Some people might call it destiny or pre-destiny or karma... but I call it syncronicity... or is it the singularity. :)
The point is there's a certain sort of inevitability... like a chain reaction when a liquid meats critical mass. When youg get a whole munch of molecules moving really fast and they're REALLY well connecteded things just start to happen. Some people jokingly say "great people thing alike" It doesn't really matter who was the first to think of it just so long as it happens. For example the aha moment for mee in this space was when I left comments regarding an idea I had for a piece of software that aggregated video via RSS on Chuck Olsen's blog. I'd been discussing it with my closed circle of friends for months before I left that comment. Two weeks later Fireant came out and it was exactly what I'd described. Certainly some other key members of fireant were also participating in that discussion, but was fireant the result of my comment outlining how the software would work? Absolutely not, would be silly to think it. It takes more than two weeks to develop a piece of software most obviously... they'd already been working on it. Come to find out Josh Kinberg had been working on a protype he called vipodder for as many as six months prior. About that same time Kenyatta created an HTMl mockup that would inspire Peter Van DIjck to create mefeedia. It's simply a sort of synchronicity. In cyberspace we wear our ideas on our sleave... our IDEAS not our faces are our face in cyberspace. Nooone knows this better then bloggers. Threfore it is inevitable in this primordial stew of ideas that like ideas... or people with like ideas like molecules will bump into oneanother. In other words it matters not wether LisaNova found her way to MadTV do to your offhand comment ... heh, maybe it caused them to take a second look at her... or wether it had no effect whatsoever and your brilliant sub-conscious powers of perception percieved some connection between what LisaNova was doing on Youtube and what MadTV does. Indeed there is some cross-polenation there right? Some parrellel asthetic or theme. Anyway, it's always, always, always a beautifull thing. I will always think of it as "inevitability" myself. If something was meant to happen it will happen in this space. The grownd is too fertile for ideas not to grow into tangible realities, the people and ideas to well connected... the molecules moving to fast bouncing of one another like pinballs until they finally start sticking to oneanother ... and don't get me started on the amount of mixed metaphors... one of them has to make sense. :) I truely believe what it all comes down to is a critical mass of what's called "social capital". Social capital the foundation of the social economy. It is trust, visibility, connectivity, mobility, shared history and so many other things. If you look at the old chart Maslow's Hierarchy of needs social capital comes right after the basic necessities. Food, Shelter, Water, Cothing... security... then comes the social needs... it is only on top of these social needs that the everyday economics we call the free market system can function. It's can be as simple as a friend asking you "heh, I need to get the oil changed on my car you know anyone?"... that they know you and you might now a mechanic... and that you're connected enough via IM or phone... or mobile enough to ask the question in person... the whole 6 degrees of seperation thing... the connectivity... means that you can likely refer them to a good mechanic and they know you well enough they can trust that this mechanic is a good one. This is pretty much exactly the sort of thing with you Harold and LisaNova. It's not unfathomable that a person would get multiple referrals to the same company, or mechanic or whatever. -Mike mefeedia.com mmeiser.com/blog On 2/19/07, Harold Johnson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > A) Not even 1% > > B) I would have IF I HAD ONE! :D > > Since posting this info. to this group, I've since discovered that LisaNova > (real name Lisa Donovan) previously auditioned for MadTV, but was rejected > until recently. Still don't know if my reminder had any influence at all on > her hiring, but you know what they say about the butterfly's movements...you > know, the Butterfly Effect? Maybe my little wingflapping was just the extra > nudge the cast of MadTV needed to hear in order to make a decision... > > Seriously, I'm not in the belief that my part in this truly made any > difference. Still, you never know who's discussing you, and who they're > discussing you with... > > Harold > > On 2/17/07, Bill Cammack <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > A) Did you get your 10%? :D > > > > B) Next time mention YOUR OWN SHOW! :D > > > > --- In videoblogging@yahoogroups.com <videoblogging%40yahoogroups.com>, > > "Harold Johnson" > > > > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > So listen to this, guys -- I've just got to share this 'cause I just > > found > > > this out and I'm still kind of spinning on it. I know someone > > (well, just > > > barely) who has a boyfriend who's a regular on Mad TV. So about two > > weeks > > > ago I'm talking to her about YouTube, and I mention this LisaNova, a > > > self-described vlogger who's got a huge following in that community. > > This > > > acquaintance asks me what's so special about LisaNova? and I > > describe her > > > talent, the community that's pulling for her, etc. Today I find that > > > LisaNova has now been cast on Mad TV. Coincidence? > > > > > > Harold > > > > > > > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > > > > > > > > > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > > > > Yahoo! Groups Links > > > >
