Poking around the intersection of KM and Social Media
I’ve never been asked to spread a meme until Etanisla prodded me with these seven questions. What is a meme? In the context of the blogsphere, a meme usually refers to a preset question or set of questions that a number of blog authors answer. In the more scientific sense, a meme raises larger questions of self-determination vs. a sort of mathematical predestination that I am apparently predetermined to resist.
But I digress. Here are the seven questions…
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As you know, I’ve been a big fan of the Flickr free photo sharing site for some time now. Unlike the typical photo-sharing sites, Flickr introduces some interesting concepts, including RSS feeds, a network of friends and family, member groups, and best of all, an innovative tagging system.
One of the groups I’ve told you about before is the Squared Circle group, which contains square images of circular subjects.
Now there’s another group that’s caught my interest, and I thought some of you might want to join in the experiment. This group is called a Day In the Life of, and it exists with the goal of capturing one such day from the perspective of its over 1,100 members. That day is March 21st, the vernal equinox.
On that day, members will be documenting an entire day of their life in photos. Each member selects five photos that best reflect their day, and all of these photos will be incorporated in a DILO poster. It’s another great experiment in collaborative art.
If this sounds interesting to you, it’s not too late to join the DILO group… it’s free, and promises to be good fun.
Neil Stephenson created a rich vision of a dysfunctional future in Snow Crash, but he really proves his mettle in Cryptonomicon. A departure from his earlier science fiction writing, Cryptonomicon is a historic fiction with several parallel storylines that eventually weave together in the present day. So is it worth the 1000+ pages?
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Brazil’s Cidade de Deus, or City of God, is a housing project built in the 1960’s to provide subsistence housing for families that might otherwise be homeless. It grew to have a reputation as one of the most dangerous areas in Rio de Janeiro. Fernando Meirelles’ film by the same name explores the lives of two boys as they grow up in this dangerous slum; one goes on to become a hood and is eventually consumed by the lawless desperation of it’s youth. The other skirts the hoods, and uses his passion for photography as his ticket to a better life.
City of God paints a gritty, realistic picture. The boys growing up there are like the chicken being chased through the city in the opening scene–desperate to escape near-certain death–and unlikely to do so.
In an age where most movies are recycled tales of comic book heros or 1970’s TV shows, City of God delivers originality. Many movies get bogged down under the weight of their own message. City of God simply unfolds its bittersweet story and leaves you to reflect on their lives. A movie well-worth watching.
Seen at the Ontario International Airport, this sign made me to a double-take. It changes between “No Smoking” and a “No Bowling” message. At first I thought it was just the jet lag, but as the camera confirms, it was real.
Why do I suddenly feel the urge to get a bowling ball and give it a try?