The Insomnia Film Festival

Here's your chance to win a new MacBook Pro and video software. You can borrow school video equipment, but you'd have to have some kind of editing software at home to edit, as it's on a weekend. (iMovie counts!) You can work in teams. (Everyone over to Tricia and Miquela's for all night move making! haha.)

http://www.apple.com/education/insomnia/

An extreme "change" project

http://www.boingboing.net/2007/09/26/a-tear-of-following.html

10 Things Every Programmer Should Know For Their First Job

10 Things Every Programmer Should Know For Their First Job

Most of these also apply for our field...

Appreciate your time

Kinda depressing......but makes you appreciate what you have left:

http://www.boingboing.net/2007/09/24/kevin-kellys-life-co.html

for all you iPhone/Photoshop lovers out there

http://www.layersmagazine.com/photoshop-for-iphone.html

Don't Try this at Home

http://www.willitblend.com/videos.aspx?type=unsafe&video=iphone

Web 2.0 ... The Machine is Us/ing Us

A creative way to think about Web 2.0.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6gmP4nk0EOE&eurl=

Another Famous Podcast: Ask a Ninja

http://askaninja.com

The premise of this show, hosted by a ninja, is that viewers write in and ask the ninja questions, which he answers in a somewhat Will Ferrell-esque, usually entertaining way. This is another example of a low budget podcast that became very famous very quickly. It's all about the character, and having an idea that can be maintained over time.

It's the kind of show that some people find hilarious, others stupid. I was torn down the middle, depending on the episode, but hilarity usually won. Some of the episodes are a bit long, I think, and could be tightened up a bit.

Check out some of the older ones first, to get a feeling for the show. My favorite right now is Question 2: "Ninja Santa".

Good Animal Crossbreed Examples (Remember Photoshop?)

http://www.linkinn.com/_Photoshopped_Animals_Very_Cool

great Sony Bravia commercials

Check these out, and be sure to watch the "Behind the Scenes".

http://www.bravia-advert.com/balls/braviaextcommhigh.html

http://bravia-advert.com/thead.html

Cool Ads

http://www.xanga.com/FunnyForwards/613457543/now-thats-clever-advertising.html

PSA Contest (EVERYONE will participate, except Steve)

http://www.acteonline.org/contest/videocontest.cfm

Adobe digital photo contest

http://www.techlearning.com/portraits/

300

So, I finally watched 300 this weekend. I'm kind of ambivalent about it. I liked the style, in general, although it was a bit Matrix-like and got tiresome after awhile. Great decapitation shot with the giant - nice attention to detail with the skin ripping. haha. I actually almost like this http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DM8yUwrpgLI (thanks, Derrick) better than the movie itself. All in all, I preferred Sin City...

great blog project...

http://postsecret.blogspot.com/

Thanks, Joe G.

the future of our country. save me please.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lj3iNxZ8Dww

ze frank

This is a video blog every digital media student should be aware of. Ze Frank became very well known for "The Show", which he did every week day for a whole year. Not just a passive experience, Ze turned his show into an interactive community with contests, audience participation, even an ongoing chess match between Ze and the "sports racers", as his audience become known as. A true original, Ze's show is better experienced than described. I recommend starting at the beginning, and watching a day at a time, but that's my Type A personality coming through.... ;-P

http://www.zefrank.com/theshow/