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Flávio Guimarães on MySpace Music - Free Streaming MP3s, Pictures &Music Downloads

Sun, 27 Sep 2009 20:33:25 -0700

Myspace page of Flavio Guimaraes

15 Predictions for the Library of Tomorrow via reddit.com

Thu, 03 Sep 2009 07:31:17 -0700

Technology has certainly changed the library of today with electronic books, online services, and social media connecting the library with the community in ways that far surpass the library of yesterday marked by its quiet book stacks and reading rooms. But what will become of the library of tomorrow? Only time will tell for sure, but trends indicate such shifts as more aggressive marketing, personalization of the library experience, and libraries' approach to the needs of their users. Read on to discover 15 possibilities for the library of tomorrow.

True Marketing Doesn't Just Sell the Story - Advertising Age - CMO Strategy

Thu, 03 Sep 2009 06:47:18 -0700

From the page: "In other words, marketers must design new businesses, rather than just launch new products.

Business design is the essence of marketing. It is also the most vital component for successful, game-changing innovation. Apple understands this. It doesn't just create new products. Marketing prowess played a much greater role in the iPod and iPhone's success than technology, and I don't just mean great ad campaigns. With the iPod, Apple showed it understood better than competitors what customers would demand. It created an exceptional (and legal!) music-downloading experience and built the marketplace infrastructure, such as iTunes and Apple retail locations. "

Gizmo - A compilation of man inventing strange contraptions via reddit.com

Tue, 01 Sep 2009 15:36:07 -0700

A documentary on interesting contraptions humans have attempted to put together

Social Networking, The "Third Place," And The Evolution Of Communication, from New Media Consortium - Business White Papers, Webcasts and Case Studies | BNET

Fri, 28 Aug 2009 17:35:21 -0700

From the page: "he purpose of this white paper is to put forth a proposition that we hope will generate considerable conversation. The paper is simple, but touches on concepts and ideas that are well established within the academy, and as such, it is a topic about which there may be some strongly held perspectives. This paper is about the technology has not only mediated communication in countless ways, but that the very ways we communicate - and even the ways we talk and think about communication - are changing as a result. Part of this premise is backward looking, in the sense that if we set literature and the creative side of communication aside for a moment, the formal communication strategies."

The Medium - Facebook Exodus - NYTimes.com

Fri, 28 Aug 2009 13:06:42 -0700

From the page: "�oeThe more dependent we allow ourselves to become to something like Facebook �" and Facebook does everything in its power to make you more dependent �" the more Facebook can and does abuse us,” Harmsen explained by indignant e-mail. �oeIt is not �your� Facebook profile. It is Facebook�s profile about you.”"

The Kickstarter Blog - Creators Guide to Video

Fri, 28 Aug 2009 12:56:28 -0700

From the page: "I�m no video expert, but �" good news! �" you don�t have to be a video expert to make a good video for your Kickstarter project. And besides, a lot of the advice you�ll find for general-purpose video production doesn�t apply to this kind of video. So here are some of my Kickstarter-specific tips."

Creating Comic strips from your photos

Fri, 28 Aug 2009 11:03:56 -0700

Creating comic strips from photos

Expressionist architecture - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Sun, 09 Aug 2009 16:36:36 -0700

From the page: "Expressionist architecture was an architectural movement that developed in Europe during the first decades of the 20th century in parallel with the expressionist visual and performing arts."

Topsy-Turvy - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Sun, 09 Aug 2009 16:27:49 -0700

From the page: "Topsy-Turvy"Topsy-Turvy is a 1999 musical drama film about the creation of Gilbert and Sullivan's The Mikado in 1884 and 1885. It was written and directed by Mike Leigh and stars Allan Corduner as Sir Arthur Sullivan and Jim Broadbent as W. S. Gilbert, along with Timothy Spall and Lesley Manville. The film focuses on the creative conflict between playwright and composer, and the momentous decision that the two men made to continue their partnership, which led to the creation of several more famous Savoy Operas between them.