Posted in Art, Changing Teachers, Community, Identity, Philosophy, Sharing Info, Video, recruiting on Jun 14th, 2009 34 Comments »
On June 4th, I gave a talk called Life as an Open Book at Qatar Academy for the first ever Tedx event put together by Julie Lindsay.
I spent quite a bit of time planning the talk, but the execution was not exactly what I had in mind. I was plagued by repetition, false starts, and [...]
Posted in Art, Writing on Feb 19th, 2009 3 Comments »
Last month, I decided to try out a collaborative poem project using Twitter and Flickr. The process was simple:
Send out a request on Twitter for participants.
Create a Google Document.
Find an image from Flickr (Make sure to pick one from the Creative Commons)
Wait.
Wait some more.
Start to write.
Leave your poem as a comment on the original page.
Well, [...]
Posted in Art, Community, Identity, Networking on Dec 11th, 2008 5 Comments »
I am officially full. No more room for blog posts, news articles, or youtube videos. No more funny photos or heart breaking stories. No new bands, new sounds, new anything. I don’t want to contribute to the noise anymore. Not even sure why I am typing these words, perhaps to let out some of the [...]
Posted in Art, Community, Power of Web 2.0, Twitter, Writing on Dec 11th, 2008 4 Comments »
Earlier this evening, I was trying to get more out of my social networks by engaging in more artistic collaborative projects. I hatched the idea for the “live” poem. The idea is simple:
Send out a request on Twitter for participants.
Create a Google Document.
Find an image from Flickr (Make sure to pick one from the Creative [...]
