Tag Archives: remix

widgets, gadgets, and toys, oh my!

Amazon has announced an incredibly easy way for webfolk to put pieces of Amazon’s content on their pages. For example, here is a search widget:
Amazon.com Widgets
You can create all kinds of widgets here.
People who know my web interests know that I believe the internet is changing. It’s no longer [...]

Lawrence Lessig on copyright & the remix culture

Though long, this is an absolutely wonderful video on copyright, publishing, and content on the web. There are several good examples of remixed content early on, and discussions of the current state of copyright/publishing later on. Worth listening to if you don’t have time to sit and watch it.

tweets & tumbls

In addition to  Blip and del.icio.us, I’m also playing with Twitter and Tumblr.  Both are iterations of “microblogging,” but from very different perspectives.
Twitter is fabulous because it bridges technologies that will one day (soon?) be connected.  You can send “tweets” (posts under 140 characters) by text messages, instant message, or on a webpage.  You can [...]

The Best Video I’ve Seen on YouTube

I know it’s been mentioned everywhere lately, but I wanted to put it here in case you’ve missed it:

By Michael Wesch, assistant prof. of cultural anthropology at Kansas State University
Okay, I know I’m geeky, but this video gives me chills. Amazing.
I love that it points out some of the techy things you need [...]

redefining search

So, yesterday I ran across an article about the browser Opera. Opera is a browser (like Explorer or Firefox) that has a smaller version that runs on cell phones (but not the iPhone).
Opera has selected Yahoo as the official search engine of the browser. This might just seem a little bit odd, [...]