Archive | October, 2008
Brandstreaming & Social Media Releases
Found some interesting stuff while poking around online tonight. Brian Solis, The Definitive Guide to Social Media Releases and Steve Kayser’s comment on it. Jeremiah Owyang, How Brands Will Use FriendFeed Richard MacManus, Brandstreaming: What Is It & Who’s Doing It? Sarah Perez, The Future of Blogging Revealed (on lifestreaming) Was just able to skim [...]
Continue reading...Hugh McGuire: Books Versus Ebooks
28. October 2008
Hugh has a great post on books versus ebooks. Well worth the read. It also includes a list of places you can get free ebooks. A teaser: Reading an ebooks is just “another way” to be reading, it’s not necessarily a replacement of a hard copy of a book. After all, I prefer to talk [...]
Continue reading...For my American friends: the Elite Escape Plan
27. October 2008
Sent to me today by a friend in the United States. Gotta love a man with a Plan B.
Continue reading...Jim Jarmush: Nothing is original
20. October 2008
Before I share my thoughts on RIP: A Remix Manifesto, I want to pass on this quote that some lovely person posted on the Boing Boing post discussing it. It’s Jim Jarmusch‘s fifth rule of film-making: Nothing is original. Steal from anywhere that resonates with inspiration or fuels your imagination. Devour old films, new films, [...]
Continue reading...RiP: A remix manifesto
17. October 2008
Thanks to Patrick (once again), I scored a ticket to the premiere of Brett Gaylor‘s new film: RiP: A remix manifesto. I learned about the film on Véro’s blog a few weeks ago and really wanted to see it. Lately I’ve been thinking more and more about things open, creative commons, and remix (read/write) culture. [...]
Continue reading...Jesse Dylan + Creative Commons
15. October 2008
This three-minute film by Jessie Dylan is a wonderful introduction to Creative Commons. Via Lawrence Lessig‘s blog. He rocks.
Continue reading...Lydia Lunch at the Pop Montreal Symposium
3. October 2008
I first learned about Lunch from Angry Women, a book I bought in the early 1990s. In it I met Diamanda Galas, Avital Ronell, Annie Sprinkle, Sapphire, and Susie Bright, among others, who opened to me whole new world of ideas and expanded my sense of what is possible.
Continue reading...Audio 
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Nathan Englander reads Isaac Bashevis Singer’s “Disguised” for The New Yorker’s monthly reading and conversation with Deborah Treisman. Englander’s voice couldn’t be more perfect.
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Early in his career, professor Mark Rowlands had two loves: philosophy and Brenin, a wolf he was forced to bring along to his lectures. Through their relationship, Rowlands started examining his work and life. Listen on CBC’s Ideas, via EarIdeas.
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Every month, The New Yorker’s fiction editor, Deborah Treisman, hosts a reading and conversation with a well-known writer. August 2009 featured Joshua Ferris reading George Saunders’s “Adams.” The rhythm is magnificent.
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- Omar Azfar
- An open letter to Bluehost: Your values matter
- Rite of passage for Liam as he turns 13
- (B)log On at the Canadian Centre for Architecture
- WordPress: Blog not on home page
- For my American friends: the Elite Escape Plan
- Naada Yoga: Something for my nothing
- Sherman Williams paints has worst logo ever
- A comic annual report
- Designer wanted for book on urban ecology, activism, local history
- L'accompagnement
- Jim Jarmush: Nothing is original
- I believe in open: Take a stand for government transparency
- Hugh McGuire: Books Versus Ebooks
- Liam is Phun
- Christine: Ha! I haven't read it yet — it's still in Montreal. Can't wait to see you! Yay!...
- Maren: Chechnya: A small victorious war?? Do tell...I'm excited you're headed this way again. I think I can...
- Alex: If you need any more reasons to have a cold hard look at sustainability, have a look at this: http:/...
- Alex: Maybe music IS something mostpeople do, maybe even everypeople. Maybe this is the tyranny of compar...
- Kirsten: Having troubles getting the blog posts to show on another page. Followed the steps and like Matt, I ...
- BeyondOKC: Thanks Kawika, that explained it for me!...
- Christine Prefontaine: Response to this has been super positive. Hugh is encouraging me to create an online home for the Bo...
- Stefan: Thanks, i feel really dumb now. I've tried to get the blog showing up on a different page to the def...
- Bruce: Putting a note here so I remember as I think this through some more to look at Tonya's theory of cha...
- Yannick: My favourite!...
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31. October 2008
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