Chatroulette: A throwback to 90′s style internet randomness
Since December I’ve heard rumblings about this new one-to-one chat service. However, the chatter was so low I dismissed it as perhaps another social-media-wanna-be-the-new-facebook type of thing. Then a few weeks ago I saw a surge of discussion over Twitter and blogs documenting the beauty and the depravity of what is called Chatroulette. Not familiar with Chatroulette? Ok, here’s the...
Read MoreBill Moyers on the Creative Individual
Prior to the floods of ’08 I shared an office with our documentary division, as I often switched roles between designer and film editor. Next to my editing suite I had a beautifully written and presented quote from Bill Moyers on creativity. It served as a daily reminder of why I am who I am, and the purpose in everything I do. The other day I desperately needed to read it again! And it is...
Read MoreThe Party is Over, My Family is on Facebook
In the beginning, Facebook was limited to your close high school friends, college buddies… oh, good times! What a perfect place to relive those memories, laugh about them again in the virtual world. Facebook was your perceptual class reunion–without the people sitting at the adjacent table over hearing you talk about how fat and old so-and-so looks. Then came the co-workers, bosses, (we...
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