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Ten reasons Google+ deserves to beat Facebook
Last week Google launched Google+, a new social platform which many are comparing to Facebook. It is quite different from Facebook or Twitter, though it is clearly inspired by both. If it is to gain broad acceptance and not fade away like Orkut, Buzz and Wave–Google’s past attempts to build a social network–then it needs to be more than just “good enough”. It has to wow its critics. The good news is, Google+ seems to be doing just that. Here’s ten reasons why it deserves success:
Read MoreMr. Plinkett Takes on Hollywood
From the dawn of civilization to 2003, humans created five billion gigabytes of information. Now, thanks to the Internet’s mainstream adoption, we create that much data every two days. Everyone is a publisher now. But much of the content published is derivative; we’re witnessing the birth of ‘metaculture’ – a cornucopia of mashups, parodies, reviews and remixes of “old media”, encompassing everything from Twilight fan blogs and YouTube movie reviews to labours of love like “The Brick Testament”, a complete Bible re-enactment in Lego.
It is perhaps apt then, that the subject of this review is itself a review, namely Harry S. Plinkett’s video review of the 2009 “Star Trek” reboot. This is no ordinary review, it’s a feature-length film in its own right, skilfully merging insightful critical commentary with the sort of dark, politically incorrect comedy you might find in South Park or Pulp Fiction.
Read MoreSomewhere in a galaxy far, far away…
Now here’s a show I would have loved to see!
I found this online, if anyone knows the source, let me know.
Read MoreSongpost #1
I had another idea how to express what’s happening. I’m no musician and no poet, but I know how much music can evoke an emotion or capture a mood. So I am going to do a series of posts, not in words, but in music. No song can every be 100% appropriate to your situation, but every now and then a song seems an incredibly close match to your feelings or situation. That’s what this is about. Writing with songs, if you like.
Here is songpost #1:
Dead By April – What Can I Say