A couple of years back, you might have gotten an email in your inbox that took you off to a nutty looking website where a geeky white guy taught you "How to Dance Properly." That guy's name is Ze (pronounced "zay") Frank, and that email is one of the great viral stories of the web. In the end, a lot of folks got that email and went off to learn not only how to dance properly but all kinds of life lessons. And then, if you stuck around, you might have even found some of Ze's cool Flash toys like Kaleidoscope for Shelda's Mom. By this time, you pretty much knew that this guy was brilliant.

Well, I'm here to confirm that Ze is indeed one intelligent guy. Not only has he created a highly entertaining website that continues to grow, but he's thought a lot about what it means to be creative and communicate with people (via the web as well a in other venues). Ze's presentation at SIGGRAPH showed not only his erudition but his passion, and I have to say that it was for me probably the highlight among all the highlights.

Currently, Ze is writing a book on creativity which I will highly recommend even before reading it. But if you can't wait for Ze's book, then read what Ze is reading!