Last Friday, Current TV did something unique with the first debate between John McCain and Barack Obama.

They teamed up with Twitter to put real-time Tweets over live broadcasts of the debate.

My friend Ellyn Angelotti, Interactivity Editor and faculty member at The Poynter Institute, told me about it last week. I missed the first one, but I’m going to tune in this Thursday when they do the same thing for the Palin/Biden debate!

Current breaks ground when it comes to multimedia journalism.

Keep an eye on their progress, because they are always experimenting with innovative ways to incorporate social media tools into tired methods of engagement.

Every now and then, I (we) will be posting commercials and media that we think fits us as a company or what we like outside our industry.

This Dyson commercial is one I like. Simple idea that solves a solution, complex thinking to make it happen. It’s innovative, it’s smart design and they present the solution by expressing the technology behind it in a small package.

This was an experiment for me to find visuals that already exist that have relevance to S16 and Spark.

What I didn’t know at the time is that the music is relevant to what we are doing and why we are called Spiral16. I didn’t make the connection until I was digging deeper into the music and Fibonacci numbers.

The music (just 25 seconds of it) is Tool’s song Lateralus. Here is a little more from Wikipedia:

The band puts an emphasis on the sound of their songs and attempts to reduce the effect lyrics can have on the perception of songs by not releasing song lyrics with any album. Lyrical arrangements are often given special attention, such as in “Lateralus”. The number of syllables per line in the lyrics to “Lateralus” correspond to an arrangement of the Fibonacci numbers and in “Jambi” the metrical foot iamb is used.

So, it’s not going to show up on Unexplained Mysteries or Believe It Or Not it’s one of those strange things that helped me find a hidden connection.

The creative process is fascinating. I have a creative side, but when I see artists work in their best medium, I’m amazed.

My friend Jillian is a fashion designer in Kansas City. She creates custom garments from organic fabric that she dyes herself.

She is designing me a dress for the Emmy Awards this Saturday, Oct. 4 in St. Louis – I’m nominated for a TV news Emmy for a Web site I produced while employed at WDAF-TV.

This is why S16 is a special company: Despite that my nomination is from my work at my previous job, they are sending me to the ceremony anyway. Recognition of achievements independent of business interests helps foster creative development.

Jillian started designing a few weeks ago with a simple sketch and some fabric swatches during a meeting a California Pizza Kitchen.

Sunday I tried on the bodice, skirt and lining. Tuesday I’ll be back for another fitting after she puts all the layers of tulle into the skirt. This is my first black-tie event and I don’t want to look stuffy, so we’re finding the boundary between formal and fresh. Simple, clean bodice… avant-garde, voluminous skirt.

It’s amazing that what started as pencil on paper has made me feel like a goddess.

Did I mention Jillian is getting married this Saturday? Sheesh!

This is a sketch that was done while on a conference call of what the Spark page of the web site will look like eventually.

The concept is built out and the video/audio is done (shame it’s me doing the voice over). Editor’s note: Stuart’s accent makes us sound fancy and smart. That’s why he’s doing the VO.