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A serious blog on Ze's process, which unfortunately did not become a steady feature. The comments are also very insightful, including an extensive response to the "Digital Natives" post from one Howard Rheingold. See especially the posts on "Setting Expectations for Contribution-Based Projects."

The Chillout Song project was discussed at the end of Ze's 2010 Ted Talk. He enlisted some of his audience to help him create a supportive song requested by a fan. This page discusses the development of the project, provides some raw user-submitted clips, and a streaming version of the finished product.

Ze Frank's more serious 2010 TED Talk, in which he discusses a number of past and recent projects and talks about the "life" lived in technological interactions, and the great potential for creating real social and emotional connections through online networks.

"It was a lark, to begin with. A Dinosaur Comic, a few messageboard posts, and all of a sudden so many people had so many good ideas that it seemed natural to put a book together."

They made #1, and accidentally knocked Glenn Beck's book to #3 on its first day of sales. http://machineofdeath.net/a/gb-audio

Following our discussion on Thursday (10/28) about maps and such...

Most museums rely on donations for their collections, but this new museum takes a radical social media-inspired approach.