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 [...]
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 Temporary Downside of Having A More Diverse Media
I’m sure the end will justify the means and democracy will flower once again when the media world restructures itself but is anyone out there getting the same sneaky feeling I am getting that having less powerful media organizations isn’t doing us a whole lot of good right now?
Would, for example, the American Executive have [...]
More on Second Life Seminar
The discussion has mostly been about making Second Life work better and interoperate with other virtual worlds. It feels like the interminable discussions bloggers have about ethics and how best to blog.
IBM Second life Seminar
I’m in IBMs IQ part of Second Life right now discussing with jurnalists and IBMers what Life II has to offer. The standard of discussion is not that enlightening. I found it far better yesterday at IT@Cork listening to people talk about how the casual, average user is where business has to target its interest. [...]
Ambassador Blog
It’s rare to get somebody who has been prominent within the diplomatic community blogging openly about the experience. I put Craig Murray’s The State Without post as the lead news headline on Wripe.net today because he has powerful criticisms not just of the war on terror (which is something I feel more ambivalent about) but [...]
Mark Cuban and Dumb Posts
Mark Cuban, whose influence on the movie industry is just beginning to be felt, thinks people go chasing visitors by blogging about…. what other people are blogging about. I missed the debate about that so belatedly wanted to express my confused thoughts on it.
First he’s right, in my view. Second that seems to be the [...]
Quality Again
The pressure on companies to make a higher volume of TV programmes for less money is partly responsible for a shift in what passes as drama on TV. Another part of the problem is that we’re losing touch with what really constitutes human drama. I can’t remember the last time I saw a TV movie, [...]
It’s the Quality
In this small corner of cyberspace and in my local cafe there has been some talk today about the quality of the press - they are arrogant, think they can control political events and they don’t have a clue what’s really going on.
It’s a set of views that says readers stop watching/buying because in the [...]