The Musings of Scott

Another entry for the Holy Taco photoshop contest today. This one was inspired when I discovered that the director for the newest movie is David Slade, who also directed (a vampire favorite of mine), 30 Days of Night.

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Update: I won the contest with this entry, thanks to the support from my friends!

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Stumbled across a photoshop contest today, revolving around the premise of making the upcoming Twilight movie interesting (to a non-rabbid fan). I had fun with this one!

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Re-purposing of content is a very popular activity in the digital social circles, and much of what ends up being shared the most are new spins or “remixes” of existing content. Adding one’s personality and vision digitally to bits of media to create something entirely new is a new style of art, that most everyone can participate in (and be seen), and is meant to be shared. Bringing more individual opinions to our media not only makes it more personal (and often more clever), but it creates a much more communal (and participatory) experience than traditional media ever could deliver. Not every remix will create the next meme, and that’s rarely the motivation behind the best content. Sometimes it’s a way to be heard on an issue that’s important (crowd-sourced propaganda), but for me it’s most often simply an expression of creativity. I thought of something that was: vivid, catching, funny, sarcastic, witty, or sometimes just weird, and I create a sharable digital image that shares my vision with anyone interested. Digital manipulation of content and creativity software have unlocked the inner-artist in many a geek, it certainly has for me!
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If you can’t tell these collection posts are coming naturally for me now, allowing me to put all my best efforts into more formal written pieces. In the works is my long delayed Libertarian piece, as well as taking another crack at the unfinished pieces.

Paul has predicted 3/3 on the outcome of #GER‘s games, and has the legacy stats of an impressive 80% season in 2008. During the soccer off-season, Paul is a Financial Analyst with ING.
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Mr. Gore was rocked with another sex scandal in such a short time after his announced divorce, this time he is being accused of groping a poor masseuse who was trying to make herself an honest living peddling her wares on craigslist.
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Another odd mix of sharables today, mostly whatever caught my ADD while attending the virtual @AMAMRC Conference. We all know the mighty awesomeness of my ADD.

Awesome “homegrown” video marketing campaign and just my style (shameless).
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Came across lots of cool stuff today that both entertain and inspire, and I know that not everyone follows every post I put out over the course of the day. Instead of losing all these finds to the depths of Facebook or where the Fail Whales roam, I’ll try to periodically gather all the shiniest things I find.

6/15 was an Internet-ional Holiday: Cheer up Keanu Day

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Decided to make this a post, as my desk always makes the tours of the Cambridge office at Gilbane, mostly due to my severe case of geekhood. This is a setup I have just mastered at work (I have a different one at home), the recent acquisition of a tool that allowed me to use a single (trackball) mouse over the 3 separate monitors. Supergeek feature? I also share the clipboard between computers (for copying & pasting). The advantages of this setup, is that it uses equipment you probably already have: a “business-class” desktop PC & a current generation laptop. While neither are heavy hitters, I have 2 separate CPUs at my disposal & 7GB of RAM. When you run office software, 10 tabs of internet, an Adobe program (or 2), and a hefty chunk of memory for a social media vehicle you need this kind of muscle. The only thing you may need to buy for this would be another monitor (the extra monitor shown is very small, perhaps 14″ and is fine as the SM stream screen).  Using the iPod as a touch interface? Rarely used, but I need to repurpose it as it is rapidly deteriorating towards 3 years old.

Desk tour

Learn More About Synergy, the input sharing tool for multiple computer use. It’s Open Source! http://synergy2.sourceforge.net/

Air Mouse for Ipod Touch (not demonstrated but very cool) http://www.mobilemouse.com/

Update:
I have found another program to add to the mix, which allows me to remotely control my home PC (this is advantageous for uploads & video editing). The Middle screen now features a 3rd PC, and I now officially have a crush on my workstation.
Screencast of Remote Controlling my Home PC in Action
Program that made this possible (also free): https://secure.logmein.com/

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On May 21, I finished off my second conference with Gilbane. Check out some super detailed summaries, as well as some video of the keynote. It went very smoothly, and we’ve received some excellent feedback! I also got exposed to some amazing new people to follow & learn from. I’m still in the in the post-conference euphoria, combined with much excitement for this year’s Gilbane Boston. I’ll keep bringing my personal touch to each of the Social Media facets of the Gilbane brand, as well as breaking thumbs for content to feed them. I am quickly approaching the one year mark with Gilbane, and it has flown by. For those of you in crappy situations at the workplace (or lack there of), all I can say is hang in there and keep trying your best. This time last year for me was incredibly bleak to say the least! A little resolve, confidence and passion can turn things around in your life faster than you think is possible.

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