Big Dog
A strange, remarkably agile robot from Boston Dynamics (discovered via Toe Stubber).
Technology
Social Media
Art and social media
I really like Amrita Chandra’s guest post at Chris Brogan’s blog – “What Artists Can Teach Everyone About Social Media.”
Uncategorized
Wild Will
Will Elder more or less invented Mad Magazine and modern graphical satire. His art had a “breathtaking immaturity.” [Link] Elder
Futures, Technology
Mac Tonnies
An interview with Mac Tonnies, who has the Posthuman Blues, is a good overview of transhumanist thinking. I would argue
Social Media
Grouply isn’t cool
[Someone complained that a link to this post was “dead.” I had unpublished it because, after some conversation with the
Media, Social Media
Jay Rosen: Getting a clue about bloggers and ethics
Jay Rosen understands better than anybody the distinctions between traditional media and social media, and he’s written a great post
Uncategorized
Harvey Kurtzman
I didn’t realize former suckster Joey Anuff was comicologist ’til I saw yesterday’s boing boing post about Joey’s Harvey Kurtzman
Social Media, Sustainability
Blogging at Change.org
I’m guest blogging at Change.org’s “Stop Global Warming” blog this week. Check out my posts “Bandwidth for Climate Change” and
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So long to Efjay the Ackermonster
Forrest J. Ackerman was the world’s foremost science fiction fan, as well as former editor of Famous Monsters of Filmland
Business, Community, Consciousness, Economy
Shopocalypse now: be mindful
Gary Gach considers how Buddha would approach consumer Christmas: “We should be trying to base contentment on being, rather than
Media, Social Media
What are we missing?
Social media people still haven’t shaken broadcast thinking. So many still think there’s a relationship between attention and credibility. If
Business, News
The alarms were working, but nobody was hearing
I was surprised that anyone else was surprised at the economic meltdown, because I thought I’d been hearing for many,
Futures, News, Social Media, Sustainability
More on Mumbai/Twitter
I posted earlier about Mumbai/social media. Svetlana Gladkova says more about Twitter as a source of news and conversation about
News, Social Media
Mumbai via social media
Though I spent Thanksgiving on a plane of existence where the concept of “news” just didn’t make sense, I did