As ominous as "the brink" sounds as in "the brink of death"--The Brink is actually a new show on the Science Channel about the latest innovative technologies. I am intrigued by the concept and by the trend I've noticed recently where social networking sites, blog sites, tv shows and more are focussing on not just new ideas or better ideas but the best of the best and the newest of the new. And take it one step further--the ideas that will concretely change the world. Have you seen the Xprize Foundation that gives $20million to the team that can create a car that gets 100 miles or more to the gallon, is eco-friendly and is immediately marketable? Television has exhausted reality television with shows that search for the best potential mate, the top chef, the best dancer, the best clothing designer, the most innovative traveller and the smartest Fifth grader. Is the internet taking the concept of best and channelling it through these easily accessed web platforms. And the smart tv channels putting their own spin on it. Frankly, I'm pretty excited about the development.
One celebrity said not too long ago, "I'm really getting into the internet, I just wish it were more organized." I am starting to see a real organization taking place with the internet and technology. Just today I stumbled on a site called "Stumble On" that takes you to the the newest and most creative sites on the web. Delicious helps you find the best blogs and Digg helps you find the best bookmarks. "Brink" helps you find the best media. And all these "bests" are from ordinary people like you and me. It's almost overwhelming. Perhaps we are all geniuses, we just never had the platform to showcase it. :-)
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About Me
- Jean
- 1,971 miles from Nashville where my identical twin lives.
- I was raised on a Mennonite Farm in Illinois. From the cornfields I made my way to inner city Philadelphia to live and work with kids who were the poorest of the poor but the brightest kids in the world. Later I took food and clothing to the homeless and prostitutes on the streets of NYC who opened my eyes to real poverty of spirit. Later I created fundraisers for AIDS patients, taught 2nd language learners about poetry, film and beauty and finally came to higher education to meet some of the most innovative, courageous and funky grads you could ever meet--at a place called Pitzer College. I live for moments of beauty and flashes of enlightenment. Sometimes life is just burnt out ends of smokey days (T.S. Eliot)or an ordinary cup of coffee. And sometimes it's that delicious misty morning overlooking Lake Atitlan in Guatemala in 1984 that I can never get out of my head. Ever. Either way, this story is going some where. Come along, if you like.
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