It’s May the 4th, 2010. Here’s to everyone who, as little kids back in 1977, we thought by now we’d be zooming around on our own landspeeders or at least shooting laser guns and hanging out with our own protocol droids. All I have so far is an iPhone and an iPad. Even if I had the Segway I have my eye on, it wouldn’t add up to those dreams of an 8 year old watching the very first Star Wars at the theater.
Even though we still have to walk places and can’t jump into hyperspace, I encourage you to do something today that you never thought you could do. Do something you’ve been meaning to do. Do something that moves you toward your dream. Do something.
I think this is so cool! Being a vocal music education major, it brings back pleasant memories of directing and the beauty of the moment when voices are blending and creating an audible tapestry of living music. Check out this incredible video by Scott Haines featuring Eric Whitacre and a webcam choir from across 12 countries doing an original piece titled Lux Aurumque. This is a great example of infusing new technology to discover new capabilities that were never available until now. Bravo Eric, Scott and choir!
Above is a little Wordle I created based on the open letter by Steve Jobs today entitled: Thoughts on Flash. I just hate it when two of my favorite companies in the world bicker. I can see the point of both. I stopped creating flash content with Macromedia Flash 8 (right around the time Adobe acquired Macromedia). Full websites that are totally built on Flash are pesky to say the least and I don’t think they work well on the mobile devices I’ve tried. Hope these folks can work it out.
