This is a new video that I created for Snowbird Ski Resort. I created this campaign called “so many reasons” to help with their social media marketing strategy. Hope you enjoy watching it as I had making it!
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The Egyptian government has taken an unprecedented action, shutting down nearly all Internet and cellular access into an out of the country. Egypt did not just put up a firewall for its 80 million citizens. It has forced networks completely offline. The only Internet activity remaining is that of the Egyptian stock exchange and some government departments.
Learn more.
Watch live coverage:
http://english.aljazeera.net/watch_now/?foo=bar
Excellent background information:
Mother Jones: What’s Happening in Egypt
http://motherjones.com/mojo/2011/01/whats-happening-egypt-explained
More details about the communications shutdown:
Egypt Leaves the Internet
http://www.renesys.com/blog/2011/01/egypt-leaves-the-internet.shtml
WSJ: Egypt Shuts Down Internet, Cellphone Services
http://on.wsj.com/eMeukH
More about democracy and freedom in Egypt:
Egypt Global Integrity Report
http://report.globalintegrity.org/Egypt/2008
Forbes: Opposition Claims Massive Fraud in Egypt Electoral Poll
http://www.forbes.com/feeds/afx/2005/09/08/afx2212162.html
Huffington Post: Egypt Targeting Reporters: Press Freedom Group
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/01/26/egypt-targeting-reporters_n_814521.html
Updates from Cairo:
The Arabist
http://twitter.com/arabist
CNN’s Ben Wedeman
http://twitter.com/bencnn
Other helpful sources for making this video:
Bloomberg: Egypt Internet Down, Police Counterterror Unit Up
http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2011-01-27/egypt-s-protests-pose-threat-for-regime.html
Reuters: Egypt Unrest Rages on, Biggest Protests Planned
http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSTRE70O3UW20110128?pageNumber=2
CNN: Egypt’s Mubarak Faces Toughest Challenge Yet
http://edition.cnn.com/2011/WORLD/africa/01/27/egypt.mubarak/
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I love this video, it is a start of a new trend of really funny and creative people ripping off exciting popular youtube videos and making them even more popular. I say, keep it up!