Archive for October, 2006

by m...@popdigerati.com">Mike Fennelly

Let us sing of Alexey Vayner – investment banker wannabe, Kung Fu grandmaster, ballroom dancer, and I would assume able to leap buildings in a single bound without spilling a single drop of his half caf no fat latte. At least that’s what he says. Our first entry into the “Posers” category submitted this video along with his resume for investment banking jobs in NYC. Hilarity ensued.

Watch the video below, and get the rest of the story here

Do you have anyone that can top this? Let us know! That comments section doesn’t fill itself, you know.

by Brion Lau

If you haven’t heard yet, Yahoo! is hosting a talent show or as Jerry says, “Help save the web from bad videos.” The winner will be awarded a $50,000 cash prize and an opportunity to star in or produce their own Yahoo! show.

This sounds like the Yahooligans are hatching an experiment to assess the popularity of new media as a channel for delivering “not so novel concepts” (think “America’s Got Talent” on Yahoo!).

What do you think of this idea? Do you think this will cross the digital divide and get Hollywood to take notice? Your guess is as good as mine. In the meantime, we’ll be watching Yang’s experiment like the rest of you to see who becomes the next “Web Celeb”.

by Brion Lau

Jonathan is the artist behind the Yahoo! Time Capsule. For 30 days, from October 10 until November 8, 2006, Yahoo! users worldwide can contribute photos, writings, videos, audio – even drawings – to this electronic anthropology project. This digital data will be gathered and preserved for historical purposes.

Jonathan Harris Profile
Jonathan is an artist working primarily on the Internet. His work involves the exploration of humans through the artifacts they leave behind on the Web. He was awarded a 2004 Fabrica Fellowship, and is the creator of such projects as We Feel Fine, 10×10, WordCount, Phylotaxis, and justcurio.us. In 2005 he created the Yahoo! Netrospective, a look back on the first ten years of the Internet. He studied Computer Science at Princeton University, where his thesis was a system that automatically gathers and clusters similar news articles from a large number of online sources. The winner of two 2005 Webby Awards, his work has also been recognized by AIGA, Ars Electronica, ID Magazine, and the State of Vermont, and has been featured by CNN, Reuters, BBC, The Guardian, USA Today, NPR and Wired. He currently lives in Brooklyn, New York, and works as Design Director of Daylife, a global news service. His website is www.number27.org.

Check out his work on Yahoo! Visit the Time Capsule today.

We have officially released a beta of PopDigerati.com.

What is PopDigerati? It is a portmanteau derived from popular digerati. Digerati is used to refer to:

• Thought leaders who promote a vision of digital technology and the Internet as a transformational element of society;
• People regarded as influential or celebrities within the digital community.

With the constant development and evolution of digital technology, we believe a new breed of digerati are emerging and will soon impact society in ways we never thought were possible. Our mission is to identify these rising stars through community participation and discussion.

Get ready to join us and chronicle this exciting expedition. Let the adventure begin!