Geekosystem continues the conversation the New York Times started in its article about death and Facebook and the interesting questions that arise when the two intersect. No, this isn’t an article about “internet suicide,” in which someone attempts to remove themselves from all aspects of online social networking and community. This article looks to explore how the one-employee-for-every-350,000-Facebook-users team can manage a very sensitive issue better in the future.

“At the moment, a dead person’s profile will sit unchanged (that is, unless the person’s survivors have their passwords), and it will continue to show up in the profiles and home pages of that profile’s friends. The deceased’s survivors can either have the page removed, or “memorialize” it, which requires them to fill out this form, and include a link to an obituary or news article as proof of the person’s death.

“Ms. Chin said Facebook was considering using software that would scan for repeated postings of phrases like ‘Rest in peace’ or ‘I miss you’ on a person’s page and then dispatch a human to investigate that account.

“We are testing ways to implement software to address this,” she said. “But we can’t get it wrong. We have to do it correctly.”

How do you think Facebook can best deal with this? And what do you think about the future of media technology, especially as more issues like death that were previously experienced by a small circle of people “IRL” are being experienced by an increasing number of people through online communities?

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Visit the largest indoor antique show in the nation on Sept 2nd through the 5th! You will come across artful finds from all over the world right in our Baltimore area. Admission is $12 located in the Baltimore Convention Center. Take a friend with you and explore all the different pieces of art from all over the globe.

Find/Post by Liz.

Creative Review has a really great article talking about Logo design in 2010. I love the way that they have separated out different ‘trends’, it makes you more appreciative for the logo designs within their own trend.

They state ‘Transparency in logo design has become a bona fide design tool, like type or colour, not a trend. It’s too ubiquitous anymore to be considered a direction: it just is.’. I’m really interested in when this happened. You see re-branding happening pretty often nowadays, and if you pay attention you do see transparency and negative space being highly utilized.

If you look at the examples they give of innovative logos, you’ll notice that it is not longer a play on words, but more a play on space, texture, shapes, and your own mind. Advertisers and designers are counting on you to sort of fill in the blanks they have left us. They are creating puzzles within design, and allowing us to come to our own conclusions. Advertising and design is no longer an in your face approach, and it ponders the question: What’s next?

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If I Knew Then What I Know Now: Advice for Young Creatives

“Never content to accept conventional wisdom, creatives love to learn things the hard way. But is it absolutely necessary? We chatted with a handful of 99% Conference attendees about the things they wished someone had told them when they were just starting out. A shortlist of the takeaways: never sacrifice what you love, find great collaborators and share your ideas, learn how to say no and stay focused, and always, always stick to your guns.”

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I just finished the back of the Welcome Week 2010 shirt. Let’s hope the Iron Man mask is not too creepy!

YAY!

Click through to a video of the Threadless Founders talking about The Do-First Work Ethic

“Jeffrey Kalmikoff and Jake Nickell, the masterminds behind the hugely successful, crowd-sourced t-shirt design website Threadless, chart their changing working styles and mindsets throughout eight years of partnership. Their “Do-First Work Ethic” encompasses virtues like: staying scrappy, being 100% reactive to your community, embracing a DIY approach, learning from failure, and always (always) taking the first step.”

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Talking Heads “Burning Down the House” (via BVMTValternative)

Playing now in commonvision.