concept piece, the purpose of which is to make you think. Did it work? (Remember, thinking is asking questions.) You can see some other pictures here.

You’ve probably heard me talk about portfolios before, but if you haven’t, then you should read this first.

Okay, welcome back. Here is a portfolio – There is No Them – that I recently stumbled upon. Of course, I really like it, otherwise I wouldn’t be blogging about it.

And from that portfolio, I was led to this company / website that offers free hosting of your (small) portfolio.

Traditionally, portfolios have been for “artists”, including designers, architects, etc…but as I’ve been explaining, in a world where creativity trumps knowledge, you need to have your own portfolio that demonstrates your capabilities, etc…

Take me, for example. My blog demonstrates my teaching abilities, and I have a link to my lovely student photos. I also have some of my other work online, such as when I shamed Wal-Mart into following their own company rules (and Chinese law) to keep their stairways clear. Or this one that shamed Shenzhen Zhong Xue so that they would STOP cheating on their applications to American universities.

So when I approach people regarding work, I don’t only give them references, I give them examples of my work. You know, I show them my portfolio.

This is a REMARKABLE video – simply stunning. It uses two of the great levers of life (fear and love) to motivate people to ________. (Try and guess its message as you watch.) Are you interested in film, marketing or business? If you are, pay extra attention. Or maybe you’re not interested in those things. That’s okay, but you still need to understand marketing because you have to be able to market yourself, you know, BRAND YOU. Watch and let this video’s creativity inspire you.
The ad was produced by a British organization called Sussex Safer Roads Partnership. Pay attention to the artistry, the music, the use of slow motion, the close-ups, they really nailed this video.

I really like the editing of this MV (music video). I also enjoy trying to guess the storyline simply from watching the video, as I can’t understand the French lyrics. This type of editing – multiple views of the same thing, shown on the screen at the same time – was popularized on TV by the series, 24. The name of the artist is STROMAE, and the MV is Alors on danse. ENJOY! Leave a comment and tell me what you like and dislike about this video. What would you do differently?

By the way, many westerners like to dance like that. But so what? Many westerners also like to take drugs that cause them to act less intelligently, you know, stupider.

This music video – We Are All Connected – was made by using software commonly referred to as auto-tune. It contains clips Carl Sagan’s Cosmos, The History Channel’s Universe series, Richard Feynman’s 1983 interviews, Neil deGrasse Tyson’s cosmic sermon, and Bill Nye’s Eyes of Nye Series, plus added visuals from The Elegant Universe (NOVA), Stephen Hawking’s Universe, Cosmos, the Powers of 10, and more. It is a tribute to great western minds of science, intended to spread scientific knowledge and philosophy through the medium of music.
Watch similar videos here:SymphonyOfScience.com