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It’s About Intimacy | The Privacy Debate
The big friends request debate.
I got a ‘friend request’ from gentlemen whom I met briefly at a conference. My approach to Facebook is to use it as a place to cultivate relationships:
- of people I know
- have been introduced to by trusted contacts
- or built up a relationship through other social spaces
*moving to the other side of the planet makes this platform a lot more important medium than normal.
I explained my reasoning to said guy of how I use this platform as a more personal network and also gave him links to this blog plus my Twitter as alternative ways of connecting.
Was interested to receive his take on how he thought “false psychology to disconnect the personal from the professional” and how it was a very old way of thinking.
For me, it’s not about privacy but more about intimacy.
Just as the media landscape continues to evolve so does our use of the many platforms available to us. People forget we can decide how we use them. We can define its uses.
How do you decide to use your social spaces? Do you? Is this thing on…?
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School Scrabble Championships | One Million Kids On The Tiles
See also The Illiteracy Of Play | Pecha Kucha Night Christchurch.
School Scrabble is a big thing in the USA.
You can buy specially designed starter kits to start your school clubs:
The kit contains 6 boards, 6 sets of tiles, 6 tile bags, 12 racks and as a bonus The Official SCRABBLE Players Dictionary, Fourth Edition.
Great idea, superbly presented.
A Brief History of John Baldessari | Education, Take Note
How history should be taught.
I hated art history in school (even though art was the only subject in which I excelled in some small way).
Most of it was taught through text with a few pictures thrown in accompanied by the ramblings of a bored art teacher who was trying his best to make it all come alive.
It didn’t work.
Since we now have the technology, get a kick ass icon with a voice of gravel weave a sweet narrative over some impressive visuals. Let it sink in. Then discuss.
Job done.
Well it left me wanting to know more about John Baldessari.
Found in a random tweet from Wellington City Library.
Love Letter to Plywood
Delightful.
Via The Awesomer
Suing The American Government | Using The Law To Create Sustainability
Achingly important.
“We’re not asking the government for money, we’re not asking for power, we don’t want to take away the industry’s right to profit. We’re simply asking that the government recognize the atmosphere as part of the public trust to be protected for present and future generations and once and for all to govern as if our future matters.”
From Alec Loorz, 17-year old plaintiff on the Federal atmospheric trust lawsuit and founder of Kids vs Global Warming.
The right to pollute the earth vs the right to protect our atmosphere / environment.
American law, your move.
Can’t find any further information about the hearing on Friday 11th May, here’s hoping it was successful, for all our sakes.
From Youth Group To Sue Federal Government For Not Protecting The Environment | Inhabitat
Currency Of Likes | The Social Shopping Experience
Connecting social to the real world retail space.
*If you don’t speak Portugese make sure the closed captioning is on.
Brazlian-based CEA posts images of their clothes on its Facebook site. When fans ‘like’ the items, the total number is displayed on the hangers.
It can either work to validate the choice or run counter to promote the decision to choose a lesser ‘liked’ item.
Whatever, the execution is wonderfully delicious and has potential in other spaces:
- used in the school cafeteria to decide on which dishes to offer
- employed during a conference as an ad hoc voting system on speakers
- operated by branding agencies to shortlist logo designs
Where else could you see it being used?
Originally seen on Adverblog
What It Is | Writing On The Wall
The above image was taken on Majoribanks Street, Wellington, NZ.
There is always intrigue in words written on the wall for passers by.
Google Translate said it was: “I’ll say it is the calculation”…
A little more searching revealed the lines come from a superb Erich Fried poem and this site offered the full translation (see first two lines of the second verse):
Was es ist (German)
Es ist Unsinn
sagt die Vernunft
Es ist was es ist
sagt die Liebe
Es ist Ungl’ck
sagt die Berechnung
Es ist nichts als Schmerz
sagt die Angst
Es ist aussichtslos
sagt die Einsicht
Es ist was es ist
sagt die Liebe
Es ist l’cherlich
sagt der Stolz
Es ist leichtsinnig
sagt die Vorsicht
Es ist unm’glich
sagt die Erfahrung
Es ist was es ist
sagt die Liebe
What It Is (English)
Rationality says
It’s nonsense
Love says
It is what it is
Reckoning says
It’s doom
Fear says
It’s nothing but sorrow
Sense says
It’s hopeless
Love says
It is what it is
Pride says
It’s ridiculous
Caution says
It’s reckless
Experience says
It’s not practical
Love says
It is what it is
Random words in another language leading to a fantastic poem. Do you do stuff like this or is it just me?
Hillman Curtis | RIP
Tears for a guy I never met.
I never met Hillman Curtis.
I wanted to.
The three times I visited New York emails were sent to attempt to connect, however, he was always busy with other things.
Busy with his amazingly adept creative offerings which I featured regularly on here (the last included a comment thread between myself and the great man which humbled me to the core).
This man was a mammoth creative influence on me. Raised expectations and understanding of the visual narrative; the simplistic but oh so sweet connection one can create through the video medium.
This guy was a master of his craft.
My last email to Mr Curtis was about a month ago after seeing the video above. I was selfishly asking him about his thought process as he embraced the need to lead a more creative life.
I now understand why there was never a response.
Thank you sir, for your creative offerings to the world.
Thank you for allowing us all to see your work.
Thank you for inspiring.
Thank you.
Think And / Or Smile
Something I hold dear.
This is what I believe in.
My ‘why‘…
To create an intellectual and emotional response in people.
Making folks think and / or smile.
Sometimes I fail.
Sometimes I achieve.
What do you believe in?