http://anthropomedia.com We all create for one another. And our creations assume a life of their own. Mon, 22 Mar 2010 19:50:35 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en I thought it was Leslie Fiedler who first wrote that the "novel is dead," though my decision engine brings me to this attribution to Naipaul.  Of course whomever made that statement knew full well that novels will keep getting written; the argument regards the art-form rather than the creative artifact.  Ah, ... http://anthropomedia.com/2010/03/22/end-of-the-novelist/ Sure.  I'm a watcher.  An Idol fan.  Though I mostly avoid the audition shows.  Now that I've gotten that off my chest, I feel the need to write what's perfectly obvious to me.  When Simon Cowell leaves the show after this season, the only logical replacement is Dick Cheney.  Right? http://anthropomedia.com/2010/02/11/silly-musing-on-american-idol/ When will we start seeing Wired headlines along the lines of "3D -- the Next Multitouch" or some other such goofball thing.  Certainly, compute power is at the threshold of delivering compelling 3D applications, so this movement should be about more than just buzz. So how will new graphics capabilties that ... http://anthropomedia.com/2009/12/14/3d/ I attended my first Philly NetSquared Net Tuesday meetup.   NetSquared is a loose group, whose members share ideas on how to employ technology for social change.  There are chapters all over the world.  See if there's a chapter near you. Tonight, the Philly chapter departed from its usual presentational format and ... http://anthropomedia.com/2009/12/02/nettuesday/ Pandora does a nice job of creating playlists of music based on the prescribed music genome project.  It furnishes you with music based on your taste.  Apple does something similar with the iTunes Genius playlist, extrapolating like songs in your library from any given song.  It's simple enough stuff, once ... http://anthropomedia.com/2009/11/30/musical-mood-ring/ There's a site out there dubbed the "Advanced Research Center." It looks like a quasi-government agency site. Interestingly, a video player features prominently on the homepage. But the video gets interrupted and suddenly we're hearing a chilling voice-over about "billions of lives being at stake." Then ... http://anthropomedia.com/2008/03/28/advanced-research-center-arc/ I have to admit, I'd never heard the term "crowdsourcing" until reading some articles in Wired dealing with a collaboration with Assignment Zero, describing a collaborative experiment in open-source journalism. This sort of collective approach to journalism underpins a project like Witness, which enlists everyone with the ability to ... http://anthropomedia.com/2007/07/12/crowdsourcing/ MySpace has partnered with reality-TV maven Mark Burnett to produce "Independent," a reality show with a political bent. The show will debut in early 2008, according to a Variety report. The concept is simple: run a virtual campaign with real candidates, shadowing the 2008 US presidential elections. ... http://anthropomedia.com/2007/06/19/reality-feedback-loop/ I suppose it's natural that bands are looking to user contests to find videos for their new releases. Especially after the treadmill thing exploded. It's Music 2.0, baby. I think the video for the Incubus song "Dig" is pretty noteworthy. Check it out: YouTube - Incubus_"Dig" (by ... http://anthropomedia.com/2007/05/08/dig/ Headline: tech luminary and founder of Brightcove, Jeremy Allaire, discusses their new AfterMix online video mashup tool at a Media Post conference (MediaPost Videos), and shakes up media world. AfterMix is Brightcove's venture into the world of online video editing , and will offer some interesting features targeted ... http://anthropomedia.com/2007/04/30/brightcoves-aftermix/