It’s my mid-week delight to announce a reader contest–no free T-shirt designed by a friend of a friend; instead, you stand to win a free conference pass to the Web 2.0 Expo starting in SF on March 31. After interviewing the Expo’s general manager, Jennifer Pahlka, for Women 2.0 recently, I’m rather jazzed to be able to offer an additional pass (the $1,400 you’ll save is hefty and the programming looks great).
All that’s needed to get yourself in the running is to comment with the most entertaining URL you’ve seen in the past three days. Easy, sure, but we could all use a little uplift in this economic climate. Submit something ridiculous, amusing, and hopefully not too classless.
The winner will get access to daily keynotes, startup pitching, the non-profit pavilion, and a live taping of the gadget review show Tekzilla. Comment away.
This one is sad and funny: How to Tweet Your Way Out of a Job >> http://cli.gs/DTB4b8
This is, hands down, the best contest I’ve seen in ages. Thanks for offering it!
To boost our spirits in these tough economic times, one man is doing his part. And not just for the economy, but for the air industry as well: http://bit.ly/13EHxA
Hope to see you next week in SF!
<3, @gwenbell
It’s not just entertaining; it’s very Web 2.0-specific!
http://www.facebook.com/people/Herbie-Hippocampus/1297941290
Herbie Hippocampus is a seahorse lookin’ for love on Facebook. He also inhabits the Monterey Bay Aquarium’s exhibit “The Secret Lives of Seahorses,” which opens in about two weeks. It’s charming as all-get-out, and the status updates are sometimes hilarious.
Good idea Em.
Proof of concept on the potential of internet media sharing/collaboration via web 2.0:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tprMEs-zfQA
(not my submission, but I think you’ll like this too: http://www.roadsworth.com/main/video/video.html)
this video on dolphins blowing play-toy bubble rings (posted yesterday) is by far the most entertaining thing I’ve seen in a while. and the physics of what they’re doing is actually pretty incredible. (see comments below.)
http://www.boingboing.net/2009/03/18/dolphins-blowing-rin.html
and hey, it’s web 2.0 that allows us to see it.
Where Tech & Art collide… Check out Animator vs. Animation! A little escape for both geeks and artists alike. Enjoy.
Animator vs Animation:
http://fc01.deviantart.com/fs13/f/2007/077/2/e/Animator_vs__Animation_by_alanbecker.swf
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