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What happens when technology and love say ‘I do’? What was the courtship like leading up to it? What does its present and future mean? We are eager to share and hear what you have to say about this interesting junction of people and machines during our upcoming screening tour. With the film, our objective is to engage audiences in conversations and action about themes explored in "Predictable But Fun," such as: technology as a socializing tool, the life-partner concept, contemporary love and other digit@living topics. And although our roots are academic (the film was inspired by research work from MIT, Media Laboratory) we have branched out and hope to offer you some modern exploration along with laughter and of course>>FUN! |
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Offline Multiplayers: Even the most ‘techy’ are going old-school. Silicon Valley entrepreneurs in companies suchvas Facebook, StumbleUpon and LinkedIn have found low-tech entertainment in the board game Settlers of Catan. Playing casually and in tournaments has become a way for employees to socialize and relax. Catan’s strategies for building settlements are similar to the skills necessary to running a start-up, so it’s easy to see the appeal and FUN in this unPREDICTABLE [shall we say old- fashioned] form of entertainment. [Source: Wall Street Journal] |
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Old McDonald had a farm: The simplicity of the great outdoors is invading our Facebook newsfeeds with Zynga’s game application FarmVille. Apparently all y’all are wearing your virtual overalls and harvesting some crops, because FarmVille is on the top of the App leaderboard with 73,651,676 monthly active users. We hope this cold snap in the weather doesn’t harm your veggies! [Source: Appdata.com] |
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Not SEXting, CLUting: Looking to join the tech-savvy, Hasbro has introduced a new version of the board game Clue which integrates cell phone text-messaging in game play. The new CLUE allows players to check in at Hasbro HQ and continue their mission activity via text. We Hope Agent Scarlet and Agent Mustard have unlimited texting plans! [Source: NYTimes Gadgetwise] |
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Doing much SEXting lately? To participate in the dialog and be part of a screening event, |
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When Technology and Love Say: Comeback
Submitted by Predictable But Fun on Wed, 02/03/2010When Technology and Love Say: eCards
Submitted by Predictable But Fun on Tue, 12/29/2009| We’ve been using them since we use email to send our thank-yous, hellos, happy birthdays, new-years wishes and get wells to those near and far. Whether it’s to save paper, money or avoid the taste of licking an envelope eCards provide yet another outlet for digital communication and online connections. In our series, with greetings of the season filling our mailboxes, we take a look at eCards. Here is some insight on this season's hot eCards options, numbers and trends. | |||||
| eCards 2009: With a personalized eCard created using the Sketch app on the Nokia N900, you can swap the colored pencils, glitter, and glue from your craft kit and still express the warm and fuzzies of a “handmade” greeting. YES? This video demo shows that with a little imagination, you can send your friends an eCard via e-mail. | eCards 2009: If you’re looking for an unPREDICTABLE way to send some FUN, this 3D Intel sponsored eCard is an option. You may want to give the relatives a heads up prior to sending, though! Jim, one of our interns – his parents were a bit startled when they saw him getting jiggy with it. |
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| eCards # 1999: At the brisk of the new millennium, among the top web properties of 1999 was the Blue Mountain Arts eCard site with 12 million unique visitors. Blue Mountain Arts joined the digital world in 1996 with 100 different winter holiday greeting cards. This site is still with us providing over 1,000 eCard designs via their internet domain and as a service of American Greetings Interactive. [Sources: technologizer.com Fundinguniverse.com ] |
eCards # 2009: Online cards are as popular as always 10 years later. For example, by switching their strategy to focus on e-cards JibJab has gained in a sizable audience forking over $12 for an annual subscription. JibJab won't disclose subscriber numbers, but more than 80 million [!!!] JibJab cards have been shared in this fourth quarter alone so far. [Source: USA Today] |
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Ever sent an eCard to the person sitting in the cubicle next to you?
When Technology and Love Say "I do"
Submitted by Predictable But Fun on Thu, 12/17/2009| With the In·ter·net, we are able to look into trends, directions, and conversations through an enormous amount of available information. It may be 3-or-30-clicks-away, but it’s there waiting for us like unwrapped holiday gifts. Whether we want to be nostalgic or up to date, the web offers ways to be connected with just about anything on our wish list of facts, people, news, gossip, events, and FUN. In this recurring series of posts, we’ve married the themes of contemporary love and digital living while looking at relevant numbers, statistics and information. We’ll mix it up from post to post, so be sure to check back! | |
| @The Movies: at the box office - last weekend - when it comes to movies about love, relationships, or technology, it is clear to us that the folks at ‘Walt Disney Pictures’ were timing the release of "The Princess and the Frog" just in time for us to launch this post! This Jazz Age-era fairy tale in New Orleans includes magic, princes, and a frog to boot! Also, the new Sandra Bullock movie "The Blind Side" continues to do well, taking the second spot this week. However, with all this love, family and relationship goodness in the air, something tells us things will change this week…anybody need an Avatar? [Source: IMBD-Top Charts] |  |
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| M@trimony: In November 1969 our love affair with the web was made a technological possibility – yes the web is in its 40 - and since then we’ve all been making our way down the virtual aisle to become connected. But what about a real couple that said “I do” this time 40 years ago? How they turned out? The original “Pretty woman” Audrey Hepburn tied the knot 40 years ago. In 1969 she married Italian psychiatrist Andrea Dotti. The two met on a cruise (we think there was a sunset as well, but we are not sure). During their marriage Dotti had several affairs with younger women.The marriage lasted thirteen years and ended when Hepburn felt her children were old enough to handle life with a single mother. [Source: Wikipedia] | |
| @The Movies: at the box office - 10 years ago - one of the top movies at the box office about love, relationships, or technology was “American Beauty” The drama deals with a mid-life crisis, suburbia-disturbia culture, and a husband and wife in a perfect house in a perfect neighborhood with a not-so-perfect life. [Source The-numbers Top Charts] | |
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Any of these surprising to you? |
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