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Brad
· 1 year ago
NPR's "This I Believe" is a series of inspirational and motivating statements by individuals about their lives. Available in both essay and audio form at: http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?st...
Awesome social and free way to learn languages where you can measure your progress against others and get help from others in your quest to learn a new language. It's excellent. - www.livemocha.com
Richard Byrne
· 1 year ago
This is the "Courage" commercial that Nike has been running during the Olympics. The images of classic Olympic moments like that of Steve Prefontaine shaking his head after finishing 5th in the 5000meters in Munich capture the Olympic ideal of giving everything for a goal that may never be reached.
Also shows how PowerPoint can be used effectively.
Jenny M
· 1 year ago
It seems hard to believe that I was listening to David Byrne and Brian Eno 30 years ago. It's even harder to believe that I'm still listening to them today.
Byrne (who writes an excellent blog at davidbyrne.com) and Eno (who has racked up way too many "public intellectual" credentials for a musician) have both always been a bit too cerebral for their own good -- and their music hasn't always worn well because of it. So it's nice to discover that their newest music has a heavy helping of melody and a lot of heart.
Charlie Thomson
· 1 year ago
Here is a transcription of an excellent commencement speech made by David Foster Wallace at Kenyon in 2005:
Cory Doctorow, co-editor of the popular blog boingboing.net and a well known advocate of "open culture", has released his latest novel Little Brother as a free download under a Creative Commons license:
The novel spent six weeks on the New York Times bestseller list. I personally found it to be a very enjoyable read, and I think the main themes of technology and freedom are very relevant to the readers of openculture.
clb
· 1 year ago
The Center for Communication offers a number of resources both for members and non-members. On their website you can view recent seminars on a variety of media subjects, like Stereotypes in Film, Making Horror films, or even Walt Disney.
A regional website, but with interviews and recordings of interest to all: Charlottesville Podcasting Network (http://www.cvillepodcast.com). Over 100 author interviews/recordings alone, including Paul Roberts, Douglas Preston, and Vincent Bugliosi, plus film reviews, national and global issues, and more.
Brian
· 1 year ago
This is a two part series on Brooks Bicycle saddle company. It is a small company with a dedicated audience in the cycling community and I think it's interesting to see how the company has really stuck with it's origins.
Larry Lessig's Culture video http://video.google.com/videosearch?q=lessig+%2... shares if our culture is controlled by copyright. It makes you consider how technology and copyright laws are locking the creativity of our brightest students.
rues0022
· 1 year ago
If the World Without Us is a Great Read, then the Story of Stuff has been my most recent great view. I'm encouraging everyone I know to watch this video about the global impacts of consumerism.
As far as I know, this is the first youtube vid using LibriVox audio. This is DE. Wittkower reading Schopenhauer’s Studies in Pessimism. Music is Richard Wagner’s Rheingold. I’m not sure the providence of the images. http://hughmcguire.net/2007/11/26/schopenhauer-...
David K. March
· 1 year ago
In preparation for his recent book Conservatives Without Conscience, former Nixon Administration "turncoat" John W. Dean entered into correspondence with Bob Altemeyer, a leading researcher in the study of the psycho-social phenomenon of "authoritarian personality," its variations and geopolitical consequences. Altemeyer's prior work, carrying forward the efforts of Theodor Adorno and many others in seeking to understand and explain the often horrific extremes of authoritarian behavior, was written largely for an academic readership, and is thus quite technical. However, with encouragement from Dean, Altemeyer undertook to produce a non-technical distillation of this work in the form of a free e-book (in PDF) for the general public. The resulting "piece of open culture”, The Authoritarians, is an enjoyable read and is enormously important as a lucid, nuts-and-bolts look at the psychology underlying how we in the United States have come to our present state of sociopolitical crisis. Despite its surprising lack of gloom, given the subject matter, one should think of it as a responsible citizens' guide to how not to behave...
I was never a huge fan of video podcasts as they are often just talking heads, thereby not leveraging the power of video, BUT, there is one video podcast that I think everyone would benefit from watching daily.
In this daily video podcast, Roxanne and her dog Lexi go for a walk along the beach. Rox talks about a different topic each day, but the topics are almost always relevant to everyone as they frequently touch upon our human nature and behaviors.
Some recent topics include: When I Grow Up What's the Opportunity? Say No To Victim Energy Love Heals, Love Hurts Lead and Contribute Taking Both Sides
This is a podcast that should be in everyone's playlist. And as a bonus, you often get to learn a Hawaiian word or two, and admire the beautiful scenario and weather of Hawaiian beaches from anywhere in the world.
The podcast is insightful and relaxing. Give it a try.
This is a complete performance of Rzewski's "The People United Will Never Be Defeated!" The sound quality is excellent and this performance of one of the most difficult pieces of 20th century piano music is flawless.
The piece is a set of 36 variations on a song from the Chilean resistance movement of the late 60s/early 70s. The internal logic of the piece is incredibly dense; its sonic landscapes are all over the map; the demands it makes on the player are nearly impossible.
So here's one of the all-time great performances of this monster of a piece, uploaded by the player, completely free for the world to absorb, contemplate, and enjoy.
Mark Ross
· 1 year ago
I'd like to offer the Terra podcast, produced right here at Montana State University in my town. Terra is a fantastic venue for short films from all across the globe that focus on the natural world and our relationship to it... an appropriate subject considering what this contest is for!
I would recommend the BBC documentary called "The Last Governor". It is a documentary in 5 parts that details the administration of Chris Patten, the last governor of Hong Kong and his effort to bring democratic Change. It is in 5 parts and the 1st clip of each part is below:
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Podcast at http://www.npr.org/rss/podcast/podcast_detail.p...
http://www.nike.com/nikeos/p/nike/en_US/
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=9731497...
Also shows how PowerPoint can be used effectively.
You can listen for free at:
http://www.everythingthathappens.com/
and download a free sample.
Byrne (who writes an excellent blog at davidbyrne.com) and Eno (who has racked up way too many "public intellectual" credentials for a musician) have both always been a bit too cerebral for their own good -- and their music hasn't always worn well because of it. So it's nice to discover that their newest music has a heavy helping of melody and a lot of heart.
http://www.marginalia.org/dfw_kenyon_commenceme...
http://craphound.com/littlebrother/download/
The novel spent six weeks on the New York Times bestseller list. I personally found it to be a very enjoyable read, and I think the main themes of technology and freedom are very relevant to the readers of openculture.
http://www.cencom.org/recentSeminars.aspx
Part 1:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z9w-y24Waz4
Part 2:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aYirlnS19-s
http://www.storyofstuff.com/
http://thewhalehunt.org/whalehunt.html
http://hughmcguire.net/2007/11/26/schopenhauer-...
Bob Altemeyer -- The Authoritarians
http://home.cc.umanitoba.ca/~altemey/
Because culture takes many forms.
Beach Walks with Rox (http://www.beachwalks.tv/)
In this daily video podcast, Roxanne and her dog Lexi go for a walk along the beach. Rox talks about a different topic each day, but the topics are almost always relevant to everyone as they frequently touch upon our human nature and behaviors.
Some recent topics include:
When I Grow Up
What's the Opportunity?
Say No To Victim Energy
Love Heals, Love Hurts
Lead and Contribute
Taking Both Sides
This is a podcast that should be in everyone's playlist. And as a bonus, you often get to learn a Hawaiian word or two, and admire the beautiful scenario and weather of Hawaiian beaches from anywhere in the world.
The podcast is insightful and relaxing. Give it a try.
A web museum of presidential tv commercials. An interesting history of how presidential campaigning has evolved.
This is a complete performance of Rzewski's "The People United Will Never Be Defeated!" The sound quality is excellent and this performance of one of the most difficult pieces of 20th century piano music is flawless.
The piece is a set of 36 variations on a song from the Chilean resistance movement of the late 60s/early 70s. The internal logic of the piece is incredibly dense; its sonic landscapes are all over the map; the demands it makes on the player are nearly impossible.
So here's one of the all-time great performances of this monster of a piece, uploaded by the player, completely free for the world to absorb, contemplate, and enjoy.
http://www.lifeonterra.com/
The Last Governor: The Democratic Time Bomb
http://ca.youtube.com/watch?v=5PLhu1ZjOBI
The Last Governor: Restraint in Difficult Circumstances
http://ca.youtube.com/watch?v=ulS3XjKcc40&f...
The Last Governor: Lewis Carroll Country
http://ca.youtube.com/watch?v=biOAZy1SdfE&f...
The Last Governor: Loosening the Screws
http://ca.youtube.com/watch?v=GT0xzY67XO4&f...
The Last Governor: Another Balls-Aching Week
http://ca.youtube.com/watch?v=7_UaOGLIWIY