Yay for YouTube

If you have time, Michael Wesch posted a great video on YouTube from an anthropological perspective. It's an hour long, but if you find that sort of thing interesting at all, it's well worth the time.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TPAO-lZ4_hU

Paris responds to McCain ad

A funny parody.

http://www.funnyordie.com/videos/64ad536a6d

The Ballad of Zack McCune

This three-part story of a college student who got sued by the RIAA came through my RSS feed and is pretty interesting--it should only take about 10-11 minutes to watch the whole thing.

Part 1
Part 2
Part 3

I share because I care.

Yep, yet one more thing that's only marginally relevant:

Design sample: Cuil, a new search engine

Some former Google employees just created Cuil, a new search engine that they, of course, claim is better. I'm not sold on it, and at least half of that is due to its design. Go play around with it and see what you think.

Design Gangsta

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yJexyQT0l1c

Changes in reading, changes in design

This article examines how the internet is influencing how we read and attention spans, consequently also influencing design. I found it worth the read.

http://www.theatlantic.com/doc/200807/google