Last week at a bloggers reception in Palo Alto, Calif., I finally had the chance to meet Gina Bianchini, CEO and co-founder of Ning, a startup that lets anyone create any kind of social network. Ning hosts it for you for free. Ning has latched on to the long tail of this burgeoning phenomenon. Over […]
Creative Commons sued for ‘deception’
Here’s another example of how people need to be educated when they choose a license for their photo or video — and the answer is not to sue those who (properly) exploit your work. Just choose a Creative Commons noncommercial license, like I do for all my Flickr photos. Register (UK): Creative Commons sued for […]
Girls soccer photos
Had fun at other girls soccer match in Dublin, Calif., yesterday. Here’s a Flickr set of that game and other recent games.
Bob Dylan’s way-cool Facebook application
Mashable: Bob Dylan’s Facebook App Rocks. It’s a customizable version of the famous music video of Dylan’s "Subterranean Homesick Blues." Add your own words and Dylan will hold them up. To promote his “Dylan Greatest Songs” album that’s coming out in October, Bob Dylan has created a Facebook application that lets you enter 10 lines […]
Mashup: Nobody’s Perfect in Politics
Had fun with my latest mashup: Nobody’s Perfect in Politics, done to the counterpoint of Hannah Montana’s bubbly "Nobody’s Perfect," with appearances by Sen. Larry Craig, Mark Foley, Mitt Romney, Rudy Giuliani, Alberto Gonzales, Dick Cheney, George Tenet, George W. Bush and others. I entered it in the DIY Video Summit political mashup contest (whose […]