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Can anyone speak to whether this style of video is use widely internally at Alphabet X, or if this is just an anomaly? I'm not talking about the content, just
by jessriedel 8y ago
Can anyone speak to whether this style of video is use widely internally at Alphabet X, or if this is just an anomaly? I'm not talking about the content, just the practice of sending around videos about ostensibly intellectual ideas that have very little content and instead rely on music/imagery/etc.? It's very embarrassing.
- GuiA 8y agoIt’s an emerging sub field of design that calls itself “speculative design”. Can’t speak for Google, but it is gaining traction. See for instance https://www.primerconference.com/2017/ https://www.primerconference.com/2017/
- jessriedel 8y agoTED talks have gained a lot of traction too... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DkGMY63FF3Q https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DkGMY63FF3Q
- creaghpatr 8y agothe music/imagery is to lighten it up...imagine if he had shared his thoughts in a 'memo'- it could be, you know, misconstrued...
- acobster 8y agoThe difference is that if you start sending around a (purely hypothetical) memo unrelated to your work and unsanctioned by your employer, you might (hypothetically) get fired. This video has production value and ties into core corporate objectives. I'd be genuinely surprised to learn it wasn't backed by a serious corporate initiative.
- chillingeffect 8y agoGod that music is horrible. 20-second loop in the same key, same tempo, same volume over and over repeated 26 times. It's like being on hold. Sounds like a corporate initiative to me!