Reflections on a mash-up »
1 Comment- Add comment Written on 17-Jan-2008 by jamesmawilliamsI dont think i really need to say much about this. This video is so over-done, it could be from Tranformers or Spy Kids. Making himself look like a psychotic pseudo-nazi to the Mission Impossible theme. Genius. The insane passion of Tom Cruise for this ridiculous organisation is truly scary - and i worry for the ignorant legions of Bush voters that will no doubt subscribe to the brainwashing of this well-funded cult. Holy crap, this is unbelievable.
Ps watch out for the moments where Tom Cruise, saviour of 1 Billion earthlings laughs uncontrollably - but with a kind of unnerving underlying focus that leaves you extremely unsettled!
0 Comments- Add comment Written on 19-Dec-2007 by jamesmawilliamsI often visit my webjam pages - to update my blog, check my messages, and to muse over my musings. What with me working at Webjam and being a true advocate of all things Web, i am the dream publisher... i enjoy it, its interesting content (hopefully) and i have an audience (i force people to read).
I have endeavored to make the page as relevant and entertaining as possible.. there is radio, family guy youtube, my instant message addresses and a pacman game!
The problem i am encountering is - due to the miraculous cycle of fresh content - provided by the marvellous world wide web - i often spend more than half an hour, just absorbing MY OWN content!
I have created my own entertainment channel. It is a kind of underhand - yet totally unintentional way of putting my feet up and turning on the tele! Luckily writing a blog is a cathartic experience - like a digital confession box, so the quite piercing feeling of guilt (honest) has evaporated into pleasure!
0 Comments- Add comment Written on 04-Dec-2007 by jamesmawilliamsI have just discovered that if i enable the last.fm plug-in on windows media player - it researches the song/album being played through last.fm and suggests similar artists and reccomended users automatically! INCREDIBLE.
As a music lover and a technology lover, last.fm is the website of dreams - but it seems to me that cultural objects such as music, literature and the like are entwining themselves directly with the social graph. I could waffle for ages - but truly i am in wonderment at the mind-boggling developments that are afoot.
0 Comments- Add comment Written on 29-Nov-2007 by jamesmawilliams
The Christmas season is upon us - i am trying this year to keep my cynicism to myself and enjoy it for what it can be, rather than what it is (a militant commercial event). So its all about Family, love, good will, snow and Mince pies - ho ho ho!
Things are never that simple however! In an age of commercialism, the children are never going to be happy - and families across the nation are sure to be served up the rancid food peddled by Iceland and the beyond irritating Miss Kerry Katona.
0 Comments- Add comment Written on 29-Nov-2007 by jamesmawilliamsWhat with me blogging nowadays, with my RSS feeds, widgets and general Internet plugin-ness, i think it would be fair to say that i indeed am a bonafide child of Web 2.0. For those of you who read this and think web 2 point what, do not worry, you are the quite significant majority, whatever your age. Let there be no mistaking, it is revolutionising the web, and the upshot of course is that ultimately it will change peoples lives. The tendency is, with being 'in the know' as it were, is to assume that it is a simple concept and well known term. That assumption kids, is wrong! Blogging, ten years old in its modern form, has only just reached public conciousness, and the majority of people who do know something about it tend to wonder 'whats the point'?.
I visited a well respected Brand agency yesterday, and i was asked whats the point, as well as posed with the comment that because of the shear number of them information overload has made them useless. Of course these comments could be dismissed as ignorant by the arrogant techy, who would point toward RSS, Tags, social bookmarking etc.. but i have to say, both comments were valid. The mass market have only just grasped the concept of the Blog, so Rss etc... NO CHANCE!
So next time you are approaching something with a spring in your step and Joie de Vivre Web 2.0 styleee with whatever project or activity your partaking of, remember - beyond web ad-land, no-ones going to have a frickin' clue what your talking about - treat people like idiots, they will appreciate it!
0 Comments- Add comment Written on 11-Oct-2007 by jamesmawilliamsThe thing about blogging is - when you first start, it feels a bit forced, a bit - unnatural. After all, why would anyone want to listen to what you have to say. There are some who have the deep seated belief that they are the next Oscar Wilde - or even Chris Anderson, but dont they just come across as pretentious idiots?
Victoria Beckham started blogging a couple of weeks ago - which - providing such a window into her soul, could sound the death knell for any morsel of respect we reserve for her In all though i have decided to cast my vanity to one side, and plow on - expressing and recording my thoughts daily, who knows - someone could find it interesting!
