Re: [Grassroots-l] G1G1 updates, Lennon video and other vids
On Sat, 2008-12-27 at 22:58 -0500, Samuel Klein wrote: Aha! Yes, I've made that a response to the recent spot. As for the comments... this is a chance to work on your skill at teaching through one-liners. There are a few other great videos up that are worth sharing where appropriate; Joels video of an 8 and 10-year old repairing a keyboard comes to mind. For those who haven't seen it: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pus_fA1Tv9w Project4Awesome has some tips for using YouTube to spread an idea [they run an annual 'take over YT for charity' day every Dec. 17] - http://www.projectforawesome.com/?page_id=16 SJ On Sat, Dec 27, 2008 at 9:53 PM, S Page i...@skierpage.com wrote: the common reaction How are kids going to use laptops in the middle of the jungle? give them food! I didn't know about OLPC Mission: Part 2 The XO Laptop , http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qMeX2D4AOjM That video is outstanding! I don't know how to suggest it as a stock response to the doubters. -- =S ___ Grassroots mailing list grassro...@lists.laptop.org http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/grassroots -- http://martenvijn.nl Marten Vijn http://www.deupsidevandown.nl *** http://laptop.org/xo Give One Get One http://har2009.org August 13-16th http://opencommunitycamp.org 26th Jul 2nd August ___ Devel mailing list Devel@lists.laptop.org http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/devel
Re: [Grassroots-l] G1G1 updates, Lennon video and other vids
On Tue, 30 Dec 2008, Kevin Cole wrote: On Mon, Dec 29, 2008 at 16:21, Andr?s Ambrois andresambr...@gmail.com wrote: I also wouldn't feel comfortable articulating dead people imagery to make it seem like they said something they didn't. No matter how obvious it may seem that it is an actor, no matter how much his wife agrees with the statement. I feel Sagan's voice in this video would have made a true a deep message: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hLkC7ralR30 I would suggest Sagan's Cosmos and Pale Blue Dot passages for future ads of this nature. There are countless great poets out there, no need to fake them :) At first, I didn't want to rain on anyone's parade, but I see others feel as I do. Putting words in someone's mouth without a strong hint of parody isn't right. Parody isn't nessasarily a requirement. The scenes in Forrest Gump where they have him meeting with the President isn't parody, but it's very clearly fiction, and a very appropriate use of this sort of technology. David Lang ___ Devel mailing list Devel@lists.laptop.org http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/devel
