14 cameras have been pointed at Ground Zero for 7 years, and will continue for another 8 until the entire process of rebuilding the 9/11 site has been completed. 35mm film is being exposed, a frame every 5 seconds, by each camera, in the most massive timelapse documentation of a single event in history.
Tag Archive: technology
Sports Illustrated etc. stoking iSlate rumors
You heard it here 697,423rd. Lots of talk about upcoming announcements, domain URLs that have been purchased, mysterious machines appearing, even a case last year of hari kari involving a Chinese person whose copy of a secret iPhone or tablet device was stolen. I’ve been busy moving and starting up a new business, so I…
Cool Gadget
Here’s an idea whose time may have come. Think Kindle with books AND movies AND music, available from multiple stores, harnessing tens of thousands of aps… Like a lot of great ideas, it is the next logical step, and yet it’s still a nice surprise!
Twitter soon obsolete? Tell me something I didn't know… :-)
Jason Clark writes a great article in the iMedia Connection blog on the topic, “Why Twitter will soon become obsolete”. Key takeaway from his perspective: Google Wave is the Next Big Thing. His article is well-researched and tracks other milestones in the social networking world: MySpace, Facebook, all the way back to the email and…
A concession to techno talk
So, yes, the thinking is what counts. But what about tools? Well, I am a cameraman along with my other duties, and as a cameraman I like a camera that responds to my efforts and gives me a product that I can use. Lately, that has been the JVC HD-100 hi-def camera. It happens to…
Vision of students – video reply
The Chronicle of Higher Education reports that Michael Wesch’s video on the state of student learning in Web2.0 America has been augmented by a remix that adds the racial dimension. Michael responds that they considered including racial statistics to the original but felt it was too emotional of an issue and would “draw attention away…
