A talk for the Re-Connect TEDx in Linz, Austria http://tedxlinz.at/re-connect talking about the issues with social media, how we try to deal with them and what some of the real issues are.

1. The web is dead
Social media is ruining our lives! MEH!
RE/CONNECT
'Look Up' - A spoken word film for an online generation
PUTTING THE SOCIAL BACK
INTO SOCIAL MEDIA
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z7dLU6fk9QY
!
LOOK DOWN: a rhyming response to that LOOK UP viral video
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EwKpOCFiDcI
CHRIS HEILMANN (@CODEPO8) TEDX LINZ, SEP. 2014

2. THAT SOCIAL WEB AND HOW IT AFFECTS US…
Social media is ruining our lives! MEH!
'Look Up' - A spoken word film for an online generation LOOK DOWN: a rhyming response to that LOOK UP viral video
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z7dLU6fk9QY
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EwKpOCFiDcI

3. LOOK AROUND YOU; BE CURIOUS!

4. EVOLUTION OF
AVOIDING
COMMUNICATING

5. HOW RUDE ARE
WE TO TEXT AND
TWEET AROUND
ANOTHER?

6. THE NEEDS OF THE
MANY OUTWEIGH
THE NEEDS OF THE
FEW. OR THE ONE.

7. OUR LIVES, THE
ENHANCED VERSION.

8. FASTER SPEED
LEADS TO MORE
DISAPPOINTMENT

9. ADDICTION

10. INTERNET
ARGUMENT FIGHTS

11. MISPLACED
EGOMANIA…

12. REALLY BAD
IDEAS!
/r/gonewild
/r/nsfw
$ exiftool -all= nackedei.jpg

13. DIGITALLY ENHANCED LONELINESS

14. QUANTITY REPLACED QUALITY
(OR ACTUALLY CREATIVITY)

15. CONTROLLED CHAOS

16. AVOIDING VIRAL DUPLICATION

17. AVOIDING VIRAL DUPLICATION

18. SOCIAL MEDIA
DISOBEDIENCE

19. FIGHT
REDUNDANCY

20. COOKIE CUTTER
CREATIVITY CAN’T
COMPETE.

21. FIGHT
MISINFORMATION

22. BE SURPRISING.

23. PLAY PHONE
JENGA
Jaap Oostinjen - https://www.flickr.com/photos/7501670@N08/2321527307

24. KEEP YOUR EYES AND MINDS OPEN

25. FLUFFY THINGS
WORK WELL!

26. FIND THE
HIDDEN BEAUTY
IN THE OBVIOUS
P "Futz guudly furr ebbryfeeng! Eet
slyshesh! Eet dyshesh! Eet chawpz! Eet
flawpz!"
M "That's enough, Sweety."
P "Dunt yew haytz wen yew shaow uppsh
tew pardeeez an' yew nao has futz?"
M "That never happens. Ever."
P "MEEETOOOZ!!! Datz wy eef yew cawl
nao, meh frow een uvvur futz FREE!!!!"
M "No thanks."
P "Akt nao an' meh frow een pyoob-shweddur!"
M "Ew."
P "Eet mayd owt obb WUN HUNDRIDZ
PURRSHENT REEL PYOOBZ plukkd frumm
Anshunt Chyneez Warreeeyur,
handzkrafftiddz bai speshultee
Kolumbumbum shweddur artist!!"

27. FIND THE
HIDDEN BEAUTY
IN THE OBVIOUS

28. AND YOU HEAR
AMAZING STORIES…

29. DON’T LOOK UP.

30. DON’T LOOK DOWN.

31. LOOK SIDEWAYS, LEFT AND RIGHT.

32. LOOK INSIDE AND OUTSIDE,

33. LOOK AROUND YOU,

34. LOOK SILLY, LOOK SMART…

35. AND BEFORE YOU KNOW IT, YOU CAN SAY…

36. LOOK WHAT I’VE DONE!

37. THANK YOU.
!
CHRIS HEILMANN - @CODEPO8