Innovation Incubator

If there's anything that makes our simple project stand out among the flying cars, it has to do with thinking like this (from the article):

"[David] Bohrman, [Washington bureau chief for CNN], said he had been surprised by how few questions there were about Iraq, how broad the age range was of the questioners and how many of the videos showed a person just talking into the camera. He said that although he had expected some flashy production values and backgrounds, the simplicity of those submitted made him think more about the question."

1. Just because mainstream media pumps Iraq news (somewhat justifiably) to us 24/7 doesn't mean that that is the only issue that people care about (although that does contrast with McCombs and Shaw's agenda setting theory). There are a lot of things that people would like to communicate with their elected leaders about.

2. While CNN works on its new interlude graphics and snazzy anchor backdrops (and is baffled that citizen journalists aren't doing the same), you don't need that kind of shit to make a point -- in fact, flashy production is distracting. No revolutions have begun because of a video. Text is revolutionary.

If there's anything that makes our simple project stand out among the flying cars, it has to do with thinking like this (from the article):

"[David] Bohrman, [Washington bureau chief for CNN], said he had been surprised by how few questions there were about Iraq, how broad the age range was of the questioners and how many of the videos showed a person just talking into the camera. He said that although he had expected some flashy production values and backgrounds, the simplicity of those submitted made him think more about the question."

1. Just because mainstream media pumps Iraq news (somewhat justifiably) to us 24/7 doesn't mean that that is the only issue that people care about (although that does contrast with McCombs and Shaw's agenda setting theory). There are a lot of things that people would like to communicate with their elected leaders about.

2. While CNN works on its new interlude graphics and snazzy anchor backdrops (and is baffled that citizen journalists aren't doing the same), you don't need that kind of shit to make a point -- in fact, flashy production is distracting. No revolutions have begun because of a video. Text is revolutionary. (Or, in this case, I guess video that acts like text is revolutionary).