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Think Different

Apple's classic 'Think Different' commercial, a one-minute spot celebrating creative misfits and innovators. This upload is from 2006.

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Why HN readers recommended it

Shared as an emotionally powerful example of great advertising, especially after Steve Jobs died.

This is a summary from the source dataset, not an endorsement by Hacker News or the video creator.

Video & recommendation details

Creator / channel
英倫米高 Michael in England
Topic
apple advertising
Format
other
Level
general
HN recommenders in dataset
3
HN mentions in dataset
5
Recommendation years in dataset
2007–2012

These counts and years describe the included Hacker News records; they are not YouTube views or the video’s publication date.

From the original HN conversations

Excerpts from the recorded comments. Follow each source for the full comment and surrounding discussion.

  • > Ken Segall did the brilliant “Here’s to the Crazy Ones” spot for the ’96 Super Bowl, which remains one of my favorite spots. It reassured the faithful that good things were coming. [VIDEO] My eyeballs just sweated.

    wallflower on Hacker News · 2011-02
    In '1984': As Good as It Gets

  • This is a link to the "Think Different" commercial from Apple. I must admit that after watching it just now I teared up a bit. [VIDEO] What a life.

    revscat on Hacker News · 2011-10
    In Steve Jobs has died

  • What a great opportunity! If you can show a video, the Apple 'Think Different' ad would make an inspired intro: [VIDEO] A fun activity could be to get them into groups, and get them to look at a certain product or issue through an 'Entrepreneurial …

    alid on Hacker News · 2012-10
    In Ask HN: I'm Talking to a High School Class about Entrepreneurship

Summaries, classifications and recommendation records are from the HackerTube source dataset. Read about this library and its limitations.