The Invisible Man

Lou Bolin becomes the Invisible Man with no Photoshop or camera tricks - just stillness for a moment and some very careful paint work.











These images were emailed to me and I have not been able to attribute them as of yet.

Google Wave simplified

Great Creative - Ira Glass on Storytelling

Timeless video(s) with Ira Glass talking Storytelling...


"...just talk like a human being, talk like yourself..."

Video 1

Video 2

Video 4

Best music video ever?

The Fragmentation of Aggregation

Over the past few years, we have witnessed the emergence of a new trend that is ultimately driven out of the need for more consolidated access to data records, integration between disparate systems and the goal to provide users of systems with single access points that can share profile data across different service types.

As we as users move to aggregate our feeds and integrate our desktop experiences, the emergence of new services vying for attention simply means we have an inverse trend of fragmentation pulling us away from the hard work of getting everything aggregated.

I call this the "fragmentation of aggregation" which will most likely precede a phase of aggregating the fragmented tools, signs of which we have seen through increased usage of OAuth, single client apps that support multiple IM services and more, but these are the exception currently, not the norm.

Everyday I log into 15 or 20 interfaces all of which bear news for me to read. But I still read or source all of my news through Google and the Google reader. Yes I visit around 50 or so sites a day, but only as a result of the hard work done by my services to gather me relevant information and bring it to one of the few screens.

The challenge in this situation is setting the strategic goals of a new application or service with regards to its output, resource directory, login/account information and ultimately its share-ability. How do you determine which services to support? How do you know where your audience is clicking in from today? How do you manage the three screen experiences separately and effectively.

We are thinking about this on the enterprise level as well. Multiple apps with data storage, document storage, back-ups, online storage, and then multiple apps for reading and processing documents and the need for remote workers, secure access, timed access and more make for complex business process management that needs to serve multiple sources and multiple output points with varying degrees of controlled interaction.

In the web space we simply put the emphasis of choice on the end user, but in the enterprise we typically need to remove the burden of choice and systematically make selection based on rules. We need to find the user, observe the rules, investigate the request and then return the right stuff, and hopefully do all of this at the speed of 'Google'.

Do you have examples of the fragmentation of aggregation? Perhaps you would share where it is impacting you in a negative way, or even better, where you think someone or something is doing a great job of sorting all this out.

Update: Google Fast Flip launches providing yet another example: http://fastflip.googlelabs.com/

Social Media Measurement: I stopped on slide 27...

...and realized, Beth Harte is right - we really have to throw away the current model of how we think about lead generation, selling and loyalty. And of course the other slides about having a plan are great too (if you like that kind of hard goals thing-y :-)

Beth Harte / Social South 2009: Social Media Planning & Measurement

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k.Tel (#songsincode > 100) ;

Python, javascript, cobol and more - good, bad, ugly syntax and all - jumped to the forefront of entertainment for a few hours today as the #songsincode hashtag on Twitter shot up the charts. I see some folks hating on it already, so that proves its gone over the top. Just so I don't have to drill through all the spammers everytime I want to look at them and love them all over again, I am putting some of my favorites here, attributed to the awesome Tweeters who made them possible.

In no particular order...

John Zeitler from Pittsburgh contributed several good ones - http://twitter.com/jzeitler

public void reality() { try{ if( this.realLife()||this.justFantasy() ) { throw new Landslide(); } } catch (Landslide l) { this.reality() } }

public void timeWarp() { this.jump(left); this.step(right); this.thrust(pelvic); this.timeWarp(); }

if( me.has(you) || !me.has(you) ) { /*this won't happen*/ me.live(); }

if( me.cash > 1000000 ) { house yourHouse = Store.buy(house.class); you.give(yourHouse); }

djbigdaddy from NYC tips in - http://twitter.com/djbigdaddy

cometogether = [] cometogether.append('right now') cometogether.append('over me') for i in cometogether: print i

import stalker stan = stalker() if eminem.be(just like him) == 'yes': stan.girlfriendintrunk()

m = 'Makes us harder, better, faster, stronger!' x != 'kill me': x + 1print 'Can only make me stronger, %s' % (m)

Here's a few from Tallahassee's Ben Clark - http://twitter.com/benclark

$self.dance = !$madame.ask($self, 'dance'); do { $madame.mood('charming', 'gentle'); } while ($madame.style == 'continental');

$alive = ($you['location'] != 'by my side') ? array('afraid', 'petrified') : TRUE;

$self = trap($purgatory); destroy(new Object()); while (not $reprisal) { wait(1); } $others.acquire(DEATH); $sky = '#FF00000';

Geoff Longman adds some variations http://twitter.com/metageoff

require 'barenakedladies'; if me.cash >=1.million.dollars; Realtor.find_house(:nice).first.buy.give_to(you) end

puts 'We are DEVO' if we.are_not_men?; %(D E V O).each {| l | puts l } if we.are_not_men?

assert me.is_a?(Girl) && World.find_by_type('Barbie').contains.me && me.life.type == :plastic && me.life.status == :fantastic

Adobe's Ryan Stewart weighed in with some of my faves - http://twitter.com/ryanstewart

itsyBitsySpider.upWaterSpout(); new Rain(); itsyBitsySpider = null; new Sun(); rain = null; itsyBitsySpider.upWaterSpout();

it_array.push("bulls","blood","dust","mud","boots","chaps","cowboy hats","spurs","latigo","ropes","reins"); rodeo = it_array;

$self.dance = !$madame.ask($self, 'dance'); do { $madame.mood('charming', 'gentle'); } while ($madame.style == 'continental');

crazy:Crazy=new Crazy(); crazy.feelingLonely=true; objMe=crazy; crazy.feelingBlue=true;

Josh Buhler from http://ghostradio.net joined the fun - http://twitter.com/joshbuhler

if (myLife.contains("you") == false) { myLife.sucks = true; }

if (you.want == Want.DESTROY_SWEATER) { while (you.holdThread()) { this.x++; } }

if (elevator.brokenDown) { while (currentFloor < abletorock =" false;">var whatYouGet; if (Math.random() > .5) { whatYouGet = whatYouWant; } else { whatYouGet = whatYouNeed; }

if (friend == @ryanstewart) { friendsInLowPlaces = true; }

var bottlesOnWall = new Array (99); while (bottlesOnWall.length > 0) { var b = bottlesOnWall.pop(); passAround(bottle); }

Jude.makeBetter(sadSong); while (studioTimeLeft) { trace("na"); }

Not to be outdone, mesh (Mike Chambers) joins in - http://twitter.com/mesh

var brothers = new Array();i=0;while(i <>queen.dead = true; limb.lonely = true; while(limb.on) { life.lonely = true; } if(you.lonely) { life.long = true; }

my.name = "Jonas";my.carry(wheel);for each(var a in you.haveShownUs){a.thanks()};my.feel = this;

(Mike correctly pointed out that at this point worldwide developer productivity was in serious decline for the day)

Canadian Trevor Squires chimed in - http://twitter.com/protocool

self.boat? && self.go_out(:on => Ocean) { self.pony? && self.pony.ride(:on => self.boat) }

(1..3).map { "a lady" } && i.love(:you)

Some other notable ones I found:

Tracey Kensing
if ( i != 'colorblind') { $world = 'black and white' } try { keepAnOpenMind() } catch(Exception $e) { cantSleepTonite(); }

Zach Moazeni
(!Elephants.treated_unethically? || Elephants.count == 0) { assert Humans.count == 0; self.binary_solo! }

if self.location == "boat" { self.yell "I'm on a #{"mother effin " if rand(2) == 0}boat"; self.find_mermaid.deflower! }

Leandro Ferreira
while(me.hate<2){me.love=me.drinks++%2==0;me.hate+=me.drinks%2?1:0;}

Alex Sanchez
while(true){cliente.habla("buenas, tiene madalenas?");panadero.habla("muy buenas!");

Micah Craig
me.job[policeDept].quit()&&me.job.add(steady); try{ her.help(me); her.steal(); her.rob(); }
catch(CannotRob cr) {mon.phone(me);}

Eskaban
Sky.Describe(Me); if (PERFECT_DAY) {PerfectDay.LayAfter(); while(We.Opacity > 1) We.Opacity--; We.CreateWorld();}

SniperZN
if(name == "Lola" && isShowGirl && hair.feathers.color == "yellow" && dress.cut) { merengue(); chacha(); }

cesque
10 LET n=1 20 IF n<>13 THEN PRINT n,", ",n+1,", ",n+2,"oclock,",n+3,"oclock rock!":LET n=n+4:goto 20

RickGladwin
if ("you_want_my_body" == TRUE && "you_think_im_sexy" == TRUE) { baby.cmonletmeknow();}

say_to_you = New.array[]; say_to_you[0] = "Da doo doo doo, de daa daa daa"; end; I.want = say_to_you[0];

san1t1
function check(){if (timeHasCome){document.getElementById("theButton").click;}else{setTimeOut}

Jeff_Lamarche
self.target = sheriff; // self.target = deputy; self.selfDefense = YES;

xiinite
class ParadiseCity(){ public static const grass="green"; public static const girls="pretty";} me.take(new ParadiseCity());

z_rose
$i = new Istanbul; $c = new Constantinople; $i = $c; $i = $i; /* !$c */ $c->why_works = $you.turk ? $you.business : $you.nunya;

admast
if($tickets_to_paradise == "2"){ $packyourbags=true; $leave='tonight' }

Nathan Blevins
var BuyStairWay = Lady.IsSure() && All.ForEach(x => x.Glitters = "gold") ? True : False;

Stuart Sharpe
function start(x) { if (day.isNiceDayFor("White Wedding")) start("again"); }

Chronotron
satisfaction.addEventListener(IOErrorEvent.IO_ERROR, noNoNo());

There are tons more...I had to add my own as well.

girl.OnceHadMe(); var NorwegianWood = good; switch (timeforbed); do laugh.SleepinBath while girl = workMorning };

I would appreciate people posting any really good ones to the comments here.