Matthew Leavitt

I want to give you my virus!

Archive for October, 2009

What I’ve Done, Where I’m Going -2-

- Latest Statistics : DPhotoOCt28
Facebook : Nothing has really changed here, I am happy to see that my fans are increasing at a pretty rapid rate (well rapid for me)
Twitter : I followed about 8 more people, got some follow backs. It’s becoming hard to get followers that are not just return followers, so my next [...]

Uno Contagio // Spreading

- What Would Happen if The Internet Ceased to Be?
Cracked.com did an open call for people to photoshop what life would be like without the internet (after the riots stopped). Overall, they take internet trends and make them manual (birds flying around with messages, people in a long line for porn). It’s important to analyze [...]

What I’ve Done, Where I’m Going.

So, I have been thinking a lot about what Divorce Photography is in the spectrum or real and fake. I’m not a huge fan of lying to people saying that it is real, i’m not sure how believable that stance is in reality (c’mon these are people who probably are victims of their own emotional [...]

Un Contagion // C’est Infection!

- In App Purchases Now Available to Free Apps
Apple has now opened up their “Upgrade to Full Version” programming to free applications (that have full versions for download) instead of exiting the store and then downloading it that way. I think as far as “contagious” is concerned, when people download free apps (which they do a [...]

Divorce, Photography, & Some Stats

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Divorce Photo Stats [click to open spreadsheet]

1 Sole Contagion (but it’s still infectious)

- How Felicia Day Recruited Millions to her “Guild”
In this interview with Wired, Felica Day talks about her life in Hollywood and how her fame online has not come from her guest roles in such shows as Buffy the Vampire Slayer, but rather with her “webisode” show “The Guild”, which is a show about gamers. She [...]

2 Contagions // Week #5

1.) Interventional Innovation

Summary // This article spoke on how specific vectors of innovation an target people (specifically caregivers), into adopting certain recommendations in our society. Through advertising we are constantly becoming more blunt as ads have inherent suggestions that urge people to help the ones they love by using product X. Teachers are recommending that [...]