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Playing With Prezi

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Super cool presentations with Prezi!

I was recently pointed at Prezi the new new thing in presentations and was instantly impressed by the eye-candy and then, on following their online demo stuff, even more impressed by the potential for presenting information of various kinds in a way that allows the viewer to see everything, move through logically or jump to something interesting and drill down. (h/t to@otfrom for the tip)

In an effort to understand it a little better I’ve been having a play. To speed up the process I have migrated (er, ish)  a ppt I did to support a speech I made at Toastmasters introducing Getting Things Done. The original ppt is available on slideshare here. The prezi is below, follow it through step by step or go mad clicking, zooming and swooping about. Bear in mind the original ppt was done to support an actual presentation not to simply be browsed.

That’s my best, er only, effort to date. For something truly cool, check out this one (not mine)… http://prezi.com/iwthettnve9q/

The Future Of: Music

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The above video (or rather a link to it) turned up in my inbox not so long ago with a message from a rather cynical friend that suggested that it was worth a look. Having watched it I continued and watched a few more of her videos on YouTube before, by this point totally hooked, eventually ending up at her myspace page.

At which point I was presented with the offer that if I sent 20 USD via paypall I would recieve a CD in a handmade felt pouch. So I sent my 20 bucks to a person I don’t know in the States, subscribed in YouTube (my first subscription BTW) and went about my business.

A couple of weeks later (my post goes via the UK then to China) I had in my hand a lovely green felt pouch containing a CD. Priceless.

Which reminded me of Seth Godin‘s point in the awesome book Tribes, and he’s by no means a unique voice here, that as long as you are not trying to cling desparately to an obsolete view of the world, then now is an amazingly  great time to be involved with making, distributing or enjoying music.