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What Does Social Media Mean for the Future of Mortality? [VIDEO]
With 48 hours of video being uploaded to YouTube every minute, 200 million tweets being posted every day and the average Facebook user creating 90 pieces of content each month, this generation is publishing an unprecedented amount of data that will live in the cloud indefinitely — even after we’re gone. Back in July at TED Global in Edinburgh, Scotland (which I also covered for Mashable ), I gave a 5-minute talk about the implications that the social media boom will have on the future of mortality, and what might become possible as technology’s ability to understand and process the hundreds of thousands of pieces of content we’re creating in our lifetimes continues to grow exponentially. In my talk, I discussed a number of services that are already emerging for figuring out what happens to our online identity and social media accounts after we die , as well as a couple of examples of how people are already planning their digital legacy.
Apple Product Design: 35 Years of Consumer Electronics [INFOGRAPHIC]
When it comes to industrial design, few consumer electronics or computer makers have the legacy or influence of Apple, Inc . In the last 35 years, Apple has introduced a myriad of products and devices, some very successful , some, not so much . Artist Mike Vasilev created this infographic for Mashable , highlighting the major Apple product releases and design changes from 1976 through 2011. With rumors of the iPhone 5 , iPhone 6 and a smaller, lower-cost iPhone all spreading through the technosphere, we feel certain that at least one more item will be added to the “redesign” list before 2011 closes out.
It was another busy weekend here at Mashable, with social media, technology, media and mobile, design and development, things comic and noble. Now that we’ve got the semi-poetry out of the way (it must be this humidity getting to us), let’s just say we’ve been packing more stories into our weekend coverage lately. We informed you about the latest news and views, and this weekend we also went in-depth about topics you care about such as Google+, Mac OS X Lion and the space shuttle’s final mission.
Weekend Recap: 28 Stories You May Have Missed
There are many videos that are created using pure 100% motion graphics and they’re great, but the only reason most of them exist is for the eye candy. Usually they are demonstrations of a designer’s talent, or an intro for a TV show or extra clips for a film — but motion graphic designer Patrick Clair decided to take a different approach and put his talent to the test. He makes videos that look at some of the most controversial topics in the business world, and turns them into beautiful motion graphic visualizations — but yet they are so entertaining to watch, and learn a bunch about some really disturbing true facts.
Disturbingly true facts told through motion graphic visualization - Okay Geek