This is a very cool little project. Adam Barak is a fictional character created by McCann Digital in Israel to campaign against drug use.

What do you think of the idea?

https://www.facebook.com/Antidrugstimeline

I know that rock stars do drugs.. we all know it, but is it okay in this day and age to openly admit such life choices to your fans in a very casual way?

Here Lady Gaga admits that her friends are STONED and are urging her to take the beef bourguignon she was making out early. Now some may find it more shocking that she was cooking a beef bourguignon than doing drugs… 

My question.. is it “cool” for celebs to admit drug use by themselves and close friends with the current cultural climate?

What do you think?

So i have been thinking about this. A friends nephew passed away very young and they used quotes from him MYSPACE (this was pre-facebook) in his memorial. The myspace was then just lost/locked down because no one had a right to it. His parents had no way of letting people know on his myspace that he had passed away.

So this is my question. Can you bequeath your facebook access/ownership to someone or designate someone to manage your facebook for you once you have passed on. Being that facebook is becoming people’s living biography… wouldn’t it make sense to have the story completed or deleted based on the wishes of the person who created it?

So is there an app for this? What are the rules? Do you think it is something we really need to think about?

Taken with picplz.

Taken with picplz.

Taken with picplz.

1) Instagram: http://instagr.am/

Why: Take photos with your phone and then apply really awesome pre-made filters to them with just and share them with people. 

2) Postagram: http://postagramapp.com/

Why: This allows you to take photos from instagram OR your facebook profile or photo stream and send a really nice postcard to anyone within the USA for only 99 cents. The card has the photo perforated, so your recipient can just pop it out and keep it!

3) Sincerly Ink: http://sincerely.com/

Why: This is another post card sender that allows you to do higher end cards, like Christmas Cards using your phone photos for 1.99 each. Very personalized one on one cards. I love when digital begats real.

See the full gallery on Posterous

4) Tout: http://www.tout.com/

Why: People’s attention spans have gone from 60 seconds to 15 these days, so this is a great way to share moments in your life with friends or the general public. It takes 15 second videos and plays them in a story stream. So if you start someone’s tout at the beginning, you can see their life in 15 second moments and sort of get a digest of theme in a very visual way.

5) Hipstamatic Disposable: http://disposable.hipstamatic.com/

Hipstamatic turns your phone camera into an old timey instamatic like the one you had if you were born prior to the 90′s. This spin off of that app allows you to share a “virtual roll” of film with another user and neither of you can see the pictures till you shoot the roll and develop it. It is a great way to shoot a vacation or event and then share the pictures later and get that unexpected thrill you used to get when you had to wait to see the photos.

Some close runner ups are:

PicPlz: http://picplz.com/

Cinecam: http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/cinecam/id445584503?mt=8

Path: https://path.com/

Gowalla: http://gowalla.com/

Animoto: http://animoto.com

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So I can honestly say that I did not buy a single gift that wasn’t purchased online.

I thought about the black friday sale lines, the pushing and shoving and name calling… and decided perhaps amazon.com was a safer bet.

Everyday a new box arrives on the door step and I take it in… open it (it’s kinda like getting gifts myself, in a way…) I look it over and think about the person I am giving it to and how i hope they will love it – then I wrap it and top it with ribbons or some cut out snow flake I made and place it with the others in the music room to wait for C-day or Hannukah depending… I don’t have a tree and don’t usually get one, but I always listen to the Charlie Brown Christmas Album… i don’t know why, but it is the absolute most calming thing in the world… 

Online shopping is a commitment though. You need to read reviews. Look at lots of photos. Compare shipping costs (amazon prime is great for serious shoppers) and take into account the time it will take to arrive.

I have to admit that my fave shops are amazon.com (they should pay me for the number of times I say that) but i do love them.. they make everything easy and Wine Country Gift Baskets (.com) – a few of my friends and family got lovely treat towers and Hannukah treats that I sent out using that vendor. They have a great presentation, timely delivery and yummy treats!!!

I can’t believe that I am DONE with my holiday shopping and it isn’t even the 15th! I am so stoked. Yay for the internet.

I am also using Sincerely Ink (an iphone app) to do holiday cards. The shame of it is that I realize how few friends physical addresses I actually have handy anywhere…  

Now to think about travel arrangements.. UGH… 

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