Le Flaneur: Time Lapse Video of Paris Without the People

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Composed completely of photographs. A project by Luke Shepard, a student at The American University of Paris. Location: Paris, France Camera: Nikon D90 Music: 'Intro' by The XX (http://www.thexx.info) Special thanks to Henry Farrow Miller.

Luke Shepard, a student at the American University of Paris, began working on Le Flaneur as part of a project for school, but it quickly took on a life of its own. He used a Nikon D90 DSLR camera to take over 2,000 photos of Paris at night, and then used Adobe After Effects and Premiere Pro to produce this impressive tour of a world that most of us rarely see – Paris without Parisians. In English, “flaneur” translates roughly as “stroller,” “loafer,”  or perhaps “aimless walker,”  and, in an interview with National Geographic Traveler, Shepard explained that he was  inspired to shoot these images in part by late-night pleasure rides on his bicycle.

via openculture.com

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Another great find by Open Culture. This is gorgeous and inspires wanderlust.

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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.

Kansas City Library Transforms Parking Lot Into Giant Bookshelf

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Photo © Glen Preisler

 

Well, here's a cure for the architectural problem of the ugly parking garage! The Kansas City library has installed this 25 foot high "bookshelf" on the side of their parking structure for their central branch, featuring classic titles such as To Kill a Mockingbird and Invisible Man, among others. Neat!

via dudecraft.com

Very clever way to hide a parking lot and also call attention to the library.

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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.

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.

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.

Live on TED.com tomorrow: Ask IBM insiders about Watson, the Jeopardy computer

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IBM’s language-savvy computer Watson has been dominating against humans on the game show Jeopardy! for the past two nights, and makes his final appearance this evening. And tomorrow, live on TED.com, IBM is hosting an insider’s conversation about Watson with Watson’s principal investigator Dr. David Ferrucci, IBM Fellow Kerrie Holley, and Columbia professor of clinical medicine Dr. Herbert Chase, hosted by Man v. Machine author Stephen Baker.
The big question: Now that Watson has succeeded on a game show, the team is digging in to develop real-world products based on this exciting technology. They’ll be asking: What’s next?
And you can ask these panelists a question too: Between now and 10am EST tomorrow, tweet your questions, and tag them #askwatson or #ibmwatson to have your tweet considered by the panel. Then watch live to see if they answer.
Tune in for the live webcast on TED.com tomorrow, Feb. 17, at 11:30am EST.
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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.