IT Director for a non-profit in Washington, DC. Man About Internet.
Everything Is a Remix, Part 3 has been released. Everything Is A Remix is an ongoing video project on exploration of remix techniques involved in producing creative work, created by Kirby Ferguson. I recommend you watch Part 1 and Part 2 first.
This Friday's Reporters' Roundtable is on a topic that vexes us all: why are end user license agreements and terms of service so long and convoluted? To get ourselves in the mood for this show, we asked CNET fan (and Academy Award winner) Richard Dreyfuss if he'd help us out by doing a dramatic read of the Apple EULA. He said yes. So, without further ado, we present to you,Dramatic readings from the iTunes EULA by Richard Dreyfuss Go listen. Make sure you listen to "Effective Until".
3-Way Street is a fascinating video by Ron Gabriel that highlights bad interactions between cars, bikes, and pedestrians at a typical NYC street intersection. There are lots of ways to show these interactions...the overhead view and highlighting are particularly effective design choices. Well done.
Video created by vimeo user ronconcocacola:
By summer 2010, the expansion of bike lanes in NYC exposed a clash of long-standing bad habits — such as pedestrians jaywalking, cyclists running red lights, and motorists plowing through crosswalks. By focusing on one intersection as a case study, my video aims to show our interconnection and shared role in improving the safety and usability of our streets. The video is part of a larger campaign I created called '3-Way Street'. Please see blog.ronconcocacola.com for more details. Music: Peter Gunn Theme by Art of Noise, available on iTunes
A ten-minute video shows clouds forming and dissipating at timelapse speed. Quite relaxing. Best viewed in fullscreen HD.
This is a wonderful seven-minute HD video tour of Earth using video shot from orbit.
Thus far, the best thing I’ve read on McSweeney’s all year:
Does the courage to do this in public come with age? Perhaps it’s something a young man like me can’t understand. But you, you are on in years; gray and spotted like a ham in a paintball fight. Your scrotum reminds me of boardwalk taffy. Maybe you’ve been building up to this day your whole life and I’m witnessing the birth of a phoenix. You are no longer a man that blow-dries his balls in secret. You have transcended that station and now fall into an elite group of Spartans that blow-dry their balls wherever they God damn please. If caterpillars emerged from their cocoons as butterflies with heavy, sagging testicles I’d imagine they’d feel the same as you might right now. I haven't laughed this hard since reading this gem.
