Posted on September 11, 2011 at 6:00 am
The New York Times and YouTube have created a site for people to share their memories of the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001 and how it has affected our families and the world.
The PBS NewsHour is also collecting stories and will be tweeting the names of those who died all weekend.
Posted on August 28, 2011 at 8:00 am
Hulu has another new original series, “A Day in the Life.” Documentarian Morgan Spurlock (“Supersize Me,” “Pom Wonderful Presents The Greatest Movie Ever Sold”) is spending time with fascinating people and showing us what one day looks like. Want to know how billionaire Richard Branson spends his time? Or comic Russell Peters? Here’s a chance to find out.
refocusing his lens on the most innovative and intriguing individuals in our pop culture landscape, allowing the audience to experience what it’s like to be at the pinnacle of an exciting and extraordinary career by being “a fly on the wall” during the course of a typical day. Each episode goes behind the scenes with today’s leading figures – celebrities, musicians, comedians, dancers, entrepreneurs – literally chronicling one day in their lives in a half-hour documentary film.
Posted on August 27, 2011 at 8:00 am
The Movie Clips website is not a place to visit if there is someplace you have to be.
It is, however, a fabulous resource for watching favorite clips and discovering new ones. It’s a genius idea. They have actual human beings selecting and coding some of the greatest movie moments ever so that you can go look for your favorite movie by title or you can look up clips by tags from genre to star to subject matter. mood, prop, action, era, or check out their cool supercuts mash-ups on topics like birthdays, weddings, sales pitches and job interviews.
It’s still in beta. They have some odd restrictions. They can’t show certain logos and some performers will not allow them to use particular clips. But they are adding more all the time and working on some great partnerships to make it easier to share your favorites.
Posted on August 9, 2011 at 3:27 pm
Before Star Wars: The Complete Saga
Posted on August 9, 2011 at 8:27 am
Atlantic Wire has a good post on the impact of Facebook on the brains of the teenagers who use it, based on a presentation to the American Psychological Association by psychologist Larry D. Rosen’s called “Poke Me: How Social Networks Can Both Help and Harm Our Kids.” Facebook has been so transformational that it is hard to remember it has only been around for seven years and only been available outside of college campuses for five, almost hard to remember life before status updates and likes. Our son went to college before social media. Two years later, our daughter arrived on her campus feeling as though she was already friends with some of her classmates by meeting them online.
It hasn’t been around long enough for long-term studies of its impact, but Rebecca Greenfield rounds up some of the research so far, finding that Facebook can promote “virtual empathy” and strengthen social skills. Perhaps most interesting, “When making friends on the social network, kids are more likely to overlook race and make friends based on interest, a UCLA study found.” But she notes that Facebook breeds narcissism and “doesn’t prepare kids for real-life talking.”
