So, Australia woke up confused and unhappy this morning, after a soul-destroying election resulting in no clear leadership, no future Prime Minister and the largest number of informal votes ever. Even more bizarrely, the clearest commentary on events so far, comes from everyone’s most mashed up dictator: (If you’re unfamiliar with the genre, there are [...]
Links for August 4th 2010 (definitely not endorsed by any version of Andrew Bolt): Andrew Bolt discovers Twitter fake. Is cross. [mUmBRELLA] – News Ltd columnist Andrew Bolt has, it would appear, had something of a sense of humour failure over his fake Twitter persona. This morning, Bolt wrote in his Herald Sun blog: “It [...]
Links for July 15th 2010 through July 18th 2010: As Older Users Join Facebook, Network Grapples With Death [NYTimes.com] – How Facebook does (and doesn’t) deal with death: “For a site the size of Facebook, automation is “key to social media success,” said Josh Bernoff, [...] “The way to make this work in cases where [...]
Links for July 2nd 2010: Google to Add Pay to Cover a Tax for Same-Sex Benefits [NYTimes.com] – On this front, at least, Google have got their ‘Don’t be Evil’ stance right: “On Thursday, Google is going to begin covering a cost that gay and lesbian employees must pay when their partners receive domestic partner [...]
You’ve probably heard that many of those wonderful YouTube parodies using the clips from Downfall are disappearing due to copyright claims. Well, to help combat that tragedy, Rocketboom/Know Your Meme have put together this useful Public Service Announcement ‘Challenging a YouTube Take Down with Fair Use’: addthis_url = ‘http%3A%2F%2Fwww.tamaleaver.net%2F2010%2F04%2F30%2Ffair-use-of-hitler%2F’; addthis_title = ‘Fair+Use+%26hellip%3B+of+Hitler%21′; addthis_pub = ‘tamaleaver’;
I fear I might be showing my age given I like this mashup of Lady Gaga Vs Sesame Street far more than the uber-expensive clip it’s parodying: addthis_url = ‘http%3A%2F%2Fwww.tamaleaver.net%2F2010%2F03%2F30%2Fgaga-vs-sesame-street%2F’; addthis_title = ‘Gaga+Vs+Sesame+Street’; addthis_pub = ‘tamaleaver’;
Links for March 11th 2010: Chatroulette Map: Not So Anonymous Anymore [Laughing Squid] – Not so anonymous anymore: “Chatroulette Map is a project that is grabbing the IP addresses of users, along with a screenshot, and then using Geo IP tools to pinpoint them roughly on the map. The site relies on the fact that [...]
Check out this outstanding mashup of Avatar & Pocahontas which highlights exactly how derivative the blockbuster’s plot really is: CFV 426 – Avatar/Pocahontas Mashup FINAL VERSION from Randy Szuch on Vimeo. [Via] addthis_url = ‘http%3A%2F%2Fwww.tamaleaver.net%2F2010%2F03%2F03%2Favatar-pocahontas%2F’; addthis_title = ‘Avatar+%3D+Pocahontas’; addthis_pub = ‘tamaleaver’;
Links for February 16th 2010 through February 17th 2010: Google admits Buzz social network testing flaws [BBC News] – “Google has admitted to BBC News that testing of its controversial social network Buzz was insufficient. The firm has had to make a series of changes to the service after a ferocious backlash from users concerned [...]
A fantastic little video which looks at the way remix culture work as a relationship between social interaction and media manipulation (and, of course, a little bit about why some copyright rules inhibit this): [Via Boing Boing] addthis_url = ‘http%3A%2F%2Fwww.tamaleaver.net%2F2010%2F02%2F08%2Fthe-evolution-of-remix-culture%2F’; addthis_title = ‘The+Evolution+of+Remix+Culture’; addthis_pub = ‘tamaleaver’;
