They're talking about Web 3.0

Experts ask if the future web I see will be the same one you see. They wonder if we will continue surfing or have machines do it for us. Google has one vision of our future (based on their ubiquitous apps) while the inventor of the web,Tim Berners-Lee explains how the semantic web is evolving, where information brings multiple connections linking databases together.

Digital Inspiration brings together several different presentations to explore this debate on where the web is going.

Google Wonder Wheel

Does everybody already know about the options Google has for searches? (They went live last May, but I missed it then.) Do a Google search, then, on the top left side, click on "more options." You can see your results in a whole lot of different ways, but to see them visually in a concept/mind map kind of way, click on "Wonder Wheel." Click and play, or get instructions at Google's site.

Muzorama animation --- nonlinear storytelling

Reposted from NPR:
"You’re not losing your mind. You’re just spending a few minutes in Muzorama.

When we hear the word “animation” many of us think of the narrative storytelling of The Little Mermaid, Cinderella, Pinocchio, or Shrek, but when you enter the universe of Muzorama all the laws of physics and logic surrender to the unpredictable imagination of French illustrator Muzo and the Muzorama team.

Produced in 2008, Muzorama is not merely a 3D animation, but a Jungian, psychedelic freefall of visual irony, extremely inventive situations and unending surprises."

Muzorama from Muzorama Team on Vimeo.

"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.

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!

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 : (