Tuesday, September 15, 2009

"Did You Know" + Creative Commons = Powerful New Media

Exploring what happens to a good idea online by looking at "Did You Know? 2.0," Creative Commons, how people have riffed on the material, and the latest version just released, "Did You Know 4.0). It's a great example of how Creative Commons allows a good idea to be adapted, developed, updated, and transformed.

Wednesday, July 8, 2009

SOUR '日々の音色 (Hibi no neiro)'

Multichannel's been around for awhile, but this is the first webcam version I've seen! What creative fun!


As always, guru Alan November shows us what's on the horizon, as seen in this youtube video about MIT and Patti Maes called The Sixth Sense Tech of the Future, another TED presentation. This is just too cool!

Thursday, July 2, 2009

The Hirshhorn Museum in Washington is inspirational in so many ways.
Here's something I'll use in my media literacy classes. No music or movement is intentional to reduce how much I have an effect on the viewer. Sorry for misspelling the name in the credits : (

Friday, June 26, 2009

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.

Wednesday, June 24, 2009

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."

skrbl now

Tuesday, June 23, 2009

Taft High School Graduation 2009

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