Friday, October 2, 2009 at 8:44AM | Brad Williamson ...so please excuse the silence around here. Once http://Lifeca.st is up and running, fresh content will be slapped on there on the reg - no doubt about it.
Wurd =)
Lifeca.st Tuesday, August 25, 2009 at 9:16AM | Brad Williamson Scientific American recently released an article about how parasocial relationships - one sided pseudo-relationships we develop over time with people or characters we experience on TV or in the movies - are able alleviate feelings of loneliness.
Well, if Virtual Biographies™ were mainstream by now, they, too, would be included in that list of parasocial mediums which are able to cure the uncomfortableness of feeling companionless.
Tuesday, August 18, 2009 at 8:55AM | Brad Williamson What exactly is the approach of Hollywood/Web programs that are able to push you into believing that there's a mysterious element of its makeup that's able to get you love-drunk on its artistic design?
They know how to entertain your subconscious.
Art, Entertainment, Mad Men, Matthew Weiner, Subconcsious Saturday, August 1, 2009 at 8:15AM | Brad Williamson Have you ever lost a loved one who was a dedicated Facebooker or MySpacer? It's likely that while they were alive, you would follow every one of their digital days to find out what they've been up to. Why? Because it was fun; it was engaging; you felt closer to them, even though many miles often separated the two of you.
But then they died. Suddenly, their real-time status updates were gone; new blog posts were gone; the fresh-faced pictures that reminded you they were still alive were gone...
Never again would your relationship with your loved one be the same as it was before.
Death, Facebook, MySpace, Virtual Biography, Virtual Life Thursday, July 16, 2009 at 7:05AM | Brad Williamson Traditional book-format autobiographies and biographies are slowly burning from the brightness of your computer screen's monitor, as public figures begin to move to the Web to tell the stories behind their thoughts and experiences, in real-time. No longer will we have to endure five-year intervals between updated versions of a celebrity's literary life story to learn the "truths" of what their moments away from the spotlight have been like, because these famed individuals will be taking advantage of the Net's collection of storytelling services and tools to dish out the details of their days, as they happen.
