The indies to become a major; the participatory decepticon; hyperactivity as survival adaptation; virtual Birmingham …

• 1 – How Batch Processing Made Me 10 Times More Productive
  “When life gets busy I need systems and structure to keep on track. In fact putting boundaries in place around different activities allows me to be quite impulsive and creative in those times …” I think I’ve been grasping toward this.
  (tags: scheduling work freelance productivity processing batch)
• 2 – Indies: The Fifth Major Label?
  “Signing to a major label shouldn’t be the only way artists can get paid for their music by these and other services. Merlin, a multi-national non-profit [...] aims to change this, and has the clout to do so.”
  (tags: Merlin non-profit conglomerate label indie business music)
• 3 – The Participatory Decepticon
  “The initial result of the combination of easy video documentation and political polarization can be summed up in two words: “Macaca Moment.”" Ouch. Still, should make things more interesting, no? (I jest.)
  (tags: media citizen social sousveillance hacking editing video politics)
• 4 – Did hyperactivity evolve as a survival aid for nomads?
  “A gene mutation tied to attention deficit hyperactive disorder (ADHD) is also associated with increased weight among a chronically undernourished group of nomads called the Ariaal.” Hmmm.
  (tags: hyperactivity lifestyle nomadic genetics evolution adaptation ADHD)
• 5 – Not Possible IRL: Geek heaven: A wiz-bang geo-coded map
  “… a geo-coded map within Second Life® that enables you to explore a scaled 3D version of Birmingham, UK in-world, access geo-tagged BBC and CNN World News, and more.”
  (tags: Birmingham metaverse visualisation maps mashup SecondLife)
• 6 – DiYBio: A Homebrew Club for Biogeeks
  “Calling themselves the DiYBio Club, they had their first meeting last month to talk about biology hobbyists and backyard labs. And they’ve started a blog.” Ribofunkadelic!
  (tags: DIY ribofunk hobbyist geek science homebrow hacking biotech)