the blog

mememolly:

Rocketboom Blog

not bad design in 30 minutes.

GPOYW: Interwebs battle style.

rachelmercer:

Srsly.

urlesque:

thedailywhat:

Art Project of the Day: Sascha Pohflepp’s “Buttons” is a sightless camera with a big red button that, when pressed, calls up a wireless Internet search for a photo taken by someone else at that moment in time.

Click here to watch a demo video (requires Quicktime).

[make.]

reminds me of childhood memories

laughingsquid:

Hidden in a Rite Aid, Ghosts of an Old Movie Theater (Scouting NY)

My old neighborhood! I’ve been wondering why they floor slopped like it did.

(And Peter Pan [right] is A-M-A-Z-I-N-G-L-Y DELCIOUS!)

magmavideos:

New! Autoshare posts to Tumblr now includes the video description in your post and adds your categories as tags.

(Want to help add more awesome features? Come join our team!)

YEAH! :D

ronenreblogs:

dazzlingdelta:

inothernews:

This is how many people it took to write today’s tweet: “Jumbo” shrimp? WTF!!

- Conan O’Brien

this is so brilliant

andrearosen:

In addition to nods for Rocketboom and Know Your Meme, the Streamy Awards have honored Weird Al with a nomination for Best Guest Star in a Web Series for his work in this episode.

Well-earned, sir. Well-earned.

(via *USB*)

juliakaganskiy:

This weekend, March 5-7th, ArtsTech will be presenting SMartCAMP, a two day symposium on social media use for the arts, in collaboration with The LAB Gallery at the Roger Smith Hotel. We’ve put together a collection of case studies, panels and presentations that we hope will serve as a crash course and source of inspiration for artists and arts professionals getting social online.

“Social media” has gotten kind of a bad rap in the past year or more. The term is so overused and abused—and worst of all, nebulous—it’s lost virtually all meaning. “Social media gurus” and self-proclaimed “experts” have become a running joke in the community. Still, semantics aside, most people will acknowledge there’s more to it than mundane status updates.

The changes in communication and behavior implicit in the social web are undeniable and too important to ignore. We can now gather around shared ideas, interests, and opinions, forming global communities localized around passions and ideals. We discover and share information differently. We interact with information differently—in fact, the very idea that interaction is allowed, much less expected, is new in itself.

The idea behind SMartCAMP is to explore how these changes are affecting the arts and to create a forum where people can discuss what’s happening and what has yet to come. But my desire to bring this conversation to the forefront within the arts community goes beyond branding, marketing and social media strategy.

This isn’t about technology so much as it is about the cultural implications of its use and making sure that arts professionals are aware of the changing rules and know how to play by them. And perhaps more importantly, getting them in the habit of constantly re-evaluating the rules and the nature of the game, because it’s that process that’s going to be their most useful takeaway. Things are changing all the time now, so much so that the old vanguard and way of doing things, is growing more and more irrelevant by the day. Individuals and organizations need to be aware of these changes, and willing to adapt to them.

wish i was in town for this!

tbx:

Becky Stern’s FOXBLING Mod

Thingiverse - Digital Designs for Physical Objects via (@beckativa ) Fuckiing AA++ :D

HOTTTT !

jamiew:

Today is my last day working for Rocketboom.

I’m incredibly proud of everything we’ve built over the last 3 years, and am particularly astounded by the success of Know Your Meme. It’s gone from some goofy ideas about wearing labcoats and talking about rickroll to a legitimate research operation, with a dedicated writing staff, 30+ videos, a guest appearance by Weird Al and millions of YouTube views.

The Meme Database website I first hacked together over 2 weeks in December 2008 has now grown into a 500,000+ daily pageviews internets powerhouse, with a blossoming community of researchers.

Our Internet video aggregator & viral video tracking system Mag.ma grows more expansive & useful by the day.

Come Monday I’ll be joining the awesome team at 140 Proof here in San Francisco, and am excited to be tackling some big new challenges.

contact → jamie@internetfamo.us, @jamiew, Facebook, KYM

Jamie’s been amazing co-worker and mentor for me this past year Rocketboom and before that with FuckFlickr. I’m very very proud to have work with him and excited to see him tackle new challenges at 140 Proof.