Tuesday, August 19, 2008

GBTV #0349 (small) | GeekBrief.TV

Max Murphy is one of three teens in new media that we're really impressed with. Chris Farley and Daniel Brusilovsky are the other two. Most teens embrace social media, but the overwhelming majority prefer closed systems like Facebook and MySpace. We're impressed with Max, Chris and Daniel because they are working to master an open system where they own their own stuff.

Max produces a weekly show called Mac News Weekly. He does pretty much everything himself, although his dad runs the camera.

Who knows if Chris, Max and Daniel will continue what they've started as teens in exactly the same way. It really doesn't matter because they're learning to be their own media and to get their messages out to the world. That is cooler than a profile on Facebook could ever be. Read more

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