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…don’t call me (or don’t just call me) go visit www.fmylife.com – there are people much worse off than you – and they are funny!

I’ve spend an hour making a new sign for my mailbox – hope it’ll work… (I’ve chosen nice East German colors to cheer up the postman)

No bills please

This photoblog at the Denver Post shows pictures from the inauguration day  – photojournalism at it’s greatest – I got chills!

http://blogs.denverpost.com/captured/2009/01/21/inauguration-day-in-dc/

I wish I had had this idea. Paul Smith is writing about media for the Guardian, and blog about radio, TV and tech for different websites. He decided, few days ago, to travel as far as he can in 30 days – with a little help from his twitter friends.

He has made up five rules, that he has to follow:

1. I can only accept offers of travel and accommodation on Twitter, from users who are following @twitchhiker
2. I can’t make any plans further than three days in advance
3. I can only spend money on food, drink and anything that might fit in my suitcase
4. If there’s more than one offer on the table, I get to choose which I take. If there’s only one, I have to take it within 48 hours.
5. If I’m unable to find a way to move on from a location within 48 hours, the challenge is over and I go home.

As he travels he collects money to support charity: water (the same charity that twestival is supporting).

So if you want to help Paul Smith travel around the world and collect money for a good course you’ll have to join Twitter and follow his journey @twitchhiker

You can read more about Twitchhiker at www.twitchhiker.com

When I traveled to New York in the fall, I made a playlist with my favorite songs about New York. Inspired by microformat.dk’s musical guide to Copenhagen, I’ve played around with google maps and youtube and made my own musical guide to New York. I know that there’s tons of songs about NY, but I’ve chosen these 17 songs because they have a special place in my heart.

My musical guide to NY with a little help from google maps and youtube

Der er alligevel håb for alle os polaroid-fans, selvom det har set sort ud på det seneste. En gruppe polaroid-entusiaster – bl.a. et par af de tidligere ansatte – har ifølge NYTimes sat sig for at genopfinde filmen.
Hvis jeg havde en bugnende bankkonto, så var “The impossible project” uden tvivl noget af det første, jeg ville støtte – se projektets fine retro-hjemmeside for flere oplysninger – og et ur, der tæller ned til filmens genkomst, sekund for sekund.

Over de seneste to måneder har fotografen Nadav Kander taget i alt 52 portrætter af Barack Obamas “folk”.
Der er to serier i produktionen: Foran kameraet og bag kameraet. Begge med speak af Kander og NYTimes ansvarshavende fotograf Kathy Ryan.
Det er ikke alle portrætter, der fungerer lige godt, nogle bliver simpelthen FOR opstillede, men alligevel er det er fint indblik (og overblik) over de mennesker, der er ansat i det hvide hus de næste (fire?) år.

Husk, at se det i full screen – det er klart sådan, det kommer bedst til sin ret.

Selvom der er langt imellem, så sker det alligevel indimellem, at de ”traditionelle” medier udvikler interessante online initiativer. Da jeg skimmede ugens rss-feeds stødte jeg på disse to:
Al Jazeera har lavet sitet http://labs.aljazeera.net/warongaza/main# hvor brugere (og journalister) kan poste nyheder fra Gaza-striben. Jeg kan godt lide opdelingen i bekræftede og ikke bekræftede nyheder, men på trods af visualiseringen på kortet, så synes jeg stadig, at det er svært at få et reelt overblik. Fedt initiativ dog.

http://www.nytimes.com/marketing/election2008/facebookmicrosite.html
The New York Times har lavet dette mikrosite i samarbejde med Facebook, hvor de spørger deres Facebook-fans, hvad de mener Obama skal tage fat på, som det første.
Rent grafisk er siden æstetisk og lækker, men ligesom hos Al Jazeera, er det svært at få overblik, og jeg savner konklusioner og refleksioner på selve mikrositet.
Men igen et spændende initiativ, der kan udvikles i en retning, hvor brugerinvolvering for alvor kommer til at give mening på mediernes hjemmesider.

Damn, hvem der bare havde nået at bytte sine facebook-venner for 50 whoppere… ensom men mæt (og overvægtig).