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 The Machine is Us Do you want to get a handle on the Web revolution? Maybe this will help. This brilliant video (4min 31sec) called 'Web 2.0...The Machine is Us/ing Us' will enlighten you. XML facilitates automated data exchange. Two sites can 'mash' data together. Who will organize all of this data? We will. You will. XML _ U & me create a database-backed Web. A database-backed web is different. The web is different. We are the web. When we post and then tag pictures we are teaching the machine. Each time we forge a link we teach it an idea. Over 100 billion times per day humans click on a Web page teaching the machine. The machine is us. The machine is using us. Digital text is no longer just linking information. Hypertext is no longer just linking information. The Web is no longer just linking information. Web 2.0 is linking people. People sharing, trading, and collaborating. We'll need to rethink a few things - copyright, authorship, identity, ethics, ascetics, rhetorics, governance, privacy, commerce, love, family, ourselves. |
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 William Topley Video (3min 26sec) of William Topley singing 'Mannish Water' at Albert Hall, UK. William Topley is part of the lineup of performers for the Taos Solar Music Fest at Kit Carson Park in Taos. William Topley, born and bred in England, nurtured on a diet of blues and rock and roll, has been building a seriously dedicated fan base in the U.S. ever since the release of Prince of the Deep Water in 1991, his first album with his band The Blessing. Producer Neil Dorfsman (Sting, Dire Straits) described him as “the most original songwriter I’ve heard for years.” The influences, still recognisable in his music, were already there - The Stones, Van Morrison, the best of soul and southern rock. |
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 Michael Franti Live Video (3min 42sec) of Everyone Deserves Music by Michael Franti and Spearhead. Michael Franti is an American poet, musician, and composer of African, American Indian, Italian, and German descent. Franti is the creator and driving force behind Michael Franti & Spearhead, a band that blends hip hop with a variety of other styles including funk, reggae, jazz, folk, and rock. He is also an outspoken supporter for a wide spectrum of peace and social justice issues. Michael Franti and Spearhead are appearing this weekend at Taos Solar Music Fest at Kit Carson Park near downtown Taos.
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 Los Lobos La Bamba Video (3min 4sec). Los Lobos ("The Wolves") is a rock band, heavily influenced by rock and roll, Tex-Mex, country music, folk, R&B, blues, and traditional Spanish and Mexican music such as boleros and norteños. They will be appearing at the Taos Solar Music Fest this weekend at Kit Carson Park in the center of Taos. Los Lobos released an independent LP in the late 1970s, and an EP in 1983. Their first major-label, critically acclaimed release was 1984's T-Bone Burnett-produced How Will the Wolf Survive? They released a follow up album entitled By the Light of the Moon in 1987. In the same year they recorded some Ritchie Valens covers for the soundtrack to the film La Bamba, including the title track which became a number one single for the band. |
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 Michael Arrington The Web is now approaching 1 billion users. Do you want to know more about where the Web is going? This video (9min 7sec) will help your understanding. A couple of weeks ago Michael Arrington got together with a number of startup CEOs and executives to video a discussion about Web 2.0. Participating in the discussion were Aaron Cohen (Bolt), Scott Milener and Steven Lurie (Browster), Keith Teare (edgeio), Steven Marder (Eurekster), Joe Kraus (JotSpot), Jeremy Verba (Piczo), Auren Hoffman (Rapleaf), Chris Alden (Rojo), Gautam Godhwani (Simply Hired), Jonathan Abrams (Socializr), David Sifry (Technorati), Matt Sanchez (Video Egg) and Michael Tanne (Wink). The topics discussed included: What is Web 2.0? Are we in a bubble? What are the business models that will work on the web today? What is the role of publishers in a user generated world? How important and how big is the early adopter crowd? |
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