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2010,
18:41 GMT
Peep in the News: ChatRoulette
Posted by: Hal
Everything I think I’ve hit the ultimate peep phenomenon, the one thing that totally conveys everything there is to convey about Peep Culture, something new comes up.
In this case, it’s ChatRoulette, a site that is spawning all kinds of articles, blog posts and states of excitement. On ChatRoulette you are connected to a random human being somewhere, anywhere, with a webcam. You stare at each other. You chat or, more likely, someone hits next.
Here’s a good piece that basically describes the experience.
Obviously ChatRoulette is pure Peep – you watch, interact, take what you can out of someone else’s life (while giving what you can of yours) and then you change the channel before you get bored or sucked in. This isn’t the future of the ‘net it’s the future of pop culture – more immediate, more interactive, more compelling, more fun, more disturbing, than anything they could ever green light in some corporate board room. And, like all things Peep, this particular entertainment phenomenon raises far more questions – moral, social, existential – than most of us want to deal with in the course of trying to have some fun without leaving the house.
Here are some screen-shots from a BuzzFeed page that feature a ton of ChatRoulette images.
2010,
14:38 GMT
Hal live today on Wisconsin Public Radio
Posted by: Hal
Hey everyone, I’ll be discussing Peep Culture and taking calls on Wisconsin Public Radio today at 11 am est. Listen in online at http://www.wpr.org/
2010,
14:32 GMT
Deathmatch Semi-Final is Neck in Neck in Final Stretch
Posted by: Hal
Wow, with just the weekend to go for voting, it’s Abel’s story of drugs and an angry man-bear at 51% and Dupcak’s tale of drugs, sex and performance art at 49%. What a round! North America’s no-holds-barred short story contest continues! Go read the stories and vote right now at the Broken Pencil Indie Writers Deathmatch!
2010,
21:02 GMT
The Indie Writers Deathmatch is Now On
Posted by: Hal
Broken Pencil Magazine’s Indie Writers Deathmatch is in full swing with two stories in heated competition with each other. This is the innovative online writing competition fight to the finish brought to you by Broken Pencil: the magazine of zine culture and the independent arts! Check it here out right now! I’m the moderator for the first round!
http://www.brokenpencil.com/deathmatch/
2010,
21:35 GMT
Quick Update on Peep the Movie
Posted by: Hal
A lot of people have been asking what the status is of the Peep documentary. The status is that the good people of Chocolate Box Entertainment are working hard on it in the editing suite. The next big date will be February 3rd, when we are having a full day meeting to watch what they have so far — which, according to director Sally, may be as long as 4 hours! Wow 4 hours of Hal. That might be too much, even for me! In the meantime, I’ll post so more excerpts from the logs of the surveillance cameras, if you missed the first one it’s here. And just because, here’s the original Peep trailer.
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