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people go here for game vids. and release dates.

Two nuggets:

A) Twittering links doesn’t appear any different than sharing a link through IM or email. Yet Twitter works best when sharing is delivered in, as Hicks said in Aliens, “short, controlled bursts.” You’ve only got 140 characters to work with, and even tinyurl’ing takes off a chunk, so you think well, if I’m already taking shortcuts, why should I even bother explaining myself and just simply tweet the link and nothing more? Former senior executive editor of GFW and now associate producer at 2K Boston Shawn Elliott shares his thoughts.

Digital Curation. Who out there is archiving and showcasing all of these digital milestones that so quickly drop off the radar? The evolution of Flash, ephemeral virals, amazing but short-lived microsites. Sure, data capturing flourishes. But I’m not interested in analytics (at least not for the sake of this post)…I’m talking about digital communication as a form of art.



This is a subject I’ve been thinking about more and more, particularly since last week when we launched Pretty Loaded. It started as an internal sprint, a tribute to the humble preloader which, as technology improves, is not sticking around for very long.

Let me say right away, I commend the Brooklyn Museum for their foray into social media and An Xiao for using Twitter as her artistic medium.



My last post talked about the Museum monetizing Twitter with their members-only program, 1stFans. I'm also curious to look at the expectations inherent in paying for access to a protected Twitter feed. Since I signed up as a 1stfans member, I was granted access to the @1stfans Twitter feed and private Flickr and Facebook groups. But what exactly did that mean? What was I going to get for my membership? The answer was not entirely clear.

The first few tweets from @1stfans reminded me of a Swoon event and gave a general welcome to the community. Then they announced that they would...

The Brooklyn Museum has launched a new members only program called 1stfans. For $20 a year, this "socially networked museum membership" connects 1stfans members using Twitter, Facebook and Flickr. I received a membership for a Christmas gift and was very excited to see that the first event was with the street artist Swoon.

The $20 price tag for permission to view a protected Twitter feed and to be a member of private Flickr and Facebook groups is absolutely brilliant! Who else is making money in this manner with Twitter? There are discussions about how...