Category: Viral

One Man’s Journey To Post One Thing On Ello

This is a  slightly dramatized account of my efforts to post on Ello – the newly popular social network. Part of the confusion that ensued no-doubt occurred from my desire to learn the purpose of every meaningless icon. There are two tasks that should be incredibly easy on a social network – posting, and seeing the posts of others. On Ello, that first one is exceedingly difficult....

The custom rig bill gates built for the ice bucket challenge

Video: Bill Gates Wins At The Ice Bucket Challenge

I didn’t think it was possible to win the ice bucket challenge, but Bill Gates did. First of all, he was nominated by Mark Zuckerberg, and nominated Elon Musk. Then, his video was outright cinematic (see below). Seriously, it was more of a short film than a video. Thirdly, he designed and built a custom rig to dump ice water on himself, and he...

video of tim cook, apple CEO, taking ALS ice bucket challenge

Tim Cook Takes Ice Bucket Challenge In Front of Employees

Tim Cook, Apple’s CEO, accepted the challenge from Phil Schiller, Apple’s marketing head, and took on the ice bucket challenge in front of thousands of employees at Apple’s bi-weekly Beer Bash – Yes I didn’t know that event existed either, but apparently it does. Cook took on the ALS-challenge while blasting the song “Ice-Ice Baby” by Vanilla Ice – an apt choice of sound....

Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella takes on the Ice Bucket Challenge for ALS

Mark Zuckerberg, and Other Tech Celebrities Take on ALS Challenge

Celebrities around the globe have been joining in the viral “ALS Ice Bucket Challenge” which aims to raise money, and awareness to fight ALS. Here are seven videos of celebrities (mostly tech CEOs) taking on the challenge. Enjoy, and give the challenge a try yourself. And don’t forget to vote for your favorite, via a tweet.   Celebrity: Mark Zuckerberg (founder and CEO of...

jeff bezos takes on ice bucket challenge at amazon

Video: Jeff Bezos Takes On The Ice Bucket Challenge

At an Amazon all-hands, in front of thousands of employees, Jeff Bezos took on the ice bucket challenge. He was recently challenged by Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella. He started off with a joke: “I was going to challenge Edward Snowden, but I was afraid [the bucket] would just leak”. He then followed it up with another joke about picking the queen, the pope, and Kim...