Tellabs documentary about Echo boomers – or Myspace generation – is online featuring interviews with Montreal’s Mission District and myself. View full video (8 minutes). Also, in Podcast #62 i talk about my views on how new web technologies are changing the music industry.
Category: Social softwares
My Death Space dot com
Nothing better on a gray day than to browse for dead Myspace users. Uh. Via cc.
Myspace Film
Myspace launch Myspace film, Like MySpace Music for bands, MySpace Film is a new section for filmmakers to network with industry and fans, as well as show off clips, trailers and short films. Check out the new MySpace Film section now and sign up if you’re a filmmaker!
Bubbleshare
Add voice recording to your pictures. via cc.
I am always online
“I’m online all the time,” Nick, 22, a senior majoring in international studies and religion, told eMarketer. “I’ve got it on my cellphone; I go on in between classes. It’s always on.” eMarketer article about the use of social networking site by students.
Send to: Flickr
Shine is a new dance lounge located at 1337 Mission Street in San Francisco. Yep, that is Mission l33t! We have a photobooth that automatically loads pictures to Flickr for everyone to enjoy and share. See latest pictures from the photobooth here. (Via Bandeapart.fm)
Myspace angst
‘Angry members of MySpace, the personal file-sharing website for young adults, are accusing Rupert Murdoch’s News Corporation of censoring their postings and blocking their access to rival sites. The 38 million subscribers to MySpace discovered that when they wrote to each other about rival video-swapping site YouTube, the words were automatically deleted, and attempts to… Continue reading Myspace angst
flickr + retrievr
Retrievr is a neat Flickr hack from System One that searches a database of images based on simple drawings rather than tags. via cc, via boingboing.
Montreal Mercredi Wiki Wednesday tomorrow
from Sebastien: That’s right folks, tomorrow is the next Wiki Wednesday, Socialtext provided the ice cream last time, but doing that again here in January is rubbing salt on the wound, really, so we have a beer budget this time around. Sign up on the wiki page. Given a bit of last-minute marketing on my… Continue reading Montreal Mercredi Wiki Wednesday tomorrow
43 Things
Uh, there’s been a lot going on at 43things since i last logged in. Learn geography with me, see what i want to do, and people i want to meet.
Hi, i’m the inventor of the World Wide Web
‘In 1989 one of the main objectives of the WWW was to be a space for sharing information. It seemed evident that it should be a space in which anyone could be creative, to which anyone could contribute. The first browser was actually a browser/editor, which allowed one to edit any page, and save it… Continue reading Hi, i’m the inventor of the World Wide Web
Émue
Mon seul post de la journée se résumera à ceci, trouvé sur le blogue de Marc-André : Lu dans l’édition de juin 1971 du magazine contre-culturel québécois Mainmise : ” Tous les computers du globe, toute la science, toute la sagesse, toute l’expérience humaine deviendront accessibles à chaque individu. Chacun de nous pourra puiser à… Continue reading Émue
MySpace generation
They live online. They buy online. They play online. Their power is growing. Read the whole article here (via patrick).
Madonna’s got a Myspace page
here. and she’s now a friend of mine.
On y trouve de tout
Je vous ai déjà parlé de ma fascination pour Wikipédia – et bien semblerait que la version québecoise-francophone de l’encyclopédie est appelée à grandir puisque j’y ai trouvé les pages de Guy A. Lepage (putain… Guy A. a sa page sur Wikipédia avant moi) ainsi qu’une page sur Pierre Bourgeault.
Play memory with me
here. and here. and here.
Urban Dictionnary: Myspace
What is Myspace according to the people who live it.
MySpace addiction
I typed ‘Myspace addiction’ in google just for, hm, yeah, for fun (how fun hm?). Anyways, check it out for yourself. No wonder this site is the most visited website right now. There’s like a party going on 24hrs a day. My space page is here.
Myspace
For people wondering where to find me on the ugly+undesigned+shitlookinglike community site myspace – the answer is here.
The Day Citizen Media Went Mainstream
Antoine just posted about it – it does summarize pretty well what i was thinking about: It is not about ‘cyberculture’ anymore – i.e. a minority of people using the web as a medium – it is about using the net as one of the most powerful tool we now have to talk to each… Continue reading The Day Citizen Media Went Mainstream
Nokia Sensor
Socializing via nokia cellphones using bluetooth technologie – Nokia Sensor.
Save the iPod
not only the ipod itself is to be saved, but creators of technological innovations and new business model must be encouraged and supported in their creation and vision – not restricted or treated like thief. * save the ipod The mission of the Free Culture movement is to build a bottom-up, participatory structure to society… Continue reading Save the iPod
Flickr’n cool
Well, i might be 1284$ down, BUT i now have a second year pro account on flickr for free + 2 pro account to give away as a reward for buying a pro account when they were still beta. Read: I now have 2 pro account of flickr for sale. Price is 1284$ CAN.
What’s my name
Spell it with flickr
Amazon feed
For when is it that amazon will implement rss links to their site, for example, to users Wish Lists?
Upcoming’s new features
including tagging, developer’s API, a new design and E-mail/SMS reminders. * Upcoming.org
Blogs and Social software conference in Paris
I am serioulsy thinking about going there for some days, anyone else? * Blogs and Social software conference, april 25th 2005.
m-c is Having A Massage
m-c is Having A Massage, via l’hippo.
Blogads reader survey
I dont have time to coment it right now – my bro’s coming in da town! – but you should have a look, quite interesting… * Blogads: reader survey for blog advertising
Yahoo does aquire flickr
Facts: Rumors were true. Google cant own everything. Yahoo 360’s gonna rock. Read more on the FlickrBlog.
Le siècle des amateurs
Article fort intéressant de Michel publié dans Le Devoir du 14 mars portant sur l’impact de la culture de réseau grâce à laquelle il est maintenant rendu possible pour des ‘amateurs’ de participer plus activement que jamais à l’avancement technologique : ‘Ce qui est fascinant avec les nouveaux outils et l’arrivée d’Internet, c’est de constater… Continue reading Le siècle des amateurs
On me lis, donc je suis?
Théorie intéressante dans la Presse d’aujourd’hui sur l’homonumericus, ou personnage branché grâce à son cellulaire à toute heure du jours. “Le propre de notre société est l’individu certes, mais l’individu connecté” (…) L’individu actuel est incertain de lui-même, de sa performance, de son existence sociale. Il se cherche en permanence. Il est d’autant plus maître… Continue reading On me lis, donc je suis?
Yahoo takes spin through blogosphere
Yahoo getting into social networking with Yahoo 360.
whatsinyourbag?
Now you can tell.. * Flickr: Photos tagged with whatsinyourbag
Social networking: 43 things
‘The seven-member group has created a Web community based on sharing personal goals and dreams with a worldwide audience. Its Web site, 43 Things.com, invites people to list their goals and get information from other people who have done those things or want to. The free service has attracted a global following of 12,000 people… Continue reading Social networking: 43 things