Real World Moderation: Lessons from 11 Years of MetaFilter Community by Matt Haughey

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Matt Haughey's SXSW talk, Real World Moderation: Lessons from 11 Years of Community, was quite well received so he posted a version he recorded at home to Vimeo.

A lot of people missed my talk so I recorded it in my office as soon as I got home from Austin. It covers mainly moderation tips and ideas for building tools for more effective moderation. I'll answer any questions below here on Vimeo. (I used ScreenFlow on a second mac to record a iChat Theater session of my talk that was done in Keynote)

via kottke.org

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Matt Haughey says, "After 11 years of running MetaFilter.com, I (and the other moderators) have been through just about everything, and we've built dozens of custom tools to weed out garbage, spammers, and scammers from the site.

I'll cover how to identify and solve problems including identity, trolling, sockpuppets, and other nefarious community issues, show off custom tools we've developed for MetaFilter, and show you how to incorporate them into your own community sites."

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Antonio Ortiz

Antonio Ortiz has always been an autodidact with an eclectic array of interests. Fascinated with technology, advertising and culture he has forged a career that combines them all. In 1991 Antonio developed one of the very first websites to market the arts. It was text based, only available to computer scientists, and increased attendance to the Rutgers Arts Center where he had truly begun his professional career. Since then Antonio has been an early adopter and innovator merging technology and marketing with his passion for art, culture and entertainment. For a more in-depth look at those passions, visit SmarterCreativity.com.

MIT Media Lab's LabCAST: Junkyard Jumbotron - Turn multiple devices into a large interactive screen

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The Junkyard Jumbotron lets you take a bunch of random laptops, cellphones and tablets and stitch them together into a large, virtual display, simply by taking a photograph of them.

via labcast.media.mit.edu

MIT, once again. This made my jaw drop. Take any screen from any device in any configuration and somewhat easily turn them into an interactive jumbotron. Think about that for a minute. Can not wait to play with this.

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Antonio Ortiz

Antonio Ortiz has always been an autodidact with an eclectic array of interests. Fascinated with technology, advertising and culture he has forged a career that combines them all. In 1991 Antonio developed one of the very first websites to market the arts. It was text based, only available to computer scientists, and increased attendance to the Rutgers Arts Center where he had truly begun his professional career. Since then Antonio has been an early adopter and innovator merging technology and marketing with his passion for art, culture and entertainment. For a more in-depth look at those passions, visit SmarterCreativity.com.

The Secret to Apple's Success From Guy Kawasaki's Point of View

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via bigthink.com

It seems appropriate to take a look at the secret of Apple's success on the day the iPad 2 goes on sale from former Apple evangelist Guy Kawasaki's insider point of view.

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Antonio Ortiz

Antonio Ortiz has always been an autodidact with an eclectic array of interests. Fascinated with technology, advertising and culture he has forged a career that combines them all. In 1991 Antonio developed one of the very first websites to market the arts. It was text based, only available to computer scientists, and increased attendance to the Rutgers Arts Center where he had truly begun his professional career. Since then Antonio has been an early adopter and innovator merging technology and marketing with his passion for art, culture and entertainment. For a more in-depth look at those passions, visit SmarterCreativity.com.

The TED2011 opening titles

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This is, well, wonderful.

From the blog of +1 Amsterdam: Last year we designed the opening title for TEDxAmsterdam. This work came to attention of Chris Anderson, the international TED curator. He was impressed and asked us to work on the opening film for their ‘flagship conference’: TED2011 in Long Beach, California.
This year’s theme is ‘The Rediscovery of Wonder’ and their briefing was “…Give us a sense of wonder! It’s clear you know how to do that…”. We teamed up with some of our most talented friends, and the result you can enjoy …
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Antonio Ortiz

Antonio Ortiz has always been an autodidact with an eclectic array of interests. Fascinated with technology, advertising and culture he has forged a career that combines them all. In 1991 Antonio developed one of the very first websites to market the arts. It was text based, only available to computer scientists, and increased attendance to the Rutgers Arts Center where he had truly begun his professional career. Since then Antonio has been an early adopter and innovator merging technology and marketing with his passion for art, culture and entertainment. For a more in-depth look at those passions, visit SmarterCreativity.com.

In Like With Facebook

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**I HAVE A NEW REEL FOR SUMMER 2012, CHECK IT OUT!** > http://alextrimpe.com Thanks to http://onlineschools.org for serving as inspiration and providing the data through "Obsessed With Facebook" http://www.onlineschools.org/blog/facebook-obsession An informational motion graphics piece by Alex Trimpe Music by RJD2 Created in Adobe After Effects at The Columbus College of Art & Design (CCAD) for class.

With its ever evolving interface and constantly growing user base Facebook is trying very hard to be the center of the online world. And it's working. 80% of universities are looking at profiles as part of the admission process, today Warner Bros. started renting movies right on Facebook and a recent study shows that checking out your profile improves self-esteem. Even the ubiquitous game Angry Birds is expected to launch on Facebook in the near future. 

Soon, for a whole generation of users, there will be no internet, no web, there will only be Facebook. 

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Antonio Ortiz

Antonio Ortiz has always been an autodidact with an eclectic array of interests. Fascinated with technology, advertising and culture he has forged a career that combines them all. In 1991 Antonio developed one of the very first websites to market the arts. It was text based, only available to computer scientists, and increased attendance to the Rutgers Arts Center where he had truly begun his professional career. Since then Antonio has been an early adopter and innovator merging technology and marketing with his passion for art, culture and entertainment. For a more in-depth look at those passions, visit SmarterCreativity.com.