ZADI DIAZ

ORIGINAL DESIGN GANGSTA - for the design-heads out...

Zadi Diaz — Sun, 15 Nov 2009 03:44:17 -0800

ORIGINAL DESIGN GANGSTA - for the design-heads out there.

“press check it!” ( …press checks are the worst.)

"President Obama confirmed that cyber-warriors have aimed at American networks. “We know that..."

Zadi Diaz — Sat, 14 Nov 2009 19:35:00 -0800

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President Obama confirmed that cyber-warriors have aimed at American networks. “We know that cyber-intruders have probed our electrical grid,” he said at the White House in May…

“In other countries, cyberattacks have plunged entire cities into darkness.”

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- National Journal Magazine - The Cyberwar Plan (via superamit)

Very interesting read… more:

“Senior military leaders didn’t come of age in a digital world, and they’ve been skeptical of computerized attacks. Mostly younger officers, who received their early combat education through video games and Dungeons & Dragons, wage these battles. To them, digital weapons are as familiar and useful as rifles and grenades.”
…
“Military officers describe cyberspace as the fifth domain of war, after land, sea, air, and space. But cyberspace is unique in one important respect — it’s the only battlefield created by humans.”

The Power of Books (via excalipoor soliloquyy)

Zadi Diaz — Sat, 14 Nov 2009 12:50:41 -0800

The Power of Books (via excalipoor soliloquyy)

Haha! The truth about social media experts/gurus. I can’t...

Zadi Diaz — Sat, 14 Nov 2009 12:49:27 -0800

Haha! The truth about social media experts/gurus. I can’t even begin to express how accurate this is… and funny.

The EyeWriter: technology using open source software that...

Zadi Diaz — Sat, 14 Nov 2009 01:01:03 -0800

The EyeWriter: technology using open source software that enables paralyzed graffiti artists to draw using only their eyes.

From one of the artists:

“Art is a tool of empowerment and social change, and I consider myself blessed to be able to create and use my work to promote health reform, bring awareness about ALS and help others.”

– Tony Quan, aka Tempt One

Every time I see FYIAC it makes me laugh. Never gets old....

Zadi Diaz — Sat, 14 Nov 2009 00:36:03 -0800

Every time I see FYIAC it makes me laugh. Never gets old. :)

overduerent:jozae:830am:ayeeepatrick:neevagotfeevah:fwadd:bobbyism:

10-Year-Old Won't Pledge Allegiance To A Country That Discriminates Against Gays

Zadi Diaz — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 22:06:00 -0800

10-Year-Old Won't Pledge Allegiance To A Country That Discriminates Against Gays:

soupsoup:

“I’ve always tried to analyze things because I want to be lawyer,” Will said. “I really don’t feel that there’s currently liberty and justice for all.”

After asking his parents whether it was against the law not to stand for the pledge, Will decided to do something. On Monday, Oct. 5, when the other kids in his class stood up to recite the pledge of allegiance, he remained sitting down. The class had a substitute teacher that week, a retired educator from the district, who knew Will’s mother and grandmother. Though the substitute tried to make him stand up, he respectfully refused. He did it again the next day, and the next day.

Some photos from Paul Dateh and Ken Belcher’s album...

Zadi Diaz — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 12:17:00 -0800

The Internet Bunch. Pic by The Bui Bros

Oh Hai! Pic by The Bui Bros

Q&A with Paul & Ken. Pic by The Bui Bros

In the chatroom. Pic by Casey Mckinnon

Some photos from Paul Dateh and Ken Belcher’s album release party for The Good Life. You can get the album on iTunes!

See more photos here.

Thx to The Bui Bros and Casey Mckinnon for the photos.

Haha. True. Reminds me of my days in the art department. :) (via...

Zadi Diaz — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 17:15:48 -0800

Haha. True. Reminds me of my days in the art department. :)

(via jjjjasmine)

"Cute’s good. But cute only lasts for so long, and then it’s, Who are you as a person? That’s the..."

Zadi Diaz — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 01:17:16 -0800

“Cute’s good. But cute only lasts for so long, and then it’s, Who are you as a person? That’s the advice I would give to women: Don’t look at the bankbook or the title. Look at the heart. Look at the soul. Look at how the guy treats his mother and what he says about women. How he acts with children he doesn’t know. And, more important, how does he treat you? When you’re dating a man, you should always feel good. You should never feel less than. You should never doubt yourself. You shouldn’t be in a relationship with somebody who doesn’t make you completely happy and make you feel whole. And if you’re in that relationship and you’re dating, then my advice is, don’t get married.”

- Michelle Obama in Glamour (via teresawu/ annieisms)

Me with the 5D MarkII on a (super sweet) Zacuto Rig. Can’t...

Zadi Diaz — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 01:12:33 -0800

Me with the 5D MarkII on a (super sweet) Zacuto Rig. Can’t wait to get the Canon 7D! (Photo by Annie. Taken after Paul Dateh & Ken Belcher’s album release party)

zadi with the zacuto rig! (via annieee)

My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2009-11-8)

Zadi Diaz — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 18:02:14 -0800

My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2009-11-8):

Imported from Last.fm Tumblr by JoeLaz

"When we talk about values, I think of rationality in solving problems. That’s something I value...."

Zadi Diaz — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 15:30:04 -0800

““When we talk about values, I think of rationality in solving problems. That’s something I value. Fairness, kindness, generosity, tolerance. When they talk about values, they’re talking about things like going to church, voting for Bush, being loyal to Jesus, praying. These are not values.””

- Bill Maher (via ieatcatlitter and mry) (via soupsoup) (via evangotlib)

So obnoxiously smug. Religious people — I am not now one of them, but even so I can say this — have real values. About treating people fairly. About being good to those around them. About the Golden Rule. Charity. We can continue.

Some religious people are bad people, and some atheists are good people. Religious people have values. Atheists have values. It’s funny — each side seems to miss these simple facts about the other.

(via mikehudack)

Completely agree with Mike’s statement.

Ironic how Maher talks about valuing fairness, kindness, generosity, and tolerance and then in the same breath bashes people for what they believe.

Religion is a very personal matter and has absolutely nothing to do with whether or not a person has values. And then, whose values?

"As far as I’m concerned, I’m glad people feel a compulsion to “report” things that are happening..."

Zadi Diaz — Sun, 08 Nov 2009 15:38:37 -0800

“As far as I’m concerned, I’m glad people feel a compulsion to “report” things that are happening wherever they might be. That is a fundamentally journalistic impulse, and the more people who have it, the better off we will all be — even if we have to put up with errors and misunderstandings along the way.”

- READ MORE: Citizen journalism: I’ll take it, flaws and all

He Took me to Indiana...

Zadi Diaz — Sun, 08 Nov 2009 12:27:00 -0800

So happy For Adam and Jessica! They make such a sweet couple. Congratulations! :)

stevewoolf:

Yes! Congratulations!!!!

wreckandsalvage:

whatiwore:

WhatIWore:…and asked me to be his wife! Adam and I are ENGAGED!!!!! I wanted to wait until Monday, but now that I’m back to civilization, I just couldn’t wait to tell you guys! Here are some photos of our memorable weekend in the woods.

Photos at Lincoln State Park in Southern Indiana (more of the mushy details to come…)

ronenreblogs: kim-asterisk: brb, ovaries are exploding. now,...

Zadi Diaz — Sun, 08 Nov 2009 00:53:08 -0800

ronenreblogs:

kim-asterisk:

brb, ovaries are exploding.

now, I’m straight as an arrow, but can we all just admit this is one of the hottest most badass pictures ever?

Um, yeah. :)

(video from This American Life illustrates how cameras change...

Zadi Diaz — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 21:49:36 -0800

(video from This American Life illustrates how cameras change our behavior)

Interesting article from TechCrunch about Fort Hood and the state of Citizen Journalism:

Excerpt:

For all of our talk about “the world watching”, what good did social media actually do for the people of Iran? Did the footage out of the country actually change the outcome of the elections? No. Despite a slew of YouTube videos and a couple of thousand foreign Twitter users turning their avatar green and pretending to be in Tehran, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad is still in power. It’s astonishing, really. Despite how successful ten million actual voters marching through Washington, London and other major cities in 2003 were in stopping the invasion of Iraq, a bit of entirely virtual cyber-posturing by foreigners didn’t lead to real change in Iran.

…none of us think we’re being selfish or egotistic when we tweet something, or post a video on YouTube or check-in using someone’s address on Foursquare. It’s just what we do now, no matter whether we’re heading out for dinner or witnessing a massacre on an Army base. Like Lord of the Flies, or the Stanford Prison Experiment, as long as we’re all losing our perspective at the same time – which, as a generation growing up with social media we are – then we don’t realise that our humanity is leaking away until its too late.

Chuck Olsen chimes in:

I think your cautionary warning is a good one. We should take a step back and consider our shifting personal and social boundaries.

That doesn’t mean you should condemn the entirety of citizen journalism, and in fact you haven’t presented a case for that. I co-founded a citizen journalism non-profit called The UpTake, and we’re proud to have produced stories not seen elsewhere, either because corporate media outlets didn’t have enough monetary interest (MN senate recount) or we simply had more people on the street with cameras (RNC).

A single eyewitness twitter report from inside an army base, or a single child’s statement that his brother was in the balloon — unverified reports from a single source should always be met with healthy skepticism.

We simply have more raw news and opinion streaming over and around us. We have to be smarter news consumers and triangulate the truth.

EPIC FAIL by CNN. WTF?!? spiegelman: House passes healthcare...

Zadi Diaz — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 20:51:29 -0800

EPIC FAIL by CNN. WTF?!?

spiegelman:

House passes healthcare reform bill, CNN relegates story to sidebar while Jenny Craig mom gets center billing (plus bigger headline and twice the column width).

The Golden Age of Video: AWESOME video mashup by Ricardo...

Zadi Diaz — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 20:44:37 -0800

The Golden Age of Video: AWESOME video mashup by Ricardo Autobahn!

http://www.ricardoautobahn.co.uk

(via spraynetdotcodotuk)

Big Ant International have won a Gold Pencil for Design (Public...

Zadi Diaz — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 20:35:32 -0800

Big Ant International have won a Gold Pencil for Design (Public Service Poster) at the One Show Design Awards held this week. Four posters were designed to wrap around poles, campaigning for an end to the war in Iraq…

(via ericmortensen:banalitycheck:brooklynmutt / What Goes Around Comes Around)

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Fri, 06 Nov 2009 00:00:00 PST

50 Common Mac Problems Solved | Mac|Life
The Ultimate Mac troubleshooting guide. Very helpful. It's already helped clear up a few things on my system.

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Fri, 23 Oct 2009 00:00:00 PDT

Tactical Technology Collective
An international NGO helping human rights advocates use information, communications and digital technologies to maximize the impact of their advocacy work.
Federico García Lorca, Poemas sueltos.
Este es el prólogo... "Dejaría en este libro toda mi alma. Este libro que ha visto conmigo los paisajes y vivido horas santas..."

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Thu, 22 Oct 2009 00:00:00 PDT

Find Twitter Apps for the iPhone, Blackberry, Web & More
Just be careful where you give out you password.
Find images online by sketching them out

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Thu, 08 Oct 2009 00:00:00 PDT

Video WTF
A collaboratively moderated place to ask and answer questions about video cameras, editing, production, publishing, promotion, etc.

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Sun, 27 Sep 2009 00:00:00 PDT

280 Slides - Create & Share Presentations Online
Pretty sweet way to create presentations online. Publish to Slidehare, email as a PowerPoint doc, or get a permanent link and embed url. Nice.

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Sat, 19 Sep 2009 00:00:00 PDT

Female Directors, Still A Scarce Movie Commodity : NPR
"...an unusually high number of films made by women are in distribution in theaters around the country right now — which is to say, there are seven." -- Wow, we have to change this. Quickly.

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Thu, 17 Sep 2009 00:00:00 PDT

Native American Names - Interactive Map
Native American words echo in the names of lakes, rivers, mountains, states, cities, and small towns across the United States. Most of these translations reflect the best scholarly opinion on the meaning of the Indian terms.