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.

Wednesday, June 17, 2009

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

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.)