Remember when Phil Keoghan of The Amazing Race gave Erica Smith and me travel advice? The fun starts at 2:15. BTW: I'm like 95% sure the title "An Amazing Duo" refers to us.
The backstory: I was visiting Erica during a weekend trip to The Lou and Ross Mathews sent out this tweet. As a blog buddy, of course I had to answer the call to action and sent in my info. He rang us a few minutes later... and that's it. I didn't say it was a good story.
KELIS: 4th of July (Fireworks)
KELLY ROWLAND: Commander
ESTELLE: Freak
What songs are on your Summer of '10 playlist?
A peek inside the jellyfish tank at Steak 954.
Mashable has an interesting list of 5 ways Facebook changed dating (for the worse). What do you think? Has social media made dating easier for us fellow geeks? Do you have any personal rules about combining a budding romance + your tweets or Facebook updates?
via // Urlesque
In this experiment/new visual effect, the letters from a lyric of a popular song — Never Gonna Give You Up — are repositioned to compose the images of its singer — Rick Astley — dancing in fluid motion.
Check it out here.
via // Yuri Victor
From the time I read this article on tech overload + the impact on one's life and now as I'm typing this blog post, I downloaded a song from iTunes, checked Facebook + Twitter (clicked on 2 links) and skimmed one of my favorite blogs. I wonder if I'm too distracted?
In recent weeks, I've been trying to make a conscious effort in "powering down" when in social settings. I'm finding myself too eager to check my CrackBerry once seeing the alluring (and constant) red blink. I don't think I'll get as attached to gadgets as the people profiled in the story, but I'm logging off now -- just in case...
link // http://www.nytimes.com/2010/06/07/technology/07brain.html
Update: The NYTimes is looking for volunteers to unplug.
In connection with its series on technology and the brain, The Times is starting a video project asking readers to see what happens when they give up technology. We’re looking for volunteers to unplug temporarily and tell us about their experience. Frame your own challenge: maybe its turning off your cellphone for a weekend, or disconnecting from the Internet for a week, or just leaving your social networks for a few days. Choose something you’re comfortable with. When you’re plugged back in, record a short video telling us what the experience was like. We’ll post the best ones on NYTimes.com.
More information on their challenge can be found here.
Here's a fun interview I recently did with Melissa Patterson of the Palm Beach Post tech blog Tech Tonic.
My favorite question:
Q: What is your site’s role in the journalism community? A source of old-school pride? A microscope on journalists’ pettiest fixations? Comic relief?
To make the HR department nervous.
