Monthly Archives: February 2009

Entertainment and communication in 2010

By Ben Cooper | Published: February 24, 2009
Thanks to Faris for his ’2 cents worth’. This clip outlines the ubiquity of the internet. The shift from search to share and touches on the digital divide.
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Another two videos that explore digital

By Ben Cooper | Published: February 23, 2009
This first clip, thanks to Tyson Lundbech via Twitter explores how mobile technologies can reconnect local communities to their environment. Tyson’s timing couldn’t be better – I’ve just come back from lunch at Google where I saw a demo of the gPhone – in particular seeing how the camera, Google Maps, and wiki content can [...]
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Two more video’s that educate on digital

By Ben Cooper | Published: February 23, 2009
On my quest to make digital more understandable via video I found two more clips of note. Perhaps a bit geeky, but essential in getting the back story, the animation “History of the internet” describes how the internet evolved from 1957 – 2009. Copyright, who better to explain the importance of Creative Commons – than [...]
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8 videos that inspire & explain the opportunities of digital

By Ben Cooper | Published: February 20, 2009
Need your help in finding more. Last year I started teaching the ADMA Digital Certificate in Marketing thanks to an introduction from Mike at Profero. 14 Tuesday nights later, great guest speakers, the marking of 28 exams and presentations – I’m doing it all again. As you can imagine keeping the course up-to-date is a [...]
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Light playing with sparklers

By Ben Cooper | Published: February 18, 2009
Like writing your name in lights, well kind of, you know when you grab a sparkler and frantically shift it around until your message is scared on your retina? Well here is a movie dedicated to that pastime. With the amount of views its received it would seem I’m a bit slow in discovering it. [...]
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10 informational diagrams, by Mr Armano

By Ben Cooper | Published: February 18, 2009
Mr Armano, can I call you David? David [amongst other things] creates diagrams that simplify this quagmire of information that we try to make sense of on a daily basis. These ‘informational graphics’ make the complex simple and provide [me] a way to frame my thinking. The following diagrams aren’t in any particular order. They’ve [...]
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Glowing Cities Under a Nighttime Sky

By Ben Cooper | Published: February 14, 2009
Wiggly glow strings inform the sky. Shadowed wing. Journey to another land… @pablojeffress started following me on Twitter. Then I read his blog and then I saw this. Then I felt compelled to share. See more of Ettubrute’s (created the clip) timelapse work.
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