This site Justin's Links appears in Vanity Fair magazine October 2014, in an article by Walter Isaacson "The Great Connectors." Isaacson penned a series of articles, drawn from his work on the book The Innovators about the twenty years since the birth of the web. He included me in his research, and I made an animated gif of his shorthand when Isaacson and I met up in October 2013:
For the last few minutes of our meeting Isaacson agreed to an interview, about The Innovators and his career as a storyteller, preacher, manager - YouTube, Facebook, or Flickr.
It's an honor to be included and I look forward to reading The Innovators - I had a terrific time reading Isaacson's Steve Jobs biography, as I was still reeling from a failed leadership attempt at GameLayers. I've handled a copy and I'm plumb-tickled they included a photo of me and Howard freaking up a page with Tim Berners-Lee and Marc Andresson.
So Hail, visitors - new and returning alike. I'm grateful for your attention! My hard work lately has been videos, mostly up on YouTube.com/justinslinks. Otherwise, this web site proceeds through various orifices, including this rather large one.
This uptick in external attention urges me to finish my film about my time on the web. To animate my presence in the infosphere whilst I canoodle video storytelling, I present
a jazzy #20links trailer posted to Vine:
a jazzy #20links trailer posted to Instagram:
This 6 second, 40k speed video event includes a sped up music sample from Harry Roy and His Mayfair Hotel Orchestra - Tumbling Tumbleweeds free music from the Internet Archive.
This article was quite helpful in exporting video for Vine vs. Instagram. Knowledge like that is not precious forever, but for now - fun to launch a blipvert for 20 Links.
"20 Links" is a nickname. The core yearning that animated my exploration of the web thus far defies a pithy title. I have been experimenting with all manner of story-bending systems to distill my truth to tell:
Story-bending at a micro and now a macro level! More details to follow, fingers willing.
