Jeff Longland

A quick plug for my fav aggregator: BlogBridge!

For those of you interested in the Blackboard patent saga, there are two great sites you should be following as things unfold:

• Michael Feldstein
• Fortnightly Mailing

Going way off-topic today… Got this via email this morning… Kinda blown away by the time and effort that has gone into this!

– Via http://www.catsthatlooklikehitler.com/

Via Tom Kyte’s blog:

My YouTube consumption is increasing. I really enjoy live music and typically I can find many a great bootleg at the Live Music Archive over at Archive.org but now I’ve realized YouTube’s potential for audio and video bootlegs. First it started out with some Death Cab for Cutie at Massey Hall:

And then it was into some old school Creedence Clearwater Revival:

And do you see any similarities between CCR and Ted Leo?

So what the hell am I driving at, rather than regurgitating my favs from YouTube… Well, I’m amazed by the sheer amount and variety of content available on YouTube and the connections that it allows people to make. For me, I’m able to connect with a live concert that may have occurred miles or years from where I am. I think this is the essence of the Web 2.0 video clip I posted a few days ago. Technology enabling social activity. At this moment, I’m steadfast in my belief that technology does *not* isolate. It certainly has that potential, but swinging the other way, there’s considerable potential for it to connect the world.