I just spent 53 minutes in an airport lounge live Twittering with my heart in my throat. Thank god it ended happily, I was way too invested. - http://www.somethingchanged.com.au/post...
Destroyed computer (via 27389271) A photo of a protester’s computer allegedly destroyed by the Iranian government via “Online Activism Can Work” on GOOD. - http://www.somethingchanged.com.au/post...
You can probably sort out for yourself many of the ways in which constantly using “white” to mean “bourgeois” or “middle-class” or “educated” is sort of a backhanded insult to all of us who aren’t white — but I suspect, at this point, that it’s just tipped over into a general weariness with being a non-white person who’s spent too much time... - http://www.somethingchanged.com.au/post...
Generation-Y women discover new brands and get most of their style inspiration and product recommendations from blogs and social media. - http://www.somethingchanged.com.au/post...
The other Christmas song from Home Alone: “I’m Dreaming of a White Christmas,” by The Drifters. You’ll remember the scene this is from instantly. - http://www.somethingchanged.com.au/post...
The digital world, even the high end brands, has become a sleazy carnival, complete with hawkers, barkers and a bearded lady. By the time someone actually gets to your site, they’ve been conned, popped up, popped under and upsold so many times they really have no choice but to be skeptical. Basically, it’s a race to the bottom, with so many people... - http://www.somethingchanged.com.au/post...
51 things i found around my house. (via HurricaneAubrey) This cute 57 second video has had 2 million+ views and 1000+ video reponses. - http://www.somethingchanged.com.au/post...
In a survey of attitudes toward artists in the U.S. a vast majority of Americans, 96%, said they were greatly inspired by various kinds of art and highly value art in their lives and communities. But the data suggests a strange paradox. While Americans value art, the end product, they do not value what artists do. Only 27% of respondents believe... - http://www.somethingchanged.com.au/post...
Cheering makes no difference, you’re still in the game. Google Wave is instant messaging on steroids. Email, photo galleries, annotated requirements docs, youtube vids, and snarky convos about code and colleagues can all happen right in IM, the tiny sidebar of abbreviated text where developers like to park themselves. This is a technology grown... - http://www.somethingchanged.com.au/post...
Update: The singer who wrote the imitation English is Adrianio Chelentano, italian pop-musician and movie star. Thanks to Gerd Brunzama! - http://www.somethingchanged.com.au/post...