For the last three years, Marta Kagan, has updated her famous SlideShare presentation called “What the F**K is Social Media” and for 2010, the presentation has been updated with some more amazing stats and growth comparisons to 2009. This year, to demonstrate how big social media is, Marta has chaged the title from “what is social media?” to “what is social media now?”
Phenomenal video about how we need to revert back to the mindset on the ’60s to overcome the difficult issues that we’re facing today. If we facilitate Swarm Politics in the same way that they drove the the social revolution, any issue can be faced by the people that it matters.
The video sends the message that although the Copenhagen Suppet in December 2009 was progress, because the participants have their nations industrial strength to concern themselves with, a real change was impossible. If however; a platform is built whereby people all of the world can work together, the possibilities are endless. Managing the threat of global warming is used.
Not that this is in anyway a new line of thinking. But the team behind the video have gone to lengths of suggesting a suitable platform for organising the collaboration.
‘Coalition of the Willing’ has been Directed and produced by Knife Party, written by Tim Rayner and crafted by a network of 24 artists from around the world using varied and eclectic film making techniques. Very much in the same that they envisage world to collaborate.
IBM’s current campaign is about how if we record and try to understand data we can create a ‘smarter planet’ – a philosophy that I share.
This video is a behind the scenes look into the production of the advertising, with interesting insights and interviews with the ‘Code Artists’ that are able to generate the stunning visuals with only code.
Precious is a touring bike completely fitted-out with sensors, capturing data using its Arduino brain and interpretting all of its experiences, combined with a cloud-based system that analyzes those experiences.
Put this all together and get a bike that’s able to express itself in his own words. He shares his up-to-the-moment thoughts and has a subconscious which allows him to dream about all he’s been through.
The bike has been developed by Breakfast and is currently making it’s way across the US to benefit LIVESTRONG®.
I would love my bike kitted-out for a race like this.
Check out the site or follow the bike on twitter to see what’s happening now.
Experimental art and design studio Troika comissioned by the V&A, have installed a permanent kinetic sign that directs visitors to the museum from the tunnel at South Kensington tube station.
The sign draws on the museums wealth of artifacts to create what resembles a time capsule, attached to the ceiling. The Alan Fletcher designed logo de-contructs and reconnects itself with each half turn forming a playful palindrome legible from either side while the wheels produce a gentle ticking sound reminiscent of a Victorian Automaton clock.
Finally. All of the commonly and not so commonly used swear words organised into one easy to understand period table, complete with atomic number and symbol.
