Sorry, That Was Second Life
The Second Life experience had some considerable coverage on blogs a week or so back and this week comes the English languagae version of a report by Dutch institute EPN oN Second Life. I picked it up from this blog though the original blog is here.
These are the findings that are provoking interest, or […]
Clint Eastwood - Old Timer Takes Aim
Clint Eastwood’s two new films look at either side of America’s conflict with Japan, and specifically at the Battle of Iwo Jima, the point where America established itself on Japanese territory in early 1945. It turns out that iconic moment, captured in a photo and then cast in bronze, of a half dozen American soldiers […]
Design the Next Car - User Generated Autos
Lunch over IP is not a blog I see quoted much in the cyber circles I frequent but this Swiss writer, Bruno Giussani, is a fund of information on novel industrial practices as well as about writing.
He blogged recently about the Oscar project - an attempt to extend open source principles to the car.
We’re […]
But…. Are They Any Good?
One of the many elements that get missed out of the debate about media innovation is how good are the stories? As somebody who frequently has stories turned down (by TV stations and by newspapers and magazines, and even by websites) here’s a point or two, an observation.
The great innovation of YouTube was not easy […]
WRIPE at 600 and Building
It’s not exactly a YouTube rate of uptake but considering that WRIPE.net has so far had no publicity then 600 signed up users and about 75 a day coming onstream is cause for a little satisfaction before the Christmas break.
At IT@Cork we learned that sites need a significant update every three months so now it’s […]
Media Mover’s Back to Democracy
Over the past few weeks the idea that what’s happening to the media should be news has started to become an irritation, one of those sores on the side of your jaw caused by too much rubbing. It feels like high time to move on and maybe reflect on how changes in communications change also […]
Where Will Ads Take You, Today?
The number of ad services serving different elements of the long tail is increasing, naturally. I came across one earlier that sells ads on intellectual and cultural blogs. Problems? Couldn’t navigate back to the home page when my application went wrong. And why is their no hyperlink here to their site?
Then there’s this […]
The Impact of Viewer Content
To my knowledge the video movie made by a student in the UCLA library has not yet been shown on networked television. It shows another student being zapped by police officers for failing to show his library ID, and zapped repeatedly. He appears to be in acute pain. I found it nauseating and that’s simply […]
Where the Emotional Action Is
The success of tech blogs leaves me wondering if the brightest minds out there are focused on the wrong target. We need more emotion and we need more objectives in blogging. it’s easy to be pro- Wii, and to comment on a google story or a new techncrunch discovery…. but aren’t the eco boys ringing […]
User Content Moves Right to the Mainstream
There could hardly be two announcements in the media world coinciding to such effect, though,ironically, you may have to search for them in the news.
1. The BBC
The BBC’s BBC News 24 channel is launching a news program based on user-generated content. Entitled “Your News,” the new program, which began a pilot run on November […]