Copy/Paste: Jesse Lubinsky
I'm so glad I met Jesse Lubinsky: my affinity group coach, kindred spirit, and fellow Google innovator! His presentations at the #DEN18 Academy were engaging and inspiring (when they didn't involve tasting things).
He too admires Gil Scott Heron, one of my all time favs!
<my homage to him written in 2012, The Revolution Will Not Be Digitized, at the bottom of this post>
I was thinking about what is play for me. Well, I like math or at least conceptualizing math problems. What if I measured samples in a really good jam, and graphed how much of the sample was used in the entire song, and then what percentage of the sample is used in the sweet spot/hook? I have no idea how to actually measure this, but it makes me laugh to think about how to quantify it, and I began listening to music with a different ear. I think Jesse could dig it. I was pleasantly surprised when Gil's photo popped up at #DEN18. I was already 'playing' with this idea before the trip specifically listening to Gil's samples in music.
After Jesse's talk about: the faithful, the twist, the curve, the spin, the wait. what? remixes in music I'm listening to music searching for the 'remix' too. In a roundabout way I wound up with this Toto platinum album. Jesse, If I'd known I would've brought it to Copenhagen to bestow on your for your great Spark Toto remix analogies!
After Jesse's talk about: the faithful, the twist, the curve, the spin, the wait. what? remixes in music I'm listening to music searching for the 'remix' too. In a roundabout way I wound up with this Toto platinum album. Jesse, If I'd known I would've brought it to Copenhagen to bestow on your for your great Spark Toto remix analogies!
This one is for you:
I'm happy to have found his podcast, check it out.
Stay awesome and thanks for the inspiration, Mr. Lubinsky.
Until our paths cross again.
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It Cannot Be Digitized
Kristin Welch, 2012
(My homage to Gil Scott Heron)
You will not be able register later, brother.
You will not be able to plug in, install updates, reboot and log on.
You will not be able to justify your selfishness after you read a tweet that says, ‘corporations are people, my friends’.
Your global view with not be brought to you by Coke after this breaking news story on CNN dot com while they
track your page views, to feed you what’s trending right now.
Law enforcement will be chasing its tail while trying to stop
online piracy, and blackout online trafficking of
copyrighted intellectual property and counterfeit goods.
The distribution will not be digitized.
Our revolution will not be digititized.
Our revolution will not be brought to you by MoveOn dot org.
There will be no live feed on Twitter, forward slash, hash tag #REVOLUTION.
Our revolution will not show up in Google, Google images or
Google Chrome, Google Plus (or Google minus)
Do not anticipate popup windows alerting you to take action.
There will be no online information about awareness, mobilization, action or reaction in your email, inbox or dropbox
There will be no digital campaigning, online organizing, electronic advocacy, cyberactivism, e-campaigning and e-activism
Our revolution will not be digititized.
Your absolution will not be on your server or on your browser.
Firefox, Safari, Explorer and Chrome will not know where to begin.
Celebrities cannot endorse it or take out ad space
on your homepage, homie.
Your absolution will not be uploaded or repurposed or green
Your absolution will not be online 24/7, 365.
He will not send a text to your smart phone that it is time to ascend,
Because your absolution will not be digitized, Brother.
There will be no resolution for students involved in cyberbullying, sexting and other forms of online abuse
Receiving grave consequences.
There will be no acceptable use policy for
the world's biggest reference library, social media center, and pornography outlet, which is just a click away.
There will be no resolution to help you reclaim
thousands of hours of productivity a day.
There will not be a user-friendly application to get Face Time, Skype in or video conference to connect with your peeps.
You will no be able to maintain 550 meaningful relationships
with your ‘friends’
You will miss the tender moments between like minded others
who are equally confused and equally imperfect,
if you do not put your phone down, sister.
You will not be able to find your man with your:
Boyfriend tracker App, eHarmony, or on Match dot com
if you don’t look him in the eye
Our evolution will not withstand missed family dinners while you upload a picture of your dinner with InstaGram effects
You cannot check your browser history to know
where your children have been
You will not know if they laughed out loud or typed L O L
You will miss your baby’s first step and catch the reenactment after you look up from your laptop where you were showing your older child a viral YouTube video of a monkey riding a pig backwards
I checked in on foursquare, I don’t want to forget to
check in with myself or check in with you, dude.
Our evolution cannot contemplate what it means to be human while leaving a comment on a blog.
Change your status to ‘present’ and log off, brother.
The distribution
The resolution
Your absolution
Our revolution
Our evolution will be live.
'The Faithful'
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