Michael Jackson and the Twitter Effect

Andy Warhol gave people 15 minutes to be famous. Today, Twitter gives fame in waves. Here's a record of reaction to the news of Michael Jackson's death.

skrbl collaborative whiteboard

This is in beta and I haven't tried it yet, but want to put the link here where I'll find it. You can create an Internet whiteboard, give the URL to others who can then come and collaborate real time with you. Sounds like it's anticipating "the wave."

Taft High School Graduation 2009

I made this video for my graduating seniors, to try to capture the energy of this rite of passage.

Thanks to Josh J. for telling me about Jamin Winans. Definitely one to watch!

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Kaki King

I thought I bought a guitar for my program, but just realized I must have accidentally got it for myself as well, as I found Kaki King and realize I want to learn how to play like she does --- amazing!

Here's an interesting lecture on how social use of the Internet is changing our world.
Clay Sharky's talk is called "How Twitter can make history" but it's about a lot more as well.
Another TED (Ideas Worth Sharing) presentation. (Keep tabs on this site.)

A Common Creative Space in Film Design

An interesting blog about creative design in films.

Google Wave on the horizon

Goggle really DOES want to take over the world!
It will happen with a willing world creating millions of "Google waves," which will take the place of or at least dominate other providers offering blogs, wikis, chats, shared media, and social networking hubs. Yikes! It can do it all INSTANTLY! so why would anyone go anywhere else to do anything?

Due to roll out in the fall, this video shows the Wave creators pitching their product to developers so that there will be a whole world of apps to add on and make the wave immediately imbedded in everything we do online. See for yourself.





I keep thinking about how she said, "the more we used it the more we realized it was changing the way we think," and how he said, "we're trying to come up with a happy medium between instant communication and having enough time to write/create without interruptions. This product really is going to change our lives.

Welcome to Web 3.0, brought to you by Google.

And I can't help but worry about those who don't have the Internet, or don't have the skills, or who don't have a social network. The Digital Divide is widening exponentially.