I see - another net-meme. best
Simon On 14 Feb 2013, at 23:07, mez breeze wrote: > Check the links from: > http://geekgirl.com.au/blog/2013/02/15/harlem-shake-videos-jump-shark-geekgirl/. > There's enough linked context there to kill a small horse:) > > On Fri, Feb 15, 2013 at 9:59 AM, Simon Biggs <si...@littlepig.org.uk> wrote: > Hi Mez > > You've just made me feel totally out of touch. What is the Harlem Shake? > (rhetorical question - I can google it). > > > > Sent from a mobile device, thus the brevity. > > Simon Biggs > si...@littlepig.org.uk > s.bi...@ed.ac.uk > http://www.littlepig.org.uk > > On 14 Feb 2013, at 22:55, mez breeze <netwur...@gmail.com> wrote: > > On Fri, Feb 15, 2013 at 8:09 AM, Simon Biggs <si...@littlepig.org.uk> wrote: > ...how do you value novelty? Is it valuable for its own sake or only as an > adjunct property of something else? Can novelty even exist? > > ...excuse my intrusion into such serious discourse, but regarding novelty, > I've just written an uber-short summation of the problem with viral > "novelties" like the "Harlem Shake" + thought it might be laterally relevant > here: > > "Granted, the Harlem Shake contagion is massive considering the original > video was posted online just a mere 12 days ago, but when major brands > started swarming to make their own takes with rampant product placements and > corporate logos featuring prominently in the background, it was the end." > > </tangent>. > > -Mez > > -- > | http://mezbreeze.com/ > | http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mez_Breeze > > _______________________________________________ > NetBehaviour mailing list > NetBehaviour@netbehaviour.org > http://www.netbehaviour.org/mailman/listinfo/netbehaviour > > _______________________________________________ > NetBehaviour mailing list > NetBehaviour@netbehaviour.org > http://www.netbehaviour.org/mailman/listinfo/netbehaviour > > > > -- > | http://mezbreeze.com/ > | http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mez_Breeze > > _______________________________________________ > NetBehaviour mailing list > NetBehaviour@netbehaviour.org > http://www.netbehaviour.org/mailman/listinfo/netbehaviour Simon Biggs si...@littlepig.org.uk http://www.littlepig.org.uk/ @SimonBiggsUK skype: simonbiggsuk s.bi...@ed.ac.uk Edinburgh College of Art, University of Edinburgh http://www.ed.ac.uk/schools-departments/edinburgh-college-art/school-of-art/staff/staff?person_id=182&cw_xml=profile.php http://www.research.ed.ac.uk/portal/en/persons/simon-biggs%285dfcaf34-56b1-4452-9100-aaab96935e31%29.html http://www.eca.ac.uk/circle/ http://www.elmcip.net/ http://www.movingtargets.org.uk/ http://designinaction.com/ MSc by Research in Interdisciplinary Creative Practices http://www.ed.ac.uk/studying/postgraduate/degrees?id=656&cw_xml=details.php
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