Archive for March, 2008

What is art? Are we art? Is art art?

Monday, March 24th, 2008

I do not understand art. Perhaps that should be rephrased as "I do not understand (modern) 'art.'" There are certain standards of beauty which have been examined from a scientific sense, dealing with symmetry and ratios, and I can understand that. There are standards of beauty that come along with cultural ...

It was only a matter of time…

Wednesday, March 19th, 2008

It’s interesting to see how one political scandal and one MySpace page can turn an unknown “singer” into a sensation over night.Ashley Alexandra “Kristen” Dupre capitalized on her noteriaty by putting her music on MySpace and Amie Street.  What Governor Spitzer’s call girl shrewdly understood was that social media sites ...

Does Myspace have Facebook envy?

Friday, March 14th, 2008

It would seem as the minutes turn myspace is turning into a mega version of facebook. While this may not be such a bad thing, the inevtiable is happening, people are switching to  far stabler platforms for their friendstering. Its time myspace and News Corp put some effort into the abyssmal ...

Google and MTV team up!

Thursday, March 13th, 2008

Ad-supported video continues to gain momentum online. Google has teamed up with Viacom to provide video clips to websites that are part of Google's AdSense Network. Viacom is the parent company to MTV, VH1, CBS and a number of other premium networks. The deal will be positioned as a revenue ...