http://gavinpurcell.com Links, Thoughts and Other Stuff Tue, 28 Apr 2009 13:30:54 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en My sister-in-law is visiting from Vancouver and asked me to explain the difference between Twitter and Facebook. As I tried to explain what I saw as the difference, I found I was delving way too deep into webcentric language and was absolutely failing in helping her (a very mainstream user of ... http://gavinpurcell.com/2009/04/12/the-difference-between-twitter-facebook-for-your-relatives/ See more funny videos and funny pictures at CollegeHumor. http://gavinpurcell.com/2008/12/24/forgive-me-but-i-admire-this-greatly/ I've been enjoying CNN's recent forays into social media and watching them both struggle and succeed with how it's used. Rick Sanchez's new show on CNN launced today called "Rick Sanchez Direct" (no website guys?) and it's going to be one to watch. Real time interaction isn't something that's been done ... http://gavinpurcell.com/2008/09/09/engaging-audiences-with-twitter-cnn-doing-something-right/ I've finally found an actual use for this skelton of a blog that I've barely been keeping up - major life announcements. Long story short, I have accepted a job as Co-Producer on what will be the new version of NBC's "Late Night" starring Jimmy Fallon and have left my post ... http://gavinpurcell.com/2008/08/21/moving-on-leaving-aotsg4la-for-late-nightnbcnyc/ I've been producing live TV for over four years now, the last two years or so of which has been spent thinking about humor and comedy in addition to just getting the info out. That's a fair amount of time. It's not a 20+ year career but it's a decent ... http://gavinpurcell.com/2008/07/09/on-cultivating-creative-environments-where-suprises-can-happen/ I've been thinking a lot about TV lately. You can't blame me, it's what I get paid to do. Earlier this week, a study revealed that for the first time (since the study had started) that the Broadcast Networks median viewer age was 50 or above. It was also the first ... http://gavinpurcell.com/2008/07/03/is-the-golden-age-of-tv-ratings-still-in-front-of-us/ Ever wondered where all the hospitals of the world get their training devices? Wonder no more! Global Technologies provies all your basic hospital training needs from the Life/Form Prostate Exam Simulator to the Advanced Geri Manikin which for $2500 is everything you'd want in a fake old person. If I had a ... http://gavinpurcell.com/2008/07/02/global-technologies-tomorrows-fake-people-for-training-today/ I'm not a huge gun guy but there's something great about a whole lot of dudes with machine guns shooting at cars loaded with explosives for fun. Yes, there's an 8 year-old girl here who probably shouldn't be but I'm sure her parents are teaching her proper gun safety. Via Kottke. http://gavinpurcell.com/2008/06/12/insane-footage-of-oklahoma-gun-shooting-show/ So amazing. I love that music videos are still places that allow for visual experimentation. I hope that never stops. THE BPA - THE BPA 'TOE JAM' FEAT. DAVID BYRNE & DIZZEE RASCAL from Fabio Resende on Vimeo. http://gavinpurcell.com/2008/06/11/censor-bars-as-art-the-video-for-toe-jam/ Sometimes we make some okay TV stuff. Every once in a while we go big. I loved this. Big thanks to Mike Shaw & Jonathan Mann, both of whom just killed this. http://gavinpurcell.com/2008/05/08/yes-we-shall-my-latest-favorite-thing-we-made-on-aots/