Instruction Manual for Life [cc]

A story about childhood, parenthood, and adulthood. Animation and words by TheraminTrees. Piano score by QualiaSoup (YouTube channel links)

22 Smart, Inspirational Quotes From Bloggers In 2008

22 Smart, Inspirational Quotes From Bloggers In 2008

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Gaia - The Future of Politics

A journey through time charting the information power shift caused by the Internet and the ensuing development of a new global politics. Website

Gaia, a New World Order, is born today, the 14 August 2054.
Racial conflicts, ideological conflicts, religious conflicts, territorial conflicts belong to the past.
Every man is a world citizen, subject to the same law.
The Internet has driven the change, spreading communication, knowledge and organization at a planetary level. Transcript

Via Bruce Eisner's Vision Thing

Contsructive Capitalism

Umair Haque @ Daytona Sessions vol. 2 - Constructive Capitalism from Daytona Sessions on Vimeo. February 12, 2009, Stockholm.

A thought provoking presentation by the Director of the Havas Media Lab, Umair Haque,  about Constructive Capitalism and Why Ideals are the New Business Models. 

The Ten Laws of Constructive Capitalism

 1. Strategy is a commodity

 2. Competition is obsolete

 3. There is nothing more asymmetrical than an ideal

 4. Tomorrow is today

 5. Connections not transactions

 6. People, not product

 7. Creativity, not productivity

 8. Outcomes not incomes

 9. Advantage is in the DNA

10. The next revolution is institutional

Video Explaining the Subprime Mortgage Time-Bomb

The Crisis of Credit Visualized from Jonathan Jarvis on Vimeo.

A short animation explaining the system of borrowing and lending that led to the current financial meltdown:

The goal of giving form to a complex situation like the credit crisis is to quickly supply the essence of the situation to those unfamiliar and uninitiated.

Created by Jonathan Jarvis.

Narration by John Levoff.

Music by Brandon Au - a.k.a - DJ Skwint

Update: Useful links for the global economic meltdown.

 A Great Recession Guide - a mini-guide to the lighter side of the current, prolonged recession.

Google Tip Jar - a collection of money saving tips submitted and ranked by the web community.

Copyright Crunch Leads to Pirates Prisons Project

A radical new project designed to punish and reform illegal downloaders of copyrighted music could prove to be a huge money spinner for tech savvy investors. The Pirates Prisons Project aims to capitalize on the current copyright crunch by building 100s of 1000s of new prisons to house the unlimited supply of illegal internet users. If proposed legislation to criminalise billions of music fans goes ahead, the high probability of re-offending represents a once-in-a-lifetime investment  opportunity to secure real financial gains for PPP shareholders.

The ingenious shares scheme relies on the music industry's desire for economic dominance. However critics of doom and bust policies believe the music industry's strategy of using a failed business model is enevitably doomed to failure (See links below). Only (prison) time will tell.

Prison/Copyright Reform Related
Two articles I wrote in 2006 warning of the impending copyright crunch:

What if The Beatles had used Creative Commons Licenses?
British Record Industry Loses Fight to Extend Copyright

Avatars Poll for Personal Photos Vs Abstract Designs

Do you feel more of a connection when you see a face on someone's avatar or don't you care what their avatar is? You can see what other people think and cast you own vote at this ask500people poll.

Perspctv - Real-Time Search Comparisons

Perspctv is a dashboard for comparing and monitoring search queries in real-time. The service also provides data comparison widgets of your search results to put on your webpages. The widget shown here compares today's Google search volume, news and blog mentions for the keywords Google, Microsoft, Yahoo.

Sprint: Plug into Now

A futuristic talking dashboard and web mashup for what's happening in the world right now. Full of real-time widgets providing facts and measurements on a range of data. This is a fun promotion for Sprint's mobile Internet service. To see the full interface visit Sprint: Plug into Now

Revolution X - Political Video Mashup

The trailer for an upcoming documentary about the 2008 presidential campaign. More political video mashups available at ThePartyParty.com and here's the YouTube Channel.