Posts Tagged ‘ MySpace ’

Shift Happens 2.0

A while back I posted a video called, Shift happens. Well it turns out that the original makers of that video have released an updated version that includes new and updated statistics. Along thought-provoking questions and a fresh design. They have also created a website and a wiki to better facilitate discussion about the video. So [ READ MORE ]

Shift Happens Video

Found this very interesting video presenting a bunch of facts about how fast our world is changing. Can you even really conceive of where we will be or what we will be doing in the future. Some of the stats from the video below: The top 10 jobs that will be in demand in 2010 did not [ READ MORE ]

Create your own poll

Found an interesting site that lets you create polls or online surveys that you can embed into your Blog, homepage, or MySpace page. The company is called BuzzDash. You get to create the question, number of answers and the text for all of it. Then your users can vote in your own special poll. The [ READ MORE ]

Photobucket Bought by MySpace

So the big news today is that Photobucket is being acquired by NewsCorp. NewsCorp is the parent company of MySpace. Apparently NewsCorp is paying $250 million for PhotoBucket. My question is, what exactly do the people over at MySpace think they are doing? First they block PhotoBucket, then they reinstate it. They build their own built [ READ MORE ]

Generations and Informational News transfer

I recently read an interesting commentary by Loyd Case over at ExtremeTech on the difference in information gathering and transmission between those who grew up in a connected world, and those who didn’t. It used as a backdrop the way that information got out about the VA Tech shootings. Much of the population was glued [ READ MORE ]