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January 10, 2009

The History of the Internet

While I had heard of DARPA inventing the internet somewhat, this is a pretty good animation of how the actual evolution happened from computer to internal network to international standard that we now take for granted.

History of the Internet from PICOL on Vimeo.

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November 11, 2008

RiP: a Remix Manifesto

Seems like a solid video project on the evolution of remix culture.

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October 19, 2008

Great Video - "Vote for Hope" by MC Yogi

Obama '08 - Vote For Hope from MC Yogi on Vimeo.

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September 28, 2008

Language of My Reality - through TubeMogul

After 3 years, I finally uploaded a video version of "Language of My Reality" through TubeMogul to Youtube, MySpace, and others. The best part about TubeMogul is that you only have to submit to one place, then it automatically submits to multiple sites and allows you to track metrics across all of them.

Read the full lyrics if interested.

Language of My Reality
by Colin Mutchler
2005

I am speaking the language of my reality,
images expressed, the distinctions between
my experience of moments of illegality
and the slanted views of they mean.

to me it’s about the choices we’re making,
the lives we're leading,
and the futures we’re creating

we are a generation raised on media
an image nation that sees the biased news, the many truths,
and yeah, buys sweatshop shoes

whose stories are being told,
whose stories are still owned by the ten o’clock blues?
and whose stories am I telling in my privileged shoes?

white, hippy, suburban, family, business, pharmaceutical industry,
dollars and stress, and love
that paid my way, sourced my days.

you see if we want to move forward
we need to acknowledge and build on the past.

so whether we shoot, or speak, or edit, or click through media,
we choose the direction of his encyclopedia, his story
which is becoming our story,

as we gain the power to lead the interpretation,
license the information, and
be the strategic communication
that hears competing views
and reconstructs the worlds’ truths.

I say that I'm a strong and powerful leader for love and freedom,
but behind the fear and the confusion
and the judgement and the stess
I see fighting images of beats and breath.

yes, things seem to be breaking down,
from church boy confessions and corporate transgressions,
to tommy and grandma getting sued as a copyright lesson,
and quote “men of peace” using solders and weapons,
yes these are the days of break down, break through
a time of forgiveness, to begin again,
truth and reconciliation

yes I am speaking the language of my reality,
images expressed, the distinctions between
my experience of moments of illegality
and the slanted views of what they mean.

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These lyrics are licensed with a Creative Commons Attribution license.
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.5/

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September 27, 2008

Internet Dream - Music Video from 2003

Internet Dream is a song and video about my love and dreams for the internet. The words were written while I was teaching at Public School 7 (K-6th grade) in East Harlem. The images were gathered from some of my own photographs, as well as some public domain photos and screen shots of websites.

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