Cyber culture, social media and Web ?.0 are all themes which describe what this blog is about. On occasion there will be potluck posts… enjoy.
Readers are undoubtedly linking to CNN and Google News right now to find out more about the details.
A gunman opened fire in a dorm and classroom at Virginia Tech today, killing 21 people. Of course my condolences go out to all the family members of the student victims.
I’m watching CNN right now, and (without […]
This goes beyond live streaming video. That’s why it’s called a lifecast. Or at least that’s the term dubbed by Justin Kan, a recent Yale Grad who despite the seemingly frat boy spring break nature of his idea (expose your life 24/7! Then get trashed!) has a pretty interesting project with Justin.tv.
Justin was actually behind […]
Fascinating that the NY Times of all publications would file a front page story in its Arts Section about the YouTube Awards. Yes, you know the same Arts spread dedicated to the off and occasionally off-off Broadway play, or that killer dance company full of “gaiety and disturbing mystery.”
Dance Company Covered by the NY Times:
This […]
New media bloggers are out in full force today. The issue? NBC Universal and News Corps’ launch of an online video sharing service. In short, the networks’ competitive response to YouTube.
Sure the announcement is old news. What is new are the partnerships struck with portals like AOL, Yahoo, MSN and MySpace allowing […]
I have never been a fan of Big Brother or any of the me-centered reality shows. But there is something intriguing by the “real life” project the team behind Justin.tv have launched.
A co-worker of mine calls it living art. I call it living… period. Once again, the interactivity is the selling point. You can call […]
“What then shall we choose? Weight or Lightness?”
-Milan Kundera, “The Unbearable Lightness of Being”
For those familiar with the book, the author plays with several themes. My favorite, embedded in the book’s very title, plays on three themes:
1) the “heaviness” associated with romantic relationships
2) the transient “lightness” associated with bachelorhood and
3) the constant […]
Let’s take a moment now to puzzle over all the attention the web papparazi showers on web shows the likes of Rocketboom, Geek TV (GETV) and the rest…
I’m as big a fan and supporter as any when it comes to the new niches afforded by the Long Tail. I mean I can understand why content […]