Joey Daoud, a student at Florida State University, is working on “You 2.0″, a documentary about Life Hacking, a process of using productivity tips and hacks to help deal with information overload and stay organized.

Here’s the teaser trailer, which features Tim Ferriss (4-Hour Workweek), Merlin Mann (43 Folders), Gina Trapani (Lifehacker), Leo Laporte (TWiT), Danny O’Brien (Electronic Frontier Foundation) and David Allen (GTD - Getting Things Done).

via Merlin Mann

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You 2.0, A Documentary On Life Hacking

recently i met a couple of shape note singers and went on a little websploration :: shape notes were used over the past couple centuries in the south for congregational singing to help people who couldn't read music. Beginners pair shapes with the solfege syllables (do, re, mi, etc...) :: here's an example where the song consists of no words (for the first minute or so), only solfege :: more recordings :: and some more :: and a documentary

:: harsh, simple, powerful harmony singing :: i dig it

Andy recently went around Berkeley and Oakland doing a One Man Flash Mob, freezing in place by himself in the style of “Frozen Grand Central”.

Thanks to Melissa for the tip!

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Andy’s One Man Flash Mob

Freihändler Filmproduktion presents “Mr. Wurfel”, a beautifully animated short film about making decisions, directed by Rafael Sommerhalder.

via Nick Douglas

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Mr. Wurfel by Rafael Sommerhalder

Tonight my friends at Current invited me to check out the behind-the-scenes action at their first ever Hack The Debate event where they joined forces with Twitter to provide real-time Twitter updates during Current’s broadcast of the presidential debates.

While at the Current offices we were greeted by special guest Al Gore, who co-founded Current along with Joel Hyatt.

I shot video of Al’s welcome speech where the subject of Twitter came up and he promised that by tomorrow he would be using Twitter. He mentioned that he was normally an early adopter, but had not yet joined Twitter.

Once the debate was under way, I walked over to the Twitter Headquarters, where they were in full swing, making sure that Twitter stayed up and running throughout the night. Based on the numbers they shared with us after the debates, they did an amazing job and are more than ready for election night.

photo gallery: Current & Twitter Hack The Debate

photos by Scott Beale

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Current & Twitter Rock The First Presidential Debate of Election 2008

guest post by RICK!

Hardly Strictly Bluegrass 2008 is October 3, 4 and 5th in Golden Gate Park (PDF). Warren Hellman, famed investment banker and amateur banjo player, gifts San Francisco every year with a concert billed with some of greatest acoustic performers in the country. This year’s lineup (PDF) includes notable bands: Elvis Costello High Whines & Spirits, Gogol Bordello, Nick Lowe, Iron & Wine, The Waybacks, Bonnie ‘Prince’ Billy, Loundon Wainwright III, Ben Kweller, Robert Plant with Alison Krauss, MC Hammer (you heard me.), and of course Warren’s band The Wronglers.

Also, I’ll be a volunteer coordinator at this year’s event, and our Green Team could use some help on monitoring recycling and composting bins. All volunteers get traning, a box lunch, a staff shirt and karma points for helping out a completely free festival created out of a simple love of music. Email volunteer@hardlystrictlybluegrass.com if you’re interested in pitching in.

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Hardly Strictly Bluegrass Festival 2008

Amsterdam based creative agency Wieden+Kennedy produced a really bizarre ad for Nike directed by Luis Nieto featuring animated talking body parts inside British Olympic athlete Nicola Sander.

If you like this, check out some of the other great work by Luis Nieto.

via Cartoon Brew

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Bizzare Nike Ad Featuring Nicola Sander’s Talking Body Parts

Doctor Popular whipped up this great Failephant 404 Error illustration for McCain’s website while he suspends his campaign.

illustration by Doctor Popular

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Failephant 404 Error

Arse Elektronika 2008, a conference on sex, technology and science fiction, opened last night at CELLspace in San Francisco. The conference is now in full gear with three straight days of talks and performances. Here’s the complete schedule.

photo gallery: Arse Elektronika 2008

photos by Scott Beale

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Arse Elektronika 2008 Photos

Current has joined forces with Twitter to Hack The Debate, providing real-time Twitter updates during Current’s television broadcasts of all four debates. Just include #current in your Tweet and it just might show up live on the air.

They’re kicking it off with the first debate which takes place tonight 6pm PST/9pm EST.

Twitter has also setup a special Election 2008 page that automatically refreshes with live election updates and hot topics.

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Current & Twitter Hack The Debate

Our good friend Bre Pettis who produces new media for Etsy, has created a television pilot for “History Hacker” airing tonight on The History Channel. On the show, which Bre produced and hosts, he explores history’s great inventors, taking a hands-on look at their inventions and new ways to hack them. The pilot episode, which is all about Nikola Tesla and his pioneering work with electricity, airs tonight, Friday, September 26th at 8pm and midnight. Here’s the History Hacker teaser video.

Meet Nikola Tesla, the unsung genius behind the most miraculous advances of the Age of Electricity, and Hacker-extraordinaire Bre Pettis who will break the history of electricity down to its nuts and bolts. Bre will show you how to build your own versions of Tesla’s greatest inventions and takes you on a journey from New York City’s ultra modern power plants, to one of the world’s most advanced satellite research labs, and then onward into the future of energy…unlimited wireless power.

If all goes well Bre’s “History Hacker” pilot will be turned into a full series on The History Channel, so please help make this a reality by spreading the word about the show. If you can’t watch it live, be sure to set your Tivo or DVR to record it. Here’s the show listing on The History Channel.

You can give feedback and discuss the show in the History Channel Forums and History Hacker Facebook group and for the latest updates on the show, follow Bre on Twitter.

photo by Bre Pettis

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History Hacker, Hosted by Bre Pettis on The History Channel

Here’s a really great “Analog Retirement” t-shirt by BustedTees. I really feel for that poor little 35mm film guy, but at least he’s in good company with old friends.

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Analog Retirement T-Shirt by BustedTees

so this collection of feel good videos turned out great :: lot's of stuff i had never seen before :: let's try a collection of music vids or links to music that you think other people might not have seen but are great individual performances/songs :: introduce us to great things :: collection of amazing music you may have missed

After my visit to Marvel Comics last week in midtown Manhattan, I was in the neighborhood so I dropped by the Empire State Building. I hadn’t been there in years, so I took a quick trip up to 86th floor observatory and shot a few photos & video.

video: East River to Central Park facing Uptown

video: East River to Hudson River facing Downtown

photo & video gallery: Empire State Building

photo by Scott Beale

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Empire State Building Photos & Video

Disney presents “Head of Skate”, where “An Alaskan hockey mom becomes Vice President in the wackiest family comedy of the year”. In theaters on January 20th.

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Head of Skate, An Alaskan Hockey Mom Becomes Vice President

Sarah Silverman wants you to make The Great Schlep to Florida this election year.

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The Great Schlep by Sarah Silverman

“Metamorphosis” and “Music is Math” are two beautiful animations created by Glenn Marshall using the visual open source programming language Processing.

Both videos use songs by Boards of Canada (”Corsair” and “‘Music is Math”).

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Metamorphosis & Music is Math by Glenn Marshall

MCBD produced a wonderful TV commercial for British bakers Hovis Bread celebrating their 122 history in 122 seconds.

Here’s the making of video and more on the ad from Brand Republic and The Independent.

via Coudal Partners

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Hovis Bread, 122 Years In 122 Seconds