The Poverty Jet Set

I took a couple grabs of my computer screen yesterday because I thought I saw something in them. A sign of the times, if you will. I lament this because I spend WAY too much time on the Internet and am blogging about screenshots (ugh.) and because they’re inside jokes for the Innnnernet wonkies in the house. First, fellow Twitter fanatics will get the same sinking feeling (exhibit A) I get from this one:

Second, my friend Dorothy posted these consecutive lil’ rants on Facebook (exhibit B) that made me laugh out loud (ie: LOL). She really is a funny girl, though. You should read her blog, too.

My pal Becky digs my music blog and my thoughts on social media marketing so she wrangled me into sitting on a panel discussion at this conference the folks behind the Grammy Awards are hosting next weekend. If you’re into music, web 2.0 or marketing in general you might wanna come check this out. My panel is called “Music 2.0: The Umbrella - Digital Sales, New Outlets, Viral Marketing, Blogging…”.

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My good buddy Marc Brodzik just launched a new online video channel called Scrapple.tv. It’s a site bringing fresh, interesting and off-the-wall videos from the Philly underground art & music & political scenes.

Marc’s been churning out some amazing shows all year, and his new project is sure to entertain. He is quite a character. I think the Philly Weekly put it best when they said, “Interviewing Marc Brodzik of Scrapple.TV is like wrestling a Tasmanian devil covered in baby oil.”

Here’s the first episode of one their new series called Back2Basics:

For my friends who aren’t as crazy obsessed with blogs and tech news as I am, there’s been a pretty weird turn of events in ye olde social networking. Turns out Facebook launched a new project called Beacon which automatically tells all your friends what you’re buying on the web. Not so cool. They started reading the cookies in your browser and reposted information on your Facebook page. Without your permission. But now you can op-out. Head over to your Privacy Setting page here and check the box, then click save. Voila. You’re out. Spread the word.

Up there, top floor. My loft. Good or bad, this sure looks like the future to me.