as i am catching up on the blogosphere & other feeds i was reading up on josh browns continued dismay with social media. i get his sentiment.. it had me thinking then of some of the stuff that made the early onset of social media really great. wandered around the net a bit and stumbled back upon this viral video gem. it is still great to me & for many others i am sure.
it has me thinking, what gives some web sensation staying power?
Technology
blogging towards enlightenment : discovering your virtual self
i've been doing some guest postings over at matt cheuvront's 'life without pants' blog talking up spirituality and social media. last week we talked about enlightenment & blogging today we are talking about discovering your virtual self.
got check them out, let me know what you think. lay claim to some of the stories & expand on them. did i mention that my latest posting i actually use capitalization? yeah, it was wreaking havoc on matt post editing
rear view mirror on violence & identity : because you need more marshall mcluhan
almost 30 minutes of great thinking & conversation debate
marshall mcluhan on getting it wrong : shades of a new politic
i don’t know care about your politic with this posting. but one needs to take notice of how the obama campaign took a long shot candidate and made him into a anomyly. david bulluck goes through how the campaign used social media in barack 2.0.
went back to these thoughts as i listened to mcluhan bash how presidential campaigns used television. are politician handlers figuring it out finally?
holy week worship video : worship tricks
next week we are doing our midday holy week services in our youth space (cause its’ the coolest) and most artistically driven area and the pastors want to do some more experiential worship stuff. we’ll do some prayer stations stuff for sure & some various smells. but what about our visuals?
i’ve pretty much sold myself on parsing this video stopping it through good friday & then showing the full thing on easter. i love simple & creative stuff. this is right up my alley