Tuesday, December 16, 2008
Bush shoe-throwing meme
In internet land, yesterday's news is today's viral web hit, especially when it involves a chance to poke fun at US President George Bush.
Within hours of the now infamous shoe-throwing incident - or "shoegate", as it was inevitably labelled - online hoons began remixing the footage into funny animated images and at least two online games.
Full story here: Bush shoe throwing footage goes viral
Bush shoe-throwing meme
In internet land, yesterday's news is today's viral web hit, especially when it involves a chance to poke fun at US President George Bush.
Within hours of the now infamous shoe-throwing incident - or "shoegate", as it was inevitably labelled - online hoons began remixing the footage into funny animated images and at least two online games.
Full story here: Bush shoe throwing footage goes viral
This item got me to thinking about how transient, changing and of the moment our information seeking society is.
We need to provide a service to meet that culture.
We need to provide services that are fun, witty, topical, engaging and innovative.
What shape that takes, I cannot say.
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