Brainstorming

How do you brainstorm ideas?

Do you stick to pen and paper?

Do you use the internets?

Music? Are you listening to music when you brainstorm or do you demand silence?

What are you thinking about?

Oscars 2011 Winners List

1. Best Picture: "The King's Speech."
2. Actor: Colin Firth, "The King's Speech."
3. Actress: Natalie Portman, "Black Swan."
4. Supporting Actor: Christian Bale, "The Fighter."
5. Supporting Actress: Melissa Leo, "The Fighter."
6. Directing: Tom Hooper, "The King's Speech."
7. Foreign Language Film: "In a Better World," Denmark.
8. Adapted Screenplay: Aaron Sorkin, "The Social Network."
9. Original Screenplay: David Seidler, "The King's Speech."
10. Animated Feature Film: "Toy Story 3."
11. Art Direction: "Alice in Wonderland."
12. Cinematography: "Inception."
13. Sound Mixing: "Inception."
14. Sound Editing: "Inception."
15. Original Score: "The Social Network," Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross.
16. Original Song: "We Belong Together" from "Toy Story 3," Randy Newman.
17. Costume Design: "Alice in Wonderland."
18. Documentary Feature: "Inside Job."
19. Documentary (short subject): "Strangers No More."
20. Film Editing: "The Social Network."
21. Makeup: "The Wolfman."
22. Animated Short Film: "The Lost Thing."
23. Live Action Short Film: "God of Love."
24. Visual Effects: "Inception."

Watching Real-Time Revolutions Using Social Media

So much is going on right now. Revolutions are sweeping the middle-east as Egyptians celebrate their freedom from a 30 year dictatorship. It blows my mind that through the power of social media, we are able to watch real-time revolutions take place complete with blogs, video phone uploads to youtube, photographs and audio testimonials. All this content is floating around the internet, segmented here and there. How is all of this data being orgainzed?

That's right, Twitter.

If you follow the hashtag #feb17 be prepare to enter a rabbit hole of real time media showing camera phone content being uploaded by Libyan citizens.



You can follow #bahrain to track happenings in Bahrain.


Social media is literally revolutionizing societies in several different ways. Digital content combined with the power of facebook and twitter has played a crucial role for the Egyptian citizens overthrowing Mubarak. An Egyptian couple even named their baby Facebook. We are now living in a digital age where social media is allowing whispers of revolution pass through thin air into mobile devices allowing for communities to form which would not be possible just 5 years ago.

This is definitely something to keep an eye on if you're into world politics.