Everything is a Remix: The Matrix
Kirby Ferguson, a New York-based filmmaker, and friends have been working on a four-part video series called Everything is a Remix.
Here, to demonstrate their point, they juxtapose scenes from the Matrix with films that it drew inspiration from. For example, as we move along the timeline:
- 0:27 - Fist of Legend (1994)
- 0:38 - Tai-Chi Master (Twin Dragons) (1993)
- 0:44 - Fist of Legend (1994)
- 0:48 - Tai-Chi Master (Twin Dragons) (1993)
- 0:53 - Drunken Master (1978)
Click through for other influences that range from a Philip K. Dick speech (1:45) to Total Recall (2:30) to Alice in Wonderland (3:24).
(Source: futurejournalismproject, via untitled-mag)
It doesn’t make sense to hire smart people and tell them what to do; we hire smart people so they can tell us what to do.
(Source: shaneguiter, via infoneer-pulse)
Sometimes the best solution happens to be the simplest. Take this Japanese engineer’s attempt to recreate the legend of the Moais, who apparently walked on their own.
This looks like it is somewhat similar to Facebook’s Project Spartan.
“What is being called the world’s first HTML5 web app browser launches today in the App Store. The free and universal MobiUs app provides a way for developers to get apps onto iDevices without first getting Apple’s approval. As such, this could fast become be a game-changer in mobile app development.”
(via Joshua Ross via World’s First HTML5 Web App Browser Launches - Could Be Game Changer For Developers — AppAdvice)
Engine worked on something similar a few years ago that incorporated Facebook & webcam technologies for eye glass retailer, Cleary Contacts. Use your friend circle to help you make your purchase decision - after all, they’re the ones who have to look at you all day. I think Social Shopping is where e-commerce is going and we’ll see a lot more startups like this one.
More splinter-net findings. Generational Demographics no longer apply, according to this Mashable article.
