1. A-Trak & Zinc – Stingray (A-Trak Intro Edit)
2. Monkey Safari – Fat Papa (Country Club Remix)
3. NT89 – Voices
4. Kwanzaa Posse – Musika (Ralph Falcon and Oscar Gaetan Murk Miami Mix)
5. Samuel Dan – Let Me See You
6. Claptone – Cream
7. NTFO & Rhadow – Don’t Stop
8. Machinedrum – DDD
9. Hoshina Anniversary – Chicago
10. Wax Motif & Neoteric – Das Machines
11. Zeds Dead – Rumble In The Jungle
12. Kill Frenzy – Booty Clap
13. Epworth – Ain’t Hard
14. Djedjotronic – Walk With Me
15. Rihanna & Calvin Harris – We Found Love (Solidisco Remix)
16. Treasure Fingers & Malente – Crusaders
17. Alec Carlsson – Paris Fried Chicken (J Paul Ghetto Remix)
18. Oliver Twizt – Love Trip (David Jones Remix)
19. Martin Solveig – The Night Out (A-Trak Remix)
20. Laidback Luke, Arno Cost & Norman Doray – Trilogy
21. Boys Noize & Erol Alkan – Lemonade (Gesaffelstein Remix)
22. WhoMadeWho – Inside World (Digitalism Remix)
Foster The People’s hit song “Houdini” makes me feel so happy! This song is definitely the feel good music I like to hear after eating some fried chicken from Dinah’s Diner. My tummy is happy and now my ears are happy!
Recently, I have been migrating from Foursquare to Yelp because I think Yelp is superior in many ways. Don’t get me wrong, Foursquare is very good and I have to give credit to them for coining the term “check-in” in the world of social media. The innovation of check-ins gave Yelp, an already unique reviews based service, new wind. I really like what Yelp has done with places you’ve checked in in the past. It reminds you that last week you went to a new restaurant and asks if you want to review it. Amazing.
Another strength I see in Yelp is that it offers more information about a specific establishment. Yes, you can see who the “Duke” or “Dutchess” is (al la what Foursquare calls “Mayor”), quick tips, and addresses, but you also can see prices, in-depth reviews, and ratings. I also like the numerous profile options they have, it makes for a more rich and content driven social media hub. I want to also use Yelp as a tool to develop a writing style that I don’t ordinarily get to exercise — plus, I want to have fun! I love to eat and I live to eat!
After a few inner-discussions with myself, I have decided to attempt to make Yelp Elite 2012. I need to beef up the number of reviews I have on Yelp, but I feel that my writing style and knack for flavor are strong. I hope to make it big!
With the State of the Union Address complete, it has marked another successful crowdsourced translation project, where the database continues to grow. President Barack Obama’s State of the Union Address, which took place on January 24, 2012, is an event that included subtitles from 10+ languages within hours of its completion. I thought it was interesting since the subtitles was a community based project utilizing crowdsourcing. I have had a recent growing interest in crowdsourcing and having tasks split between a wide array of volunteers, and I wanted to see how accurate a collective of people could transcribe a speach and in such little time. For more information and the evolving transcription of this broadcast, head over to UniversalSubtitles.org. There are currently 10 languages that are 100% complete, and about 12 that are still in progress.
When I was younger, I used to go to this burger joint often (Hamburger Habit in West LA). They would have the news on all day, but muted. Naturally, the TV would put subtitles on. I realized one summer afternoon that there were many mistakes, especially for live news broadcasts. My guess is it was a recorder sitting in a room alone trying to record everything like a court reporter would. I understand that flying solo on a live broadcast and not being able to edit your text can be daunting, which is why I would see many errors during such an event. I think that having multiple people working on the same project with tasks delegated evenly (Crowdsourcing) this type of transcription is a great idea, and I would love to see what people come up with when it comes to translating events live as they happen.
One thing that comes to mind is how the selection process works, but I caution anyone in the UniversalSubtitles.org committee to tread carefully as you could potentially get rogue typists trying to undermine PBS or any other stream and/or broadcast. For a better idea on the ongoing debate of crowdsourcing, read the comments over at ArsTechnica – State of the Union Address to get Crowdsourced. This is an exciting frontier, made possible by progressive thinkers alike, as crowdsourcing gains followers, believers, and supporters.
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