On tonight’s show we were a cohost short as Erin was moving from one providence in Canada to another, or as JD described, was hunting… seals? Don’t ask.. Anyway we still had a great show covering some YouTube & Twitter news as well as talking to our great guest of the week, Alex Santoso, creator of one of the top blogs on the Internet, Neatorama. Be sure to check out the full show below for all sorts of goodness!
Full Show:
YouTube & Ridley Scott team up with you to bring Life In A Day to the big screen
Every day, 6.7 billion people view the world through their own unique lens. Imagine if there was a way to collect all of these perspectives, to aggregate and mold them into the cohesive story of a single day on earth.
Today, we’re excited to announce the launch of “Life in a Day,” a historic cinematic experiment that will attempt to do just that: document one day, as seen through the eyes of people around the world. On July 24, you have 24 hours to capture a snapshot of your life on camera. You can film the ordinary — a sunrise, the commute to work, a neighborhood soccer match, or the extraordinary — a baby’s first steps, your reaction to the passing of a loved one, or even a marriage.
Kevin Macdonald, the Oscar-winning director of films such as The Last King of Scotland, Touching the Void and One Day in September, will then edit the most compelling footage into a feature documentary film, to be executive produced by Ridley Scott, the director behind films like Gladiator, Black Hawk Down, Thelma & Louise, Blade Runner and Robin Hood. LG Electronics is supporting “Life in a Day” as a key part of its long-standing Life’s Good campaign and to support the creation of quality online content that can be shared and enjoyed by all.
[via youtube blog, globeandmail, & lifeinaday@youtube]
98% of Twitter users within 6 degrees of separation
If Kevin Bacon had a Twitter account, he would most likely be within six degrees of separation from nearly everyone else on the site.
Just as everyone in the world is thought to be connected to one another within six steps (and the prolific movie star is linked to just about every other actor in the trivia game “Six Degrees of Kevin Bacon”), data from the social media consulting firm Sysomos finds that the same holds true for Twitter users.
[via nytimes]
The Rise and Fall of Social Bookmarking
Digg it, Like it, star it, favorite it, or bookmark it — that’s what many of us do when we see something we enjoy on the Web. But will that piece of content ever be viewed again? Probably not. Sadly, we rarely take advantage of our bookmark collection. It will eventually become a digital junk pile. So is it time for the bookmark to die? Perhaps it is time for the bookmark to evolve.
[via techi]
Guest: Alex Santoso: Neatorama.com
