FLASH MOBS

G20 student flash mob


black eyed peas/oprah


I think it's really moving to see that many people come together and connect to a cause. Students want to be apart of something big, this is a way we can tap into that spirit and let them share in an experience.

MICRO VOLUNTEERING

The Extraordinaries -- is a micro volunteer iphone application that lets users do good deeds in their spare time. Organizations sign up and host mini "missions" things like photo tagging, translations etc and users who have the application can complete these missions and receive "credit" its a brilliant way to get students involved in social causes without any preexisting credentials, training or criteria requires. OAS NEEDS TO DO SOMETHING LIKE THIS!

Tungstun

What do ya'll think?

Tungsten, a new font I am deeply in love with....

There's a section of the site where you can "test drive" the font, check out what "OAS" looks like. Also check out what their graphic designers did with the font.

http://www.typography.com/fonts/font_overview.php?productLineID=100035&affiliateID=29

On the Ground!

I love digital shorts, and this one captures a similar attitude and metaphor to what we're working with.

wwf

http://www.wyldstallyons.com/work/wwf/

cool animation work

MORE

Wes Anderson - AM EXPRESS COMMERCIAL
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=spCknVcaSHg

INTERESTING VIDEOS

video links to cha cha cha check it.

RIO NEGRO MASSACRE
http://hub.witness.org/en/MassacreRemembered

BRITISH ARMY - START THINKING SOLDIER
https://www.armyjobs.mod.uk/StartThinkingSoldier/Pages/Default.aspx?

SAVE THE BEES - perhaps for the college crowd
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OPpLUQEObhA

PEACE ONE DAY INTERACTIVE CAMPAIGN - awesome student work that is integrated
and connected
http://www.jakedubs.com/work-pod.php

A post to get started

Yow Wah gwaan,

Just a note: This class and all your comments are incredible and I am confident you will WOW the OAS with great ideas.

Every ting ire,

Jonas

After class thought thanks to Pasadena PD

So after class today I went to the Starbucks right by South Campus and the guy at the table next to me got arrested right there (someone called in that he had a knife or something). Anyways, all these police cars pulled up and I was ready the copy on the cars. LA is To protect and to serve or something like that, but Pasadena is "Excellence, Innovation, and Integrity" and I really got what the teachers were saying about how these words we use that a non-specific don't really mean anything. Like, what does integrity mean? It seems to have all these new connotation on a police car. The words seems to carry less meaning, too.

Anyways, just a random thought process thought I'd pass along.

To be continued...

Welcome!

Hey Ya'll,

Hope you like the blog template I chose, it's called "No.897". Very cryptic...

Anyways, thought I'd pop up a little blog so if we have any thoughts or links or dreams or whatever, we can really easily post them for all to see. (As much as I like doted, I've found it very difficult to use in both my classes that use it and can't reply to anything, plus it's real slow from home.)

So, let's begin:

Here is a website I found really interesting, and perhaps relevant. All these websites are interconnected, and are for District 9 (the movie, see it if you haven't!).

district9movie.com - the more traditional movie website with information, but after the preview (you can skip), you navigate the site with a 360 degree view of a refugee camp and you can click on the different buildings, which pop up little videos that are in the style of the movie.

d-9.com - This is a little different. Here, the website is the fictional refugee camp in the movie, illustrated by a map. Before entering the site, you must choose a character (human or alien). The alien side of the site is in a made up language, and there a many attributes to click on and find out more info. You can look for jobs or find out gov't regulations. Sometimes you break laws and are redirected to the next site:

Multinationalunited.com (MNU) - A fictional government organization that is established to form regulations around aliens living on Earth and the use of their technology. The site explains these regulations in many interactive ways, including videos and directories. It's very in depth.

There are also more sites, like a blog in the alien language about alien equality, MNU training site, and more...

Very interesting and comprehensive.