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Upgrade Complete

March 18, 2009

In news that means absolutely nothing to people reading the site, I was able to quite easily upgrade my WordPress installation to the very bleedingest of edges (2.7.1). Again this makes no difference to you but for the thousands of employees working behind the scenes worldwide at Cennapede Industries, the changes are both sweeping and [...]

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ThruYOU and the start of big things

March 13, 2009

Not sure if I can add to the discussion happening around Kutiman’s massively popular ThruYOU video experiment, except his work feels like the first strike in the beginning of something evolutionary.
His work reminds me of the DangerMouse/Grey Album situation: A massively creative and original concept that found instant diehard fans and litigation lawyers; offered for [...]

Dance, Hip-Hop, Music, Social, Technology, Video - 0 Comments

The Perils of Friending

March 3, 2009

My Social Graph Is Getting Weird.
Nice rant on the pitfalls of re-connecting as our world shrinks through social networking. People and pictures we thought were lost to the sands of time are suddenly fair game once more. Harsh and unspoken Friending choices are being made every day, as our networks gather more detail on the [...]

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Half Life on a budget

February 19, 2009

Seems like some big-budget directors could learn a thing or two from the low-budget upstarts. If video games are the inspiration, we all know the plot and dialogue won’t win any Oscars. But this entire game-based short was made for $500 (!) so obviously talent and passion play a part. My bet is the Purchase [...]

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Hulu’s Super Bowl strategy

February 8, 2009

The Super Bowl, by nature, has given us unrealistic expectations of grandeur. It’s no surprise then, that I was underwhelmed by many of the spots, especially the winning entry from Doritos. Their winning spot – from guys who nearly won last year – rehashes the ideas Bud Light was chastised for a few years ago, [...]

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