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harlan ellison

Harlan Ellison Doc "Dreams With Sharp Teeth" Is All Bark, No Bite

We watched the documentary Dreams With Sharp Teeth about Harlan Ellison at the South by Southwest Film Festival last night, and some of it was impressive, like watching the sharp-penned writer work in a bookstore window in 1994, spending five hours typing a short story so people could see that it's an actual job. However, the film disappointed by refusing to delve into any of the controversy surrounding Ellison at all, turning it into a big fluff piece that basically fails to explain his cranky, world-hating genius. More »

4:30 PM on Wed Mar 12 2008
By Kevin Kelly
3,017 views, 33 comments

Latest by etho: I encountered his personality before i encountered his work, which bothers me. I really dislike his personality, and I really dislike his writing, but I always wonder if I would have felt differently about his writing if I hadn't known more »

advertising

Mind Control Is Just a Click Away

The goal of most advertisers is, frankly, to bypass your rational brain and reach down into the murky depths of your limbic system to control your desires. And the Web has given advertisers powerful new mind-control tools, allowing them to generate fake "buzz" for products by implanting references to, say, Hewlett Packard on YouTube or Cisco on Wikipedia. The idea is to make people think that their "friends" online like a product and artificially jumpstart a word-of-mouth recommendation for the product. At a South by Southwest panel Friday about the worst viral media advertising, several marketers and critics gathered to discuss the most heinous and failed examples of ads that are turning our mediascape into a William Gibson or Philip K. Dick nightmare. Two ad campaigns stood out as the worst. More »

11:40 AM on Mon Mar 10 2008
By Annalee Newitz
2,053 views, 12 comments

Latest by mrs_helm: I haven't worked for any of the really nasty companies, but I have worked for or otherwise experienced enough to know that the advertisers and the people actually knowledgable about the product rarely meet. Don't blame the marketing people for more »

sxsw

Hang Out with io9 at South By Southwest Festival

If you're going to be in Austin for the South by Southwest Interactive Festival, please come by to see io9's Annalee Newitz (that's me!) talk about the future of social revolution with Lifehacker's Gina Trapani, MetaFilter's Jessamyn West, and Linden Labs' Jeska Dzwigalski. The panel is Saturday from 5-6 PM, and it's called "Social Network Coups: The Users Are Revolting!" We'll basically be talking about tomorrow's social protests and revolutions, which will take place on social networks like (for instance) blogs or Digg. It should be a good time. Also, on Sunday night, Gawker Media (io9's parent company) is throwing a party for several Gawker blogs, including io9, Lifehacker, Fleshbot, and Valleywag. 9 - 11 PM at The Side Bar. See you in Austin!

2:00 PM on Fri Mar 7 2008
By Annalee Newitz
244 views, 5 comments

Latest by n/a: Aww, now I want to go to SXSW even more! I've wanted to go ever since I moved to San Antonio . . . but my funds have never allowed it. Good luck with the panel, and have fun in more »

second skin

Discover The Sensuality Of Virtual Worlds

Virtual worlds are driving people to suicide — and making them fall in love. A new documentary, opening this weekend, follows seven people who are devoted to virtual worlds, and finds them struggling with addiction and discovering romance. Second Skin, which debuts at the SXSW Film Festival in Austin, showcases players' devotion to worlds like Second Life, and soon the science fiction wonderment addiction that is Starcraft 2). Click through to view the trailer. More »

12:40 PM on Fri Mar 7 2008
By Kevin Kelly
1,300 views, 12 comments