Visualization tool: ManyEyes from JD Lasica on Vimeo. At the Future of Civic Media conference at the MIT Media Lab in June, one of the best presentations came from the co-creator of Many Eyes. Here’s a 7-minute video interview I did with Fernanda B. Viegas, research staff member of IBM’s Visual Communication Lab in Cambridge, […]
Podcasts & interviews
Young actors: The magic of performing arts
Young actors: The magic of performing arts from JD Lasica on Vimeo. I met Cie Probst, a fellow resident of Pleasanton, Calif., just a week ago, when she came by to pick up a rocking chair I was giving away — for use on the set of The Music Man. Then I swung by for […]
Michael Litz, US CEO of OneWorld.net
CEO of OneWorld.net from JD Lasica on Vimeo. I’ve been under the gun with the upcoming relaunch of Ourmedia.org so I have a backlog of video interviews to get online. Here’s the first one: At the annual NetSquared conference for nonprofits and social change organizations in San Jose in May, I interviewed Michael Litz, CEO […]
Pop17: surveying Internet pop culture
Sarah Austin on Pop17 from JD Lasica on Vimeo. In this 5-minute hi-def interview, Sarah Austin talks about her popular new pop culture site, Pop17.com, which launched in February. It chiefly focuses on Web sensations — grassroots efforts that make a splash — without the trashy, celeb-worshipping aspects of TMZ.com or Perez Hilton. I’ll be […]
iJustine on her ‘lifecasting’ experience
iJustine from JD Lasica on Vimeo. At the first meeting of Intel Insiders at Intel HQ in San Jose the other day, I finally had the chance to meet Justine Ezarik, better known by her online handle, iJustine. She gained instant Internet fame (she now has thousands of friends on Facebook and Twitter) when she […]