January 2008
46 posts
WatchIndy Mogul’s first Sundance report is in, and it’s way better than I could have hoped. They get a great interview with the awesome David Wain (Wainy Days, Wet Hot American Summer), and, even better, give us all a great feel for their first day in Park City as two young filmmakers who love movies. This is going to be a great week.
Is the Tipping Point Toast? →
Clive Thompson writes up Duncan Watts’ research (most recently with our friend Jonah Peretti) on Fast Company. Duncan’s work is a big influence on mine, and the article also mentions the Nike emails, which influenced my career as much as Duncan’s and Jonah’s, and their latest work on the concept of big seed marketing, which in many ways the technique Next New Networks uses...
WatchBlaise Aguera y Arcas demos Photosynth at TED 2007.
“The insulation from former colleagues is an interesting byproduct of celebrity.”
– Nate, talking about someone he used to know.
Must read of the week: Maniacal Rage's Soulja Boy... →
Next Week: Drinking and Drawing!
That’s right, ‘Drinking and Drawing’ comes to New York City. Everyone’s invited. The first 100 artists who register become part of the night’s cartoon. via drinkinganddrawing
Lasagna Cat →
maniacalrage writes: I’m absolutely fascinated with these. Mixing live-action recreations of classic Garfield strips with strange musical “tributes” to Jim Davis… it doesn’t get much weirder. Or better.Garrett, I couldn’t agree more. Especially this one.
WatchThe Steve Jobs 90 Minute Keynote (in 60 Seconds) - Mahalo Daily
“It’s possible [the] video podcast format may start to do to television what the...”
– Video Podcasts: The Sleeping Giant on AppleTV - Bits -New York Times Blog
Watchnickdouglas writes: My new show is up! It’s Goggleburn - Online TV You Gotta See, and the first episode is above. New episodes every Monday, Wednesday, and Friday.
WatchThe EPIC Tumblr Rock Party — david
Last night Tumblr put together a Rock Band party in our shared space here in New York (which we also share with the good sports at Frederator Studios). It was enough fun that we have to do this weekly. In the video above you can see a lot of our crew and good friends, including David and Marco from Tumblr, Dan Meth, N3’s Michelle, Scott, Justin, and...
Confessions: The Meanest Thing Gizmodo Did at CES →
was to use TV-B-Gone remotes on all the screens at the tech conference. Phil Torrone was the evil genius with the idea, Richard Blakeley and Gizmodo staff the incorrigible cads with the execution. — nickdouglas
WatchThrowing a cat onto bubble wrap, by Nick Douglas
WatchiPhone Copy and Paste (fake) demo, by lonelysandwich.
(reblogging this as I can’t believe David and Bijan hadn’t seen it yet. There’s a great ending, so watch all the way through.)
Justin Johnson produced 175 Next New Networks...
Watch some of them here on Spotcrunch.
(justin, let’s make that site look better! i am publicly promising to help.)
“The Obama Girl videos are not actually funny. They’re not actually sexy. They...”
– Karina’s Capsule: Obama Girl Returns
Add more power to 10.5's screen sharing →
One of the simplest, most useful Mac OS tutorials I’ve read in years (and an example of Apple burying awesome features in the UI). If you have more than one Mac at home, you must try this.
WatchRetro Ray Guns | Backyard FX (guest-starring lee)
“Manhattan is one big pile of money, and so you guys think you know urban America...”
– The Wire’s creator David Simon on NYC.
“We are happy to announce our second received award in a hopefully long list to...”
– Seen on OpenTTD.org. I love the internet. via marco
WatchSeveral studio and live performances from Radiohead in this New Years webcast. (via povertyjetset)