Dynamo's first videos are live!
And it's your job to watch them, ok?
Dynamos!
First of all, thank you for subscribing to this newsletter. Dynamo is a video network for people building careers, companies, communities, and lives. But we also hope that it will be a community for people doing the same. So it’s nice to be in your inbox. Hello. Hi.
This week we finally started publishing videos on LinkedIn and beyond. If you like them, please share them on your feed – or even just throw one of those LinkedIn reactions on them. We’re partial to the “Celebrate” hands.
OK, so here’s what we made…
Why are so many roofs in South Korea green?
Head over to South Korea on Google Maps, and you'll find something surprising. So many of the roofs are green!
Why?
Turns out it's not an aesthetic choice. It's about keeping building costs lower. This special polyurethane coating protects buildings from monsoon rains and temperature swings, helping them last longer.
This video was produced by Madis Kabash and edited by Fisher Stroud. Watch it on LinkedIn.
Wait, a blanket for snow…?
This massive contraption is called a "snow blanket."
Ski resorts use it to keep snow throughout summer, ensuring they're ready for the ski season regardless of unpredictable winter conditions.
Keeping ski runs open is obviously great for skiers, but industry groups say it's important for the economy, too.
Protect Our Winters says the difference between a "low snow year" and a "high snow year" is about $1.7 billion for the US economy. It swings employment by tens of thousands of jobs, they say.
Climate change aside, tech that helps make winter more predictable is probably helpful for ski resort owners and management as they plan investments for the years ahead.
This video was produced by Madis Kabash and edited by Fisher Stroud. Watch it on LinkedIn.
Sorry, but all the money in the world can’t get you into this basketball game.
The scenes from inside a Red Star vs. Partizan game in Belgrade, Serbia – also known as “The Eternal Derby” –are completely nuts. We’re talking chanting, singing, flares, smoke, flags, and lots of security keeping home fans separate from away fans.
But unless you make friends with a member of either club, you’re unlikely to ever get to see the game for yourself. Not even if you have lots of money to spend on resale tickets.
That’s because there aren’t really any resale tickets. That’s how it works in Europe, even though it means ignoring a huge amount of revenue for teams and the industry. Here, we explain why.
This video was produced by Karin Shedd and Fisher Stroud. Fisher edited it, too. Watch it on LinkedIn.
That’s it for this week! More soon…
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