Media Hacking

For the last couple of days, friends and I have been having running conversations about Social Networks, invites, randoms, personal/digital space with a dash of personal branding thrown in for flavor.
Great post from Chris Brogan regarding how we behave (and misbehave) in the multiple social networks we live in. Is it a [...]

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From a post on BoingBoing today is this little gem:
Emotionally, I don’t understand why so many people get so upset at being marketed to, or at gleefully acknowledging the good that comes from crafting a social world that is dominated by people willingly exchanging skills, services, and goods. These types could be called Generation Dobler, [...]

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My favorite tech/social software/meeting cool people conference is HAPPENING.
Gnomedex aims to be a tech zeitgeist – where today’s ideas and thinkers come together – although the direction of our conference may change in the following years. The conference industry certainly has affronted us several challenges, since we refuse to play the games that other [...]

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Marc Canter – one of the most consistent critics of walled gardens/closed systems and the ghost towns they become hits it again with a post about subscribing to people
Well one clear way is to just ’subscribe’ to someone and then find out what they’re doing – wherever they are. This can only be done [...]

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http://thew0rd.com/
the first post I find dives into another aggregator/platform Ziki
http://thew0rd.com/2007/06/25/zikicom-releases-v2-of-their-digital-identity-management-suite/
these guys should check out the conversation Doc is leading in VRM
http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/vrm/

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http://mashable.com/2007/06/11/rss-toolbox/

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I love print. I love magazines that commit and pay for long articles and long fiction. The web rewards neither approach. It’s a packeted medium, a surf medium. Short bursts are the way to go. The web isn’t a replacement medium — it’s *another” medium.
(my bold)
From his blog

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FoxNews is reporting that protesters in Venezuela (protesting Chavez’s takeover of the leading tv network in the country) are using Facebook and text messaging to organize their protests.
If it is really true, its a great example of Smartmobs in action. The ironic thing is, earlier in the day MSM was reporting that they werent [...]

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Thanks to the unique and original Halley for the pointer
This is a Modest Mouse video done by Max Tyrie as told by Wooster Collective

“There is no compositing, no shortcuts, just lots of blood, sweat and tears, and a huge Kinkos bill!”…. Max
Read the whole story of how this was done at: Wooster Collective

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