Other words which were up for the prestigious award were sexting (sending sexual photos via cellphone), funemployment (doing stupid stuff while unemployed), hashtag (from Twitter), and deleb (a dead celebrity).
Deleb is a new one. Never heard or read anybody using that one. I think Oxford Dictionary made that one up themselves.
The first time I heard of Diane Birch was at the Mat Kearney concert I was at in September. Her performance there was pretty great and her voice was even better. Her sound is a mix of soul, pop-rock, and blues — a sound that I feel is perfect for a quiet day around the house (especially if it’s raining like it is right now in NYC).
I remember watching the MTV Video Music Awards this year and taking note of the beautiful transitional video pieces shown on screen. I had no idea who made them at the time, but I made a note on Twitter about how lovely they all seemed. It turns out that an LA-based graphics design company named Prologue are responsible for the look and they’ve been working with MTV on the Video Music Awards motion graphics for the past 3 years.
If you have no idea what I’m talking about, head on over to Motionographer to watch all of Prologue’s VMA videos back to back. Is it weird that MTV asked an LA company to do NYC-related video promos?
(otherwise, you know what to do).
