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The Magnum Photo collective which harks way back to the heady 1947 Henri-Cartier Bresson heyday has hit perfect pitch with their use of digital media for Magnum In Motion. A just-released series of visual essays by some of the fearless, adrenaline-hungry photo journalists who furnish us year in year out with seminal, hair-raising visual insights from all corners of our charred humanity. With evocative oral narratives by the auteurs themselves, historical landmarks like the nuances of the civil rights struggle, pervasive and ultra-violent gang culture, or the relentless, bloody hell of occupied Iraq, take on a deeply poignant, personal depth. Could it be that simplicity - less of the widgets / gadgets / whatsits that we're seeing in web docs - make for a more immersive experience?

Where did all web developers go? We've been searching high and low for a creative Medior/Senior Web Developer to work with our team of designers, animators and programmers on exciting upcoming projects for Submarine and SubmarineChannel in Amsterdam. Job description in Dutch only for now.

We love that a woman finally won Best Director - kinda crazy that it has taken so very long. Other goosebumping moments were The New Tenants for short film (though we were rooting for The Door which was shot in radioactive Pripyat). And of course Logorama for best animated short (hey, we called it a month ago! Psychic? Mais oui!). Did anyone spot the Oscar statuette in the movie?

We spent yesterday growing brain cells at a post-digital geek fest about a few of our favourite things: from a fan-powered Madonna music video to bottom-up buildings in Deustchland, crowd-sourcing, collaboration and participation were the order of the day. We particularly enjoyed the illicit thrill of critiquing the speakers via Twitter as Tweets were projected in real time onto giant screens flanking said speakers! Naughty naughty (but handy for crowd-sourcing iPhone chargers in the nick of time). Back to the matter at hand though: outstanding highlights were the beautiful and inspiring Sochi project and the closing speech by cool geek and all-round special person Chris O'Shea.

Ooh we love discovering blindingly brilliant talent from the fringes of interactive society! This Angelo Plessas fellow has been busily falling outside our radar for a while it seems, but we´re onto you now buster! Just loving the playful, visual bombshells of his recent works, particularly fond of the proportion/ perception wizardry of On Top of the Empire and the eyeballing clown-stix of See Me As An Angel.

Via Zolton at LostAtEMinor.     

Us SubmarineChannelers went on a little outing last night to a fancy old-school theatre, where a host in patent leather shoes and a dickie-bow took to the stage to MC through the night of YouTube selects to a packed audience of discerning, middle-aged theatre-goers. They were totally loving the sensation of watching viral favourites like the grandma vs 2-girls-one-cup reaction video, the old Thriller in Manila prison favourite, and the incredible, hair-raising buffalo safety in numbers baby rescue S.O.S in the comfort of a crowded theatre. Are these fancy YouTube en masse screenings happening elsewhere or is it just Amsterdamage?