October 6th, 2008, 7:12 pm
By Jeremy Zilar
Possibly one of the most amazing works I have ever seen. This is bound to spawn a whole world of creativity online and film. I love it!
“The secret lives of invisible magnetic fields are revealed as chaotic ever-changing geometries . All action takes place around NASA’s Space Sciences Laboratories, UC Berkeley, to recordings of space scientists describing their discoveries . Actual VLF audio recordings control the evolution of the fields as they delve into our inaudible surroundings, revealing recurrent ‘whistlers’ produced by fleeting electrons . Are we observing a series of scientific experiments, the universe in flux, or a documentary of a fictional world?”
semiconductorfilms.com
September 29th, 2008, 2:48 pm
An interesting look into community moderation at Flickr.
“Behavior must be moderated and a communal ethos must be preserved”
“The job always comes down to finding the fulcrum in the teeter-totter, the balance that benefits both the individual and the community,”
June 26th, 2008, 12:39 am
By Jeremy Zilar
Yes, occasionally I order from Fresh Direct. I say this with a about 38% guilt, as do most of my friends and colleagues who also admit to ordering from them, either regularly or from time to time. The biggest issue that everyone has with them is that they deliver the food with a ridiculous amount of packaging. read more…
June 24th, 2008, 9:24 am
By Jeremy Zilar
Ayveq (EYE’-vek), the lovable walrus at the New York City Aquarium has died suddenly, after being ill for the past few weeks. A number of Brooklyn Blogs are mourning the death today. He will be missed.
June 24th, 2008, 8:32 am
By Jeremy Zilar
“Do not lean on door” – NYC MTAHave you seen this?
If you ride the N line, you may have noticed that the “Do not lean on door” sign seems to have been cut to pieces before going into mass production. read more…
June 21st, 2008, 1:32 pm
By Jeremy Zilar
When things get really bad…
How can the Yahoo mess teach us about the ethics and standards of running online companies, communities and social spaces where not only people, but employees have a great deal of ownership in the product, not just the bottom line?
June 20th, 2008, 1:50 pm
By Jeremy Zilar
There has been a fantastic amount of discussion, reflection, surrounding the death of Tim Russert, and how it was covered in the media and on blogs. The aspect that moves me the most, is listening to people talk about how amazingly transparent and touching it was to watch the the whole thing unfold across the web and TV, simultaneously. It is a rare to see the “media” and even blogs, let their human side take the stage with the reporting and the overview. This human factor comes as a result of the speed at which it is possible to publish and consume thoughts. This is leaving little time for reflection – and that is ok. We are engaging in that process as participants. It is these types of public instances that are teaching people – especially people who arent used to taking part in the online experience – how to participate and think of the web as a living community.
As a related thought, James Poniewozik on Time.com
“maybe we’ll also stop arbitrarily dividing “real” from “amateur” journalists and simply distinguish good reporting from bad, informed opinion from hot air, information from stenography. Maybe we’ll remember this election as the one when we stopped talking about “the old media” and “the new media” and, simply, met the press.” – (via Romanesko)
June 5th, 2008, 11:23 am
By Jeremy Zilar
There is a post on Publishing 2.0 that is worth reading – What Newspapers Still Don’t Understand About The Web. It talks about how newspaper websites are still talking to a print audience.
“And what’s the root cause problem? The useless article with no real-time data and no links was written for the PRINT newspaper. And the homepage is edited to match what will be important in the PRINT newspaper. And the navigation assumes I think like I do when I’m reading the PRINT newspaper. Want local news? Go to the metro SECTION.”
It is nice to see that the blog ghetto is more favorable and usable than Washington Post:
“Here’s an idea for newspaper website homepages — just a search box and a list of blogs. Seriously. Instead of putting all the web-native content and publishing in the blog ghetto, like NYTimes.com does, why not make that the WHOLE site? (I mean seriously, having a blog section on the website is like having a section in the paper for 14 column inch stories.)”
While he makes a number of good points, I still think there is a great deal of work that needs to be done to encourage, change, shift (enter adjective here) our culture to get their news and updates online. It will gradually happen, give it time… I think most people are still going to turn to TV and radio to get the most current information, and both of those forms still have something that the webs doesnt – a human connection.
Jeremy Zilar is the Blog Specialist at The New York Times and an avid creator and collaborator across the spectrum of media.