[box]This post originally appeared on the FTMF.info planning blog.[/box] In this post, let’s explore the link between the twin worlds of microbiology and creative thought, drawing inspiration from three brilliant scientific discoveries. Labcoats on, people! 1. Sponges If a sea sponge (phylum porifera) is forced through a sieve to disintegrate it down to its cellular […]
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Music is the Virus
Airborne, a potentially disruptive start-up in the music sector, hopes to “cure the music industry of its sickness” with their upcoming launch. Their cloud-based music sharing platform places fans and artists in direct symbiosis. It’s an interesting model, so take a look: Beyond all the virus metaphors (they even go so far as to call songs ‘strains’) the core […]
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Also tagged airborne, audience, community, electronic, favourite, idea, industry, interesting, Music, net, real world, remix, rights, share, sharing, soundcloud, viral, world
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McLuhan: An Audiovisual Bricolage
I’ve been in touch with a really interesting bloke called Richard Altman. He’s what I’d call a Digital Activist – in that his strongly opinionated views challenge normative behaviour, and have the potential to cause others to reconsider that which we take for granted. His area of interest: the Web and it’s governance. I’ll be […]
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Also tagged governance, marshall mcluhan, mcluhan, mcluhanism, probe, rules, series, tetrad, theories, video, Web, youtube
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