JK Rowling Announces Pottermore.com

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JK Rowling is a fascinating, extraordinary and, beyond her writing, a sharp businesswoman. The very definition of smarter creativity. This video, with its beautiful animation, launches the next chapter in the Harry Potter franchise, Pottermore.com, guaranteeing that new generations will discover the world of Harry Potter in the same way we did 13 years ago, when both Ms. Rowling and us, the audience, were very different people. We've grown up creatively together. 

Related:

paidContent.org on the 3 ways Pottermore.com could change book publishing.

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Antonio Ortiz

Antonio Ortiz has always been an autodidact with an eclectic array of interests. Fascinated with technology, advertising and culture he has forged a career that combines them all. In 1991 Antonio developed one of the very first websites to market the arts. It was text based, only available to computer scientists, and increased attendance to the Rutgers Arts Center where he had truly begun his professional career. Since then Antonio has been an early adopter and innovator merging technology and marketing with his passion for art, culture and entertainment. For a more in-depth look at those passions, visit SmarterCreativity.com.

Voices for Freedom

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Ad Agency: Leo Burnett Iberia Director: Oliver Durant Art Director: Bruna Guerreiro illustrator: Emiliano Ponzi Animation: Oliver Durant, Bruna Guerreiro, Anne Calandre, Matthias Hoegg Voiceover Artist: Adelaide de Sousa Soundtrack: Jamie Masters Sound Production: Leon Dixon-Goulden / Adelphoi Music Voiceover recording/Mix: Indigo Sign a petition in support of Dhondup or donate your voicemail here: http://www.amnistia-internacional.pt/files/voice/index.html USA petition: http://bit.ly/ieluQp Portuguese petition: http://bit.ly/kBdY0u Dhondup Wangchen's documentary: http://www.leavingfearbehind.com/ Write a letter to Dhondup: http://www.freetibetanheroes.org/home.php/resources

via vimeo.com

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Gorgeous work by Leo Burnett Iberia for Amnesty International. Watch Dhondup Wangchen's documentary "Leaving Fear Behind" here.

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Antonio Ortiz

Antonio Ortiz has always been an autodidact with an eclectic array of interests. Fascinated with technology, advertising and culture he has forged a career that combines them all. In 1991 Antonio developed one of the very first websites to market the arts. It was text based, only available to computer scientists, and increased attendance to the Rutgers Arts Center where he had truly begun his professional career. Since then Antonio has been an early adopter and innovator merging technology and marketing with his passion for art, culture and entertainment. For a more in-depth look at those passions, visit SmarterCreativity.com.

Creation Requires Influence: Everything is a Remix Part 2

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In Everything is a Remix Part 1, Kirby Ferguson began a four-part series exploring the influence of remixing in the creation of new works. The series continues below with Part 2: Remix, Inc. To find out more about the series, see a complete list of references and support Kirby’s time-consuming efforts visit everythingisaremix.info. Part 3 will be available later this summer.  

An exploration of the remix techniques involved in producing films. Part Two of a four-part series. An additional supplement to this video can be seen here: goo.gl/gtArc To support this series please visit http://www.everythingisaremix.info/donate/

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Antonio Ortiz

Antonio Ortiz has always been an autodidact with an eclectic array of interests. Fascinated with technology, advertising and culture he has forged a career that combines them all. In 1991 Antonio developed one of the very first websites to market the arts. It was text based, only available to computer scientists, and increased attendance to the Rutgers Arts Center where he had truly begun his professional career. Since then Antonio has been an early adopter and innovator merging technology and marketing with his passion for art, culture and entertainment. For a more in-depth look at those passions, visit SmarterCreativity.com.

How to Compose the Perfect Tweet

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At just 140 characters each, the form is limiting. But that’s the point. (So are sonnets.) And a well-aimed tweet can convey your message in a few seconds to the more than 1,000,000 people who hold Twitter accounts. The key to composing the perfect tweet is to:

  • Pay attention to how the words sound. “Poetry is breath, it’s just air. If it’s being tweeted, that’s a representation, that’s the notation. The essence of poetry is what you hear.”
  • Think about what it is you are actually saying. Then make every word count.


Big Think asked Pinsky to read his poem “The City,” then translate it into a tweet.

After brief a pause, this is what he came up with: 

Pinsky actually pulled it off in exactly 100 characters!

via bigthink.com

I always ponder how Shakespeare and Cervantes would use Twitter.

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Antonio Ortiz

Antonio Ortiz has always been an autodidact with an eclectic array of interests. Fascinated with technology, advertising and culture he has forged a career that combines them all. In 1991 Antonio developed one of the very first websites to market the arts. It was text based, only available to computer scientists, and increased attendance to the Rutgers Arts Center where he had truly begun his professional career. Since then Antonio has been an early adopter and innovator merging technology and marketing with his passion for art, culture and entertainment. For a more in-depth look at those passions, visit SmarterCreativity.com.

Introducing webdoc - a platform to mashup and share any web content

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Discover what you will be able to do with webdoc.com

Introducing webdoc, a social platform that lets you intuitively mashup virtually any content on the web – text, image, video, apps, slideshows, as well as services like Google Maps and Twitter.

via curiositycounts.com

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This is really interesting and reminds me of Storify and Projeqt. Platforms for storytelling and molding the social web with content that is relevant to us in a way that makes it easy to share with our friends and peers are going to be very important as our virtual lives continue to intermingle with our real lives.

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Antonio Ortiz

Antonio Ortiz has always been an autodidact with an eclectic array of interests. Fascinated with technology, advertising and culture he has forged a career that combines them all. In 1991 Antonio developed one of the very first websites to market the arts. It was text based, only available to computer scientists, and increased attendance to the Rutgers Arts Center where he had truly begun his professional career. Since then Antonio has been an early adopter and innovator merging technology and marketing with his passion for art, culture and entertainment. For a more in-depth look at those passions, visit SmarterCreativity.com.