There are so many exciting things about working in the start-up environment: flexibility, energy, the flow of new ideas and the agility to implement them. And of course, there’s the adrenaline that comes from knowing that every day is the most important day in your company’s history. While that means that you never get to spend any time coasting, it also means that you get to spend a fair amount of time celebrating. For example, if you open up the Read more…
For weeks now, we’ve been watching Blair Underwood talk about his From Cape Town with Love Vook and chatting with fans about how exciting it all is. So we’re just as pleased as the rest of you to announce that it’s here! No more clips, snips and speculation. Now you can watch the entire From Cape Town with Love Vook on your iPhone, iPod Touch, iPad or Browser.
Imagine you’re reading a book and suddenly you want to share a line, passage or thought with a friend. You stop reading, you get out your notebook, you make a reminder to tell your friend…etc. Now we love the moleskin as much as anyone, but we’re really excited to announce that with Vook’s new internal sharing functionality, you can pass on text and videos to friends without ever leaving the page. While reading your Vook, you can email, tweet and Read more…
Marketing gurus Seth Godin and Gary Vaynerchuk agree that the key elements of a successful enterprise are great ideas and tenacity. If you’re wiling to work 20-hour days and “bleed out your eyes,” Gary V. says anything is possible. Seth asserts that a hundred bad ideas will lead to a good one. The number one thing you need to succeed is determination. You also need some capital. So tomorrow, Tuesday May 25th, Vook wants to help you save some money Read more…
The noise about our new Reckless Road app is about as loud as a Guns N’ Roses concert–and now, it’s available for iPhone. The iPad app has already gotten a stellar review from Cult of Mac, the Vook was featured in the New York Times and with the app available for iPhone, we think this “rock doc” is going to keep the buzz buzzing. Grab it now, and help us pump up the volume. Download Reckless Road for iPhone. Download Read more…
Shakespeare might be the gold standard of great, serious literature, but in his day, the bard was all about putting on plays that were boisterous, vivid and loud. He was also an innovator: Shakespeare invented words, dramatic devices and creative staging solutions. It makes sense that he’d be in favor of the kind of innovation that would bring his works to life, says Alan Rinzler in an article for the Forbes blog. Rinzler argues that Shakespeare “knew his poetry needed Read more…
The eventual merging of the Appetite line-up of Gun N’ Roses can more easily be attributed to chaos theory than straight forward chronology.”- Reckless Road While Gun N’ Roses’ path to success was notoriously chaotic, the Vook team has been working straight around the clock to produce our most rockin’ Vook ever. It was amazing to see Slash hold his first iPad and take a look at Reckless Road: The Making of Appetite of Destruction, but it’s even more thrilling Read more…
When we last left off, the entire Vook staff was glued to our computer screens watching the trailer for Blair Underwood’s new Vook, From Cape Town With Love. We think the trailer pretty much speaks for itself, but as we learned when he talked about Vook on the Today Show this morning, Blair is also a quite convincing spokesperson. Now, there’s a whole new crowd of people who know about the Vook and are as anxious as we are for Read more…
When we first saw the trailer for our upcoming Vook with Blair Underwood, “From Cape Town with Love,” we were pretty excited. But when we released it out into the Twitter stream, we were blown away. To say that everyone is eager to check out the latest Tennyson Hardwick thriller would be a big understatement. The video has had over 1500 views in two days. It’s put us in touch with a bunch of great, creative and passionate people on Read more…
What’s the connection between experimental animation and a Victorian photograph book? Although they may seem at opposite ends of the spectrum, they share one important quality: they’re both examples of the union of art and technology possible with Vook. With Jeff Scher’s Best of Times, we compiled 14 short films featured on Scher’s New York Times Opinionator blog, “The Animated Life” and added the artist’s reflective essays to create a little mobile museum. These gorgeous, unconventional films set to music Read more…
