Time for US citizens to take a page from the Greeks, Arabs, and Cubans. Viva la Revolucion!!
http://www.salon.com/news/politics/war_room/2011/02/18/taylor_wisconsin_national_guard
Union busters and guns
http://www.npr.org/2011/02/11/133674868/Greece-Protest
I somehow doubt the reporters assertion that the the Greek Debt Crisis was caused (unless we're counting very small parts) by its citizens tax evasive behaviors... Seriously, show me a country whose people don't try to reduce their tax burden as much as possible
Saturday, February 19, 2011
Wednesday, February 16, 2011
The next big thing? Souljah boy has 4.9 million subscribers to his Say Now account — which is a lot like Twitter, except with phone messages...
I have no opinion (yet) on his music, but I know I like him! Props to Frannie Kelly of NPR for writing a nice piece.
http://www.npr.org/blogs/therecord/2010/11/02/130999002/souljah-boy-tells-the-journal-how-to-be-a-millionaire
The youngest person to ever hit number one on the Billboard Hot 100 recently sat down with The Wall Street Journal's Lee Hawkins at Lincoln Center. The conversation above is about social media, and in the first ten minutes, Soulja Boy Tell 'Em tells aspiring millionaires exactly how he went from high school student to businessman.
He rose to stardom with his song "Crank That (Soulja Boy)," and its own dance (complete with instructional video) in 2007. Its YouTube video has been viewed more than 86 million times. In the Journal's video interview Soulja Boy (given name DeAndre Way) imparts a lot of concrete advice, including the best reason I've ever heard for making a dance for every song he releases: "It makes it funner."
"Around 2006 I discovered the internet," Soulja Boy says. And he gives the credit for that to his father, who bought him his first computer when he was about 14. He started out on SoundClick, which he calls "the Billboard charts for the underground artists — everyone in the streets that's unsigned." He began making money — he calls it revenue — when the service started offering downloads for $1.00 each, splitting the income 50/50 with the artists. Soulja Boy says he was averaging 19,000 downloads a day and eventually made over $100,000 from SoundClick.
He started a YouTube page, a MySpace page and then, he says, really started to build his name. He made money from YouTube's ad revenue-sharing setup. After he reached one million hits on MySpace, he put an email address on the page and started getting requests to perform all over the country, so he hit the road.
Soulja Boy really works on social media. He's got almost 2.5 million followers on Twitter, 1.4 million friends on MySpace and 1.6 million people like his Facebook page.
In the interview, Hawkins asks him if he's using any new technology or platforms to reach his followers, and Soulja Boy claims he's gone a bit analog. He says he has 4.9 million subscribers to his Say Now account — which is a lot like Twitter, except with phone messages. Soulja Boy says he can call the service, leave just one voicemail message, and instantly 4.9 million people can hear him. When you call his number — 678 999-8212 — he says, "What's up the whole entire world?" and pushes his new album.
And Soulja Boy's not stopping. "Now that I'm in the position I'm in now I like to take all my creative ideas and put 'em on the internet for my fans to interact with. Give 'em something to do." He says what he'd really like to do is create a platform that combines Facebook, Myspace, Twitter and Youtube. "[I would] combine them into one social media outlet and just, like, just go crazy with it."
http://www.npr.org/blogs/therecord/2010/11/02/130999002/souljah-boy-tells-the-journal-how-to-be-a-millionaire
The youngest person to ever hit number one on the Billboard Hot 100 recently sat down with The Wall Street Journal's Lee Hawkins at Lincoln Center. The conversation above is about social media, and in the first ten minutes, Soulja Boy Tell 'Em tells aspiring millionaires exactly how he went from high school student to businessman.
He rose to stardom with his song "Crank That (Soulja Boy)," and its own dance (complete with instructional video) in 2007. Its YouTube video has been viewed more than 86 million times. In the Journal's video interview Soulja Boy (given name DeAndre Way) imparts a lot of concrete advice, including the best reason I've ever heard for making a dance for every song he releases: "It makes it funner."
"Around 2006 I discovered the internet," Soulja Boy says. And he gives the credit for that to his father, who bought him his first computer when he was about 14. He started out on SoundClick, which he calls "the Billboard charts for the underground artists — everyone in the streets that's unsigned." He began making money — he calls it revenue — when the service started offering downloads for $1.00 each, splitting the income 50/50 with the artists. Soulja Boy says he was averaging 19,000 downloads a day and eventually made over $100,000 from SoundClick.
He started a YouTube page, a MySpace page and then, he says, really started to build his name. He made money from YouTube's ad revenue-sharing setup. After he reached one million hits on MySpace, he put an email address on the page and started getting requests to perform all over the country, so he hit the road.
Soulja Boy really works on social media. He's got almost 2.5 million followers on Twitter, 1.4 million friends on MySpace and 1.6 million people like his Facebook page.
In the interview, Hawkins asks him if he's using any new technology or platforms to reach his followers, and Soulja Boy claims he's gone a bit analog. He says he has 4.9 million subscribers to his Say Now account — which is a lot like Twitter, except with phone messages. Soulja Boy says he can call the service, leave just one voicemail message, and instantly 4.9 million people can hear him. When you call his number — 678 999-8212 — he says, "What's up the whole entire world?" and pushes his new album.
And Soulja Boy's not stopping. "Now that I'm in the position I'm in now I like to take all my creative ideas and put 'em on the internet for my fans to interact with. Give 'em something to do." He says what he'd really like to do is create a platform that combines Facebook, Myspace, Twitter and Youtube. "[I would] combine them into one social media outlet and just, like, just go crazy with it."
I'm sorry. I was wrong. We are all Egyptian now. - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tahrir_Square
This Blog, TahrirSquare-Anemophilos, is my space for speaking on things that I find inspirational and amazing. Like TED.com. Tell me that the world could change like lightning fires across a dry prairie before this year began and I could say to you 10 reasons why it couldn't happen in the middle east(ern region, including in my mind both turkey and greece,the baltics, n.africa and all of the mediteranian). I'm sorry. I was wrong.
Thank you people of Egypt for your strengh, bravery, and willingness to believe in yourselves and see the power you truly hold. You have taught me to look for the same in myself and my community.
I've been hating on Twitter for almost a decade. Yesterday I opened my first account. @Anemphilos. Holy power of a 5 bln mobile phone (and their owners) SMS driven unstoppable social-network. Love how an educated, connected public can can change the world. We are all Egyptian now.
Oh, and now that we're rolling, lets get Captain Planet a refresh and bring him out for a second act. I think this time we might be ready...
Tahrir Square was the focal point of the 2011 Egyptian Revolution against former president Hosni Mubarak.[4] Over 50,000 protesters first occupied the square on 25 January, during which the area's wireless services were reported to be impaired.[5] In the following days Tahrir Square continued to be the primary destination for protests in Cairo.[6] On 29 January Egyptian fighter aircraft flew low over the people gathered in the square. On 30 January, the seventh day of the protests, BBC correspondents reported that the number of demonstrators had grown to at least 100,000,[7] and on 31 January Al Jazeera correspondents reported that the demonstrations had grown to at least 250,000 people.[8] On 1 February, Al Jazeera reported that more than 1 million protesters peacefully gathered in the square and adjacent streets.[9]
Tahrir Square filled with citizens during 'Friday of Departure' demonstration, 3 February 2011.
The square became established as a focal point and a symbol for the ongoing Egyptian democracy demonstrations. On the night of 2 February, violence between the pro-Mubarak and pro-democracy demonstrators erupted in the square and its approaches, with pavements being broken up for use as projectiles. Within a week, due to international media coverage, the image and name of Tahrir Square became known worldwide.[10]
A Facebook page by the name tahrir square ميدان التحرير was maintained by a rotating staff of 20 at one point during the uprising, particularly to offset the lack of, or distorted, coverage of the events in state-run media.[11][12]
One by one the protesters withstood each weapon in the arsenal of the Egyptian autocracy — first the heavily armed riot police, then a ruling party militia and finally the state’s powerful propaganda machine.
The 18-day-old revolt led by the young people of Egypt ousted President Hosni Mubarak on Friday 11 February 2011, shattering three decades of political stasis and overturning the established order of the Arab world. Tahrir Square erupted in a massive celebration when Hosni Mubarak officially stepped down from office. Shouts of "God is great" erupted from Tahrir Square at twilight as Mr. Mubarak’s vice president and longtime intelligence chief, Omar Suleiman, announced that Mr. Mubarak had passed all authority to a council of military leaders.[13]
Thank you people of Egypt for your strengh, bravery, and willingness to believe in yourselves and see the power you truly hold. You have taught me to look for the same in myself and my community.
I've been hating on Twitter for almost a decade. Yesterday I opened my first account. @Anemphilos. Holy power of a 5 bln mobile phone (and their owners) SMS driven unstoppable social-network. Love how an educated, connected public can can change the world. We are all Egyptian now.
Oh, and now that we're rolling, lets get Captain Planet a refresh and bring him out for a second act. I think this time we might be ready...
Tahrir Square was the focal point of the 2011 Egyptian Revolution against former president Hosni Mubarak.[4] Over 50,000 protesters first occupied the square on 25 January, during which the area's wireless services were reported to be impaired.[5] In the following days Tahrir Square continued to be the primary destination for protests in Cairo.[6] On 29 January Egyptian fighter aircraft flew low over the people gathered in the square. On 30 January, the seventh day of the protests, BBC correspondents reported that the number of demonstrators had grown to at least 100,000,[7] and on 31 January Al Jazeera correspondents reported that the demonstrations had grown to at least 250,000 people.[8] On 1 February, Al Jazeera reported that more than 1 million protesters peacefully gathered in the square and adjacent streets.[9]
Tahrir Square filled with citizens during 'Friday of Departure' demonstration, 3 February 2011.
The square became established as a focal point and a symbol for the ongoing Egyptian democracy demonstrations. On the night of 2 February, violence between the pro-Mubarak and pro-democracy demonstrators erupted in the square and its approaches, with pavements being broken up for use as projectiles. Within a week, due to international media coverage, the image and name of Tahrir Square became known worldwide.[10]
A Facebook page by the name tahrir square ميدان التحرير was maintained by a rotating staff of 20 at one point during the uprising, particularly to offset the lack of, or distorted, coverage of the events in state-run media.[11][12]
One by one the protesters withstood each weapon in the arsenal of the Egyptian autocracy — first the heavily armed riot police, then a ruling party militia and finally the state’s powerful propaganda machine.
The 18-day-old revolt led by the young people of Egypt ousted President Hosni Mubarak on Friday 11 February 2011, shattering three decades of political stasis and overturning the established order of the Arab world. Tahrir Square erupted in a massive celebration when Hosni Mubarak officially stepped down from office. Shouts of "God is great" erupted from Tahrir Square at twilight as Mr. Mubarak’s vice president and longtime intelligence chief, Omar Suleiman, announced that Mr. Mubarak had passed all authority to a council of military leaders.[13]
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