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Entertainment Gathering (EG) 2008

Wednesday, December 10th, 2008


I’m off to Monterey CA for TED conference founder Richard Saul Wurman’s newer “Entertainment Gathering” Conference!
The speaker list is quite impressive with a seemingly circus like theme this year based on this cool pdf program floating around.

Some highlight speakers I’m craving to meet:
- Violin guru Joshua Bell
- X Prize founder Peter Diamandis
- Applied Minds inventor Bran Ferren
- Viral Global Dancing Matt Harding
- Egypt’s Indiana Jones Zahi Hawass
- HEROES writer Tim Kring
- Illustrator David Macaulay
- MIT MediaLab founder Nicolas Negroponte
- Technologists David Pogue
- Dirty Job’s dirty man Mike Rowe
- Mythbuster’s Adam Savage
- PIXAR co-founder Alvy Ray Smith
- Magician Jamy Ian Swiss
- Penn&Tellers Teller
- A floating Zepplin, idea makers, shakers, and creators everywhere! Plenty of surprises…


Fluid Tunes: hand motion navigation

Friday, December 5th, 2008


FluidTunes from Majic Jungle Software on Vimeo.

Using cameras to navigate your interface has been around for some time, but just a refresher, here’s yet another one called FluidTunes! Only for MacOSX. Again cool, but overtime, I’m not sure if I’d use! Cool is not always usable in the long run, hence cool becomes uncool!

via lifehacker


Will I Am: It’s a New Day

Saturday, November 8th, 2008

Will I Am launches a new song in celebration in the new presidency here. Also watch his previous videos “Yes We Can” and “We are the Ones” which I’ll also embed after the jump.

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Urban Prankster: Aerial Philanthropy

Saturday, November 8th, 2008

Very cool. makes ya think about doing things differently!
GuerilLA, the Improv Everywhere-offshoot in Los Angeles, recently put up their newest mission, Aerial Philanthropy. The group threw dollar bill airplanes off of a parking deck in Los Angeles by the ArcLight Theatre. You’ll notice Skylar Stone randomly happened to catch one of the bills.”

via urbanprankster


Pop!Tech2008: Benjamin Zander

Friday, October 31st, 2008

I’ve posted about Benjamin Zander before, but it’s always great to see him present again with a live demo for a mini master class! Zander rocks along with Rozie (Zanders inspiration)!

“Opportunity is always one sentence away.”
“Always give an A!”
“When you make a mistake, say, HOW FASCINATING!”

“The only conductor to ever lead the Boston Philharmonic Orchestra, Zander is a prophet of human potential and an unrivaled champion of joie de vivre. Watch as he helps unlock the boundless potential of a 15 year old cellist and teaches the entire Pop!Tech audience what it means to live in a world of possibility. “


Club Passim: Campfir Music Fesstival Weekend

Sunday, August 31st, 2008

club passim music festival weekend campfire
If your in the Boston/Cambridge area this weekend be sure to swing by Club Passim’s awesome Campfire Music weekend festival going on all weekend through monday night! This is their big 10th year anniversary throwing this event! Lots of great tunes ranging from guitar, cello, violin, banjos, beatboxing, singing, piano, and tons of other great folk music live while dining in on veggie planets tasty food! I’m there most of this weekend with friends, so throw me a note if your going or look out for me.


Radiohead: House of Cards

Monday, July 21st, 2008

Radiohead again innovating with new ways in seeing music!!! I’ve seen tons of great innovations in data visualization, but its takes some gut to make it mainstream like Radiohead! Remember that creativity is as much about perspective than anything else!

Full story and behind the scene videos here.


Benjamin Zander: Classical music with shining eyes

Friday, June 27th, 2008



You want passion, Benjamin Zander defines passion that’s viral, awesome, and addictive! Reminds me how I love classical music sooooo much! Watch it here.


“Yes We Can” Song

Saturday, March 1st, 2008

Video via DipDive..thank you for making this!
Watch the video, “Yes We Can“, then another, “We Are the Ones“…then embed it, spread it, love it!

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Zoe Keating, Bora Yoon, Lindsay Mac

Saturday, January 19th, 2008

music: lindsey mac, bora yoon, zoe keating
A few new musicians I’ve had a chance to hear perform in the past few months.
Zoe Keating : cello singing(poptech)
Bora Yoon : mixed instruments(poptech)
Lindsay Mac :cello, singing, bass(campfire)